A year or so ago I started cleaning up my parents place. It is a farm that has been in the family for about 70 years and ya there is 70 years worth of metal laying around this place. At the time I was not into scraping but as I started cleaning up I decided to see what I could get out of the metal. Man was I surprised!! I know I lost out on some stuff that should have been torn down but I quickly realized that there is money to be made in this business.



In the last few months I have learned that my full time job may be in jepordy. I work for the state DOT and they are downsizing and contracting all the work out. What I was hoping to find out is what would be the most important things to start doing to get into scraping full time. I have become addicted to this and the metal at my parents place is going to run out. I figure I have about a year before my full time job may disappear. I don't want to waste any time getting work lined up, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Buy the way this has got to be the best forum I have ever found when it comes to recycling metals. Thanks so much!!