It pays to be a scrapper...

[Efibroncoman]

The RV place my brother works at piles junk and unwanted parts up in one corner of their back lot and eventually makes a dump run. Well the manager asked my brother if he wanted to haul everything off to the recycler/dump and keep all the proceeds. So, we took 5 truckloads of steel and a 30ft. Flatbed trailer piled high with aluminum trim and awning tubes to Schnitzer Steel for a grand total of $1200.... Did the price of scrap go up? Cause I'm thinking, um....YEAH!!! The manager told him he'd probably make about $400. Yeah, times 3! And we also recycled 6 aluminum wheels and 15 tires! That was a pretty good weekend!!!

[Efibroncoman]

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On another note... Also in the pile was a brand new Reese 18K 5th wheel hitch missing some small parts and another 16K. If I wanted a 5th wheel hitch on my truck or sitting around in my garage for weeks... I would have sold it. But I have no use for it and didn't wanna be tripping over it all the time.

[jperry1290]

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thats why all these guys are stealing copper from the lamp posts.

[Fordfreak]

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steel is way up. my tow buddy says abatement tows have slowed as the citys don,t want to piss off po'folks and new car sales are down. p-n-p is giving him 450$ for anything complete he brings in and they are still making money. they used to give hin 125$ and that was only if it was complete. if the yard got too full they would charge him 60$ each if they didn't have engine or trans and that was only 2 years ago. a big rig truck drum is worth 18$ in scrap at snatchers right now.

[trash]

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Ive got an old case 450 crawler for sale on craigslist for $1500 and my phone is ringing alot.Its probably woth more than that in scrap