How We Turned Cardboard into Cash with Incredible Profit Margins! ♻️💰
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2023
- 📦💪 This week, we got a last-minute call from a 3rd party junk removal company. They needed us to remove a massive amount of cardboard ASAP. It was a challenging task, but we tackled it with enthusiasm! The best part? Cardboard removal jobs have great profit margins! ♻️💰 We were able to recycle the cardboard and make some serious cash. I always make sure to charge per load on these and negotiate well, so I don't end up working for free.
It's a win-win situation for both the store, which needs it done right away, and our business, which profits accordingly. It always helps to have some manpower to call, that way, the job wraps up quickly and doesn't drag on! Just another day in the dumpster business!
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Brock is a good dude! I had him come by and price out a project I still plan on doing!
He's a good dude!
$1,800 sounds like a great pay day! We always try to "stick" it to the 3rd party companies. We usually get a few "emergency" snow plow jobs from them every winter. They never take our standard rate but always end up calling during the storm and pay a premium.
I hope the loose cardboard is worth it my area. I have started saving a whole bunch of cardboard once I get the scrap metal sold that’s sitting in my trailer I’ll start loading the loose cardboard. Hoping I can make it worth my time(right now don’t have much effort into it) but would love to get an enclosed trailer for it. I need to find my local businesses and see who has balers and who don’t so I can get the businesses that don’t have balers cardboard. Hopefully it’ll be worth it…..cuz my wife sure doesn’t think it’s worth it. Honestly I’m not sure either yet….but if I can get a lot more of it other than just from where I work. And if I can afford a cardboard baler eventually! Cha-Ching!! Every where I read online says baled is worth more $$$
Bro😮😮😮....never in my whole 40yrs of living have I ever thought of plugging a tire like that!!🤯🤯🤯...I have a nail in my trailer tire now....I'm about to go try it😂😂😂...I'll send photos..
Some dudes will say your an idiot for doing it. I do it weekly. Never have an issue.
@rollingops and I don't understand why more shop don't do it either...it's very convenient and simple....and I would say you payday for that job should be around $1200
What business doesn't have bailer for cardboard? In a mall type setting, there is usually one bailer that several businesses share.
Our mall basically turned into a surgery center lol. And because it's a seasonal business I don't think they have some of the same "permissions" as the other businesses
Hahahaha he said “wonder if my skiddy would fit” I love that idea if only u had a mini skid like a dingo with a grapple and u could do it fast fast
Would have been awesome!
@@rollingops your a real inspiration I wanna take ur kinda mindset and have many other businesses in connection and use them all for the same purpose of making money
So you charged approximately $1800 so not too bad for a few hours work and a bit of fuel.
I plead the 5th ha
16 ply trans eagle tires are a beast
600 bucks 😉 nice job. Plug kits come in handy
When I bought my max d dump trailer as soon as a got home ordered 5 trans eagle 16ply sold the 5 that came with trailer to a local landscaping co and made half my money back
you should just buy jet alert, 200mg in each caplet and caffeine with the sugar or added expense. then just hydrate lots. you will save tons on energy drink costs
Would it have been a possibilty to load the entire container onto a trailer and take it to the recycling center intact?
If I had a 40 ft trailer maybe. But they had too much mixed trash, would of pissed off the recycling place, they wouldnt let us sit there empting it either, because its hard to find a 40 ft tilt trailer with a good dump angle.
I would 100% use the skid steer with the grapple
Do you have a paper plant within a reasonable distance from you? Reason I ask is I'm in the pallet business and I know some of my competitors pick up cardboard as well and sell it to a paper plant across the street from a pallet yard I deal with. Last I'd heard this plant was paying around $200 a ton but I could've been lied to, never know. That would be an even better deal than free dumping lol. How much did the weight total up to?
Im working on my business bro can u help me with some questions like HOW where staff like that . Where did you make you website looks great
Never feel guilty about negotiating a price with the middleman. Lucky you can find good people to team with, around here it's a nightmare. The last time I had to haul that much cardboard I charged 800 which is what the volume of trash would have cost at the time. Today I would assume you charged double that amount.
Find a recycling center that will pay for the loose cardboard. Market isn’t that great right now but in a strong market it might pay for the fuel putting more money in your pocket. With the extra money buy a blackjack tire repair kit, they are heavy duty. I keep one in all of my trucks. Enjoyed the video as always, keep it up.
Man I'd pay for those boxes
You said they offered $300 and you did it for double the offer so $600. Per load minus the over head, help, fuel, trucks etc. so at $1,800. Less the overhead your profit (net) I would guess to be would be something between $800 and $1,100 depending on distance to recycle station. But my biggest question is why did you use the dumpster on site for the trash? You were paid by the load, even if it only took half of the 20 yard box it’s a load. Additional $600.00 to take it to a transfer or landfill or off load into another half full dumpster. Regardless, great video and great profit for a few hours work.
Hey man just curious to what it says the capacity of cargo should not exceed on your trailer I was looking at a bumper pull version at my local dealer and it said no more than 8680 lbs from my understanding that means that trailer without the bin weighs 5,320 lbs in which I think is kinda crazy if the trailer is only rated for 14k
Man, if you get enough jobs like this is might be worth your while in getting a cardboard baler. Then you could sell the cardboard for additional revenue. If youre handy enough you could make one with a hydraulic cylinder and a couple of hoses. Just power it off of the auxiliary attachment on one of your machines.
Cool idea! I'll have to look into that!
you need a garbage truck for kart board that's so much esyer
That would be sweet!
Keegan got that "Porn-Stache" game on point!!! LOL
If you look hard enough, you might find him on the Hub
How many paper-cuts were caused from the making of this video?
At least it wasn't windy
$1,800 sounds about right!
That ram 2500 in the parking lot where yall where
What?
It was a $900 job! :) thats my guess based on your hints. :)
what state you in?
IL
A skidsteer with a claw you would of done half the work
Yep, but there are some restrictions we have to deal with third party jobs. and we still knocked it out faster than I could of gone out to my shop, hauled my skid back. Then, he hauled it back there. The landfill is also farther away. So I would of had to go there too, if we didn't sort the trash out as well. So at the end of the dayyyy. Still would of rather did it the way I had. But I know what you mean. And appreciate you!
so you charge them to take their cardboard and then get paid when you go to the recycling center... this could be full time if you network
just to clarify maybe you don't know that their is private businesses that pay you for the cardboard you wannt dump.
I hope you made at least $1k; even better if it was $1,500-$2,500!
Will the shop truck do burnouts?
😉
Should of smashed them in the container with the mini
And only made money for one load? When it pays by the load?
250.00
where did you take all that cardboard I hope not to the landfill
Recycle center
@@rollingops Did the recycle center pay you for the cardboard? If not, are there other places to take cardboard and get paid?
Random thoughts: Do you know someone with... a wood chipper? I mean... its already been through a wood chipper....
$300
$600/load ?? 3 loads guessing
Just about
Could you not sell cardboard by pound
Not in this area
Id be using a mini ex to smash that all into one. $2,000.00
I would to if they would let us do that. Third party has certain restrictions
@@rollingopscan you elaborate?
2K
3 loads....they wanted to pay $300 per so $900 but you say you made twice so $1800....not a bad job by any means!! I'd say you banked about $1500 at the least.
I hope the tire plug is the only thing you jamb in dry.
Ayyyy lol 😆 - only when I'm asked nicely
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i bet u got no less than 1300 after paying everyone
1 25 yard rear loader would have handled that whole job. One-trip. Third- party must have been raping the customer for the price to be stepped on so many times. You have to be careful with cardboard some places won't take a lot because of the overseas cardboard has a black tar that's attached.