How much money can you make selling scrap metal?

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asked Dec 27, 2017 in Employment & Careers by facebone (320 points)
How much money can you make selling scrap metal?

Can you make a decent income by selling scrap metal to scrap metal yards?

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answered Jan 10, 2018 by Mechanic21 (29,150 points)
Some people make up to $2,000.00 per month collecting and hauling scrap metal and others make less.

To make the $2,000.00 per month constantly you're gonna need a constant supply of scrap metal and you'll likely need to post ads on craigslist or live in a large population city or town that has a lot of scrap metal to pickup.

Collecting and selling scrap metal is hard work too.

For the less populated areas you might not get as much scrap and you might go a month or so without any or much scrap at all to sell.

Usually more scrap can be found in spring weather when people are getting rid of things to do spring cleaning.

If you can't get much scrap on a consistent basis then you might be lucky to make $100.00 per month.

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