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NT, school me on scrapping metal. Vol. $$
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Happened to my cousin in the middle of the night
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You could always rip aluminum siding off a house too. A lot of people back home go to old hydro damns and try and rip the copper wire out. usually they're too stupid to realize the wires are still hot and get hit with thousands of watts.
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You could always rip aluminum siding off a house too. A lot of people back home go to old hydro damns and try and rip the copper wire out. usually they're too stupid to realize the wires are still hot and get hit with thousands of watts.
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basically. usually, you'll see a ford e250 or something similar driving around asking people for metal or help with removing garbage. by garbage, they'll take anything that would contain metals. at the end of the day, they'll sell whatever they have by the pound to places that recycles scrap metals.
then there's those that straight rob from construction sites and renovation project locations.
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basically. usually, you'll see a ford e250 or something similar driving around asking people for metal or help with removing garbage. by garbage, they'll take anything that would contain metals. at the end of the day, they'll sell whatever they have by the pound to places that recycles scrap metals.
then there's those that straight rob from construction sites and renovation project locations.
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In all honesty, there is no money to be made in doing this. Don't think you can do this full time. Everyone knows you can sell metal, copper, etc. at the scrap yard. It's done by weight. Most contractors, if they have scrap metal from construction/demolition sites, etc. they will scrap it themselves. The only people making money doing this are low lifes who can't hold down a job or who need the money ASAP to buy drugs. I worked at many demolition sites and you wouldn't believe the people that would stop by and ask for scraps. Disgusting. Get a job.
A friend of mine has a dump truck, F550. He filled that with metal from a demolition site and took it to the scrap yard, he literally made like $50.00 dollars, and that was a dump truck worth, not your average pick up.
And if you have to result stealing from construction sites, etc. you will get arrested, even if it's been demolished. The scraps aren't yours.
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A friend of mine has a dump truck, F550. He filled that with metal from a demolition site and took it to the scrap yard, he literally made like $50.00 dollars, and that was a dump truck worth, not your average pick up.
And if you have to result stealing from construction sites, etc. you will get arrested, even if it's been demolished. The scraps aren't yours.
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In all honesty, there is no money to be made in doing this. Don't think you can do this full time. Everyone knows you can sell metal, copper, etc. at the scrap yard. It's done by weight. Most contractors, if they have scrap metal from construction/demolition sites, etc. they will scrap it themselves. The only people making money doing this are low lifes who can't hold down a job or who need the money ASAP to buy drugs. I worked at many demolition sites and you wouldn't believe the people that would stop by and ask for scraps. Disgusting. Get a job.
A friend of mine has a dump truck, F550. He filled that with metal from a demolition site and took it to the scrap yard, he literally made like $50.00 dollars, and that was a dump truck worth, not your average pick up.
And if you have to result stealing from construction sites, etc. you will get arrested, even if it's been demolished. The scraps aren't yours.
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A friend of mine has a dump truck, F550. He filled that with metal from a demolition site and took it to the scrap yard, he literally made like $50.00 dollars, and that was a dump truck worth, not your average pick up.
And if you have to result stealing from construction sites, etc. you will get arrested, even if it's been demolished. The scraps aren't yours.
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I'm actually an accountant for a scrap company and the steps listed above are basically what you do. We've got guys who have left us business cards that do this full time (we only p/u industrial size accounts at this point) and anytime someone calls and wants to get rid of scrap that they can't haul off we give them the number of one of our regulars. The major key in getting big money from this is determining what types of metals you have. In it's simplest forms we classify metals into 2 categories, Ferrous and Non-Ferrous. The easiest difference between the two grades is anything that is considered Ferrous a magnet will stick to and therefore is likely worth less, examples iron/steel etc.
Non-Ferrous on the other hand is much more expensive in value b/c it there is a large handling cost associated with it, b/c of it not being magnetic, examples of Non-Ferrous metals are stainless steel/copper/aluminum/brass. As in other industries it's always good to build up a network on different levels to make money. First off you build a network of people who give you scrap, if you take care of them, pick up there stuff quickly, don't damage their property in any way, maybe throw a few dollars here or there to show appreciation they spread the word to their friends who need stuff removed and then your volume starts to take off. When your volume of metal to sale takes off, start working on the scrap yard you sell to. More often than not, if you are bringing in decent volume you can get a little better price over there normal list price for your metal b/c the scrap yard doesn't want your metal going to a different scrap location.
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I'm actually an accountant for a scrap company and the steps listed above are basically what you do. We've got guys who have left us business cards that do this full time (we only p/u industrial size accounts at this point) and anytime someone calls and wants to get rid of scrap that they can't haul off we give them the number of one of our regulars. The major key in getting big money from this is determining what types of metals you have. In it's simplest forms we classify metals into 2 categories, Ferrous and Non-Ferrous. The easiest difference between the two grades is anything that is considered Ferrous a magnet will stick to and therefore is likely worth less, examples iron/steel etc.
Non-Ferrous on the other hand is much more expensive in value b/c it there is a large handling cost associated with it, b/c of it not being magnetic, examples of Non-Ferrous metals are stainless steel/copper/aluminum/brass. As in other industries it's always good to build up a network on different levels to make money. First off you build a network of people who give you scrap, if you take care of them, pick up there stuff quickly, don't damage their property in any way, maybe throw a few dollars here or there to show appreciation they spread the word to their friends who need stuff removed and then your volume starts to take off. When your volume of metal to sale takes off, start working on the scrap yard you sell to. More often than not, if you are bringing in decent volume you can get a little better price over there normal list price for your metal b/c the scrap yard doesn't want your metal going to a different scrap location.
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Not always true. Is it tough to make big money from this? Yes it is; but I'm not aware of too many legal ways to make big money easily. If you are please fill me in.
It takes some time and experience. You've got to have a knowledge of metals, and what the grades are so you know what is worth picking up and what is not. A truck load of shreddable (one of the lower grades of metal we buy) may not be worth 20 bucks. But a 5 gallon bucket full of copper could be worth $300-400 or more.
It's not a glamorious job and it's dirty/ugly work. But we have multiple regular customers who sell us scrap at my company that make a very nice living from doing this.
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Not always true. Is it tough to make big money from this? Yes it is; but I'm not aware of too many legal ways to make big money easily. If you are please fill me in.
It takes some time and experience. You've got to have a knowledge of metals, and what the grades are so you know what is worth picking up and what is not. A truck load of shreddable (one of the lower grades of metal we buy) may not be worth 20 bucks. But a 5 gallon bucket full of copper could be worth $300-400 or more.
It's not a glamorious job and it's dirty/ugly work. But we have multiple regular customers who sell us scrap at my company that make a very nice living from doing this.
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I have been renovating my old house for over 2 years now.
When I first moved in I made the mistake of putting a bunch of old plumbing pipes on the curb with other random scrap for trash. I never thought about it being worth money.
From then on I have scrapped every little bit of pipe and metal from the renovation process.
Have only made around $500 but every little bit helps.
When I first moved in I made the mistake of putting a bunch of old plumbing pipes on the curb with other random scrap for trash. I never thought about it being worth money.
From then on I have scrapped every little bit of pipe and metal from the renovation process.
Have only made around $500 but every little bit helps.
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I have been renovating my old house for over 2 years now.
When I first moved in I made the mistake of putting a bunch of old plumbing pipes on the curb with other random scrap for trash. I never thought about it being worth money.
From then on I have scrapped every little bit of pipe and metal from the renovation process.
Have only made around $500 but every little bit helps.
When I first moved in I made the mistake of putting a bunch of old plumbing pipes on the curb with other random scrap for trash. I never thought about it being worth money.
From then on I have scrapped every little bit of pipe and metal from the renovation process.
Have only made around $500 but every little bit helps.
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Boys is thirsty for that metal out here in Houston.
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Boys is thirsty for that metal out here in Houston.
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just steel rolls of copper wires like these and you will bank off it....you just need the people/equipment to move em
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just steel rolls of copper wires like these and you will bank off it....you just need the people/equipment to move em
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Originally Posted by Frank Mucus
Lol came here to post this
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Originally Posted by Frank Mucus
Lol came here to post this
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When you sell to places around my, they give you a in house license, take picture of you with the stuff, get ur driverlicense scanned and everything. I guess its a database to help track who nrings in what if it is suspicious or fits a theft.
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When you sell to places around my, they give you a in house license, take picture of you with the stuff, get ur driverlicense scanned and everything. I guess its a database to help track who nrings in what if it is suspicious or fits a theft.
