What P*sses Scrap Yards Off - AVOID THESE MISTAKES WHEN SCRAPPING 

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Couldn't have said it better myself. Another biggie for me is the guys that show up time and time again with a truckload of mixed material that they then proceed to sort (and clean) at the scale!!

Thom, remind me to never attempt to upset you in any way . Wow that was a clear understanding of the do's and dont's . Keep up the good work . God bless y'all.

You forgot to mention when scrappers bring in a truck full of multiple materials all mixed up & even dirty wasting your time, I always organize all my materials for a fast in & out

Well said! I try my best to work with my scrap yard. They have always helped me ID my scrap if I didn't know what it was, and also gave me tips on how to improve my scrap for top dollar for me and them! I hope you feel better after that rant. I am sure you needed that, and I am 100% behind you on that! Scrap on!

You are so right Tom! I listen to my scrapyard guys and do my best to make the whole negotiation easy. I am very pleased when they show me the differences between A & B and how best to seperate them BEFORE I drive in the gate. Every day and every delivery is a lesson.

My local scrapyard changed their hours. They close their doors for costumers one hour before employees are set to go home. This way they can get through the people that come last minute and still make it home on time.

I totally agree with you. The yard I go to is 8:00 - 5:00. If I can't get there by 4:00 the latest, I wait till the next morning. It's all about respect for the workers.

Needs to go both ways I am just a scrapper been dealing with the same yard 5+years turn over in employment is big I find myself mad at new guys that look at my scrap different than I was told last trip. Lost

Love this video!!!! Tell us how you really feel! Love it!!!!

Ok lets say one of your employees is having a rough day and they take it out on the customer. Just saying it goes both ways. Cause it’s happened to me but hope everyone is safe and keep scrapping.

This might be my favorite video! Your fired up I like it!

Right on! Not only good advice for scrapyards, good advice for life. Consideration matters.

Show someone bringing in a load of non ferrous metal and how it's processed from customer to sorting! That would be an interesting video.

There's always a couple of people cleaning and sorting their stuff in the parking lot where I sell my stuff. They make a huge mess and leave nails and crap in the lot. I'm sure the yard just loves to see that kind of activity. The yard does a great job of cleaning up after them, but they shouldn't have to. I try to have a good relationship with the yard. I ask about metals, not tell them... I try to get the same scale operator every time. I think he trusts that I'm not out to screw the yard. I keep my "dirty" brass and aluminum in separate containers, and let them decide if it's clean enough to get full price, or if they'll give me a lower price for it. I always feel like I've been treated fairly. I also know what I have for weight before I sell it..

It sounds very similar to things that I experienced every day working in an automotive repair shop.

Your completely right with everything bud!

From the other end it's frustrating when scrap yards don't answer the phone or pick up nails

Nice rant Tom before I retired I was a business owner myself and know exactly what your saying. Trouble things are getting worse instead of better. Anyways I enjoy your videos and I sometimes learn something new.

This guy tells it like it is, straight up no BS. I have been selling my material there for thirty years, maybe more. I would deal with his old man, another straight shooter. Great video, reminded me of a guy who was on TV years ago called " Crazy Eddie ".

Thanks, this was informative. One time, I came into my yard 30 mins before closing, and they had a queue still. I caught on real quick not to do that. Now I use a couple of hours of PTO at my job to arrive early if I'm dropping off in the afternoon.

best video i watched. on here.. great to hear from YOUR perspective.. came from the heart

Good to see your side of the fence /cheers

Yup. Get it. These are all things that a normal adult would understand, however, not everyone is good at being an adult. Have a good Labor Day everyone!

Land o' lakes,wi....thank you for saying what alot need to hear....,,,,,,,,no respect....,,,,sad but true........😮

I recently worked for a few weeks at my local yard because they are having a hard time finding labor. I had a guy come in that was saving brass colored aluminum shower door frames and wanted to tell me they were brass. He kept saying the other yard he goes to said they were brass and we should write it down as such. Well, go to the other yard Sanford, see ya.

One of your best videos. I hope people see it and realize that you have a life and show the respect that they also want.

Ok good information !

Love this

I use to work at a scrap yard and the same thing happened there. Customers will cuss and try convincing you that the material they have is something different than what you buy it for. And will always have customers going in 5min right before closing time.

Call think he would like me as a customer. I keep at least a case of water in my truck to share with the employees because South Carolina is hot and humid. Because of your videos I know what items should be bought as and I ask whoever is on the scale what they’re buying it as if they give me the wrong answer. I tell them I’m not selling today thank you I’ll take it home. Which some of the employees are confused by but I am respectful, not argumentative. I’m respectful of the employees at my yard and ask questions Also, I know the owner and now that I’ve been scrapping for multiple years. If I have a question of what something should be or how it should be prepped for his yard I sent him a picture it ask him, and then when his employees on the scale say no it’s this. I show him the text message and say, will you buy as this?

Hey tom, loved the vid and tottaly agree. Im just a scrapper not a yard owner but would like to share what happend to me at a yard that ticked me off and ask if others have experienced things like this. At a yard i used to go to if i braught a load of tin shred in, thier would always be an additional tare on the ticket after haveing already unloaded.. this i could see if it is descussed b4 unloading and agreed to. But it feels like they are reaching into my pocket without permision to do this without any conversation or explination.. this same yard took an intire load of short steel and downgraded it to shred price due to a cast iron sink that had porcalin on it b eeing in it without letting me know so it could be removed. This would always happen with no conversation or warning of any kind. Just let me unload everything and say nothing... hears your ticket goodbye. U-pull em did this to me several times. Is this common practice?

I try not to p!$$ them off, but man! These prices today. $45/ton for base steel scrap. Was about to head in there, but not at that price... Guess it's collecting dust for the time being, because that's not worth my time.

Yesterday my yard stops taking people at 345 I called said I’ll be there right at time they said ok my yard is really good the people r really nice people shit makes me mad when people r assholes to someone who did nothing to u my yard knows I know my stuff so I say what I got and that’s what I get for it

Since you don't want folks showing up at closing, I hope everywhere it states your hours it also clearly states the last time it's OK to stop in. Otherwise your hours are misleading.

I have been watching you a long time learning so much thanks for a family few lots of bad language on Lots of apps

What ticks me off is making me weigh the material on the truck scale instead of on the small scale which is more accurate. And the nails that are always all over the place. And the prices never being posted ( my local yard)

I agree with all of this. Funny you talk about speed... I was just at the yard I always go to, and while backing a semi up to the crane, the crane operator got pissed off at me because I wasn't BACKING UP fast enough! I always slow down when I am about 20 or so feet from him, and he was throwing his arms in the air, and getting upset with me. Then the next crane operator stopped for lunch 12 minutes early, and came back 15 minutes late... So, that's what pisses ME off when I go to a yard.

Life isn't fair. Especially in scrapping. For Owner or Customer...

What grinds my gears🤣

Good

This is a great video, I never knew what could piss off a scrap yard owner .

Maybe it's the location.

IN PAYETTE,IDAHO MAKE MORE MONEY THEN ANYONE ELSE. WHO BUYS.

Tell one tell all preach

Rant. It's a two way street.

Relax Tom,,, if people come to my yard 10,,20,,Min,s B4 We Close,, my Staff Say,, Come Back 2,Mor,o,,, ,, if they come back or Not,, its up 2,Them,, 9,out of 10,,,Always Come Back,,, 👍

You shouldn't have to even make this video. I'm a business owner and I get the same from customers. People think what they want they hear something from somewhere and think they know it all.

Metal is just a commodity like many things. Scrapyards are the middle man to refiners/smelters. We don’t sell a pickup truckload to refiners. The scrapyard sells to them by the semi truck or train load. I asked a yard owner if he hangs on to anything for prices to go up, basically no. They turn around and sell while they can make a margin of profit versus risking losing money if price goes down. Supply and demand with volume. Kind of like Walmart, for example, sells things for less and may make less on that individual item, but if they sell millions of those items, then they make a profit. Most of us have jobs where we want to make money, not just break even.

I dont show up near closing but if yall are open it shouldn't matter when a customer arrives. If you want to leave earlier close earlier. I would love for scrap yards to mandate people have their metals sorted before they get there. Or at least sorted the best they can. Another thing I would like is for the employees to ask if I need help unloading. Most of the time I would prefer to do it myself because I am much more careful with my vehicle, I know which metals are where and many times I have had non ferrous thrown in the shred.

Wait, aren't we the ones selling to you? If I don't like your offers I'll keep my metal... simple as that.

I stepped on a nail in the yard and jumped thier ass about it I'm banned for life. Tom yards in kansas city are saying copper with a brass fitting is brass not number 2 its so frustrating.