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Re: What did you scrap?
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Fri Dec 24, 2010 1:36 am
by Thogey
Finder wrote:DFW , Texas
19 lbs tin @ .01 = 19 cent (not worth the trouble)
What was this?
Re: What did you scrap?
Posted:
Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:36 am
by Finder
It was a block of metal from inside my old stereo that had copper inside, which i had removed. Also, some steel. Im not sure what the part was. Very heavy, 5 lbs probably.
I think there is a sign that says any steel brought to the small scale gets .01 lb.
My main objective was to see what steel is worth. I have no truck so I wont be scrapping a lot of it.
Re: What did you scrap?
Posted:
Fri Dec 31, 2010 6:40 pm
by gravybro
12/30
52 lbs Al cans UBC @ .67 (up .04 from Oct) = $34.84
Re: What did you scrap?
Posted:
Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:54 am
by michael3065
in CT
alittle over 1300lbs steel @ .14
$183.00
Re: What did you scrap?
Posted:
Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:13 am
by hobo finds
610 lbs sheet steel .09 a pound in So.AZ
Re: What did you scrap?
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Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:09 pm
by abe
#1 copper 8lbs ---3.30 = $26.40
#2 " " 11lbs---3.10= $34.10
#1 BR.Y 3lbs---1.00= $3.00
50 cents added on to make an even #
Total; $64.00
Re: What did you scrap?
Posted:
Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:53 am
by michael3065
In CT
28lbs of small circuit board transformer @ .25 - 7.00
11lbs #1 copper @ 3.30 33.00
Ttl = an even forty bucks
Re: What did you scrap?
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Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:01 pm
by coinwolf
carried off 1080 pounds of scrap tin and recieved $135 ($12.50 a 100lbs) in Eastern NC Hoping to load up again today for a run Monday!
Re: What did you scrap?
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Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:51 pm
by maoguinn
36 lbs of alum. cans @ .62lb - $22.32
130lb car transmission @.02lb - $2.60
11 lbs alum. w/iron (alum. ladder) @ .05lb - $ .55
2 lbs of dirty brass @ .50lb - $1.00
7 lbs of yellow brass @ 1.75lb - $12.25
Total - $38.72
The transmission was not worth the trouble. It was very heavy and i had to take the oil pan off and clean up a mess.
My scrap yard does not take transmissions with fluid still in them.
Re: What did you scrap?
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Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:27 am
by .02FYI
In your respective areas do you have to get fingerprinted to sell metal? Here you do. Privacy issue . However they are concerned about stolen property especially copper.
Re: What did you scrap?
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Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:29 am
by schilcott
old sheel aluminum 54lbs @ $0.55/lb = $29.70
#2 insulated wire 145lbs @ $1.10/lb = $ 159.50
total = $189.20
can complain for a a couple weeks picking through garbage
Re: What did you scrap?
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Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:38 pm
by theirrationalist
maoguinn wrote:36 lbs of alum. cans @ .62lb - $22.32
130lb car transmission @.02lb - $2.60
11 lbs alum. w/iron (alum. ladder) @ .05lb - $ .55
2 lbs of dirty brass @ .50lb - $1.00
7 lbs of yellow brass @ 1.75lb - $12.25
Total - $38.72
The transmission was not worth the trouble. It was very heavy and i had to take the oil pan off and clean up a mess.
My scrap yard does not take transmissions with fluid still in them.
I can't believe you sold it for $.02 per pound. That's horrible. I would have found another yard immediately. Was it a cast aluminum shell?
Also, .05lbs for irony aluminum? Do you not have many options for scrap yards?
Re: What did you scrap?
Posted:
Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:57 pm
by michael3065
Cashed in the last of my steel stash yesterday in CT
1373lbs @ .15
$207
Re: What did you scrap?
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Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:05 pm
by maoguinn
theirrationalist wrote:maoguinn wrote:36 lbs of alum. cans @ .62lb - $22.32
130lb car transmission @.02lb - $2.60
11 lbs alum. w/iron (alum. ladder) @ .05lb - $ .55
2 lbs of dirty brass @ .50lb - $1.00
7 lbs of yellow brass @ 1.75lb - $12.25
Total - $38.72
The transmission was not worth the trouble. It was very heavy and i had to take the oil pan off and clean up a mess.
My scrap yard does not take transmissions with fluid still in them.
I can't believe you sold it for $.02 per pound. That's horrible. I would have found another yard immediately. Was it a cast aluminum shell?
Also, .05lbs for irony aluminum? Do you not have many options for scrap yards?
A friend of mine is a mechanic and said the transmission was no good. Yes it had a cast aluminum shell. I called all 4 scrap yards in town all the same price. The same for the alum. w/iron. I chose this scrap yard because they have better prices on everything else. I won't be picking up transmissions anymore, they are too much trouble.
Re: What did you scrap?
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Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:32 pm
by aussamdad
it takes special tools to disassemble an automatic transmission...it is full of steel, only the case is Aluminum....Yesterday i scrapped 32 steel open head drums...$124 and change @ $9.50/100 wt. Monday a bunch of ups batteries
Re: What did you scrap?
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Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:10 pm
by theirrationalist
aussamdad wrote:it takes special tools to disassemble an automatic transmission...it is full of steel, only the case is Aluminum....Yesterday i scrapped 32 steel open head drums...$124 and change @ $9.50/100 wt. Monday a bunch of ups batteries
Yes that's what I ment by "cast aluminum shell." I am just in awe that he was only payed 1¢ per pound. Why?
Re: What did you scrap?
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Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:08 am
by Hades12
theirrationalist wrote:
Yes that's what I ment by "cast aluminum shell." I am just in awe that he was only payed 1¢ per pound. Why?
That was very sad. My yard would have at least taken it in the steel pile and payed better.
Re: What did you scrap?
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:09 am
by Hades12
took general scrap, and few stripped compressors.
620# at .11 $68
almost have a load up for this week if the snow will go away.
Re: What did you scrap?
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Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:11 pm
by hobo finds
300 lbs sheet steel still holding at .09 a pound in So. AZ
Re: What did you scrap?
Posted:
Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:15 pm
by hobo finds
.02FYI wrote:In your respective areas do you have to get fingerprinted to sell metal? Here you do. Privacy issue . However they are concerned about stolen property especially copper.
Yes we do in So. AZ more info here...
http://recycoinc.com/699.html
Re: What did you scrap?
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Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:12 am
by junior30king
Most scrap yards assume that you are desperate for cash and will screw you over every chance that they get. I have a yard by me that tried some of that and i now drive an hour and a half one way to my new yard. The prices and service more than make up for the drive. I am not the only one dissatisfied with my local yard as they are extremely slow right now. This is a very competitive business and you need to service your customers or someone else will. Call around and find a better yard or advertise your stuff on craigslist and guys like me will be more than happy to purchase your material. I have portable scales, come to my customers and even say thank you with a smile. I can't stand 90% of the yards that I have dealt with in the past.
Re: What did you scrap?
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Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:38 pm
by Hades12
620 # shred steel 82.50 western NC
Re: What did you scrap?
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Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:05 pm
by michael3065
In CT
Scrapped two Lg transformers 224lbs each
448 @ .25
$112.00
Re: What did you scrap?
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Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:23 pm
by aussamdad
scrapped just over 120 # of old computer backup batteries and the batteries from our game feeders @.20 lb good for $24 and change....more important less batteries in the land fill.
Al cans @ .65 at one yard and at the other yard 3 miles away on the same road, $0.50 lb.
Re: What did you scrap?
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Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:13 pm
by wayne1956
Scrapped 1900 lbs of shredables today for $190 ($200 a ton here in north TX area).