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Old 02-05-2011, 02:12 PM   #4
snj8198
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Re: scrap trucks pricing

Yup, when iron scrap started peaking last summer and the year before I noticed the local salvaged yards cleaned house. Prices were so good that a couple guys down the street were paying as much as $200 for old long box pickups and were getting $400-450 per truck scrap value. Only catch was they had to break them down to 3 foot chunks, but they had a system to where they could have a truck chopped and loaded in 3 hours. Doing the math, that's a good hourly wage.
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