How to obtain a ton? - Page 2

You need to advertise, I remember calling trading time, a buy and sell radio show my small town has every day looking for scrap. Yes there would be dry spells but then again sometimes I'd have so much metal I almost couldn't handle it. Offer to pay, who doesn't like free money? That's what you paying them is, free money to them. Have you tried CL?

Are you breaking things down and how are you separating?

My first trip was 10 pounds of copper pipe I asked the plumber to leave from a job on my house. I think I got $28 as copper#2. Knowing what I know now, I could have spent a few minutes cutting off the solder joints and cleaned the pipes to get $32 as #1. Small and simple example, but multiplied over years you can get more money for the same scrap.

you have to know where to look .... like others have said buy it if you have to

I find charging to remove scrap and what some would call trash I make the initial fee, then sort, scrap and resell. Some people fell they get a better service if they pay for it.