NYC Pricing - need some help / advice

Hi guys,

Definitely a newbie to scrap, today visited a scrap yard in the Bronx and sold what they call "light irons" for $220 a ton. Have a lot of heavy metal steel that I have cut down to 3 footers, hoping to sell it as hms #1 prepared. When I asked for the hms #1 they said it would be $230 a ton . How could this be? Does this sound right? I would have never wasted the time, energy and money to cut them down for $10 a ton. Thinking that they are looking to screw me...

Can someone please advise me and additionally recommend a good / honest scrap yard in NYC, preferably the Bronx.



Thanks so much.

-J

Call around to other yards for pricing, i believe there are a few yards in nyc

up where i am, its 200 for light iron, and 260 for hms

what do you cut your steel with? what was the steel before it was scrap, i may have some tips

They were angle irons and heavy steel pipes that were used as tire racks from an old Firestone dealer. Cut them all with grinders/sawzall.

for angle iron, cut one whole side, and score the other side, bend till it breaks, saves blade money, and i believe faster

on pipes you don't have to cut all the way through, but knowing how far to cut is more art than science.