NHKelman Inc. in Cohoes

rating less than one star, unloading all day, not considered as people

Slow long time waiting for the paperwork

Worst scrap yard in the area by far tight, cramped, unorganized, dirty site and rude people. Wouldnt be surprised if the scales were inaccurate also

My go to scrap yard, usually bring loads in back of my pickup or my trailer. Very nice people , fair prices , decent yard and I ve never gotten a flat here. Also use their scrap bins for work and they have always picked them up in good time.

It took a very long time to load!!! I waited 6 hours!!!!

Fast and professional.

Top price.

This guys are the thiefs, their scale is never a same, don t waste your time

Drivers don t never ever come back i got here at 10 am and i was first in the line and they keep take care off the trucks who come after me and it took them almost 6 hours to load my trailer with some scrap i will never come back here waste off time plus it s dirty you might be blowing your tires

If you have unloading in this place, then it s quite high quality. Nice guys work there. They unload very carefully and it takes a little longer. But the trailer is intact.

Nice folks

Great people!! Mr. Kelman is amazing and very helpful! All the guys that helped us today were awesome!! Thanks

Got pice metal on my tires had to go straight to tire place to get fixed half feet mud can t see nothing not worth it to get load there

Arrived here at 7:30PM after closing time. The good thing an nice elderly gentleman arrived the same time. Asked me was I delivering to this location. He informed me that I could parked there and wait until 7am, when they open to get unloaded. (Only one slot to park if you get there first) He also told me where the restroom at in case I needed. Once opened, received a door immediately. In and out in 45 minutes.

Very rude employees

Quick service

It was my first time taking scrap. Everyone was super friendly and super helpful!

Always had a great experience with Kelman very fast service even for being very busy

Adventure!

Great experience

Always friendly paid dollar from scrap now this company for many years

Don t come again here One old guy crazy Waiting five hours

Always a great experience when we visit here. The staff is wonderful and the owner is extremely sweet! He even gave us breakfast while we waited to get load

Very nice workers who direct u on where to go when scaping car and junk medal.. Also fair price for it.

Not bad , arrive 8am empty by 10am. A little muddy to make a u-turn to get out. Dont plan a overnight parking here. Staff is friendly.

Nice people

Great place to make extra change for your recycled aluminum

They direct you in, to leave keep to the left and circle the big pile of metal in the middle.

Always friendly and very helpful

Great prices, good people..more clean pavement would improve this yard alot.

Super busy. Fast in and out for a small amount of steel. Thank you for making it very easy!!!

Pretty fast to load

Very professional

Park on niver street to get in line to deliver/pickup. Tql had on my rate con to park on dyke rd along river and wait for your turn, now I m 5th in line thanks to tql and my days probably wasted

This place is incredible. Incredible to see how things are recycled.

Youll get top price for always for nonferrous metals

Quick and simple.

It was quick for delivery 1st come 1st serve, in at 1pm out at 2:30pm the place is very busy, but if are picking up u may have to wait a bit, when i arrived there were 5 trucks in line waiting to get loaded! Good thing is that unloading and loading are in different buildings so they took me right away, thank you!

Great first time experience, lots of traffic in and out and hard to maneuver a trailer through all their product but other than that great staff.

I had to have some metal scraped but didnt know anything about the process or what it was even worth. I called Kelman and was originally handed down to multiple people who werent very helpful. I had to keep calling back when they didnt call me back. I finally struck gold with Kira! She was really attentive, came out and looked at the metal and called ahead to let the guys at the scale know I was coming and made the process really easy! I would highly recommend going through Kira if you need some hand holding. She was fantastic! Because of her I give a 4-star rating. If I worked with her from the start it would be 5 stars! Thank you so much Kira!

Very slow.

Always leave with cash in hand .

Your Cohoes facility might be great, but your new Schenectady location is awful. I will not be returning.

do not go here on a pickup truck, stand for two hours in the dock, load very slowly

Very slow, took 5 hours to inspect my load and get another BOL. Not truck friendly facility

What a dump I ll go elsewhere I ve had better experience in the local landfill never come back to this place

I had both tires in my trailer blow out on my way there. We made it there and the employees helped me get going.These guys are awesome and the owner was extremely helpful. Highly reccomend them.

I have been here many times. I have to challenge them on the type of metal they were paying me for. They make it right...I think. But if you dont know what you are doing my experience is they will take advantage of your ignorance. Deafening noisy. Kinda of intimidating place. Hope to find a more user friendly place for our metal recycling.

Do you even care? Been sitting on the dock for hour and a half, while 3 other trucks are waiting outside for my spot. I spoke w 2 ppl and both say ok, well take care right away....still nothing

Totally unacceptable waiting time to get unloaded. Especially with the reality of electronic log books. Just avoid this place if at all possible.

Great place to learn how survive in a totally disorganized environment! You get to have the pleasure of waiting 15 minutes just to get to the scale!! If your really lucky 5 minutes of that time can be spent waiting for two of thier employees to finish talking in the middle of the road!! Watching them laugh and joke around is so much better then just seeing thier trucks parked in both the in and out lanes. Such a smart way to start the visit to cluster yard !! The next wonderful learning opportunity is actually going into the cluster of a yard!! You get to test your driving skills as you attempt to maneuver around metal chunks all over the place while dealing with the joy of trying not to be get hit by thier employees trying to manover thier trucks around all the stray metal. Its like a giant obstacle course in which huge metal vehicles move around unpredictably close to your vehicle! So cool!! Then the easy/boring part, unload your truck. Then you guessed it.....another round of metal/moving trucks obstacle course!! But wait there is more!! Your enjoyment is increased by getting to wait to weigh out!! This is really cool since you get the bonus of watching other customers techniques for handing the cluster yard. But my favorite part is watching thier trucks and equipment cramping stuff in your way. So neat!!! As you leave the scale, you realize the fun is not over!! You get the fun filled adventure of trying to find a place to park so you can go to the cashier. Some customers dont take advantage of this fun activity and just parked on the road leading to the additional joy and pleasure of getting into the yard since now thier is only one lane. Woo hoo!! Just when you thought thier was nothing more to experience at cluster yard, you get to watch one employee after another flirt with the cashier while she tries to pay the people in line. Finally feeling sad that you have to leave cluster land, they give you another challenging experience of getting to maneuver your truck out of whatever cramped in place you were lucky enough to find, but now someone else parked you in!!! But then once you think you are done with the fun, you realize your only out of the building and yard!! You still get the pleasure of getting onto and up the street!! Yes, cluster yards fun extends to the street!! What will they think of next!! So cool watching thier trucks manover and/or park in front of you!! We are lucky we dont have to pay them for such fun!! (some drivers act like we should!)!! Have fun!

Good people, trying to help :) everyone doing its job as good as possible!

I came here to pick up a load, the yard guys were nice and polite, I also was talking to a very nice older man and we talk for a little bit very nice man and then I want to use the bathroom, the other guys dirrect me to a portable toilet but this other nice man I was talking to said no way a minute use the upstairs bathroom so I fallow him, when I was done one of the employees told me that the man was the owner... what a surprise very nice and kind man, thank you

I joa are strict with ELD hours dont go over there. Took me 4 hrs for loaded my truck. Waste of time.Dirty place like others junkyards

Friendly workers, tight turn area so be prepared for that when you enter.

Just pack a lunch AND supper and some snacks because you re gonna need it. The people that work there are very very nice people, very friendly and helpful just all around helpful. The local drivers and workers coming in, well let s just say that about the only thing they re good at is wreaking havoc and creating chaos, typical for that type of industry and in that area. Besides that, good people to deal with.

I absolutely love this place!!

The dirtiest company boot

No parking for semis. They have only 2 docks. Very dirty lot, watch out for nails and keep your tires safe. Around 3-4 hrs loading for semis.

Too short place be carful

Had (3) huge tubs of various wire (Xmas lights, cable wire,insulated etc but didnt realize I needed to have them separated. The staff held my hand...dumped the wire out, sorted it with me & told me what went with what. Then after grouping the wire properly got me weighed in and out the door. They were patient and very professional especially the big guy weighing scarp on the scales. Even explained how I need to group my brass which is my next metal to scrap! It was a relaxed & pleasant experience. The women behind the glass are equally as professional and helpful as well! Only place for me to scrap...should be for YOU too! Thanks guys! See ya Soon!!

I called to get a roll off container for a large quantity of scrap. they were very nice/ took the address and directions and phone number and said they would drop it off early next week. It never showed up. I called every week looking for it and was told someone would call me back. no ever called. I will not call them again. I have a lot of scrap to clear from my property and was hopeful this would have been a long term relationship. I wont call again. dont waste your time calling.

We do all the normal household recycling. However, I had some old lead/ acid batteries, some old power cords and various metal scraps I didnt want to just throw out. I loaded it all in the car and brought it to the nice folks at NH Kelman. It was all very quick, easy and better for the environment. Plus, they gave me cash for my items which more than covered my time and gas.

They pay in cash

Parking is hell for truck drivers. A lot nails to puncture your tires, be carefull.

GREAT PEOPLE TO WORK WITH!!!!!! ALWAYS HAPPY AND APPRECIATIVE!!!

Great place and people. Thing Im not happy about is weather conditions slide on ice and fell to the ground and smashed my face off the foot of the magnet machine and chipped my tooth and a fat lip.

Great place. Called and they said they were closed a gentleman on the phone said hed stay late for me. Didnt have a huge load just scrap wire but still stayed. I always leave with more than I expect to get as well. Great company. Is a little worry some about getting good a nail or other metal in my tire though. Beside that, fair pricing, and nice people.

Great place...

Great place to sell scrap, they handle a lot of metal and have been there a long time...Good family business I dont even call around anymore, they always have the best prices and the fairest weights...

I got loaded, but waiting for paperwork 2 hours.

This place will rip you off and not even blink. Make sure you are getting paid the rate for the material you brought in. Twice I have been and twice they tried to rip me off.

Very rude!!! Waited over 3 hrs for them to start, they unloaded 18 palletts of scrap alum, shrink wrapped em, weighed em then reloaded. Took over 6 hrs.

The gentleman on the phone told me that they are not a junk yard but it scrap metal facility.