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Is everyone holding Alum??

Several pots an pans but still a little room in the trash can

Rosco wrote:Is everyone holding Alum

Yessir, I am. The aluminum prices, and maybe copper too, have been bottoming out for a while now, and will hopefully start trending upward. There is still an ongoing glut of aluminum globally, but eventually it will be consumed and the overall commodity cycle will swing in the other direction. The question is how long until that swing happens.

ive been holding EVERYTHING but the actual scrap(shreads) for almost 2 years
this past week we did a job and replaced 7 units. 3 of the coils in the inside units were 18 feet long 12 inches thick and almost 6 feet tall.
Unfortunately they will go into the rest of the stack as I'm still holding everything. It is amazing how heavy of copper and aluminum they used back in the day. These units are from around 1960

Mike

smackvay wrote:ive been holding EVERYTHING but the actual scrap(shreads) for almost 2 years
this past week we did a job and replaced 7 units. 3 of the coils in the inside units were 18 feet long 12 inches thick and almost 6 feet tall.
Unfortunately they will go into the rest of the stack as I'm still holding everything. It is amazing how heavy of copper and aluminum they used back in the day. These units are from around 1960

Mike

When you say units, were these commercial/industrial air conditioning units or something else?

fridge casing 80 lbs at 43/t

4 wheels 140 lbs at 73/t

Recyclersteve wrote:

smackvay wrote:ive been holding EVERYTHING but the actual scrap(shreads) for almost 2 years
this past week we did a job and replaced 7 units. 3 of the coils in the inside units were 18 feet long 12 inches thick and almost 6 feet tall.
Unfortunately they will go into the rest of the stack as I'm still holding everything. It is amazing how heavy of copper and aluminum they used back in the day. These units are from around 1960

Mike

When you say units, were these commercial/industrial air conditioning units or something else?

yes

basically the same thing as a house except a lot bigger
the outside units are on the roof and inside units are in a mechanical room connected by HUGE linesets (which were not changed on this job)
I will take some pics and post so you guys understand a little better
also got about 65 feet of 4 inch copper piping that is pretty thick

Mike

30 lbs. brown circuit bds @ $.15 lb.
106 lbs. alum cans @ $.85 lb.
34 lbs. copper content @ $.14 lb.
14 lbs. die cast zinc @ $.30 lb.
18 lbs. coax @ $.13 lb. lb.
12 lbs. Christmas lights @ $.22 lb.
200 lbs. dirty alum @ $.20 lb.
$148.54 total

all prices got the +$.10 bonus price this trip

hobo finds wrote:30 lbs. brown circuit bds @ $.15 lb.
106 lbs. alum cans @ $.85 lb.
34 lbs. copper content @ $.14 lb.
14 lbs. die cast zinc @ $.30 lb.
18 lbs. coax @ $.13 lb. lb.
12 lbs. Christmas lights @ $.22 lb.
200 lbs. dirty alum @ $.20 lb.
$148.54 total

all prices got the +$.10 bonus price this trip

You get 13 cents/pound for coax? .22 for Christmas lights? .85 for cans? That's great

The rest looks pretty good. I need to start scrapping again.

only as it was bonus price of + .10 after 10 trips the next one gets a bump in price. So it pays to get rid of all the cheep stuff

#1 Copper 35 lbs - $1.94 per lbs
Shredder Steel 420 lbs - $4.25 per 100 lbs

$84.26 after trash adjustment

trash adjustment

what was that and how many pounds? or $

hobo finds wrote:trash adjustment

what was that and how many pounds? or $

I would have to look at the receipt, but I think they deducted $0.30 from their per 100 lbs price. Examples include things with dirt, sludge, or lots of plastic...

three trips of steel , 500 lb , 250, 240

The fall cleanup continues. Steel and copper are up.

1,000 lbs light iron @ $90/GT
50 lbs #1 steel @ $120/GT
100 lbs IA @ $0.11/lb
15 lbs #2 copper @ $1.70/lb
10 lbs #1 copper @ $1.85/lb
30 lbs brass @ $1.15/lb
100 lbs mixed Al @ $0.35/lb
10 lbs extruded Al @ $0.40/lb
20 lbs electric motor @ $0.15/lb
3 lbs stainless @ $0.25/lb
3 lbs dirty stainless @ $0.12/lb
20 lbs dirty brass rad @ $0.90/lb
5 lbs clean ACR @ $0.85/lb
60 lbs lead batteries @ $0.24/lb

80 lb plug ends, bulbs .04
.02 al foil
.40 for no.1 plastic

I was pretty fed up with pricing a while back, but since copper has gone up quite a bit I did dip my toes into the scrapping waters.

From November 19th:

18# Aluminum irony 50% @ .10 = $1.80
6# Aluminum cans @ .55 = $3.30
160# Clean sheet metal @ $55/ton = $4.40
1# Copper #2 tube @ 1.70 = $1.70
4# Insulated #1- 80% copper wire @ 1.25 = $5.00
12# Insulated #2- 35% copper wire @ .30 = $3.60
18# Type 304 Stainless Steel @ .20 = $3.60
3# Yellow Brass @ $1.15 = $3.45
TOTAL FOR ABOVE = $26.85

From November 27th (today):

14# Clean Aluminum @ .25 = $3.50
11# Insulated #1- 80% copper wire @ 1.25 = $13.75
1# Insulated #2- 50% copper wire @ .50 = $0.50
59# Stainless steel dirty @ .10 = $5.90
TOTAL FOR ABOVE = $23.65

So a total of $50.50 for those two latest trips combined.

300 lbs mixed wire @ $0.56/lb
200 lbs small transformers @ $0.35/lb

240 lbs. Sheet Iron @ $.029 lb.
30 lbs. #1 plastic bottles and other #1 plastic @ $.35 lb.
21 lbs. #2 plastic color @ $.02 lb.
8 lbs. #2 plastic natural @ $.10 lb.
41 lbs. Glass Jars @ $.03 lb.
14 lbs. Beer Bottles @ $.04 lb.

Total $20.47 Sad when 114 lbs. of plastic and glass pay more than 240 lbs. of steel

hobo finds wrote:18 lbs. coax @ $.13 lb. lb.
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I'm jealous that you could get anything for coax. My guy said he wouldn't take coax and that I needed to cut the ends off of all cords/wiring.

And I feel that sometimes they give me less than they would otherwise for the exact same items by calling them "dirty" or adding some other modifier to give me less money. I'd try to complain but then the guy acts like he doesn't understand English. It does tend to be frustrating at times, but then I do realize I'm thankful that I'm not in their shoes doing that job full-time.

What you could do is when you bring in some brass also have a bucket of dirty brass as well. Tell the guy clean brass bucket and the next one is dirty. I feel the language problem around here as well, but they know enough English to do there job... And with the coax as I feel lucky to sell it I keep the ends on it. I do remove all plug ends from wire in order to get a better price and then sell the ends and Christmas bulbs as copper content. I do save the gold connector ends from phone lines and computer stuff to be sold as gold connectors when I sell my ewaste.

67 pounds of Ewaste $37.56

For me, household coaxial cable goes as light iron. I'm jealous of those of you that can get anything for glass and plastic.

Steel and copper are up again!

1,000 lbs light iron @ $100/GT
25 lbs #1 steel @ $140/GT
2 lbs #2 copper @ $1.85/lb
5 lbs #1 copper @ $2.00/lb
2 lbs bare bright @ $2.25/lb
5 lbs clean ACR @ $0.90/lb
50 lbs IA @ $0.11/lb
125 lbs lead batteries @ $0.24/lb

Propane tank with valve stuck open $5.00
14 lbs. Dirty Brass $.95 lb
7 lbs Die Cast $.05 lb.

67 lbs, Dirty Alum @ $.18 lb.
302 lbs. Electric Motors @ $.15 lb.