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Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2020 3:42 pm
by 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

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Sat May 23, 2020 9:50 pm
by 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

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Sat May 23, 2020 11:11 pm
by 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

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2020 11:03 am
by 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

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2020 7:16 pm
by cwgii
#200 shred steel...tin cans, rusted swamp cooler, Xmas trees. $60/ ton.

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

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2020 2:26 pm
by cwgii
#460 clean sheet. $91./ton

No more. I swear.

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2020 6:07 pm
by Dr. Cadmium
116# transformers 0.30
26# adapters with wire 0.23
30# low grade boards 0.20

Total: $46.78

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2020 8:18 pm
by 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.

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:58 am
by Dr. Cadmium
Recyclersteve wrote: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.

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:06 am
by 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

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:45 pm
by cwgii
Dr. Cadmium wrote: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.

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:53 am
by Recyclersteve
Dr. Cadmium wrote:
Recyclersteve wrote: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.

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 7:40 pm
by Dr. Cadmium
373 returnable cans and bottles $0.05 ea

Total: $18.65

cwgii wrote: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.

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:58 am
by 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

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:51 am
by smackvay
East coast here

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

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 4:37 pm
by cwgii
Dr. Cadmium wrote: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.

cwgii wrote: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.

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 7:11 am
by cwgii
#117 plastic, $0.35/ lb

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:43 am
by 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

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 10:56 am
by hobo finds
21 lb. Alum cans @ $.75 lb
19 lb. #1 plastic @ $.20 lb.

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 9:07 am
by cwgii
hobo finds wrote: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.

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:43 pm
by hobo finds
I need to find that place....

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:02 am
by cwgii
Dr. Cadmium wrote:373 returnable cans and bottles $0.05 ea

Total: $18.65

cwgii wrote: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.

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:30 pm
by cwgii
149 # alum cans at .80

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:17 pm
by 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

Re: What did you scrap?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 12:43 pm
by 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