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well for the last 2 days ive been going around to all the neighbors and collecting old car and truck batteries. car batteries are $8 each and tractor batts are $13. i netted $300 my first day $580 gross(split profit with a couple people i got batteries from) and i just added up todays as about $350 net. so if your looking for extra cash and know of some people with old batteries(most are happy to get rid of them and just let you have them for free)

so to get rich quick just call this number and give me your credit card number so i can ship you this FREE info DVD!

but seriously though i really never thought about doing it until i started talking with a scrap hauler guy and i was like what the heck ill try it.

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Just don't turn to the dark side and start taking stuff without permission. A lot of guys I deal with see high profit margins in copper and stuff like that and steal from the local power and construction companies. That is until they're caught and sent to the pokie!

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There are a ton of people around here that are posting on Craigslist that they will haul your scrap metal and batteries for FREE! What a deal!

If people will give them to you, that's a pretty good deal.

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yeah i get tired of them spamming every single directory with their ads.

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who the hell has old batteries laying around?

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Where does tomorrow's income come from?

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Who cares? When I get a bag full of aluminum cans I take them to the recycler and get a couple bucks, even though tomorrow I won't have the bag of cans anymore.

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stealing toyota cat. converters

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My only point is your neighbors only have a limited supply of old batteries.

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My dad was doing this for a while.

He hit the local small town junk yard and bought all the batteries he could find for half of what the recycle rs were paying. He had a trailer load ready to go, drove them a couple hundred miles to find the scrap price was suddenly reduced. The trip and effort did not pay off.

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Where did you turn them in? I have a few laying around I'd love to get rid of

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Some of you guys seem worried about what he is going to do tomorrow for cash.

WHO CARES?????

And to assume that he will start stealing is rude.

I don't currently have a job. I am scrapping for a living. Its not that easy anymore to get scrap cars. Some i buy, or do percentage with the owner. Some you do get for free.

I want to thank him for telling others how to earn some extra cash if they need it.

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How about the recycling aspect of the whole ordeal also? Better they get recycled rather than sit in someone's shed or side yard, no?

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I have a neighbor that supplements his income from scrapping. The only problem is that we live in a multifamily residential neighborhood. I own a two family home that after years of work and over $100,000 out of pocket cash infusion, I can finally rent. The scrapping neighbor was clueless to the noise and general atmosphere he created from his hobby/second job. He would be outside or in his garage all hours day and night and all day on weekends grinding, cutting and banging metal around. This did not make for a favorable atmosphere inside my home.

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well i went to a place and there was 95 old batteries. so i split the profit 50/50 even though i was doing all the work and driving 75 miles to the scrap yard. and i live in montana where there is old farm everywhere so i just cruse around and say hi im chad bla bla bla old batteries. so far ive hired my friend cause i have 100 batteries from two days collecting and my 72 gmc didnt like all that weight so i got about 50 in my pickup and 50 between my friends pickup and his trailer.

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One of the guys at my work suppliments his income by collecting our scrap, batteries, good used tires and not-called-back warranty parts. He scraps most and sells tires on Craigslist if he can find decent pairs He makes a decent bit of cash from it to add to the little he makes in the detail department. I'm kinda jealous because I could use the extra cash too but I'm not gonna muscle in on his gig.

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My buddy set up recycling bins around the factory we worked at, everyone just assumed management was wanting us to recycle aluminum cans. He was actually making decent money just baggin up the cans each weekend and taking them home.

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fine69 is right. even if i quit getting batteries after i take these in ill have still made alot of money. and yes the point about stealing is very valid. i would never steal anything. especially a battery! but you hear on the news all the time about people stealing new copper pipe and selling it for scrap. and yes it is getting hard to find cars to scrap. ive only found one that i had to give $50 for. and i know of another one i can get for free but itll be hard to get at. and to the guy that said what is he going to do tomorrow? im a senior in HS with an afterschool job, so this isnt my full time job or anything.

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i also supplement my income by scrapping etc. i go to the trash days and pick through the items ad get anything that i can use.

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I scrap every thing I can that pays a buck to add a little extra income. That's the money I get to spend on my trucks:lol:

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I've been doing this for years on a very small scale. I have a pile of 30 or so starters and alternators, about 10 A/C compressors, and a few other odds and ends just waiting for me to get time to go to my buddy's place to unload them. I get catilitic converters from time to time and this guy will buy anything you have that is hard to unload. He was chomping at the pit to get a safe off of me a years ago. The safe was free to me, and I got a nice intake and some valve covers, and a couple other odds and ends.
Something to take note of... A/C units are dead now. I found out that new EPA law has it to where they can't buy ANYTHING that held or carried refrigerant without some kind of paperwork from a licensed A/C guy. I found this out a day too late.
Anyone wanna buy a locked up household condensor unit and a coil? I'll sell it cheap!

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yeah its bcause the freon cant be released into the air. ypur supposed to have a pro empty it. luckily i have friends that work in HVAC.

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I'll take it, I am licensed.
when I worked on medium duty trucks/motorhomes I made good money scrapping. boss didn't want to mess with it as did a few shops in town where I know the guys. my best load was 5400# of cast iron.

now where I work there is an aluminum recycler 2 blocks one way and a shady neighborhood 4 blocks the other way. we always see guys walking by with bags full of cans to only see them an hour later with a bottle or 12 pack. one guy last week was carrying an arm load of rain gutter and downspouts. I guess he was remodeling his house

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Something to remember... esp if you are getting a 'jackpot load' (like expensive cats) before paying someone for there stuff, call whomever you sell them to, and see what they are going for. My guy scewed himself BAD when I showed up with 105 starters off of the GM 6.5. He paid me 10 bones each if memory serves... but when he showed up to the rebuilders, it was way more than they could move in years, and gave him like 3 bucks each.
He almost screwed himself when I showed up with 9 or 10 diesel catilitic converters. The guys that he sells to used to give a lot for them, but they all of a sudden don't want to deal with carbon'd/sooty cats, so they give very little for them.
Cats, copper, steel, stainless, aluminum, it fluxuates so much at times you could end up upside down on some things. Holding onto a pile till it gets bigger is never a good idea, unless prices are down at that moment. Turn them in as soon as you can, a few days holding on is alright, but I wouldn't recomend much more.
More things to look for, if you have local rebuilders (of anything) ask them what they need. Locally, 350, 454, and the 2.5 are all gold. Rear wheel drive torque converters, 200 4R, 700 R4, Th400, 4l60e & 80e... all worth money.

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well i had a hell of a load today! 106 batteries!!!! and 4 radiators. now i made good money on the batteries but the radiators i didnt do so good. last time i had 6 radiators and they paid 1.19 per pound and i had 156 lbs. this time i had 4 radiators and i got like .20 per pound and only had like 40 lbs. so i dont know if i got screwed this time(there was a new guy working) or if they made a mistake last time. either way i just decided to walk out. what do you guys think? oh and btw 68c15 thats pretty funny about the guy with the rain gutters!

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Always remove the plastic tanks or steel strips on rads. They will knock the price down a LOT if you bring them in 'dirty'.
I normally get 1.30 for brass/copper rads

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I made $200 with some batteries from our friends farm, some were ours. $10 in gas. $190 profit for almost no labor. I like scrapping. Dad does maintenance so he does electrical/plumbing quite a bit. So we take all the wire/copper/brass scraps. We got $200 for about 150ft of 12 gauges wire and a bunch of pipe scraps.

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Today I run a load of scrap aluminum... this was for work, not for me... all I got was a sore back and 2 hrs out of the shop. None the less, 1704 pounds = $826.60
if you are real smart, and careful, and keep your eyes and ears open... you can make a good living doing this. I know my buddy makes a dam good living doing this... he works his butt off, but he makes real good money.

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Yeah Andy, I know an old black guy, his name is Willie, he cant read or write, just sign his name, he's got no teeth, etc. He can count that's for sure. He drives about a dozen old beat-up dumptrucks, rollbacks, and wreckers. He is around 70 years old, works his tail off. We got him to pick up 3 scrap vehicles for us. When he paid us the %% of the scrap, he pulled a wad out, SOLID $100 bills, dad and I figured it was around $20K, and that was just one pocket, he was wearing cargo pants... And people say you need an education! :D Just goes to show ya, someone will always break the mold. :smoke:

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I admire your hustle. Guys like you will make it when others don't. Even if it is a one shot deal, you have that much more money than if you hadn't tried.
Keep that "can do" attitude and you'll do well in life.
Cayoterun

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I think recycling is a good idea, keep more useful stuff out of the landfills, we separate plastics, cans and cardboard, drop off the plastic and cardboard/paper at the dump run, sell the cans. My step dad used to haul scrap for beer money back in the 70s. It's surprising how much lumber and cardboard people take to the dump.

Around here the scum steal copper from AC systems, like gas stations and churches. They did catch some fools stealing bronze statues from cemetaries. I remember getting an email about a couple of thieves who tried to steal some high voltage copper with some bolt cutters, instant justice! They were both fried blacker than they started.