I am producing a variety of steel scrap. Some is compact and heavy, and some is kind of fluffy, like this:
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I am producing a variety of steel scrap. Some is compact and heavy, and some is kind of fluffy, like this:
Fenced and locked area or outbuilding to collect the scrap, security cameras and a DVR, and a big No Trespassing, Will Prosecute sign - and do it if you find someone raided the hen-house.
I have scrap haulers coming by the house all the time, I have to keep the gates locked and tell them "When I decide it's fully stripped and no good to me any longer, I'll put it outside the gate." And it disappears within 24 hours when I do.
Except for Copper and Brass, I don't collect enough to make it worth the trip to the scrap yard myself - you really do have to start talking by the ton. Unless I cut it up and build something useful out of it, which is why it sticks around for a while.
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If you have a regular supply, the scrap dealer will supply a bin for you and pick it up when you call. At least they do here.
I have not seen a lockable one, though.
Paul
Your "shop" is 10,000 sf, surely you can spare a hundred or two sf for scrap storage inside. Bob
My scrap dealer supplies a tall, locking 40 yd dumpster and comes when called and cuts a check in less than a week. I do have to trust his weight though. I have had scrappers break into the complex and steal my scrap by climbing over the top. But it's mostly strips that have had blanks punched from them. It isn't very dense and it's sharp as razors, a lot of work for "free" scrap.
Hopefully, they left vivid blood offerings to the gods of scrap.
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I've had vultures waiting for me, when I drop off stuff at the local...garbage/metal place.
Some of the junk, welders, heavy duty air hammers, etc, just let them take it.
xman
How long does it take you to fill up one dumpster?
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