metal from the sticks

Originally Posted by recyclersteve

Yeah you've got your wastewater treatment plant scraps and irrigation pivots, but can you haul a Hefty trash bag full of aluminum cans?



Actually, this is a very interesting thread. Thanks for the info.

No I cannot haul a hefty trash bag. Give me a machine and I will haul one of these. A 4 x 4 x 4 chemical tote is used to store non-ferrous and they are heavy when full.

This is the method I use to secure the load, one chain wrapped around each axle and attached to the stake pockets on the trailer. A cum-a-long runs between the pts to tighten the chain. The tires are inflated and the skidsteer with a six ton winch is used to pull the truck onto the trailer. The winch also stays secure to the frame. The tires are then flattened before the chains are secured. This can be done with a value stem remover in urban areas, but out here we prefer a gun. Sun damaged tires can be taken out with a .22, most car and truck tires with a 40 caliper, and a 30-06 has been known to recherché off some liquid filled tractor tires.

Originally Posted by jimicrk

Sell the contents when it gets full.

The original goal was to sell when I had twelve of them full. With the new trailer I might shoot for twenty. This is part of my savings plan for the wife's retirement vacation. Non-ferrous is collected and stored this way because my main hauls are ferrous. I am hoping to negotiate a great price when it is all cashed in.

Some hedge against inflation with gold and silver or invest in the stock market and some save cash for a rainy day. This seems to complicated for this simple mind. Therefore I collect non-ferrous for these situations. Yes the value of scrap may decline, but I will still be able to make bullets and fishing weights. Old timers will remember the discussions about turn and burn or stockpile when prices were low. Stockpiling is still my strategy and pictures will be provided in the future to show my non-ferrous sheds.

Originally Posted by Patriot76

The original goal was to sell when I had twelve of them full. With the new trailer I might shoot for twenty. This is part of my savings plan for the wife's retirement vacation. Non-ferrous is collected and stored this way because my main hauls are ferrous. I am hoping to negotiate a great price when it is all cashed in.

Some hedge against inflation with gold and silver or invest in the stock market and some save cash for a rainy day. This seems to complicated for this simple mind. Therefore I collect non-ferrous for these situations. Yes the value of scrap may decline, but I will still be able to make bullets and fishing weights. Old timers will remember the discussions about turn and burn or stockpile when prices were low. Stockpiling is still my strategy and pictures will be provided in the future to show my non-ferrous sheds.

I like your strategy, not complicated. For me I may do the same with ewaste. I don't need the money now and I'm not doing large quantities any longer.

Thank you for sharing. 73, Mike