I hate scrappers! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Hatterasguy · #1 10-11-2011, 08:59 AM

Had half of an aluminum trench box stolen off my job site the other day.

They really are animals, and the scrap yards will scrap their own mothers grave marker without a second thought.

We had a lot of trouble with them after Irene, they were cruising around in their beat to death pickups, grabbing peoples stuff!

elchivito · #2 10-11-2011, 09:07 AM

I deal with one guy who's solid. A disabled ex marine. He'll come all the way out here and pick up my scrap. There are some scumbags for sure, but you have to give credit to many of them for the work they do. Times are tough, it's a job that needs to be done.

MTI · #3 10-11-2011, 09:41 AM

Last week a guy was arrested for trying to steal a cattle guard for scrap. He had a truck with a hoist to lift it off the ground, but was caught by police. Then there are the guys with the battery powered cutting tools that go after truck catalytic converters, since the trucks are higher off the ground.

jplinville · #4 10-11-2011, 09:45 AM

My wife and I scrap on the weekends...but only grab that which is on the curbside, NEVER private property. There's 8 homes that have our number and call us when they have scrap metal for us. There are also 3 small companies that do the same.

We scrap as a side income of a clean out company we own. We have 4 realtors that call use to clean out foreclosed properties. We scrap the metal, trash the trash, and sell the antiques we pick-up. The company has done well in the 6 months we've since we started. From income being paid from the banks, to the revenue from the scrapping and selling of antiques, we've been able to generate just over $20K so far...and the year has yet to end! I've taken to transporting many antiques to SW Ohio to sell there as the willingness to pay a higher price is greater there.

Not all scrappers are guilty of theft...but a high number of them surely are.

SwampYankee · #5 10-11-2011, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by jplinville

My wife and I scrap on the weekends...but only grab that which is on the curbside, NEVER private property. There's 8 homes that have our number and call us when they have scrap metal for us. There are also 3 small companies that do the same.

We scrap as a side income of a clean out company we own. We have 4 realtors that call use to clean out foreclosed properties. We scrap the metal, trash the trash, and sell the antiques we pick-up. The company has done well in the 6 months we've since we started. From income being paid from the banks, to the revenue from the scrapping and selling of antiques, we've been able to generate just over $20 so far...and the year has yet to end! I've taken to transporting many antiques to SW Ohio to sell there as the willingness to pay a higher price is greater there.

Not all scrappers are guilty of theft...but a high number of them surely are.

That's an awful lot of work for $20.

jplinville · #6 10-11-2011, 11:19 AM

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That's an awful lot of work for $20.

It depends on how far you can stretch it. LOL

It was supposed to read $20K...it's fixed now.

SwampYankee · #7 10-11-2011, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jplinville

It depends on how far you can stretch it. LOL

It was supposed to read $20K...it's fixed now.

I figured.

That sounds like a pretty decent gig for some extra cash!

Jim B. · #8 10-11-2011, 11:26 AM

I thought you guys said SCRAPERS.

lol

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JB3 · #9 10-11-2011, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

Had half of an aluminum trench box stolen off my job site the other day.

They really are animals, and the scrap yards will scrap their own mothers grave marker without a second thought.

We had a lot of trouble with them after Irene, they were cruising around in their beat to death pickups, grabbing peoples stuff!

Had a guy just recently steal a parts car that was wheeled outside waiting for another scrapper.

Second time thats happened.

With metal prices what they are, it sure isn't a surprise. Personally took down a pair of rusted out lower control arms, hubs and rotors and they gave me 50 bucks for that.

Just a few months ago, they gave me 50 bucks for an entire van load of metal, not just a few heavy parts. Getting to be big money.

Txjake · #10 10-11-2011, 11:15 AM

The scrappers that crack me up are the copper thieves that occasionally get fried trying to steal electric lines.

aklim · #11 10-11-2011, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Txjake

The scrappers that crack me up are the copper thieves that occasionally get fried trying to steal electric lines.

They had some live fire exercises that were going on in Taiwan, IIRC. Between volleys of fire, kids would run to the target areas and pick up the scrap metal. Not all come back due to unexploded ordinances that suddenly got triggered into being live or if the next volley came crashing down.

boneheaddoctor · #12 10-12-2011, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Txjake

The scrappers that crack me up are the copper thieves that occasionally get fried trying to steal electric lines.

Also known as the law of natural selection......

mgburg · #13 10-13-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by boneheaddoctor

Also known as the law of natural selection......

aka: Darwin's Bacon Bits (Slogan: We fry up in our own fat!)

toomany MBZ · #14 10-11-2011, 11:51 AM

Sux, my neighbor mentioned just yesterday, his fuel door on his old Ford PU was open when his wife got home. Thieves are out and about.

My cars are garage kept.

The Clk Man · #15 10-11-2011, 12:20 PM

I do a lot of auction signs that are made out of aluminum. These signs get used over and over again and get dinged on the edges. About once a week a scrapper will come by and ask if they are scrap, I say NO. I have started keeping them inside my shop now.