NEED A SCRAP GUY?

People call it scrap pickup, scrap metal pickup, or just “I need a scrap guy.” The job is usually the same: metal or appliances are sitting in a driveway, a barn, or a side yard, and you want them gone. FindScrapGuy helps you find a scrap guy near you by matching your request with a local independent hauler. We do not roll a truck. We do not haul, recycle, or dispose of anything.

That distinction matters. A scrap guy is not a junk-removal crew. Junk removal takes mixed household stuff — couches, bags of trash, remodel debris — and usually charges for the labor and the dump. Scrap is different. Independent scrap guys look for metal they can sell to a yard: steel, iron, aluminum, copper, brass, and many appliances. If your pile is mostly metal, scrap metal pickup vs. junk removal is the right frame. If it is mostly household junk, a scrap guy may pass. We will not pretend otherwise.

Photos help more than a long description. A washer on a porch, a water heater on its side, a stack of pipe, a grill, a rusty implement — a scrap guy can see volume, metal type, and whether the load is worth the trip. Add your city or ZIP so we know the area. Gate codes, stairs, and muddy access matter too. Send those details with the pictures. See what you can scrap if you are unsure whether the pile is even scrap.

People ask about free scrap pickup. Sometimes a local scrap guy pays for clean metal or hauls a load at little or no cost to you. That is their deal, not a FindScrapGuy promise. Appliances and mixed loads vary. We do not advertise free pickup, and we do not guarantee anyone will take the job. Read when a scrap guy might pick up for free if you want the honest version.

The same is true for money. How much scrap metal is worth changes with the yard, the grade, and the day. Copper and clean aluminum often draw more interest than painted steel or a single fridge. We do not publish prices and we do not buy metal. If a scrap guy wants the load, they talk terms with you — pickup, payment, and timing included.

FindScrapGuy is a national matching brand, not a city junk service. Coverage depends on independent scrap guys near you. We do not post a fake nationwide coverage map. Send the request anyway. If we cannot find someone, we say so. That is better than promising a truck that does not exist.

After you submit, you should get a confirmation that we received the photos. We review the request and look for a match. That is not a dispatch ticket and not a same-day promise. For a longer walkthrough of the steps, see how scrap metal pickup matching works.

If you have metal sitting around, start with photos. A scrap guy looking at a real driveway pile can tell you more in a minute than a generic “we take everything” ad. We will help you find someone local if we can. If we cannot, we will not invent a hauler or a review to fill the gap.