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greetings in a nut shell I am located in Vancouver WA as in U.S.A. 2 years ago I was clearing a property of unwanted crap and discovered scrap and caught the fever. spent a year dumpster diving while a mega building was built collecting every thing from the rebar to siding to the wiring. last year I approached a few thrift stores offering to buy their unwanted which is pretty much what I do. I am willing to work very hard as to not have a job and scrapping seems a suitable fit. At present it's me and my ford ranger. I dream of upgrading to a larger truck but still learning what I need as I am a middle aged woman working solo so do I want a lift or a boom, flat bed with stakes or an f250 with a trailer.Trying to educate myself on e-scrap to increase income. And trying to figure out how to approach construction or deconstruction sites being such a small operation.

Welcome from Searcy, Arkansas. There is a lot of valuable information here that will be of great help. If you use the search feature at the top right and can't find what you are looking for just ask. There are a bunch of great, very knowledgeable people here that don't mind helping.

Hello Sally Welcome to SMF! Construction or demolition could both be good sources, and don't overlook renovations either, as both phases are included with it ; )

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Originally Posted by SallySalvage

greetings in a nut shell I am located in Vancouver WA as in U.S.A. 2 years ago I was clearing a property of unwanted crap and discovered scrap and caught the fever. spent a year dumpster diving while a mega building was built collecting every thing from the rebar to siding to the wiring. last year I approached a few thrift stores offering to buy their unwanted which is pretty much what I do. I am willing to work very hard as to not have a job and scrapping seems a suitable fit. At present it's me and my ford ranger. I dream of upgrading to a larger truck but still learning what I need as I am a middle aged woman working solo so do I want a lift or a boom, flat bed with stakes or an f250 with a trailer.Trying to educate myself on e-scrap to increase income. And trying to figure out how to approach construction or deconstruction sites being such a small operation.

Go with a heavy half ton, with a trailer, no doubt the F-250 is a real work horse but the differential ( rear end ) is geared low which will gobble up your profits in fuel. The lighter heavy half with taller gears with give you better miles per gallon. In addition the the heavy half the trailer will give you more real estate - deck space plus a lower deck on which to load stuff onto.

Once you make some spare change buy yourself an electric winch to mount on your trailer, saves having to split the profits.

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Scrap and save enough and you will get that bigger truck, thats what I did. Good luck and welcome from south of Chicago

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hi Sally i'm new here too and totally understand the solo woman thing. my 2 kids sometimes go treasure hunting with me but they are 6 and 4 and not tall enough to help me lift things out of the dumpster. waiting for them to grow up so i cam make use of them. good luck to you.