Assuming I had the wherewithal to handle and haul either, (pieces of steel small enough to manhandle), the steel.

Also, assuming the #1 copper and Prepared P&S I quoted above, $31.50 in copper, or $260 in steel? I can do a lot of loading, hauling, and unloading for that $228.50 difference.



Kris Kringle's point about dollars vs dimes is well taken. Just this week, I was on a job where an old industrial building is being rehabbed. I asked the job super if any of his own guys were taking the scrap, or if it was just going to go in the dumpster. He said a couple of his guys would always grab the copper or aluminum, but they weren't interested in the "heavy stuff"--it was too much work. There was a big electrical panel, maybe three feet tall that had been removed. I spoke to his guys, and they were even sort of on the fence about taking it at all. The way I left it with them was that if it was still there the next morning, I'd take it. The next morning, it was there, but they'd stripped it out. Even so, the box itself probably weighed 20 or 25 lbs. That and I got another hundred or so lbs of clean tin, and angle and channel, which I'm going to save for my own use. So, yeah, I carried more weight, but I think I probably made out just as well in terms of dollars and cents...