Cardboard Scrapper 2016

Regis, so it sounds like you have a baler and a box truck. How do you move the bales, a forklift? You also mentioned filling a trailer too (I think).



Would love to know more about your operation and how someone would start without such heavy equipment. I think that living near a port has to be a defining factor in making this gig work. May not be something that just anyone can do.

yes near a port helps...phily area the pa turnpike to jersey turnpike and the ports in norh jersey maybe hour and a half....and st. regiis...who dont go to wawa?....lol ...happy scrapping

Originally Posted by HipoGear

Regis, so it sounds like you have a baler and a box truck. How do you move the bales, a forklift? You also mentioned filling a trailer too (I think).

Would love to know more about your operation and how someone would start without such heavy equipment. I think that living near a port has to be a defining factor in making this gig work. May not be something that just anyone can do.

I currently have a 24ft box truck, a Harris baler, a Yale forklift, a Ford F150 pickup and a 48ft trailer that I use to store OCC in my yard. I bought everything second-hand except for my pickup. But when starting out, I only had the pickup and built up from there. When collecting I only use the lift on my truck and a pallet jack for bales. Not really heavy equipment. You just accumulate over time. I don't think the port is the key because you can also sell to mills in the US. I could probably sell to mills in NYS or VA. The key is commitment and hard work. There's no substitute for that. I'll tell you more about how I started out in another post.