might go pick up a chain link fence

will the scrap yard take them? im sure they will take the post. is it really worth it? its close to me but im not sure if its scrapable.

Most yards are "if it's metal, we take it" mentality.

thanks alot again

May be a stupid question, but I have a chain link fence and several of the poles have cement on the ends (from securing in ground). I'm guessing scrap yards won't take this? Would I have to cut off the good parts and throw away the cement covered parts?

Thanks in adavance

May be a stupid question, but I have a chain link fence and several of the poles have cement on the ends (from securing in ground). I'm guessing scrap yards won't take this? Would I have to cut off the good parts and throw away the cement covered parts?

If you can jack the posts out, a sledge will take care of the cement. Up here, the posts usually go 42 inches into the ground. How far they go in your area would depend on how far the winter frost reaches.

thank you. guess I need a sledge hammer! They don't go near as far down here. just a foot a little more

The yards I use will take the chainlink but not the post with concrete. You need to brake the concrete off or cut the post.

funny thing is at my yard when you drop a big enough chain link fence the crane guy will use it as a broom to sweep up the rest of the metal into one big pile

I've also seen this at yards I use, one yard picked up a car by the side and used it to sweep up the steel and push it up onto the pile.

My yards do the same thing. They use a big wad of chainlink as a sweeper. The concrete is pretty easy to break off with a sledge hammer.

New sign up at the yard today, they can no longer take fencing, matress springs or barbed wire.

Originally Posted by hobo finds

New sign up at the yard today, they can no longer take fencing, matress springs or barbed wire.

Did they give a reason ?

my yard used to not take it because it clogged the shredder, so they said.but they recently started taking it.

Originally Posted by Bandit

Did they give a reason ?

Yea place they send it to the shredder don't like it

Originally Posted by noobscrapper

May be a stupid question, but I have a chain link fence and several of the poles have cement on the ends (from securing in ground). I'm guessing scrap yards won't take this? Would I have to cut off the good parts and throw away the cement covered parts?

Thanks in adavance

This is what you will need

one yard I use will not take it, says it gets tangled up in their shredder. The other yard I use will take it which is nice because I have 5 rolls waiting to be loaded into my truck which are about 2 feet in diameter.

I can use the boom on the tractor to load it but hopefully someone can help me offload it at the yard, that stuff is heavy and awkward.