Scrap metal removal in Salt Lake City

Scrap metal removal in Salt Lake City is the pickup for the metal that's been sitting too long: the water heater the plumber left in the garage, the bed frame in the basement, the rusted grill on the patio, the roll of chain-link behind the shed. All of it goes to a recycler instead of the landfill. Homeowners call Jeremy when the pile got too heavy to fit in the car, and landlords call when a tenant leaves a treadmill behind. Salt City Junk Haulers is Jeremy Saxey and his pickup and trailer, based in Midvale and working the whole Salt Lake Valley.

Jeremy pulls the metal out of the load and it goes to a recycler. One thing to be clear on before you text: he doesn't run a scrap yard and he doesn't pay for metal. You pay for the pickup, starting at the $100 minimum. The water heater still gets melted down, and you didn't have to borrow a truck to make that happen.

Getting a price is a text. Send a photo of the pile to (801) 557-1063 and Jeremy answers with a number. Most jobs land within a few days, same-day only sometimes, and he gives a one-hour arrival window so you're not waiting on the porch all morning. He's open 24/7. He takes cash, card or Venmo.

What goes on the truck

• Water heaters
• Metal bed frames
• Gas and charcoal grills
• Metal shelving and racks
• Pipe and conduit
• Chain-link and wrought-iron fencing
• Treadmills and weight benches
• Swamp coolers

Text a photo of your pile to (801) 557-1063.

The full list of what goes on the truck, and what doesn't.

What's usually in a scrap metal load

The water heater is the classic. The plumber swapped it and left the old one standing in the garage. Next to it: a metal bed frame from the kid who moved out, a gas grill with the burners rusted through, a set of wire shelving from the storage room, a treadmill that hasn't run in years. Outside, it's fencing. Chain-link already rolled up with the posts pulled, wrought-iron panels off an old porch rail, a gate that never hung straight, a dog run nobody uses. Then there's pipe and conduit left over from a remodel, and the swamp cooler that got replaced by central air. Jeremy takes all of it. Fridges and freezers go too, with the same +$25 freon add-on as any appliance removal. If the metal is only part of the mess, a garage and basement cleanout takes the rest in the same trip.

How Jeremy loads it

Jeremy shows up inside the one-hour window and starts carrying. Fence panels and pipe get stacked flat on the trailer so nothing shifts on the drive. Water heaters go out on a dolly. Put the treadmill or the swamp cooler in the photo so he knows what he's carrying, and he'll load it in whatever shape it's in. If it's already out on the driveway or at the curb, the load is quick and the price stays down; if it isn't, he'll come in and get it. Basement and upstairs carries are the +$25 stairs add-on. The older homes around Salt Lake City and Millcreek have narrow basement stairs with a turn at the bottom, and that's usually where the old water heater is. Alley access works fine. If it's a condo with an HOA or an apartment with a manager, mention which door in the text and whether someone needs to let him in, and he'll work around it.

Where the metal goes

Metal gets recycled. That's the rule for every load Jeremy hauls, and on a scrap metal job it's most of the trailer. The water heater and the fence panels come off at a metal recycler and get melted down instead of buried. Anything still usable goes the donation route first: a shelving unit that's dusty or a bed frame with nothing wrong with it can end up at a donation center rather than the scrap pile. The non-metal bits that come with the load (a grill's plastic lid or the rubber belt off a treadmill) go with the real trash to the landfill. If there's an old TV in the same garage, it rides with the load too.

How Jeremy prices a scrap metal run

Text a photo of the pile to (801) 557-1063 and Jeremy prices it from that. Bigger piles price up from the minimum based on how much of the trailer they fill, and a fridge in the mix or a basement carry is counted in the number he sends. There's no payout on the metal and the recycling doesn't offset the bill. Rough numbers for common loads are in the pricing guide. Licensed & insured.

What stays off the trailer

A few things stay off the trailer no matter what's in the pile. Hot tubs are out. So is anything that needs a shovel, which means rock, gravel, bricks and dirt stay where they are. A few chunks of broken concrete go sometimes, never a whole patio. Put the concrete in the photo and ask. Paint cans and anything else the county calls hazardous waste go to Salt Lake County's household hazardous waste program. Pull those off the metal shelving before it gets loaded. If the water heater is still hooked up or the swamp cooler is still on the roof, say so in the text and he'll tell you what needs to happen before pickup. Down in the driveway, it's an easy pickup.

What changes from one end of the valley to the other

The valley sorts itself by age, and that changes the job. The older blocks in Salt Lake City and Millcreek keep the water heater in a basement with a steep stair. Those are stairs-add-on jobs, and a drained tank on a dolly takes some care coming up. Same houses still have the swamp cooler on the roof and wrought iron on the porch. Out south in Draper and South Jordan, the water heater is in the garage and the fencing is vinyl, so the scrap load is more likely the treadmill and the shelving from a finished basement, plus an HOA that doesn't want a pile at the curb overnight. Text him before you drag it out and he'll line up the pickup so it doesn't sit there for a week.

How the price works

Text a photo of what needs to go to (801) 557-1063. Jeremy looks at how much room it takes on the truck and texts back one number for the whole job. No hourly rate, and the number doesn't change once it's loaded. Jobs start at $100. The only add-ons: mattress or box spring +$40, fridge or freezer +$25, stairs +$25. He tells you before he starts. More on what junk removal costs in Salt Lake City.

Where Jeremy does this

All of the Salt Lake Valley. See every town Jeremy covers for scrap metal removal.