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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby smackvay » Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:25 am

What is #1 copper in your guys area?
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:33 pm

$2.50 ish
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:46 pm

#139 plastic
$18 cans
Dropping price to 55omon
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:31 pm

Wire,low grade #7@.50
Xmas cords
Clean alum.#16@.40
Cat cans
Elrc motors #58@ .40
Sheet iron ,#41@120
Tin cans
Ballast #6 ,,@.10
#2 copper #7@3.00
Light pieces of ,25 inch tubeing
Clean stainless #1 @.42
Stove oven heat coil.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sun Feb 28, 2021 2:12 pm

cwgii wrote:Wire,low grade #7@.50
Xmas cords
Clean alum.#16@.40
Cat cans
Elrc motors #58@ .40
Sheet iron ,#41@120
Tin cans
Ballast #6 ,,@.10
#2 copper #7@3.00
Light pieces of ,25 inch tubeing
Clean stainless #1 @.42
Stove oven heat coil.
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Prices look good
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:01 pm

Faulty memory.wire was .80, motors only ,.24
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:57 pm

Sheet iron 66@120
Prepared iron 84@180
#2 copper 19@3.00
Motors 59@.24
Cast alum 19@ .40
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby messymessy » Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:37 pm

3/3/21

#12 motors @ $.10 (old garbage disposal)
#16 coated aluminum wire @ $.14
#3 coated copper wire @ $.40
.348 GT at $135 GT
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby messymessy » Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:41 pm

3/8/21

303# clean Aluminum wire @ $.39
3# #2 copper @ $2.35
64# #1 copper @ $2.45
4# Aluminum sheet @ $.29
44# coated copper wire @ $.40
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby messymessy » Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:43 pm

cwgii wrote:Sheet iron 66@120
Prepared iron 84@180
#2 copper 19@3.00
Motors 59@.24
Cast alum 19@ .40


You've been getting great prices on scrap copper and motors.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Mar 13, 2021 9:46 pm

Suspect motors should be even more, what with copper being so high.so far ,turned in ones that I could not get apart. Curious to see what they pay for the motor windings.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Mar 13, 2021 9:49 pm

Today, 191# plactic $.30
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Changechecker » Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:13 pm

Five car batteries-$10.00 each
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby knibloe » Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:24 pm

cwgii wrote:Today, 191# plactic $.30


please tell me more about plastic. I could have an almost endless supply of #2 plastic if I wanted it.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:32 pm

knibloe wrote:
cwgii wrote:Today, 191# plactic $.30


please tell me more about plastic. I could have an almost endless supply of #2 plastic if I wanted it.

This is #1. Beverage bottles.
Unfortunate there is no market for #2.. Even when there was 5-6 years ago , it was .05.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:02 pm

Pallets 9@2.25
Clean sheet steel, 120@180
Prepared, pipe 160@190.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Mar 15, 2021 2:14 pm

2180# light iron 150/GT
193# #1 steel 250/GT
10# mixed Al 0.38
391# irony Al 0.11
1# extruded Al 0.50
4# #2 copper 2.90
3# mixed wire 0.95
1# S/S 0.40
77# batteries 0.22

Total: $246.62 rounded down to $246.60
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby silverflake » Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:47 pm

3/16

2.5lb copper wire stripped $2/lb
12lb aluminum cans $0.43/lb
36lb car battery $0.22/lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:04 pm

silverflake wrote:3/16

2.5lb copper wire stripped $2/lb
12lb aluminum cans $0.43/lb
36lb car battery $0.22/lb

How did you sell stripped wire without a contractors license?
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:59 pm

A motor, dirty steel $120/ton,95 lbs.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby AdamsSamoa » Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:52 pm

55 lbs of Al cans... Got 24 bucks... Almost a share of Alcoa..
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:29 am

49# mixed wire 0.60
28# transformers 0.40
28# adapters with wire 0.24

Total: $47.32
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Fri Mar 19, 2021 11:54 am

25 pounds alum cans @ $,50 lb.
33 pounds #1 plastic beverage bottles @$,15:lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:22 pm

hobo finds wrote:25 pounds alum cans @ $,50 lb.
33 pounds #1 plastic beverage bottles @$,15:lb


Ouch.almost worth the drive to stone ave.
.30/.55 plastic..cans..h
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:33 am

Yep. Went Recyo 22nd st and Wilmot area. Figured with cans being almost same price all over town go to a place that's close buy me, as gas prices going up....
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