Retiredguy2
Gold Member
One of the local high schools holds a scrap metal drive every summer to raise funds for band equipment, and they tell me they will be happy to pick up about 3/4 ton of steel that I have...much of it is chain link fencing that would be a huge PIB for me to load and transport. I probably have enough to fill three full size pickup beds and the gas to transport everything in my trailer (2 trips) would cost me $10-15 plus all my time. According to my local scrapyards they pay about 3 cents a pound for mixed steel scrap so I could earn maybe fifty bucks for what I have before paying for the gas. AND I get a tax deduction...!! What is the current rate for for steel scrap in your area?