about a 1.5 months ago I was getting $550/ton for the metal crates. it has dropped considerably down to around $200/ton now. can't wait for the Chinese to get back to work smelting so it goes back up.
shredder scrap was hovering between $190 - $170, last load I took was $105/ton
I've knocked down the bike loan a couple grand and had extra money for other things.
cost of transporting it for me is little, I have to go to work anyway and the recyclers is less than 20mi round trip so about 1 gal of gas.
I usually end up averaging $40/hour of work I put into it. not that bad.
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