This was about 6 yrs ago. There's only one local yard anymore and
they also have the city towing contract. Small plot of land and they
only crush once a month or so. No-one else cared to make the hour+
drive one way.

I'm thinking FREE isn't a bad price to pay to haul off the carcass
since they have their costs:
1) pay the driver for 45min to and hour + running costs on the wrecker
2) in VA at least, the gas tanks have to be removed and carcass
inspected for nasties.
3) disposal costs for the tank and tires, since they can't be crushed

If the scrap value was about $100 then I'd say they broke even at best.

john

> That's hard to believe -- I don't doubt your story, but surely a
> recycler would have taken it, probably even paid for it?  Maybe they
> would not have picked it up, but to think that nobody could be
> convinced to haul it away -- unreal.. there's what, about 2000 lbs of
> scrap steel at least?