My IT consulting side gig has picked up so I haven't been hunting much for scrap the past month now, just picking up from my regulars when they email or text me.
Today since it's so nice out, I finally loaded up most of the stuff I had in my backyard from picking up from regulars the past few weeks and took it to the yard close by.
I don't pick dishwashers up unless they are on the way somewhere or are part of picking up other things etc... but this load I have one that I had loaded up with small metal junk from things I had disassembled - screws and what not. I do that all the time but by chance there's never anyone in the yard when I am unloading one - except this time. Both yard people turn and look as I slide it off the truck, and one of them that I know pretty well there asks me "you got rocks in there?" - ha ha... but it really did sound like too LOL.
This is where I looked especially guilty cause' I had the dishwasher screwed shut (2 screws into the top of the door from the metal frame where it attaches to the bottom of the counter) because in my experience, door flies open and there's screws and other tire popping materials everywhere if you don't - IF you utilize the space to hold things. So I tell them, "let me unscrew it really quick... " "No it's OK no need to" but I do it anyway (really long screws and I left my drill at home). I didn't even leave the plastic utensil tray inside, just the metal racks and small metal junk including a transformer (with no copper). \
They know me but I understand and I wasn't offended or anything, cause they really don't know me "in the real world" other than some guy named "Mike" with a truck that unloads scrap there.
Makes me wonder how many people actually load up appliances with rocks or wood etc.. It was just funny as heck to me cause it looked so bad having it screwed shut lol.
Scrap (or "shred") was back up to 100/ton from 90/ton. I guess it's the same profit margin because the cost of fuel went back up.
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