Part about scrapping.

What part about scrapping that you hate doing the most an why?

climbing into a stinky, smelly dumpster on a hot day when flies are at their worst...but you have to 'cause you see something with a long chord and a motor in it !!!

Driving past scrap that I can't grab b/c I don't hae the proper equipment!

Getting dirtier than a junk yard dog and finding places to store my goods.

Breaking something down that gets me oily and grimy on a hot summer day.

Running out of space to store metals until I run them in. Having to put stuff in the driveway and I'm bombarded with scrappers "hey, you throwing that out?"

Sold a few fridges to a so called appliance repairman. I'll give you more than scrap price he says. Yeah, that didn't happen but I felt sorry for the guy.

Said he would come back the next day to pick up. I come home and the sob is pissing in my bushes.

He then tries to drum up more business by offering to fix any other appliances I have, or to buy parts from him. Uh no. You piss all over my plants and then want my business. GTFO and stay out.

Wish I had a secure space. I get nervous that so many people stop by wanting it, that they'll just return for it later.

Not having a place to work out of. I work out of my house and have to break the steel down and cram it in a trailer real tight to keep it out of sight from the neighbors. I'm always trying to keep "my scrapyard" out of sight and can't accumulate the quanitities of stuff I want to to get a better price.

I wish I had some secure commercial property to work out of.

Our local yard gives us good prices on all our stuff, whether it's 20 lb or 200 or 2000.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Our local yard gives us good prices on all our stuff, whether it's 20 lb or 200 or 2000.

Do they count you as a dealer? Once you get the label as dealer things as easier...they like it tho if you bring in x amount monthly

Taking the 9 thousand rusty screws out of extruded aluminum trim. I want the best price I can get and that's part of getting it. I focus on aluminum so comes with the territory.
I really hate long lines at the scales. Wasted time!!

Stripping wire is hands down my least favorite thing. I've got a pile now that had been sitting in someones barn for maybe a decade or more. It's all heavy gauge so I gotta do it...one day I'll invest in a stripping machine, but for now its my trusty stanley razor knife.

Do they count you as a dealer?

Nope, we're just one of a thousand scrappers across their scales. Their prices are better on most stuff than the Omni Source yard over at Ft. Wayne. Omni is better priced on junk cars/trucks. I second gypsy on the stripping wire, it's an evil necessity.

When I am going into the basement of a derelict house and steps break on the stairs

ALWAYS TELL SOMEONE WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING, and always have a cell phone.

I make most of my money stripping old houses, and most of them are ready to fall down, I always have a rope with me too, tied up outside to my truck and strung down the stairs. Was in a house last thursday and the bottom 2 steps busted going down, and then the next 2 busted coming up, thank god I had my rope! I would have been in there for a few hours before anyone came for me!

I hate being on a busy fast moving street and having to pass stuff by because I can't stop - that really hurts.