Possible Lead to a Huge Haul

I took some advice from the scrap metal spots forum and drove around in Pungo (real rural area in Virginia Beach) to find some scrap. We came across a few junky homes, but nothing too extraordinary. However, there's one lot of land that has an INDESCRIBABLE amount of metal junk piled up everywhere. I wanted to take pictures or video, but nobody was home and I felt uncomfortable. So I will try to describe it...

There's 12 old rusty cars and trucks in a field with trees growing threw them. There are 2 junk dump trunks, one on its side, that are torn to shreds. He has a 3 door barn that is approximately 1800 square feet with the entire floor covered in 6 foot high piles of random metal. There's a garage piled up with metal to the ceiling almost and about five or six piles of junk metal scattered across the land. There are a lot of car parts, lawn equipment, anchors, wheels, fencing, building materials, wiring, almost anything you could ever imagine. None of it is possibly usable as its littered everywhere. There's no organization...it's a MESS!!!



The lot is actually a local Feed and Seed and is littered with metal. There's a house in the back, but the business was closed and nobody was home. They open Monday, tomorrow, morning and I want to offer them to clean up there recyclable junk. With the amount of metal in this lot, I think that I will offer to pay him a percentage of the money from the yard.
My gameplan:::
I will probably rent a u-haul or a dump trunk for the steel to be hauled immediately (I'm thinking 20 tons of steel or more) and clean and sort the other metals in the meantime. I will get a dumpster for trash and haul steel as we clean some more. This will probably take me and my three guys a week to do.
So anyways...any suggestions? ideas? help? comments? This seems like a really awesome project!

I called the number to the feed and seed and nobody answered. It was after hours. I don't want to seem crazed by calling them through a reverse address lookup. I am definately going up there at about 8:30 in the morning when they open to ask them. I just do not know how to approach them. It can go many ways. That guy may not want to part with anything or he may want to do it himself (which I doubt he has the time) or it could be his savings to take to the yard if he goes bankrupt. I seriously think it's about 8,000 dollars worth of metal. I need a pitch, you know?

I was definitely thinking about something like that. I know I will need something very large so I don't have to make a million trips. That's only if the guy goes for it. I want to explain to him the benefits of recycling. Do you think offering him money is a bad idea?

you mean 70/30 with the yard or the homeowner?

that's exactly what I wanted to do. Just though that I would do 75/25.

The yard I deal with cuts a check for the customer and mails it to them when I do a split ticket. Makes the customer happy knowing they don't have to chase me down for their money. Also makes it look more professional.

this could take a week, so I may be making about 5 dumps, unless i can get the dumpsters. I am heading to the yard this morning to get rid of all the steel i found this weekend and all the other stuff I have stockpiled. I have to have 275 lbs of electric motors. LOL. Anyways, I will talk to the guys at the yard and see what they can do to help.