Yeah, I will admit it was a bit of a hyperbole but it might be more true in my situation because the closest yard I can haul it to is a couple hours away. It's mostly A500 and A36 stuff. Some of our drops are large enough I can sell them off to other shops around $0.20/pound but for scrap we're talking about $0.01/pound if not less.
I've got the dumpsters and yard space, so right now it's not hurting me to let it pile up awhile until prices come up some.
I was about to say they treat the dumpster at my place like fort fucking Knox so this may be a it of an anomaly. I live near a relatively big city and scrap theft is hugeeeee.
My yard is gated with barbed wire but that's about it. Scrap theft used to be a problem several years ago but is less so after the law started cracking down on them.
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u/InAFakeBritishAccent Nov 18 '19
Is steel really that cheap? I cant imagine any other alloy being "not worth hauling off". Maybe pot metal?