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So let's sum this up, because in all honesty, it seems that you're expecting a full-time business right out of the gate. As most will tell you here...it's not going to happen. But if you follow a plan and do it right, meaning bringing the proverbial "right tools for the job", then you'll eventually develop a nice little business that could turn into something bigger if you want it to.
Rough Draft - Plan of Action:
1. Get a truck.
2. Get tools.
3. Get a storage unit or somewhere you can break stuff down.
4. Get business cards.
5. Get a trailer.
6. Network, network, network - let everyone know, in a non-hoosier way, that you're in the "metal recycling" business.
7. Post regularly updated Craigslist ads
8. Make friends with whomever manages or owns your local yard - I'm talking about bring them beer, doughnuts, sack of burgers...anything to make you stand out. It will pay off big-time.
9. Don't get desperate and steal ****.
I know that's quite a list, but those are the fundamentals if you want to go "full-time" with scrapping. As many of us did when starting out, we drove around small towns and alley-ways, looking for any shred of scrap. Now, like a lot of us, after word-of-mouth and all the other "work" we put in, we have people calling us daily with scrap pick-ups or leads. It just takes time. You have to chip away at it like any good business.
It's easy to get discouraged because it's easy to think, "there's no mother loads left for me...they're all taken" - which is absolutely NOT true! There is plenty of scrap out there for all of us.
I hate to throw this cliche out there...but it rings true in this game - "If you build it, they will come." Seriously.
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