How to Prepare Industrial Scrap for Fast Pickup & Maximum Payout
A well-prepared scrap yard saves hours during truck loading, eliminates disputes over mixed materials, and ensures your team receives the highest possible settlement rate. Here is our practical 5-step site checklist.
Key Takeaways for Industrial Sellers:
- Segregate materials into distinct categories: heavy steel, sheet cuts, copper, aluminium, and batteries.
- Ensure a clear 14-foot overhead clearance and driveway for crane trucks and 20-ton multi-axle vehicles.
- Keep metal scrap free from garbage, wood pallets, packaging foam, and hazardous liquids.
- Designate an authorized company representative to oversee weighing and sign the electronic dispatch manifest.
Step 1: Physical Segregation
Place ferrous steel offcuts in one area and non-ferrous metals (copper, brass, aluminium) in lockable steel bins or pallets. Non-ferrous scrap is easily stolen or commingled if left in open yards.
Step 2: Vehicle Access & Crane Clearances
Heavy scrap trucks require a minimum 3.5-meter driveway width and level ground for deploying hydraulic crane outriggers. Ensure overhead electrical cables and low tree branches are noted before our transport fleet arrives.
Step 3: Documentation Readiness
Prepare factory security gate passes, GST invoice or delivery challan (if registered), and confirm the designated recipient bank account details for instant RTGS settlement.