I am new to the scrapping environment and this forum is the best thing to make you better at scrapping.

My goal it to get the most money out of a prepared load, after I make the drop.
I had a load of all heavy iron. All heavy wall steel, no sheet metal at all. I called the yard and they quoted me approximately $250. per ton for a prepared load. Prepared Load ????? Nothing over 5 or 6 feet long. No rubber or plastic attached to the material, I need to somehow figure out Presley what they mean by a prepared load ?????

Upon exiting they paid me 235.00 I asked what did you pay me for ? The guy said I paid you for cast iron. too late to argue but once again I felt like a new bride ! WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO GET THE 250. PER TON PRICE??

I brought a ton of prepared cast iron. Four or five engine blocks, no steel bolts in them, several cylinder head, I remove all the valve springs and valves. A clean load of cast iron.
The guy barely came out of the scale house to look at it. Point to a section in the yard and says just toss it over there.
It was a mixed pile of steel cast iron ect.
Here is the big question AM I WASTING MY TIME PREPARING THE LOAD???????
I see guys picking up scrap, then they drive directly to the yard and dump the load unprepared, is that the way to go????