hi

**Scrap Metal Mike** · 11-05-2011, 11:13 PM

only posting this so thre top msg will go away. from houston tx age 14

**GeorgeB** · 11-06-2011, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by Scrap Metal Mike

only posting this so thre top msg will go away. from houston tx age 14

Welcome..I think you might be the youngest pup here.

**Scrap Metal Mike** · 11-14-2011, 08:08 PM

yup im saving up for a guitar, i usually mow lawns, but with a broken femur, i needed a new source of money. man young scrappers get no respect. a lady called me cuz of a flyer and when i got to her house she was like, ohhh ummm nevermind. JUST KUZ IMA KID (just because i'm a kid)

**PistoneScrapProcessing** · 11-14-2011, 08:38 PM

Everyone on this board was young once. I can remember people telling me at a young age I couldn't do this I couldn't do that. All you gotta do is prove them wrong. I think at the age of 14 though most people look at it as child labor. I apparently was told at a young age I couldn't work with my dad at a yard because I was to young. LOL. I guess I had to sit in the truck. I was so young I don't remember it. One day it will all click like a lightbulb and scrapping will be simple. At least that's how its supposed to work I think.

**Bobby** · 11-15-2011, 08:32 AM

Welcome, your age does give you at least one advantage though, many time older people are looked down on, criticized, or outright disrespected when pulling items from a trash can or dumpster.

Being as young as you are, they are likely to see a kid being a kid. Little do they know you could be making decent money! Lol and good luck with that guitar!

**Torker Man** · 11-15-2011, 09:53 AM

Broken Femur??? there mst be a good story there!!

**kcscrapper** · 11-15-2011, 02:30 PM

I wish I would of started when I was your age I'm sure I wouldn't be working a 40 hour job and scrapping and still broke

**WeWillPrevail** · 11-15-2011, 06:01 PM

You have to be 18 to take anything to the yard.

**injunjoe** · 11-15-2011, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by WeWillPrevail

You have to be 18 to take anything to the yard.

I would think at age 14 he would need his mom or dad to drive him there anyway!

**WeWillPrevail** · 11-15-2011, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by injunjoe

I would think at age 14 he would need his mom or dad to drive him there anyway!

That's what I was thinking, no state ID yet.

You want a real good idea Mike? Save ALL of it until your 16th bday, then buy a nice car. Should be easy enough. What do you need money for right now anyway? When you look back at everything you made and how you wasted it, you will kick yourself in the ass.

**injunjoe** · 11-15-2011, 07:12 PM

He is wanting a guitar. I think he is doing great! He's not asking to be handed a guitar but is willing to earn it.

So I think by the time he turns 16 he will need a van for the band instead of a car.

Good going Mike, good luck.

Joe

**Gnraxlrose88** · 11-18-2011, 02:52 PM

I used to haul trailer loads of scrap in when I was 16/17, Never once got asked for an ID, and always got paid cash. However, I went to an auto junkyard.

**Scrap Metal Mike** · 11-20-2011, 12:32 AM

Lol thanks everyone and yeah the guitar is some thing I really want to do myself! Lol I'll tell the story later I'm just glad I'm outta da wheelchair! Thanks for the tips guys, keep em comin I need all I can get lol

**PistoneScrapProcessing** · 11-20-2011, 01:02 PM

I took my first scrap money and bought a sweet stereo system at 15. Well I thought it was sweet. I bought the best one at Circuit City. Haha man I miss the good old days. Both of my experiences are in the trash pile the stereo is long gone and so is Circuit City. Just goes to show material items only last so long but love can last forever. Man do I love scrapping.