What did you scrap?

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Mon Jan 07, 2019 11:07 am

01/02/19
808# Tin/Light Iron $115.00 GT $41.50
14 lb AL Old Sheet $0.29 lb $4.06
6 lb Brass Yellow $1.41 lb $8.46
4 lb #2 Copper $1.91 $7.64 lb
9 lb #2 Cu Insulated <3 $0.19 lb $1.71
6 lb #2 Cu Insulated 40% $0.19 lb $1.14
329 lb Batteries PB $0.18 lb $59.04
Total $123.55
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:17 pm

9lb water bottles...28 # all cans for the DAV
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Wed Jan 09, 2019 7:24 pm

I love free gold
3 months of e scrap

25 lb Finger cards/cd $3.00lb $75.00
55 lb Green Mother Boards $1.60lb $88.00
22 lb Colored Boards $1.25lb $27.50
14 lb Multi Socket Boards $2.10lb $29.40
6.10 lb HD Boards $8.50lb $51.85
4.85 lb RAM $14.00lb $67.90
.6 lb Silver Ram $5.00lb $3.00
2.55 lb Pentium 4 Pin/Pinless $4.25lb $10.84
.45 lb Slot Processors $9.00lb $4.05
.25 lb Fiber $10.00lb $2.50
.25 lb Ceramic K6 $18.00lb $4.50

131.05 lbs Total $364.54
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:48 pm

01/10/19 Worcester Ma
425# Tin/Light Iron $90.00 GT $17.08 -$25 dollar drop in a week! :evil: :!:
14 lb AL Old Sheet $0.29 lb $4.06
4 lb Brass Yellow $1.41 lb $5.64
1 lb #2 Copper $1.91 $1.91 lb
39 lb #2 Cu Insulated <3 $0.19 lb $7.41
7 lb S/S 304 Prepared $0.15 lb $1.05
210 lb Batteries PB $0.18 lb $37.80
Total $74.95
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:12 pm

Steel continues to slide...

80 lbs light iron $70GT
14 lbs #1 steel $160/GT
1960 lbs batteries 0.25/lb
36 lbs #1 copper 2.00
12 lbs #2 copper 1.80
58 lbs copper flashing 1.75
54 lbs brass 1.40
12 lbs compressor 0.10
2 lbs stainless 0.26
92 lbs mixed Al 0.35
40 lbs irony Al 0.10
11 lbs Al rims 0.52

Total $807.84, rounded up to $808.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:25 am

#264 all cans @ .75
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:26 am

12lbs of cans..found on road dead..ford....gave me .30
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Jan 23, 2019 9:00 pm

Loaded both trucks in a cleaning frenzy. Now to see what I end up with
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:43 pm

343lb plastic
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Fri Jan 25, 2019 5:22 am

343 plastic! Nice! :thumbup:
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:11 am

Bad

thing is getting .25 vs the .45 of last summer
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:23 am

A battery...$0.27. 57#
Mother boards $0.16 #15
Seals unit. $0.17. $63
Cast iron. $145. #85. Sinks
All clean sheet $0.38. #50.
Ballasts $0.15. _#11
#2 wire__Xmas $0.32___#13
al extrusion $0.61___#120
Al wheel "0.62___#15
With our the .10 bonus. It would not be worth it.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Jan 28, 2019 1:19 pm

Apparently light iron has not dropped quite as low here, the previously reported drop was preemptive.

440 lbs light iron 90/GT
5 lbs #1 steel 160/GT
4 lbs extruded 0.37
21 lbs mixed Al 0.33
7 lbs irony Al 0.10
17 lbs clean ACR 0.90
8 lbs electric motor 0.13
20 lbs batteries 0.26
10 lbs dirty stainless 0.11

Total $49.86 rounded up to $50.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:14 am

340 lb prepared 135/t
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:12 am

516 lbs mixed wire $0.45/lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:34 am

Gained a bit ..new month.#120 clean sheet ,$145/t..last week 135 for heavy melt.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Feb 02, 2019 5:35 pm

39 lb #1 plastic @ $.15
17 lb whole alum cans @ $.65 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Feb 02, 2019 6:27 pm

hobo finds wrote:39 lb #1 plastic @ $.15
17 lb whole alum cans @ $.65 lb

HEY the place on country club/benson hwy is .20 and .75
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:48 pm

Slight uptick in light iron.

180 lbs light iron 100/GT
20 lbs compressor 0.10/lb
3 lbs #2 wire 1.05
1 lb THHN 1.30
5 lbs irony Al 0.10
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Feb 08, 2019 7:03 am

#300 shred..down to $90/ton this week
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hirbonzig » Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:51 pm

AL cans 12.6 lbs @ .35 lb
Sheet Iron 57 lbs @ 65/NT
Yellow Brass 9.6 lbs @ 1.25 lb
“Someone’s gonna have to go back and get a sh*t load of dimes.”
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:42 pm

120 lb sheet iron $.0525 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:29 pm

#77, no. 1 plastic. Special price for me of .30
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:29 pm

66 returnable cans and bottles $0.05 each
1040 lbs light iron 115/GT
77 lbs mixed Al 0.32
61 lbs extruded Al 0.38
18 lbs irony Al 0.10
36 lbs clean ACR 0.88
18 lbs #2 copper 2.08
3 lbs brass 1.40
18 lbs electric motor 0.13
11 lbs batteries 0.24
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:13 pm

8 lb. Alum cans uncrushed $.70 lb.
18 lb. #1 plastic $.20 lb.
37 lb. #2 ins wire $.37 lb.
12 lb. dirty stainless steel $.15 lb.
21 lb. Romex $1.31 lb.
6 lb. Christmas lights $.15 lb.
12 lb. Brown boards $.15 lb.
8 lb. Lead $.47 lb.
280 lb. Clean sheet iron $.0825 lb.

All prices have the + $.10 a pound and $10 ton for the steel
So an extra $13.60 with the bonus.

$81.76 total
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