Scrapping 100 buildings

So I work for a construction company that is contracted to tear down 100 buildings and barns over the next 2 years. The homeowner has the rights to take out anything they want first. The 4 I have done so far have yielded $200 each or so, they even stripped walls and bathrooms pretty much everything. I have been getting all overhead lines.
Is it worth stripping the main electrical service boxes off? All the wires are already stripped out of them. Also I strip most stuff off of the furnace, but does it pay to spend and hour or two cutting the rest of the furnace and ducting up? Most of the furnaces are 20 years old and not worth saving for resale.
As far as the barns go I know the barn boards are worth some but is there anything else to look out for?

lets see if I can help you out here. 100 furnaces, x 100 lb x .10 per lb hmmm what do you think ?

Just seems like a pain in the butt to spend 1 or 2 hours cutting up and hauling it upstairs for $10 or $15 each. But I understand that it all adds up, and I didn't have to pay for the furnaces. I think I will start cutting them up and see how a few go.

those boxes are chocked full of brass !!

Originally Posted by johnuppy

Just seems like a pain in the butt to spend 1 or 2 hours cutting up and hauling it upstairs for $10 or $15 each. But I understand that it all adds up, and I didn't have to pay for the furnaces. I think I will start cutting them up and see how a few go.

where in he88 does every one get the Idea scrapping is easy ?

I know it's not easy, but with 2 guys there scrapping you are at $5-$7 an hour to scrap it. I can work at McDonald's for more than that, that is why I wasn't cutting them up. I was taking motors and blowers and leaving the sheet metal.

I Know I might catch grief for this but I seem to want to jump on the bandwagon. If you don't like scrapping then go work at Mcdonalds.....Some days I might make less than an average fast food employee and some days I might make ten times that.....If I had 100 of them don't look at the amount of time it will take just look at the end dollar amount which should be around $1000

! how heavy are they ?

2. how many do you have access to each day ?

3. how big a trailer or truck do you have.

4. call a scrapper and offer to sell them to him for 2 days Mcdonalds pay. thats a win win.
you get paid the Mcdonalds pay and dont have to work, and the scrapper gets to make some real money. just my .02 @ 100 lbe each thats 5 ton $1000, I know a scrapper would jump at that. if they are heavier it just presents a different plan.

All right I understand. I don't scrap full time. As I said I am in the construction business and have off 3-4 months off in the winter. That is when I do most of my scrapping. I never have done a whole house and that is why I was asking some of the questions.
I typically get 1-2 houses every few weeks. No real method to the madness. 1 have a 3/4 ton pick-up with a 20 ft dump trailer. I will take the advice and take ALL the furnaces from now on.

Don't forget.... Each one of those furnaces has an electric motor in it.... worth more by itself than if you sold it to the scrap yard without taking taking the motor out....