What did you scrap?

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:08 am

PAID 8.68 for them , got 16.40 with a few left overs to process at home... like chair base that is al... but with steel casters that need to be sawed off. one that has a plastic insert for the swivel . one that has weird screws , t-25 . and plastic casters. lolol lots of busy work to upgrade the metals from the 155 shred to 200 a ton -clean steel.

btw. did an experiment on some xmas lights from the gfs work..... I cut out the lights, so as to have just ''wire'' and the bulbs...

unprocessed lights get paid at .19
I got #2 with 50% RECOVERY for 1.05 and then they gave me .10 for the bulbs with bases ie copper content.
not a great return on time invested . but then it is not to hard to do while sitting over a tote .
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby messymessy » Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:24 pm

cwgii wrote:
btw. did an experiment on some xmas lights from the gfs work..... I cut out the lights, so as to have just ''wire'' and the bulbs...

unprocessed lights get paid at .19
I got #2 with 50% RECOVERY for 1.05 and then they gave me .10 for the bulbs with bases ie copper content.
not a great return on time invested . but then it is not to hard to do while sitting over a tote .


I've been cutting the lights out of Xmas strings for a while, but never knew I could sell them. Thanks!
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:07 pm

yeah and the gent said I could also get 'copper content ''' for the plugs.. instead of shred steel.

WARNING.......... PRICE IS DROPPING ON STEEL THIS WEEEK. WENT FROM 155 A TON TO 140 TODAY.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:10 pm

GLASS 435 lb
liq 130 lb
cb 78 lb

then todays
glass 180 lb
liq 18 lb
cb 24 lb

wnet back one more time ...... closed

she got a new to her fork lift. the guys had to 'play'; lolol
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:56 pm

Price drop to $140 a ton for sheet iron. Good news is that a smaller yard by my place is paying for prepared steel, when I called my regular yard today they gave 3 different prices for steel! Before only one price for peddlers.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:06 pm

THIS morning
glass 954
liq 184

then
beer 310
liq 24
cb 24

turning in al cans tomorrow --if it does not rain this evening when I want to load up.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:52 pm

CANS 122
another 29 for the dav
beer 150
lq 33
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:15 am

#1 PLASTIC == 139 lb
beer== 151
lq==45 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:12 pm

glass== 1154 lb
liq== 99 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:23 am

thur.
gl==340
lq==34
cb==40

wens
cb==267

fri==
beer==720
liq==213
cb==137
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:59 am

sat.
beer== 295
liq==175 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:38 pm

Needed an empty truck and I was close to scrapyard 145 lbs sheet iron $.0725 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:39 pm

BEER== 280 lb
liq== 72
cb== 112
pap==24
and now she will be accepting newspaper-office paper--magazines at .02
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Oct 28, 2014 3:07 pm

cwgii wrote:BEER== 280 lb
liq== 72
cb== 112
pap==24
and now she will be accepting newspaper-office paper--magazines at .02


Will she buy paper from anyone? Or is this like the cardboard deal you have with her? $.02 for paper and going there anyway why not take it!
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:56 pm

IT IS IN THE PAPER .... SO ANYONE I GUESS.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Fri Oct 31, 2014 2:44 pm

Saw it today! Thanks
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:07 am

BR= 249
LQ= 75
CB=63
ON Friday at closing time.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:01 pm

THIS morning a tear down of a 'maze' from the weekend

cb==423 lb
br== 50
lq==50

then the pm.
br=102
lq= 20
cb=33
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Thogey » Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:07 pm

Why do you guy's in So AZ get to sell so much GARBAGE!?

Is it going to Mexico?
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby AdamsSamoa » Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:55 pm

got 24 bucks from a refridgerator in Ky
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:11 pm

Thogey wrote:Why do you guy's in So AZ get to sell so much GARBAGE!?

Is it going to Mexico?


No clue where the paper and cardboard are going but any glass and plastic that is stamped CRV must be going to California. And I would think the other glass and plastic non CRV (and lower prices) go there on the same truck...
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby silversaddle1 » Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:35 am

The democratic party! :-)
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:05 am

FULL CIRCLE... in the 60's as a kid I used to raid the state park picnic area for returnable bottles. the local church did 'paper drives' continually.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:57 pm

am.
br 181
cb 53
lq 90

pm
br 256

cb 32
lq 53
pap 16
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:38 am

Awhile ago I went to a church yard sale as it was closing they were selling brown paper bags for $2.00 each fill it up. I spent $30.00 :shock: Finally broke it all down here is the weights...

Cast Alum 4 lbs
Painted Alum 2 lbs
Yellow Brass 18 lbs
Auto Batt 7 lbs
Die Cast Zinc 2 lbs
Lead 3 lbs
Copper Content 9 lbs
Steel 17 lbs
Green Boards 4 lbs
Brown Boards 8 lbs
Gold connector Ends 9 lbs
Dirty Stainless 2 lbs
Stainless Steel 4 lbs
Dirty Brass 2 lbs
Furnace Alum 1 lbs
Pewter 1 lbs
Items kept / sale / keep 2 lbs
Trash, paper, plastic, etc. 20 lbs

I am sure to cover the $30.00 spent! Even with prices falling. Should make $150 - $170 :clap:
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