What did you scrap?

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:15 am

480# light iron 110/GT
97# #1 steel 160/GT
22# mixed Al 0.22
29# irony Al 0.08
9# brass 1.30
4# mixed wire 0.50
19# compressor 0.10


Total: $53.26, rounded down to $53.25
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:01 pm

Following advice,emptying yard.
#620 clean sheet @120.ton
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:04 pm

Recyclersteve wrote:
cwgii wrote:Yeah $0.80 for 130 lbs of
alum cans


I sure hope you meant 80 cents PER POUND...

Yes pos phone, typing with a pen
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:07 pm

hope to do tin cans, Fri
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:26 pm

27 lb. #1 beverage plastic. Place that pays more was closed so I only got $.15 a pound for them.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:37 am

hobo finds wrote:27 lb. #1 beverage plastic. Place that pays more was closed so I only got $.15 a pound for them.

I'm sorry. Think at %50 I would take them home.

One Saturday they had no money,did not open. Parked the loafrd truck at the flower shop.used the old lady's to work.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:49 am

Had a rattlesnake in backyard friday night, wife wants stuff gone.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby MUTiger » Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:53 am

Prices are depressed around here.

180# Sheet Iron $65/T
10# Alum Sheet - Clean $0.26/lb
30# Aluminum Cans $0.24/lb
3# Cu/Al Rads $1.01/lb
2# #2 Copper $2.09/lb
4# 90% Yellow Brass $0.69/lb

$25.75 total.

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:16 pm

Turned in cans for the DAV, 49 lbs@.80
I had 44 lbs plastic at $.30
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Thu Oct 15, 2020 4:27 pm

440# light iron 100/GT
21# #1 steel 150/GT
38# mixed Al 0.24
3# extruded Al 0.32
22# Al rims 0.35
92# irony Al 0.08
11# #2 copper 2.05
13# brass 1.35
22# clean ACR 0.90
15# mixed wire 0.50
30# harness wire 0.20
11# electric motor 0.14
60# compressor 0.10
2# S/S 0.25
1# dirty S/S 0.13
14# clean lead 0.35
166# batteries 0.22

Total: $169.18 rounded up to $169.20
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:10 pm

#460 tin cans at 100/ton..
That concludes my metal, plastic,cans for now.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:38 pm

440# light iron 100/GT
21# #1 steel 150/GT
1# mixed Al 0.24
26# irony Al 0.08
1# #1 copper 2.30
10# #2 copper 2.10
31# brass 1.30
4# clean ACR 0.95
2# romex 1.15
3# mixed wire 0.50
17# compressor 0.10

Total: $96.27 rounded up to $96.30
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:12 pm

240# light iron 100/GT
1# irony Al 0.08
1# dirty S/S 0.13

Total: $10.92 rounded up to $11.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:49 pm

660# light iron 100/GT
36# #1 steel 150/GT
5# mixed Al 0.24
3# irony Al 0.08
1# #1 copper 2.35
2# #2 copper 2.15
5# clean ACR 0.95
4# mixed wire 0.54
13# electric motor 0.15
18# compressor 0.10
25# batteries 0.22
1# wheel weights 0.08
1# pewter 2.00

Total: $58.24 rounded up to $58.25
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:54 pm

152 returnable cans and bottles 0.05 each

Total: $7.60
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:28 pm

212# mixed wire 0.50
28# adapters with wire 0.16
40# low grade circuit boards 0.15

Total: $116.48
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:35 pm

Last load before the election:

260# light iron 100/GT
10# #1 steel 150/GT
14# S/S 0.25
11# mixed Al 0.24
1# extruded Al 0.32
25# irony Al 0.08
1# #1 copper 2.35
76# #2 copper 2.15
2# brass 1.35
3# romex 1.20
8# mixed wire 0.55
1# electric motor 0.15
1 pallet 2.00/ea

Total: $199.34 rounded up to $199.35
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:55 pm

New...don't know I've seen you sell a pallet
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:05 am

cwgii wrote:New...don't know I've seen you sell a pallet


I'm cleaning up for winter and I had an extra so I brought it as a freebie to my local metal yard. They paid me for it.

I don't know of any businesses near me that exchange them.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:33 pm

B.s.,,before [shucks]..pallets for us were $2.00. Drop to ,1.50. Now back up.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:48 pm

#156 plastic at $0.30.
They dropped cans from ,75---65.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:12 pm

120# light iron 110/GT
13# #1 steel 160/GT
4# mixed Al 0.24
2# extruded Al 0.32
37# irony Al 0.08
3# #2 copper 2.15
5# brass 1.35
4# clean ACR 0.95
18# romex 1.20
1# #2 wire 1.15
1# mixed wire 0.55
20# compressor 0.11
25# batteries 0.22

Total: $59.38 rounded up to $59.40
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Nov 16, 2020 2:09 pm

All of the light iron and steel was found on the side of the road on the way to the yard.

180# light iron 110/GT
16# #1 steel 160/GT
5# mixed Al 0.24
8# irony Al 0.08
2 whole tires with Al rims 4.00/ea
1# #1 copper 2.35
2# #2 copper 2.15
17# brass 1.35
8# electric motor 0.15
2# pewter 2.00
5# S/S 0.25

Total: $55.87 rounded up to $56.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:24 pm

214 liquor bottles for ,,arts n crafts
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:26 pm

Tucson announced this morning..,no more recycling of ,glass, next year.
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