That's part of it Mike...I look out for local community clean out days, drive around to see what people are putting curbside, knock on their door(during daytime hours only of course) and ask if they mind me taking some things...refrigerators, washing machines and dryers are nice pick ups, as well as any electrical wiring/cords. I also get a lot of stuff from my job...aluminum cans, old golf clubs, broken appliances, etc... I have a good sized piece of property with a rather large storage buiding/workshop, so I store stuff in or behind it until I have enough to bring up to the scrapyard, which is usually about once a month, occasionally twice. I've also come across some trashed vehicles and heavy machinery that I've had delivered or towed to my house and call the scrapyard to come pick it up.
Neat. I could see myself doing something like that to make some extra cash.
Just need to get a house with a garage and a pickup truck first lol...