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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu May 28, 2015 11:02 am

200 lbs clean sheet iron $.04 lb
200 lbs sheet iron $.0325 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Fri May 29, 2015 10:58 am

300 lbs prepared steel $.05 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:49 am

200 lbs sheet iron $.0325 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Mon Jun 08, 2015 7:15 pm

4/8 Light Iron for Shredder 2280LB 100GT 101.79 4.46 cents per lb
5/4 Light Iron for Shredder 1360LB 100GT 60.71 4.46 cent per lb
6/8 Light Iron for Shredder 2100 LB :shock: 150GT :D 140.63 6.69 cents per lb
6/8 Copper #2 30 LBs 2.27 per LB
Central Massachusetts

50 percent price increase in a month :shock: :shock:
roller coaster in steel price, was 190-200 last fall :?
Just don't have the Room to stock pile more then a ton :lol: :lol: And who wants to move a 75 gallon water heaters more then once. :lol:
Aluminum going next 2-3 hundred lbs :thumbup:
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:16 am

240 lbs clean sheet iron $.0375
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:34 am

xippi wrote:4/8 Light Iron for Shredder 2280LB 100GT 101.79 4.46 cents per lb
5/4 Light Iron for Shredder 1360LB 100GT 60.71 4.46 cent per lb
6/8 Light Iron for Shredder 2100 LB :shock: 150GT :D 140.63 6.69 cents per lb
6/8 Copper #2 30 LBs 2.27 per LB
Central Massachusetts

50 percent price increase in a month :shock: :shock:
roller coaster in steel price, was 190-200 last fall :?
Just don't have the Room to stock pile more then a ton :lol: :lol: And who wants to move a 75 gallon water heaters more then once. :lol:
Aluminum going next 2-3 hundred lbs :thumbup:


Yep! Good luck with the aluminum
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:14 am

220 lbs sheet iron @ $.0325 lb. A whole $7.15
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby silversaddle1 » Sun Jun 14, 2015 8:35 pm

I got a call from my scrap buyer last Friday saying shred steel is going up to $150.00 per gross ton delivered, Council Bluffs, iowa.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby everything » Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:47 pm

Copper wire, aluminum, power supplies, motherboards, $58. Won't do aluminum anymore, .22 lb. is not worth the effort, the landfill can have it. And, I see and find aluminum everywhere, no wonder it goes to landfill, it's not worth anything. I scored about 20 lb. of christmas lights the other day, most of them work, not even worth the hassle to sell or recycle, back into the garbage. Same for the aluminum crutches, back to the dumpster, not worth the effort to scrap, somebodies insurance company paid for that I'm sure. China is being investigated for dumping steel, they make allot of aluminum as well, subsidized by cheap labor and electricity/coal.

Time to find another hobby that pays better.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Wed Jun 17, 2015 1:18 pm

Yep prices suck bad. And gas prices going back up...
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby smackvay » Wed Jun 17, 2015 3:18 pm

hobo finds wrote:Yep prices suck bad. And gas prices going back up...


I haven't sold anything in over 8 months I wont divulge how much im sitting on but im going to do a contest on here for us scrappers
I will take a picture and whoever guesses the closest to what I get wins!!!
I will do it for all 5-6 different things that I take in
WVU fan thru and thru, Just ask i will tell you
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:57 pm

everything wrote:Copper wire, aluminum, power supplies, motherboards, $58. Won't do aluminum anymore, .22 lb. is not worth the effort, the landfill can have it. And, I see and find aluminum everywhere, no wonder it goes to landfill, it's not worth anything. I scored about 20 lb. of christmas lights the other day, most of them work, not even worth the hassle to sell or recycle, back into the garbage. Same for the aluminum crutches, back to the dumpster, not worth the effort to scrap, somebodies insurance company paid for that I'm sure. China is being investigated for dumping steel, they make allot of aluminum as well, subsidized by cheap labor and electricity/coal.

Time to find another hobby that pays better.



Its funny the city here dose twice a year pick ups for bulky items in different parts of the city all year long. So much stuff is not getting picked up by scrappers it is taking the city longer to collect items and more items being dumped in the landfill. I am sure the city will want to raise their rates $16 a month fee (for trash & recycling pick up once a week and the 2 bulky brush days a year) as more items to pick up and discard...
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:35 pm

4 lbs.Green Boards $.25
10 lbs Brown Boards $.25
16 lbs. lbs. Alum clean sheet $.53
26 lbs. #2 copper $2.21
8 lbs. Die cast $.30
10 lbs.Yellow Brass $1.66
14 lbs. Auto Batts $.30
30 lbs. #2 ins wire $.93
24 lbs. Copper content $.14
36 lbs. Cast Alum $.55
127 lbs. Compressor $.23
220 lbs. Dirty Alum $.29

All prices have +$.10 bonus pricing per pound after 10 trips the 11th trip gets the bonus

$236.71 total
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:32 am

220 lbs sheet iron $.0325
200 lbs torch P&S $.04 lb
Total $15.15
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby AdamsSamoa » Sat Jun 20, 2015 8:47 pm

400 lbs mixed steel
13 lbs AL cans
5 lbs dirty brass
16 lbs electric motors
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$50.00 of Alcoa stock...
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:25 pm

How many shares are you up to?
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby AdamsSamoa » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:24 am

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:23 am

AdamsSamoa wrote:28


That's cool. Since Jan? Not bad at all.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby AdamsSamoa » Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:34 pm

Yes Sir.. Since JAN... goal is 50 for the year, all paid for with empty beer cans and stuff I pick up out of peoples front yard on trash day.

looks like I am on glide path.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:57 am

two loads of #1 plastic ...yesterday was 167 lb and today was another 115 at .40/lb

the difference being my truck vs mamas .. sideboards help.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:03 am

160 lbs. sheet iron $.0325 lb. $5.20 total
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:58 pm

gf';s office cleaned out years of office paperwork.

4350 lb of paper at .02
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:15 am

misc . a fridge from her work, chair, parts of a bird cage.

180 lb at 80/t
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:15 am

and another 950 lb of office paper. with one more load to go
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:04 am

240 lbs. sheet iron (4 broken pop up shade tents, 3 from my daughters band camp they had a dust storm damage them) $.03 lb. a whole $7.20 for this
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