Coming up on year one

Started the business in Feb. last year. Chief cook and bottle washer. Got lucky in June and worked a deal getting a continuous amount of good non-ferrous industrial salvage on a regular basis, as well as other pick ups I get locally and in Florida when there. I was pretty pleased at the amount of material I moved by myself last year with little to no help. Close to 25 tons. Looking forward to better year this year. Good luck to all in the business.

Originally Posted by NoMoreScrapLeft

25 tons of non-ferrous? That's lot of non-ferrous. I had to call a friend up and ask him what he thought. It said he would assume it was anything from #1 copper down to dirty alluminum. He said that he would assume that you averaged $0.95 per pound on the entire scope of the 25 tons. let me do the math!

25 tons=50,000 lbs



50,000 lbs x $0.95= $47,500

And this is a side job for you? I want in on it!

I need to clarify my post and didn't mean to mislead anyone on the type of material I handled last year. Of the 25 tons about half was non-ferrous and the other shredder steel. While the business started out as a fill in while watching my 25 year old business go down the tubes, it has become my full time business. I pass out cards like they were candy and get some local calls for shredder and sometimes small amounts of non-ferrous. Mixed loads of non-ferrous usually bring anywhere from 1.85-2.15/# with #1/#2 copper, red and yellow brass being my normal load. I usually stockpile SS and AL and sometimes haul it south when I go to Fla. in order to get a better price. The extra fuel is offset and the trip all but paid for.

Thanks Miked. Best of luck to you this year as well. I think my chiropractor may benefit from my work as well.