Anyone In the Northern Indiana/ Chicago Area that Scrap Cars?

General Question I wanted to pose.

I live in Central Indiana but am looking to find anyone here that may scrap vehicles and sell to yards in the Gary IN, Chicagoland area.

I am looking to find proven and established yards up in this area. As there are many steel mills in this area, a lot of the midwest scrap ends up there. So I am trying to find yards that people have used and could give some friendly advice about if possible.



Thanks in advance.

Don't know if this will help you but up here our local yard sells to Omni Source and usually they haul it to the Steel Dynamics mill east of Columbia City. You might check your Omni down that way.

whatever you do.... stay away from logansport....... worst yards I've ever seen. I live there and I dont even go there!

















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Thanks to you guys for your assistance. I appreciate it. Can you guys give me an idea of what they are paying where you are?
I have always wondered if you sell cars to yards that are closer to the mills.. do they tend to pay more?
As an example- If I sell a car to a yard here in Indy.. Maybe they pay me $175 a ton, but they have to incur larger amount of fuel costs to take a semi-load of crushed up to Chicago.. So if you sell your cars in Chicago or outlying areas.. maybe they pay you folks better because they have less of a logistical bite into their profit?
Any thoughts?

Can you guys give me an idea of what they are paying where you are?

I just received $220. ton for appliances and $250.ton for unprepared steel. Cars should be the same 250. They crush them and haul them to Omni in Ft Wayne. The one I sold a while back I did not have to poke a hole in the tank or drain any fluids, and if you need help they'll use their claw and pluck it off your trailer. This is Lewis Salvage in Warsaw.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

I just received $220. ton for appliances and $250.ton for unprepared steel. Cars should be the same 250. They crush them and haul them to Omni in Ft Wayne. The one I sold a while back I did not have to poke a hole in the tank or drain any fluids, and if you need help they'll use their claw and pluck it off your trailer. This is Lewis Salvage in Warsaw.

Thank you Mechanic. That helps. I had a guy here telling me that Chicago area was paying 4x the amount they pay here for steel (to which I thought.. I smell B.S.) but I was hoping it was at least high enough to offset the gas and drive. Prices here are a little lower for cars.. but not by much. Top end was a Pic-A-Part that paid $220 a ton, Bottom end was the biggest yard in Columbus Indiana- Paying $140/ton on that same day. My favorite yard is in Greensburg IN, and they were at $200/ton. $250 a ton would be nice and I have heard good things about Lewis Salvage in Warsaw.. just don't think the gas would justify the haul from my locale.

Originally Posted by Russell

200 ish / ton currently.

Thank you Russell! I appreciate the reply on this!

Originally Posted by dryvr12

Im right up here as well. I go to Metro, which is on the griffith/merrillville line. Cant tell ya if you get a fair deal. I wanna say a while back it was 240 a ton.

Thanks for your response to this.. Sounds "on par" with the going rate up that way!!