I began stopping here to sell my aluminum cans at 32 cents a pound. It's horrible normally, but during COVID it is the highest rate around that makes sense with gas figured in. A few times, staff was very rude to me for no reason in particular. I attend scrap yards all over the state, and have basic questions about how they do things here as each yard is different. I brought a 103 pound cast iron sink in. On the same ticket, I brought in 50 pounds of cast iron rotors. They were different categories. The rotors were classified as auto cast and at a rate of 8 cents per pound ($160 per ton). The cast iron sink was classified as "stove cast" and given a 3 cent per pound rate. I've never encountered a scrap yard classifying cast iron sinks and tubs as 'stove cast' (I called to verify it was done correctly). Absolutely never would have brought that there had I known that. That is a $5 difference on one item. May not sound like much, but in the scrap world that is huge. There's one guy who roams around that I've found to be helpful, and another guy who sometimes is on the scale who is pretty straight forward. Every time I asked a question about how they wanted the material sorted to anyone else, (i.e. do they classify different rates of breakage, do they consider anything other than rotors from a car 'autocast', do they differentiate sheet aluminum from cast aluminum from from painted aluminum siding, etc.) I was met with attitude and the vaguest answer, leaving me to guess. So this Saturday I am there, and I grab numerous bins to keep material sorted (sheet aluminum, cast aluminum, stainless steel, aluminum extrusion, and painted aluminum siding). On the cart is the cast iron tub. All the bins on the ground in front of the scale, waiting to be weighed. The person on the scale looks at me and just berates me, refusing to even begin weighing my stuff. Says "No, I want a cart here". So, I wheel the cart with the sink on it up. scale person says "No, I am not weighing that first." So, I get to pick up the 5 ft long 103 pound cast iron sink by myself and drag it off the cart, out of the way. Person just looks at me. I ask what the person wants to weigh. The person says "THE ALUMINUM", as if I am at fault for something because I don't know what magical order I am supposed to place my 8 different categories of metal on the scale (This is irrelevant everywhere else), I look, and ask "which aluminum?" I proceed to tell her what each bin contains. She looks at me and says "all of it". Not really an answer, so I take my best guess. I take my sheet aluminum and set it on the empty cart on the scale. The person just stands there, not taking any weights. I ask if I did something wrong. The person says "PUT THE REST ON THERE." I inform the scalemaster they are different categories, and I took the time to separate it for better pay and I would like to receive the proper weights and rates. The person says "IM GIVING YOU THE SAME RATE FOR ALL OF IT," without explaining what that rate would be. This sounds like i am going to get whatever the lowest rate (sheet aluminum) is for the whole load, which is a horrible 'deal'. It essentially robs me. However, at this point they are about to close, it's hot, and people are in line. I just roll the dice and hope I don't get screwed too hard. I put all the aluminum on it. Scalemaster: "ALL OF IT". I inquire, "stainless steel too?" 'YES'.
I'll cut it off there. You get the jist. At this point in time, I would recommend this yard for aluminum (cans and otherwise), as the prices are OKAY for the current climate. Just don't take the time to sort any of it. read more
