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NotABigDeal wrote:WAY too many joints to cut. The price difference here is only 15¢ between #1 and #2. Plus around here, in order to be considered #1, it must be damn near new looking. There was some #1, but since we were over 1000lbs with the #2, it paid more than having less than 100lbs of #1. We made out better this way. You can only see one maybe two #1 pieces in the picture according to the yard. And I'm not bad mouthing the yard, the are good guys.

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I think what they are considering #1 copper is what is referred to as "bare bright" copper around here. It pays a little better than #1. Regardless, they paid you well for #2 copper.

Nice haul by the way.

My office at work is closing and everybody has to move to another location.
But, the warehouse is getting rid of a bunch of racks and shelves and we will be getting rid of some old filing cabinets too.
I've been bringing stuff home for the last few days and putting it on my trailer. Today the trailer was full so I made a trip to the yard.

1540lbs steel/tin = $123.20 (from work)
133lbs irony cast aluminum = $19.95 (from work)
19lbs aluminum cans = $8.55 (from home)

whopping 4 lbs of al foil trays...... at .15
140 lbs tin cans, bottle caps at .085

Today in So. AZ
32 lbs yellow brass $1.65 pound (price down .10 from Oct)
80 lbs #2 ins wire $1.00 a pound (price same as Oct)

Total $132.80

1st time they gave me a hard time with my Christmas light wire, said to turn it in as is, with the light bulbs on for .20 a pound. I had about 10 pounds of wire from the christmas lights bulbs cut off. They still payed me #2 ins for them.

67 lbs alum cans @ .80 lb $53.60 total

Doing a reset at work. Took home about 300lbs in metal racks and old shelves. Tomorrow they are taking down a metal rack that was used for panty hose and socks. They will be there 3 days and I am going to cash in my haul Thursday nothing after they are done.

Total haul from store reset. 860 lbs of #2 HMS unprepared x .1125

$96.75 from free scrap that I brought home from work.

hobo finds wrote:45 lbs E waste $141.10 after shipping costs

Nice score! Was that a load of mother boards or memory, HD's or CPU's?

My work is still trashing file cabinets & stuff, I got my buddy (he is unemployed) to help me load up the trailer twice this week and I split the proceeds with him.

1st load was $172
2nd load was $164

I think they are just about done, I wish I had gotten that load of 8ft tall chain-link fence they tossed out but I didn't get there in time.

28 lbs #1 plastic @.30
9 lbs #2 plastic clear @ .08
12 lbs plastic #2 color @ .02
118 lbs glass @ .04

$14.08 Total

4 lbs UBC @ .40
13 lbs tin/steel @ .0975
17 lbs Al (old sheet Al) @ .30

475 pounds of glass

Had a hot water heater go out and we are building a detached garage with aluminum wrapped trim and soffits. Also took in what aluminum cans I had on hand.

This was today in central Missouri.

180 lbs "sheet iron" @ $190/ton =$17.33
44 lbs "Alum Sheet - Clean" @ $0.53/lb =$23.32
14 lbs "Aluminum Cans" @ $0.65/lb = $9.10
1 dime found where you unload the cans. = $0.10
Total = $49.85



Girls each get about $25.

mutiger

118 lbs of aluminum cans @ $.60 lb = $70.80

54 lbs plastic @ .40
55 lbs al cans at .95

Here's one a bit outside the box - as a bartender we used to collect all the Marlboro cigarette boxes leftover after the pub closed, cut out the "miles" from the boxes, and order all sorts of cool free stuff. Not sure if that's scrapping but was a great way to get closet-fulls of marketing materials on the cheap!

$30.91 11 lbs #2 copper wire @ $2.81 lb
$19.55 17 lbs #2 insulated copper wire @ $1.15 lb
$14.49 69 lbs Electric Motors @ $ .21 lb
$54.60 28 lbs Yellow Brass @ $1.95 lb
$1.04 2 lbs stainless steel @ $ .52 lb
$14.88 31 lbs aluminum @ $ .48 lb
$5.28 11 lbs Sheet aluminum @ $ .48 lb
$7.59 69 lbs Dirty Stainless Steel @ $ .11 lb
$15.50 31 lbs cast aluminum @ $ .50 lb

$163.84 total

5 pounds copper
10 pounds AL cans
10 pounda tin cans

2 loads of sheet iron / steel today 1170 lbs was $99.45

30 lbs of alum. cans @ .55 lb - $16.50
6 lbs of stainless steel @ .25 lb - $1.50
12 lbs of cast alum. @ .45 lb - $5.40
25 lbs of sheet alum. @ .45 lb - $11.25
19 lbs of elec. motors @ .15 lb - $2.85
100 lbs of #2 steel @ .11 lb - $11.00
11 lbs of #2 insulated copper @ .80 lb - $8.80
8 lbs of yellow brass @ 1.50 lb - $12.00
2 lbs of #2 copper @ 2.80 lb - $5.60

Total - $74.90

A bent up cutting bar from a snow plow (found at roadside) & a flat work surface from a Bridgeport I think.

199 lbs heavy iron, $19.00

I always feel like I just robbed a bank when I pull out of that place

480 lbs of tin @ 8.5 cents per lb $40.80

Morsecode wrote: a flat work surface from a Bridgeport I think.

I bought something like that for my work table they had threw it in the truck going to the scrapper and I got them to pull it out.


Cost me $100 to get it.

Something like that, but smaller and without legs.

Today in So. Az
38 lbs alum cans @ .80 lb
16 lbs #1 plastic bottles @ .30 lb

Total $35.20