What did you scrap?

[hobo finds]

Scrap yard down the street from my work, or it wouldn't be worth it.

[Dr. Cadmium]

440# light iron 170/GT
90# #1 steel 215/GT
21# irony Al 0.15
3# #2 copper 3.45
2# brass 2.30
12# clean ACR 1.75
22# mixed wire 1.25
4# electric motor 0.30
77# sealed unit 0.20
39# batteries 0.18

Total: $132.25

[Dr. Cadmium]

1,330# electric motors 0.33

Total: $438.90

[bankmining]

1,330# electric motors 0.33

Total: $438.90

Holy cow, that’s a lot of motors. I think my scrap yard pays like .15 and that’s for copper windings. Aluminum motors are even worse.

[Dr. Cadmium]

Holy cow, that’s a lot of motors. I think my scrap yard pays like .15 and that’s for copper windings. Aluminum motors are even worse.

Yes in many parts of the country motors don't get the pricing they deserve. They're heavy and expensive to transport. They are a usually an export item, so the closer you live to a major seaport, the better the pricing you'll get.

[Dr. Cadmium]

620# light iron 160/GT
28# #1 steel 205/GT
2# S/S 0.37
6# dirty S/S 0.18
110# mixed Al 0.47
9# extruded Al 0.62
103# irony Al 0.15
5# #2 copper 3.35
5# brass 2.25
5# romex 1.95
81# mixed wire 1.10
43# electric motor 0.30
82# batteries 0.19
5# pewter 2.50

Total: $289.23 rounded up to $290

[Dr. Cadmium]

I turned in a brass radiator today. I have not found one in the wild for several years.

540# light iron 160/GT
260# S/S 0.37
18# dirty S/S 0.18
128# mixed Al 0.45
82# extruded Al 0.62
127# Al rims 0.70
141# chrome Al rims 0.50
43# irony Al 0.15
13# #2 copper 3.20
2# composition 2.40
37# brass 2.20
13# dirty brass radiator 1.25
14# clean ACR 1.70
5# romex 1.85
3# #2 producing wire 1.75
45# mixed wire 1.10
70# electric motor 0.30
114# sealed unit 0.20
121# batteries 0.19
4# pewter 2.50

Total: $719.30 rounded up to $720

[Dr. Cadmium]

Another run to a local yard today. This wouldn't fit in the first load. It was mostly large ductwork that I needed to clean up because guests are coming over. It pays to shop around! Note the irony Al price is 1/3 the price of the other yard and lower than light iron!

160# light iron 130/GT
39# irony Al 0.05

Total: $11.24 rounded down to $11.00

[Dr. Cadmium]

150# low grade wire 0.70
243# ATX power supplies w/ wire 0.35
42# Cat 5 1.00
36# transformer 0.50
10# AC adapter w/ wire 0.40

Total: $254.05

[Dr. Cadmium]

500# light iron 160/GT
26# #1 steel 205/GT
44# S/S 0.37
12# mixed Al 0.45
15# extruded Al 0.60
34# irony Al 0.15
1# #2 copper 3.20
2# mixed wire 1.10
35# sealed unit 0.20
2# batteries 0.19

Total: $86.65

[cwgii]

Long time since I went to the scrap yard.

131# battery...$0.14
18# brake rotors...$130/ ton

[Dr. Cadmium]

520# light iron 160/GT
160# #1 steel 205/GT
1# S/S 0.37
3# dirty S/S 0.18
32# mixed Al 0.47
21# extruded Al 0.60
100# irony Al 0.15
2# #1 copper 3.45
9# #2 copper 3.25
1# THHN 2.30
4# romex 1.90
46# mixed wire 1.15
61# electric motor 0.30
19# sealed unit 0.20
540# batteries 0.19

Total: $324.38 rounded up to $325

[Dr. Cadmium]

1,592# electric motors 0.34
15# brass 2.30
12# dirty brass 0.50
29# clean ACR 1.85
8# Cat5 1.25

Total: $646.43

[Dr. Cadmium]

342# light iron 160/GT
2# #1 steel 205/GT
64# S/S 0.38
120# mixed Al 0.47
15# extruded Al 0.62
17# Al rim 0.70
20# irony Al 0.15
19# dirty Al radiator 0.27
7# #1 copper 3.45
31# #2 copper 3.25
49# brass 2.25
73# clean ACR 1.70
4# mixed wire 1.15
62# electric motor 0.30
232# sealed unit 0.20
60# batteries 0.20

Total: $575.51 rounded up to $576

[hobo finds]

30 lb alum cans $.60
28 lb #1 plastic bottles $.15 lb.

[hobo finds]

I may stop saving my #1 plastic bottles even though I am going to the scrap yard with cans. The bags are getting expensive. 32 cents each and I had to add a bag to each one as they were falling apart. That's $1.28 for the bags. I only made $4.20 on the plastic. So $2.92 I made. It more than covered the gas to get there and back but still.

[Dr. Cadmium]

I may stop saving my #1 plastic bottles even though I am going to the scrap yard with cans. The bags are getting expensive. 32 cents each and I had to add a bag to each one as they were falling apart. That's $1.28 for the bags. I only made $4.20 on the plastic. So $2.92 I made. It more than covered the gas to get there and back but still.

I still think it's great you guys in the southwest get paid for plastic!

[Dr. Cadmium]

640# light iron 160/GT
4# mixed Al 0.47
23# irony Al 0.15
4# mixed wire 1.05
56# batteries 0.20
1# pewter 2.50

Total: $68.94 rounded up to $70

[cwgii]

I may stop saving my #1 plastic bottles even though I am going to the scrap yard with cans. The bags are getting expensive. 32 cents each and I had to add a bag to each one as they were falling apart. That's $1.28 for the bags. I only made $4.20 on the plastic. So $2.92 I made. It more than covered the gas to get there and back but still.

Part of why I used , garbage cans.

Cry in my beer. The OL has decreed that all my yard,,waste,, is going away.
Want some cans for cheap???.

I have cut up all my pallets, as I can't find a buyer. At work, they now put them into the dumpster. Taking the cans , plastic in, tomorrow.

Loading steel, al, wire for Monday.

Also have to demolish my shade /sorting / storage ,structures.

Boo hoo

[hobo finds]

295 lb. Prepared steel $.065 lb.
74 lb. Batteries $.14 lb.
24 lb. Yellow brass $2.08 lb.
23 lb. #2 ins copper wire $1.07 lb.
4 lb. #2 copper $3.17 lb.
23 lb. Xmas lights $.22 lb.
18 lb. Copper content $.08 lb.

$123.25 total

[cwgii]

68 pounds of cans at .72

Plastic .30 12 pounds..

And that is the last page in my book of recycling those items.

Finish up the metal this week.

[cwgii]

Drats...lost my ticket from yesterday.

I had clean aluminum at ,45....cat cans, chairs I cut up
Cast was the same

Xmas lights were .20
Cut up lights ...45
Extension cord...,80
Big cords...$1.15

Tin cans at $115

[hobo finds]

Lol my wife wants my Aluminum piles to go as well. Maybe this Saturday.

Clean sheet
Clean cast
Transmissions
Dirty alum

[cwgii]

Oh , and a couple , radiators, cooling units for freezers.

[cwgii]

Today was 280#....120/ton steel.