What did you scrap?

[AGgressive Metal]

Its interesting seeing all the categories that different yards use. I've never seen some of the ones you guys post and I scrapped for years.

[Dr. Cadmium]

584 lbs mixed wire @ $0.50/lb

I haven't taken it in yet for scrap. And I wouldn't take it all by itself assembled. A smart scrap yard would probably refuse it outright when in one piece or ding you with a significant down check thanks to the stone weights.

Taking apart most modern washers is a waste of time unless you are going after reuseable parts. Most, if not all yards in my area will accept them intact despite the counterweights, and the components inside aren't worth much separated. As you've discovered, the electric motors in modern appliances are smaller. They also often have aluminum instead of copper windings, so they sell as irony aluminum instead of electric motor scrap ($0.10/lb vs. $0.13 at my local yard). The wire harness tends to be lower grade wire. The circuit boards are mostly low grade and not worth the time to separate by hand. Unlike dryers, they rarely contain loose coins or other valuable items.

[xippi]

07/05/19
#493 Tin/Light Iron $110.00 GT $24.22 Dryer, Water tank, dishwasher, ac, heat exchanger.
#4 AL Old Sheet $0.27 LB $1.08
#13 AL CU Radiators $0.87 lb $11.31
#18 AL CU Rad dirty $0.72lb $12.96
#5 Yellow Brass $1.32lb $6.60
#7 #2 Copper $1.84 lb $12.88
total $69.05

almost all my white goods go whole.
I grab the brass and copper off tank. any power cords or loose easy to get wire. Ac and Heat exchanger i break down for the Copper and ACR , sometimes i cut the FE ends off of the ACR depends on Time/storage/difficulty/ dirt dirty they are.

[Dr. Cadmium]

260 lbs light iron $95/GT
24 lbs #1 steel 175/GT
18 lbs mixed Al 0.33/lb
16 lbs irony Al 0.10
7 lbs extruded Al 0.39
4 lbs stainless steel 0.25
2 lbs #1 copper 2.00
13 lbs #2 copper 1.75
3 lbs brass 1.30
39 lbs batteries 0.25

Total $64.58, rounded up to $64.60

Also, 155 returnable cans and bottles for $7.75

[xippi]

07/08/19 E-scrap
#21.5 Finger cards/cd $3.00 $64.50
#39 Green Mother Boards $1.60 $62.40
#9 Colored Boards $1.30 $11.70
#8 Double Socket $2.25 $18.00
#1.85 HD Boards $8.50 $8.50
#3.16 RAM $14.50 $14.50
#0.12 Green Fiber $10.00 $1.20
#0.03 High Grade Ceramics $105.00 $5.25
#0.08 Black fFber $25.00 $1.30
#0.14 Slot Processors $9.25 $9.25
#1.95 Pentium 4 Pin/Pinless $4.75 $9.26
#0.07 Low Grade Ceramics $28.00 $1.96
239.11
07/09/19 Worcester MA
#708 Tin/Light Iron $110.00 $34.79
#20 #1 HMS Steel $180.00 $1.60
48 AL Old Sheet $0.27 $12.96
41 AL CU Radiators $0.87 $35.67
40 Yellow Brass $1.32 $48.84
#8 #2 Copper $1.84 $14.72
#30 #2 Cu Insulated <3 $0.18 $5.40
#30 #2 Cu Insulated 40% $0.36 $10.80
#4 S/S 304 Prepared $0.18 $0.72
#24 Batteries $0.25 $6.00
171.50
$.05 ea Bottles and Cans $10.25
combined Total 420.86

[cwgii]

287# NO 1 PLASTIC. price dropped more 0.25

[hobo finds]

23 lb #1 plastic @ $.20 lb
14 lb. Alum cans @ $.75 lb.

$15.10 total

[cwgii]

23 lb #1 plastic @ $.20 lb
14 lb. Alum cans @ $.75 lb.

$15.10 total

With card?

[hobo finds]

Went to can it prices with coupon from Tucson Weekly

[cwgii]

584 lbs mixed wire @ $0.50/lb

I haven't taken it in yet for scrap. And I wouldn't take it all by itself assembled. A smart scrap yard would probably refuse it outright when in one piece or ding you with a significant down check thanks to the stone weights.

Taking apart most modern washers is a waste of time unless you are going after reuseable parts. Most, if not all yards in my area will accept them intact despite the counterweights, and the components inside aren't worth much separated. As you've discovered, the electric motors in modern appliances are smaller. They also often have aluminum instead of copper windings, so they sell as irony aluminum instead of electric motor scrap ($0.10/lb vs. $0.13 at my local yard). The wire harness tends to be lower grade wire. The circuit boards are mostly low grade and not worth the time to separate by hand. Unlike dryers, they rarely contain loose coins or other valuable items.

I have solod the drums off both washers ,dryers as burn barrels, firepits.

[cwgii]

#64 cans at .80, #12 crushed plastic at .25

[xippi]

#1317 Tin/Light Iron $110.00 GT $64.69
#14 AL Old Sheet $0.27 lb $3.78
#12 AL FE Mid Grade $0.11 lb $1.32 TV wall bracket
#3 Yellow Brass $1.35 lb $4.05
#2 #2 Copper $1.88 lb $3.76
#9 #2 Cu Insulated <3 $0.20 lb $1.80
#11 #2 Cu Insulated 40% $0.38 lb $4.18
#32 Batteries $0.26 lb $8.32

Total $91.90
the dime I got from the scrapyard is a 1939 Mercury head dime.
Also found 2 zinc pennies in the yard.

most of my washing machines have plastic tubes. they take em whole with the water and any counter weights, not worth the time to take apart and would probably get less for em.
most of my dryers metal tubes are so cheap they wouldn't make a good burn barrel for long. They go whole also.

[cwgii]

#468 shred , tin cans, frdge casing, bike, racks from dishwasher, a chair.down to 80 ton.

[hobo finds]

I donated 9 bikes that I had found that were too good to scrap for 4 cents a pound... two even had aluminum frames. I donated them here https://bicas.org/

I wanted to donate them here https://www.azwfk.org/ but they had no room until after summer when they get more help fixing up the bikes

[hobo finds]

180lb sheet iron $.04 lb.

[cwgii]

#200 clean sheet 115/ton

[xippi]

#380 Tin/Light Iron $110.00 $18.66
#13 AL CU Radiators $0.89 $11.57
#23 AL CU Radiators Dirty $0.76 $20.52
#2 Yellow Brass $1.35 $2.70
#6 #2 Copper $1.88 $11.28
#12 Batteries $0.26 $3.12

Total $67.85

[cwgii]

#150 al um cans , .80

[cwgii]

yest took a load of crushed water bottles.. not my regular buyer.. days off. rhe replacement would not give me a bonus. drove away. sooooo will see what happens tonmorrow,. new month,.. even lowere prices???

[Recyclersteve]

Its interesting seeing all the categories that different yards use. I've never seen some of the ones you guys post and I scrapped for years.

Totally agree.

[cwgii]

Boohoo, turned in 163 # plastic. At .25
..2 hours I find out a new place is paying .40 OUCH.

[cwgii]

Saw a sign, empty 6 packs needed, at a liquor store. Had a box in the trk for recycling...took it in. They pay , ,.10 each. Got 6.20, picked out a 6 pack...13.44 loosing propitiation.

[xippi]

#240 #1 HMS Prepared $180.00 $19.30
#1125 Tin/Light Iron $110.00 $55.24
#4 AL Old Sheet $0.27 $1.08
#39 AL CU Radiators $0.88 $34.32
#50 AL CU Radiators Dirty $0.74 $37.00
#11 Yellow Brass $1.35 $14.85
#17 #2 Copper $1.76 $29.92
#14 Batteries $0.26 $3.64

total $195.35
todays score was a bunch of sixties license plates including a German"duty free" and pair of French Tourist transit 'TT" , pair of 1958 from Texas that I gave to owner of the Texas Bbq where i had lunch, for his wall "they don't get much older then these"

[cwgii]

65# PLASTIC at .40 .

[hobo finds]

On another scrap metal forum I am on people are position about $1.00 a ton for white goods in the Dakotas, that's very bad indeed.