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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:41 pm

380# light iron 110/GT
19# #1 steel 170/GT
7# mixed Al 0.24
338# irony Al 0.08
1 whole tire w/ Al rim 4.00/ea
8# clean ACR 1.00
2# mixed wire 0.60
3# S/S 0.25
1# dirty S/S 0.15
11# batteries 0.22
2 pallets 2.00/ea

Total: $69.34 rounded up to $69.35
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:34 pm

Nice selling tires on rims.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Wed Nov 25, 2020 9:38 pm

hobo finds wrote:Nice selling tires on rims.


Yes, it saves me the trouble of removing the tires and the $2 disposal fee per tire.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:25 am

All rim_18#@.50
Cast rotor_35#@100/ton
Cast alum_15#@.32
Clean radiator_24#@1.16
Cat cans,lawn chairs,_60#@.32
Total 63.35
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:53 am

Odds. #44 plastic, gallon jugs.
$.30, #4 cans..one box if large 32 oz .$.65
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri Dec 04, 2020 5:14 pm

200# light iron 110/GT
16# #1 steel 200/GT
45# mixed Al 0.24
11# extruded 0.32
354# irony Al 0.08
2# #1 copper 2.55
3# #2 copper 2.40
8# brass 1.45
7# mixed wire 0.65
30# S/S 0.25
27# batteries 0.22

Total: $99.32 rounded up to $100
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Lemon Thrower » Tue Dec 08, 2020 6:31 am

finders keepers, right?

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:55 pm

Lemon Thrower wrote:finders keepers, right?

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:16 pm

Well, my truck resemble that
Xmas wire, in bulbs.51#@.55
Cast alum 11#@.31
Alum. Clean sheet.39##.33
Wire %50,15#@1.01
Clean sheet steel31#@170/ t.....they no longer give a premium for ,,prepared,,,.

Last time I turned in Xmas wire it was ,.15.steel was 100 not long ago.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:36 pm

Steel is going up, and it looks like it will keep running up for the rest of the month (if not longer).

420# light iron 135/GT
49# #1 steel 210/GT
4# mixed Al 0.24
2# #2 copper 2.50
9# batteries 0.22

Total: $37.84 rounded up to $38.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Dec 15, 2020 7:39 pm

580# of clean sheet at 175/ t.
Quoted me .13 on batteries. No thanks.better as core
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:18 pm

400# clean sheet @170.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Fri Dec 18, 2020 2:08 pm

42 lb alum cans $.50 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby smackvay » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:00 pm

Finally sold my copper hoard
1565 pounds #1 at $2.50 per pound
13 pounds of bare bright $2.65
411 pounds of #2 at $2.35

Been holding for a long time
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:33 pm

Nice holiday cash right there.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby TXSTARFIRE » Sat Dec 19, 2020 9:52 am

Nice! Is copper close to the high now since you started the hoard?
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:46 pm

#170 clean steel@180/t
$12 low grade boards @0.10..... Not worth it
#16 50% wire@ 1.04
#16 25% wire @.58
#10 alum clean sheet @.36
#28 Xmas light Bulbs @155/t
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:49 pm

The OL has again ,ordered removal of my mess. Soooo hard, 2 sat dishes, a futon, angle iron.the force is too strong.I could not resist.
Although 1100 plus pounds removed, had cleaned up a lot.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby franklin » Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:15 pm

Took mostly garbage sheet metal, woven wire and some cast. They called it ferrous tin. $7.50/cwt. More than I expected plus got momma off my butt.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:47 am

#260 crushed plastic.a new record, load,by a few pounds.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:43 pm

#41 ,plastic
#32 cans
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:35 pm

#440 tin cans, bottle caps and 2 satellite dishes. At $160.. Ton
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:49 pm

Another reason to stop steel scrapping. Get $25 ,lost a $250 tires to ,driving over crap ,to dump the load
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Jan 08, 2021 7:19 pm

#144 plastic @ $0
.30
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:44 am

220 lb. Sheet iron @ $.0775 lb.
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