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10/17/10, 01:12 PM
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Anybody know about the scrapmetal business?
A few days ago a guy dropped by looking for scrap to haul away. I was about to leave the house so I told him I'd have to wait and talk to hubby about what he might want to get rid of.
Guy came back today. We have a couple of old collapsed sheds filled with old metal drums, pumps, parts of things long forgotten, etc. A huge old hog feeder, a rusted filing cabinet. Junk.
The guy says he'll take the buildings down, remove the metal, burn the wood and collect the nails, no charge. He just wants the metal.
I'm amazed. That's a crap-ton of work for not much.
I'm sure he's out of work and trying to be resourceful. I really admire that in a person, and his doing this really helps us out, too. My hubby works long hours, and there's rarely any daylight when he gets home so he's not likely to do it. So this arrangement helps both of us.
What could this guy possibly get out of this other than a bit of $$$ from the recycling? If the wiring's copper I know that's more; and I hope it is, because again, it's a crap-ton of work for not much. (He offered to sign a liability waiver and while I didn't tell him this, I do have an additional personal liability policy on top of my homeowner's policy. I'd hate to think that this guy couldn't do this because of stupid CYA issues.)
He's even going to stack the wood in small piles and burn so that it doesn't hurt the trees in the area (junk trees, mostly mulberry) and then take a magnet to remove the nails.
Is he going to be busting his hiney for just a few dollars? Somehow that bothers me.
If he really does all he said he'll do, I'm planning on a generous tip. And if he doesn't, I'm no worse off. Just getting rid of those drums is a huge relief.
Your thoughts?
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10/17/10, 01:20 PM
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Scrap price is up if he is retired he may be bored and some folks enjoy doing something.
Good luck . If he does a good job look at the advertisement you will give him . 
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10/17/10, 01:51 PM
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It's a good way to make a some money on the side or suppliment your income. He can probably make a couple hundred bucks off what you have there.
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10/17/10, 02:08 PM
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People often work pretty hard for scrap metal, for what they gat paid for it. I know I have. Lots of lifting, cutting, sorting etc. It is money.
Just make sure he takes the scrap metal LAST, after he completes the other work, he promised to do.
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10/17/10, 02:17 PM
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I`m with plowjockey, make sure he does what he says he will do, and never leave home with him at your place. You just may come home to find a few other things missing that weren`t in the agreement. > Marc
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10/17/10, 07:36 PM
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if you are a regular supplier they pay 200 bucks a ton -- don't take much metal to make a ton. if you haul it yourself the yards only pay about 50 bucks a ton, because they have to sort it, or so they say. scraps getting harder to find and I'm setting on mine untill I get desperate for tax money. the scrap will hold its value better than cash.
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10/17/10, 08:42 PM
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If you got a good truck and a 16 foot trailer, you can make a purty good amount of money hauling junk in one days time. And you don't have to pay taxes on it. You could make more money hauling junk then if you had a minimum wage job with taxes taken out. The only problem is finding enough junk to haul.
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10/17/10, 08:52 PM
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Theres a good chance that this is a case of your trash is his treasure. I have seen resourceful, knowledgeable people spot things of worth standing at the landfill. That hog feeder or those pumps might be something he needs or has buyers for... Those things long forgotten might be just what he or someone else needs.
Not to mention the potential lumber/tin from the buildings.
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10/17/10, 09:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BamaSpek
Theres a good chance that this is a case of your trash is his treasure. I have seen resourceful, knowledgeable people spot things of worth standing at the landfill. That hog feeder or those pumps might be something he needs or has buyers for... Those things long forgotten might be just what he or someone else needs.
Not to mention the potential lumber/tin from the buildings.
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BTDT! I've seen one piece of very expensive 'treasure' that made a teardown, hauloff and cleanup worth it. My best was a "call me", neighbor lady wanted me to take down her barn, and haul off all of the junk. I obliged, and got a barn made of oak, cedar, and cypress, and a ton of roofing tin. A dozen trailerloads of tractor implements, tposts, chains, tools, cables, wire, you name it. Still working on reducing that stockpile of booty.
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10/17/10, 10:41 PM
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The hog feeders could be worth more than you think...as hog feeders, and not scrap metal.
I'm all for doing this deal, but on the other hand, like what others have said, I'd make sure you knew what he was taking, and to make sure the work was done before the scrap was taken.
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10/17/10, 11:49 PM
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Every farm produces scrap metal. I live less than 2 miles from a place that accepts "dirty scrap metal", so most of my neighbors are interested in junk.
I put stuff at the end of the drive and it's gone within the day. Good for me, good for you.
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10/18/10, 08:33 AM
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I ran into a woman and her husband who's father had passed recently.. A guy actually paid them to be able to haul their scrap metal away. Seems the old guy had a barn just full of metal siding and corrugated metal and then some.
As was said, I would want to be there and make sure he only hauls off what you want hauled off..
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10/18/10, 11:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HilltopDaisy
Every farm produces scrap metal.
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Yup they sell seeds to grow it at the Co-op..... 
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10/18/10, 08:10 PM
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Yesterday evening my wife and I went out and spent a couple of hours loading up the trailer again. In the scrap pile we found several headers, intake and exhuast manifolds, wheel drums, and cam shafts that made for some good weight. We filled the trailer high and I took it all in this morning and made another $94. Not bad for a couple of hours work.
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