Hello, I have been lurking here and decided to join. Great site with a ton of information. Hope to learn a lot from the veterans.

I am a retired educator that started scrapping full time a year ago. I was asked to demo some buildings on farms which lead to the demolition of a community water tank. I am a one man crew so I do not have the headaches of a crew. The water tank was bid on a percentage of scrap salvaged and hauled 70 tons of iron in six weeks. Learning curve was steep for a one man crew.

I have a new challenge, scrapping a major electrical plant. If the learning curve were a stair case, I am climbing an inverted ladder. Therefore this scrapper will have lots of questions, but I know better than to ask before I do some more reading. This is not a demolition (I leave that for the experts) it is a salvage operation. Look forward to the education I will receive from this forum. I hope to provide information to those with scrap questions, types of metal, recovery rates, prices, metal markets, etc.

Thanks.