What did you scrap?

[hobo finds]

Today in So. AZ
Alum Ext 63 lbs @ .70 (price up .06 from Nov)
Paint Alum 34 lbs @ .60 (price up .10 from Oct)
Elect Motors 55 lbs @ .25 (price up .05 from Oct)
Auto Batt 39 @ .15 (price same as Aug)
Compressor 29 lbs @ .10 (price up.02 from Sept)
Alum Cans 21 lbs @ .63 (price up .03 from Oct)
#2 ins wire 9 lbs @ 1.00 (price down .05 fron Nov)
Yellow brass 6 lbs @ 1.70 (price up.20 from Sept)
#2 copper 4 lbs @ 2.85 (price up .30 from Sept)
Al/Cu raid 7 lbs @ 1.25 (price up .15 from Aug
Stainless steel 22 lbs @ .65 (price up .10 from Sept)

Total $153.88

[michael3065]

In CT on 12/11

1600 lbs #1 prepard steel ( I beam scraps )

total $180.00

[silversaddle1]

7.5 tons of shredder scrap/tin @ $225.00 per ton. $1687.00

In a week or two I'm gonna make a non-ferrous haul!

[hobo finds]

$225.00 a ton thats great! I guess it helps the price when you bring in tons

[silversaddle1]

$225.00 a ton thats great! I guess it helps the price when you bring in tons

Well yes, plus I have been doing business with this yard for over 22 years. They want all our railroad scrap so they treat us good on everything else as well.

[silversaddle1]

In CT on 12/11

1600 lbs #1 prepard steel ( I beam scraps )

total $180.00

That is a real low number. Did you call around on that scrap?

[hobo finds]

Today in So. AZ. Sheet steel .08 a pound / $160.00 a ton 580 lbs.

$46.40 ttl

[MatLock]

300 pounds of light iron at .08/lb (still in december!)
Oh well, got $24

15 pounds of copper #2, 2.85/lb $42.75

[michael3065]

In CT on 12/11

1600 lbs #1 prepard steel ( I beam scraps )

total $180.00

That is a real low number. Did you call around on that scrap?

Thats what I thought too but I didn't complain because mixed in with the beams were a bunch of posts filled fith concrete plus this yard takes pretty much ank crap I bring them.

What is the price for steel I beams in your neck of the woods?

[maoguinn]

50lbs of alum. cans @ .62lb
total-$31.00
good for 1 ounce of silver

[barrettone]

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[silversaddle1]

Novembers Totals:

628# of clean and bright wire @ $3.40/lb= $2135.20
712# of #1 Copper @ $3.30/lb= $2349.60
2340# of Copper Rads @ $1.60/lb= $3744.00
132# #2 Copper @ $3.20/lb= $422.40
122# of 316 Stainless @ .82/lb= $100.04
628# of Aluminum (rads and clip) @ .55/lb= $345.40
113# brass @ $1.20/lb= $135.60
44.2 NT of Sheet Iron @ $205/NT=$9061.00

Total Haul= $18,293.24

Not bad for a months work and 2 guys. But we're pro's and we strip EVERYTHING down off of our cooling units, plus have our own 10,000# commercial scales to make sure we get paid for all our weight (we mark our gaylords accordingly so they know we know our weights). We also get a premium for our material because we do so much volume. Gotta love scrappin'!!!

I don't know how long you have been doing the HVAC scrapping, but when we were still doing it, we were getting $27.00 per ton for the sheet. Times sure have changed!
Gotta love that $200+ steel!

[hirbonzig]

16 lbs of tin cans--0.06 per lb--$0.96
AL cans--27 lbs @ $0.70 per lb--$18.90

[michael3065]

3 commercial truck batteries
3 x 61lbs = 183lbs

183 x .15

27.45

[Finder]

Took my 1st trip to the salvage.

Sold a 22 lb box of computer power cords for .55 lb, which was $12.10.

Im still wondering if it would have been worth it to strip, I will know when my digital scale comes in
so I can weigh the copper by the oz.

Meanwhile, Im sitting on a growing hoard of 14 lbs #2 stripped copper, and have another 40 to strip.

[Hades12]

Took my 1st trip to the salvage.

Sold a 22 lb box of computer power cords for .55 lb, which was $12.10.

Im still wondering if it would have been worth it to strip, I will know when my digital scale comes in
so I can weigh the copper by the oz.

Meanwhile, Im sitting on a growing hoard of 14 lbs #2 stripped copper, and have another 40 to strip.

without the ends I have been getitng as much as 1.60per lb for coated wire like that.

[Finder]

Wow, I was robbed.

I asked the guy how much it would have been had I cut the plugs off the ends and he said the same.

Ill shop around for a more fair salvage yard.

[michael3065]

Took my 1st trip to the salvage.

Sold a 22 lb box of computer power cords for .55 lb, which was $12.10.

Im still wondering if it would have been worth it to strip, I will know when my digital scale comes in
so I can weigh the copper by the oz.

Meanwhile, Im sitting on a growing hoard of 14 lbs #2 stripped copper, and have another 40 to strip.

without the ends I have been getitng as much as 1.60per lb for coated wire like that.

I get roughly .55 lb too. I think its time to rethink about where I bring my scrap

[Finder]

This smaller wire I dont think Ill strip it, probably takes me an hour to strip 2 -3 lbs for about 1.25 more than I could sell it for.

So Im risking cutting my fingers for $2.50 to $3.75 per hour.

I have 33 lbs of it.

Im running a razor knife down it.

[michael3065]

in ct

28 lbs copper
14 lbs light iron

$96.00

[Heartkill]

Today's load:

45lb. #2 copper @ $3.08# - $138.60
21lb. yellow brass @ $1.78# - $37.38

Total = $175.98

[Finder]

DFW , Texas

12-21-10

42 lbs unstripped wire @ 1.87= 78.54

17 lbs #2 copper @3.21= 54.57

19 lbs tin @ .01 = 19 cent (not worth the trouble)

The guy didnt like me trying to remove some of my copper to make it an even 17 lbs.
I ask him what about my ounces (the scale doesnt do ounces), he says sometimes it goes for him, sometimes for me,
and that it rounds it up or down to the nearest pound.

This made me realize I need to get a postal scale for copper, then make sure my weight is (for example) 17.6 before taking it in to get rounded up to 18.
I dislike losing 4.9 ounces if it weighed 17.49. Thats half a pound. Or just be honest and make sure it weighs even lbs.

Some guys before me brought in 268 lbs of copper wire in 5 gallon buckets.

[hobo finds]

410 lbs sheet steel .08 lb

$32.80

[hobo finds]

290 more lbs sheet steel .08 a lb. $23.20

[michael3065]

In Ct

Brass plumbing fittings 16lbs x 1.70 = 27.20
#2 copper 4lbs x 3.10 = 12.40
#1 copper 7lbs x 3.30 = 23.10
Lite Iron 64lbs x .10 = 6.40
#1 steel 538lbs x .14 = 75.32

ttl 144.00