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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Sep 02, 2015 4:30 pm

39 lb of #1 plastic ... got a bonus .45 instead of .40 . cool.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:55 pm

52 lbs #1 plastic crushed $.38 lb = $19.76
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:29 am

Copper keeps falling. Anyone have turned any in to the scrap yard lately? I used to buy power cords at yard and church sales but as #2 insulated wire prices keep falling I can't justify paying for them. When I was getting $1 - $1.10 a pound that worked out but at $.78 not so much
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sun Sep 20, 2015 10:29 am

I am still stockpiling. though it is reaching critical mass
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:59 am

154 lb cans at .90
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby AdamsSamoa » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:00 am

Just got back from the scrap yard.... prices are down :thumbdown: ..

but... scraped
2 bbq pits & assorted mixed steel.. 460 lbs
12 lbs # 2 cu
6 lbs #1 cu
6 lbs Al
2lbs yellow brass
17 lbs electric motors
5 lbs Al cans....
plus some rolled zincers from pocket change... equals....
73 dollars...

that puts me over $600 for the year...

on Tue that will make 50 SHARES of Alcoa stock from stuff I find on the side of the road.... It was also the goal I set this year
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:30 am

last Tuesday
3 water heaters
2 dryers
2 washers
1 stove
some misc stuff
1500 lbs for $36 and change
down to $55 a GT 2240 lbs I was breaking them down but I just took em all right to the yard (I did cut the power cords off)
was 80 last month
and 190 last year at this time. :shifty: :thumbdown:

This yard now has a min 500lbs ferrous and 100 lbs non ferrous (combined) :?
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby AdamsSamoa » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:38 am

mixed was .80 this morning in Kentucky
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:36 pm

180 lbs of a swamp cooler, a few tin cans, some ''strapping' . like from around pallets.
70/ton
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Thogey » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:46 pm

I have a pile of steel maybe a small truckload. A couple hundred pounds that I'm kickin to the curb,
At 2.75 cents per pound it's not even worth handling. Just an eyesore.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:27 pm

Thogey wrote:I have a pile of steel maybe a small truckload. A couple hundred pounds that I'm kickin to the curb,
At 2.75 cents per pound it's not even worth handling. Just an eyesore.


Yep I am averaging $.04 a pound but that's separating steel prepared, clean sheet and such, so more piles as I do this...
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:54 pm

100 lb of #1 plastic
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Sep 29, 2015 11:33 am

300 lbs sheet iron $.0225 lb = $6.75
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Wed Sep 30, 2015 11:52 am

cwgii wrote:100 lb of #1 plastic


Was this at EGS Green Recycling? Did you get $.40 a pound? I only got $.38 for 52 lbs at JV metals
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:19 pm

Thogey wrote:I have a pile of steel maybe a small truckload. A couple hundred pounds that I'm kickin to the curb,
At 2.75 cents per pound it's not even worth handling. Just an eyesore.


I am on another scrap metal website and have seen places no longer paying for steel, you can drop it off for free for now...
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:43 pm

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cwgii wrote:100 lb of #1 plastic


Was this at EGS Green Recycling? Did you get $.40 a pound? I only got $.38 for 52 lbs at JV metals

.40 at normas
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:30 pm

260 lb fridge I didn't even cut the cord, hurt my upper chest rib loading up this bastard gave it to the yard as sheet iron made a whole $5.85
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:19 pm

some for the scrap pile , a table base.

first of themonth... folks moved?/ lots of mattresses on the side of dumpsters. and in my case.... filing up the garbage, so that the garbage went into the recycling dumpster.. crud.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:14 am

dav had a freezer crap out. I just cannot turn one in 'whole'. I guess I get some kind of kick out of taking things apart. also seems that it is still new enough to me that I get to see 'different' ways they were made.

this one had the compressor on the top. a steel radiator on top. inside had dual fans and an alum radiator. another odd thing. the outside of the door. roof, back and base were metallic. while the sides and face of the door were not.?? now to find out if stainless or just brushed alum.

so I had to take the whole things apart. there were plastic 'gaskets' with about 30 screws on the long sides, 20 on top and bottom. that held in the interior in.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Oct 09, 2015 2:19 pm

honey said, empty the yard.

320 lb of prepared at 75/t . 12.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:55 am

church threw out a dozen chairs. only 160 lb at torch price of 55/t
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:06 pm

120 lb of junk steel at 45/t not worth it
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby silversaddle1 » Tue Oct 13, 2015 9:55 am

Ha ha, kind of tough out there huh boys?!!!
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Oct 13, 2015 10:29 am

silversaddle1 wrote:Ha ha, kind of tough out there huh boys?!!!


Yep we got spoiled... now not so much... I do remember when steel was .0075 $15 a ton! Think it may go that low again? Or worse have to pay to get rid of sheet iron :shock:
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:52 pm

180 lbs. sheet iron 33 a ton :thumbdown: $.0165 a pound
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