Hello, all! My name is Jeremy. I'm from Michigan and I just turned 18. After a frend crashed my car, I have been rebuilding a new one with my old engine. My dad gave me his truck to use until I was done so I thought scrapping metal might be good for money on the side. I have been scrapping for almost a year now. I started by just saving up old car parts off of my car project, then I started getting metal from friends and family. Eventually, I started driving residential areas to pick up trashed scrap metal. More lately, I have been able to find connections through friends, family, and Craigslist to get big jobs. A friend of my dad's let me scrap almost anything that I wanted from a Wendy's that had burnt down and was being demolished. On Craigslist, I was in touch with someone who wanted me to remove about 2-3 tons worth of old steel desks and steel cubicle frames.



Looking back on my past year of scrapping, I have made a lot of mistakes. In my first month, I passed up multiple fridges because I didn't know scrap yards took them with all of them foam. I've been selling computers as low grade breakage (18 cents/lb) up until about a week ago when I first found this forum and realized they are worth A LOT more. I threw a lot of motors in the shred pile before I know they were worth more (also in the first month). You get the point. Everyone starts somewhere and makes mistakes. I consider myself an experienced scrapper at this point, but there will always be more to learn.

Anyways, I am happy to be a part of this community and I look forward to meeting new people and learning new things.


P.S: My name - CanIScrapIt is derived from my catch phrase; I always ask people "Can I scrap it?" even if it is a really expensive item or a nonmetallic item just as a joke.