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Finder wrote:DFW , Texas
19 lbs tin @ .01 = 19 cent (not worth the trouble)

What was this?

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.

12/30

52 lbs Al cans UBC @ .67 (up .04 from Oct) = $34.84

in CT

alittle over 1300lbs steel @ .14

$183.00

610 lbs sheet steel .09 a pound in So.AZ

#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

In CT

28lbs of small circuit board transformer @ .25 - 7.00
11lbs #1 copper @ 3.30 33.00

Ttl = an even forty bucks

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!

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.

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.

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

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?

Cashed in the last of my steel stash yesterday in CT

1373lbs @ .15

$207

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

300 lbs sheet steel still holding at .09 a pound in So. AZ

.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

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.

620 # shred steel 82.50 western NC

In CT

Scrapped two Lg transformers 224lbs each

448 @ .25

$112.00

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.

Scrapped 1900 lbs of shredables today for $190 ($200 a ton here in north TX area).