I'm not sure they are so far off on their price, they've got 2 hours of driving dropping and picking up a roll-off. So there is nearly 200$ for driver and truck fuel wear etc. There is the cost of a 2 or 3 ton roll off dumpster that sits there, they have 30 or 40 of them on rotation. They unload it and sort at the yard, maybe 0.25 hr. It then sits for 1-6 months between visits from the various shredders and crushers that visit the yard. They pay him, then it get loaded on a truck for a 5 hr one way trip. Not sure what they can backhaul on a scrap steel trailer.
You won't see me lining up to get free scrap.
I've got 3 junk cars on my place, but the best I can get is 300$ for all of them as scrap. 2 of them run, drive and have new tires even! Yard told me if I take the alumium wheels, aluminum transmission or starter/alt components off they will deduct off the price too.
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