What did you scrap?

[Dr. Cadmium]

220# light iron 70/GT
15# unprepared steel 90/GT
23# #1 steel 115/GT
8# mixed Al 0.22
32# irony Al 0.05
2# #2 copper 1.60
1# THHN 1.15
12# well wire 1.05
13# mixed wire 0.40
33# electric motor 0.11
3# brass 1.05
19# batteries 0.20

Total: $44.75

[cwgii]

Well poop. Cfs the scrapyard I have waited 2 months to reopen., changed their policy. Whereas they gave a bonus card. They will no longer. Now they are nothing special

#480 clean sheet steel @91/ton

[smackvay]

My local scrap yard finally opened back up this past monday, so like always i have a huge load of steel and show up this morning and they are closed for the holiday. lol

I guess you cant win them all
Mike

[Dr. Cadmium]

980# light iron 75/GT
36# unprepared steel 95/GT
37# #1 steel 120/GT
9# mixed Al 0.22
97# irony Al 0.05
18# extruded Al 0.32
1# dirty Al wire 0.15
40# mixed wire 0.40
30# wire harness 0.15
4# #2 copper 1.60
1# brass 1.05
250# batteries 0.20

total: $127.01 rounded down to $127.00

[cwgii]

#200 shred steel...tin cans, rusted swamp cooler, Xmas trees. $60/ ton.

Asked,wire is.05 ,batteries $0.12 ouch.

[cwgii]

#460 clean sheet. $91./ton

No more. I swear.

[Dr. Cadmium]

116# transformers 0.30
26# adapters with wire 0.23
30# low grade boards 0.20

Total: $46.78

[Recyclersteve]

Something a bit different here-

Sold a mid-size SUV for scrap for $700 and the company buying it didn’t charge anything for towing it from our front yard. So it was a NET $700. Car was in a rollover accident. It was badly crushed, all glass broken, and I couldn’t even get the odometer reading.

Thankfully none of the four young people in it at the time of the crash was seriously injured- just soreness and some minor cuts and bruises.

I got quotes from 4 scrap companies. They were “about $175”, $400, $450 and $700. You can see which one I took. I texted photos to the companies, so they all had access to the same info. It was surprising how much the quotes varied.

For privacy reasons, I’d rather not say where the accident occurred or the year/make/model of the car.

[Dr. Cadmium]

Something a bit different here-

Sold a mid-size SUV for scrap for $700 and the company buying it didn’t charge anything for towing it from our front yard. So it was a NET $700. Car was in a rollover accident. It was badly crushed, all glass broken, and I couldn’t even get the odometer reading.

Thankfully none of the four young people in it at the time of the crash was seriously injured- just soreness and some minor cuts and bruises.

I got quotes from 4 scrap companies. They were “about $175”, $400, $450 and $700. You can see which one I took. I texted photos to the companies, so they all had access to the same info. It was surprising how much the quotes varied.

For privacy reasons, I’d rather not say where the accident occurred or the year/make/model of the car.

I'm glad nobody got hurt, Steve. And yes, you have to call around for a scrap car as the prices are all over the place. $700 for scrap is crazy, it must have been fairly new or had salvageable parts.

[Dr. Cadmium]

500# batteries 0.20
400# light iron 80/GT
2# #1 steel 120/GT
37# mixed Al 8.14
22# extruded 0.32
75# irony Al 0.05
9# #2 copper 1.70
6# clean ACR 0.75
4# AWG 4+ 1.35
2# #2 wire 0.85
12# mixed wire 0.45
19# compressor 0.08

Total: $167.15

[cwgii]

500# batteries 0.20
400# light iron 80/GT
2# #1 steel 120/GT
37# mixed Al 8.14
22# extruded 0.32
75# irony Al 0.05
9# #2 copper 1.70
6# clean ACR 0.75
4# AWG 4+ 1.35
2# #2 wire 0.85
12# mixed wire 0.45
19# compressor 0.08

Total: $167.15

Wow. In the past I got close to your prices, not anymore. I was quoted $0.05 on wire and$0.12 on batteries.Tucson is the pits now.

[Recyclersteve]

Something a bit different here-

Sold a mid-size SUV for scrap for $700 and the company buying it didn’t charge anything for towing it from our front yard. So it was a NET $700. Car was in a rollover accident. It was badly crushed, all glass broken, and I couldn’t even get the odometer reading.

Thankfully none of the four young people in it at the time of the crash was seriously injured- just soreness and some minor cuts and bruises.

I got quotes from 4 scrap companies. They were “about $175”, $400, $450 and $700. You can see which one I took. I texted photos to the companies, so they all had access to the same info. It was surprising how much the quotes varied.

For privacy reasons, I’d rather not say where the accident occurred or the year/make/model of the car.

I'm glad nobody got hurt, Steve. And yes, you have to call around for a scrap car as the prices are all over the place. $700 for scrap is crazy, it must have been fairly new or had salvageable parts.

I’m guessing the buyer had a customer already looking for that year/make/model. Also, it could have been someone with a monthly quota or goal to hit as I sold it on the last business day of May.

[Dr. Cadmium]

373 returnable cans and bottles $0.05 ea

Total: $18.65

Wow. In the past I got close to your prices, not anymore. I was quoted $0.05 on wire and$0.12 on batteries.Tucson is the pits now.

It seems prices came up faster on the east coast than elsewhere. Wire is a tough one right now, especially lower grades which are often exported.

[Dr. Cadmium]

Steel and copper are going up!

440# light iron 95/GT
2# #1 steel 140/GT
28# mixed Al 0.22
14# irony Al 0.05
5# #1 copper 1.95
9# copper flashing 1.65
1# brass 1.15
37# romex 0.90
13# mixed wire 0.50
25# lead 0.30
6# dirty stainless 0.10

Total: $99.30, rounded up to $100

[smackvay]

East coast here

3600 pounds of shred for $50 per ton
I’m so close to selling out and being done with scrap

[cwgii]

373 returnable cans and bottles $0.05 ea

Total: $18.65
We have one yard that stopped all can, #1 . another is down to $0.20 on cans.

If it was all alum cans at 33/#, you had 10#---$2.00
Not worth the gas.

Wow. In the past I got close to your prices, not anymore. I was quoted $0.05 on wire and$0.12 on batteries.Tucson is the pits now.

It seems prices came up faster on the east coast than elsewhere. Wire is a tough one right now, especially lower grades which are often exported.

[cwgii]

#117 plastic, $0.35/ lb

[Dr. Cadmium]

460# light iron 95/GT
16# mixed Al 0.22
23# extruded 0.32
4# irony Al 0.05
3# #1 copper 1.95
11# #2 copper 1.80
22# clean ACR 0.75
8# brass 1.15
12# mixed wire 0.50
8# electric motor 0.11
52# compressor 0.07
42# batteries 0.20
6# wheel weights 0.08

Total: $101.34, rounded up to $101.35

[hobo finds]

21 lb. Alum cans @ $.75 lb
19 lb. #1 plastic @ $.20 lb.

[cwgii]

21 lb. Alum cans @ $.75 lb
19 lb. #1 plastic @ $.20 lb.

It is half a mile from can,it to Ventura....$0.35 plastic.

[hobo finds]

I need to find that place....

[cwgii]

373 returnable cans and bottles $0.05 ea

Total: $18.65

Wow. In the past I got close to your prices, not anymore. I was quoted $0.05 on wire and$0.12 on batteries.Tucson is the pits now.

It seems prices came up faster on the east coast than elsewhere. Wire is a tough one right now, especially lower grades which are often exported.

If we had return value, I would have done well. 12,000 beer bottles a week. Of course the source would have changed being worth easy money.

[cwgii]

149 # alum cans at .80

[Dr. Cadmium]

Irony aluminum is up above steel again.

160# light iron 95/GT
210# #1 steel 140/GT
3# mixed Al 0.22
3# irony Al 0.07
14# brass 1.15
3# mixed wire 0.50
9# electric motor 0.11
3# pewter 2.00

Total: $45.38, rounded up to $45.40

[Dr. Cadmium]

More alloys saved from the trash. Too bad prices are so low right now!

168# tungsten carbide powder (70% W) 2.80
20# I 713 (73% Ni) 1.825
23# Hastelloy X (49% Ni) 1.225
105# 62% Ni 8% Co 1.55
9# 48% Co powder 1.44
13# stainless steel 0.15