My Scrapping Adventures In My 1966 Chevy!

[ryanw]

Some local scrapper guy was telling me that they pay 0.11/lb for "heavy iron" whatever that is. Things are going well, I've taken a break from actively selling this week to reorganize my warehouse...got some pallet racking for free. It makes a big difference space-wise. At least, it looks like it will once I get everything onto the racks lol. Too bad though, the weather has been awesome, and it would have been nice to get out. I've been buying some e-waste lately, but haven't been hitting it terribly hard. I still make weekly trips to the scrap yard though...I end up with a lot of junk in auction lots that I buy.

BTW, I know TKO is open on sundays too if you have non-ferrous to sell. They have much better prices.

[losthope]

Good to hear your doing well! And nice score on the pallet racking for free! My motto has always been "If its free, It's for me!" !! I have never been to a auction kinda sounds fun, i guess when you find the good stuff it would make it worth wild of all the junk...I dont know what you buy as far as auction lots , but you would be surprised what you can sell on ebay if you dont already sell on there, I sell on ebay as a partime income and some of the stuff i have sold on there i was suprised how much some of it sold for, any thing from x-mas ornaments,fishing lures,coustume jewelry,stamps,sports cards,car parts etc etc... If i think i can make money off it and it fits in a flat-rate shipping box it goes on ebay, and the bigger stuff on craigslist.....but I understand some people dont have the time to deal with ebay and shipping, or dealing with random people on craigslist..

[losthope]

Took in the load with the tub, sold the tub separate for "heavy" .10 1/.2 cents a pound, weighed 305 pounds for $32, then picked up the rest of the suburban frame and sheet metal that my friend finished cutting up, so I got two runs in for $111.11 and then got another call to pick up a load on tue!

[CollinsHaulin]

Nice looking rig! was that picture taken over looking the honey run?looks like that area in the back round , I come up and visit family in chico every once and awhile itll be awhile before i make the move up there ,but sooner or later you should see my truck driving around up there!

Actually it's on Hwy 20 somewhere between Grass Valley and where it meets Interstate 80. Similar looking country.

[losthope]

First of let me tell you guys it pays to be persistent and followup, thursday morning I got a call scrap metal call (from a card i put on a diner peg board in my home town) when I was on the freeway headed down to the bay area for a two day electrical job. I told the gentleman on the phone that i could pick it up Sat morning since I was headed out of town and would call Friday night to confirm i was back in town and get his address and set a time on sat.....Fri comes and I call but get a answering machine, I leave a message saying "I would be able to show up sat morning just give me a call and let me know "....Fri. no call, Sat comes and no call...around 10. A.M I decide it would be ok to call and leave another message saying "Just calling to see if you still need the metal hauled off , if so just let me know and we can set another day, thank you"...monday night I get a call and set up a time this morning , guys house is three blocks away from mine, I picked up a load of metal that took about 20 min to load after digging through a pile of trash on the side of shed...scrap yard is 5 min away and made $65 bucks:



This may have also opened up another Job opportunity for me,Asked if the guy ever thought of getting the trash hauled off...he asked how much it would cost...told him around $200 ( 1 1/2 loads in my truck,dump fees and gas fess included) for me and my scrap helper(a.k.a Girlfriend) to get it loaded and get the area cleaned up,......told him to keep my card and think about it....

[Jarred]

what's been the heaviest load in the old chevy so far

[losthope]

what's been the heaviest load in the old chevy so far

It was right over 1100 lbs......just drove slow and steady, was kinda worried about how much the rear air bags would hold since I could really feel there was a load in the truck didnt realize how much i had in it till i got my weight slip..LOL