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by **wayne1956** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:47 am

14 lbs alum siding - 8.40
10 lbs alum radiators - 5.50
24 lbs yellow brass - 38.40
100 lbs elec motors - 25.00
70 lbs #1 copper - 245.00
112 lbs #2 copper - 369.60
34 lbs #3 insulated copper - 37.40

Total - 729.30

Time to start collecting again!!!!!!!!

by **michael3065** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:48 pm

1513 lbs steel , mix of prepared and unprepared---$227.00
338 lbs of lite iron (sheet metal trimmings from duct work ive been saving up) $34.00

total $261.00

by **mj74** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:02 pm

64lbs computer boards- $205.00
35lbs copper- $86.00

total= $291.00

by **hobo finds** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:25 pm

400 lbs sheet/iron/steel .10 a lb in So. AZ $40.00

by **hobo finds** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:37 am

250 lbs steel bbq grill frames, lawn mover and other bulky items. .10 a lb in So. AZ

by **CrazyTom** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:50 pm

Discovered today that a UPS (uninterrupted power supply) is worth 25 cents a pound.

by **Heartkill** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:15 pm

Today's load:

39lbs. #1 copper @ $3.51lb. - $136.89
7lbs. #2 copper insulated (39% recovery) @ $1.30lb. - $9.10
2lbs. MLC secondary @ $0.55lb. - $1.10

Total - $147.09

by **smalltimeopn** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:51 pm

Today:
4 lbs copier drums and fuser rollers @ .30
5 lbs UBC @ .40
9 lbs small electric motors/transformers @ .18
12 lbs steel @ .105

by **shinnosuke** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:18 pm

Today in San Antonio:
9lbs of 45% insulated copper @$1.15 = $10.35
41lbs of Loose Tin @$0.09 = $3.69
17lbs of Alum cans @$0.50 = $8.50
Total: $22.54

Better than nothing, but I think I got ripped on the pricing. Should have checked around more first. The business is called Citywide Metal Recycling.

by **messymessy** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:21 pm

smalltimeopn wrote:Today:
4 lbs copier drums and fuser rollers @ .30
5 lbs UBC @ .40
9 lbs small electric motors/transformers @ .18
12 lbs steel @ .105

What are "copier drums and fuse rollers"? And what's in them that make them worth scraping?

by **Shags29** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:30 pm

156 lbs al cans @ $0.75=$117.00
1220 lbs prepared steel @ $0.1375=$167.75
total $284.75

by **smalltimeopn** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:53 am

The fusing section of a copier or printer normally has 2 rollers in them. One of the rollers has a lamp or lamps that run through it and is essentally a hollow alum tube.

The drum is the part that the laser image is written to and is a hollow alum tube also.

Note that both of these are coated - the fuser roller with a "teflon - like" material and the drum with a photo sensitive material so you won't get top price for them but they are alum in most cases.

Hope this helps!

by **hobo finds** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:18 pm

430 lbs sheet steel .10 in So. AZ. $43.00

by **maoguinn** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:01 pm

220lbs loose tin @ .105 lb - $20.90
18lbs #2 copper @ 3.10 lb - $55.80
18lbs #2 ins. copper @ .90 lb - $16.20
11lbs elec. motors @ .15 lb - $1.65
10lbs yellow brass @ 1.90lb - $19.00
33lbs alum. cans @ .67lb - $22.11

total - $135.66

by **glockngold** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:50 am

2 loads light iron/tin/shred 2280lbs at .115 per lb. $262.00

South Central PA

by **scrapper2010** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:51 pm

507 lbs steel @ $230 gross ton - $52.06
18 lbs cast aluminum @ .50 lb - $9.00

by **maoguinn** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:11 pm

24lbs of #2 copper @ 3.25 lb - $78.00
23lbs of alum. cans @ 0.67 lb - $15.41

Total - $93.41

by **bman** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:13 pm

I took our old gas grill, a frying pan and some old rusty chain to the scrap yard on Friday and got $14 for it, 7 cents per pound...not great but better than paying to get rid of the stuff at the landfill!

by **Robarons** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:32 pm

Bman I hope the lid and top of the grill wasn't cast Aluminum! I found a grill at the curb that had a top of around 30 pounds of aluminum that got $15 just for that!

by **bman** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:39 pm

nah, it was supposed to be stainless steel but it was low grade and a magnet stuck to it, I didn't bother to seperate it.

by **hobo finds** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:02 am

Today in So. AZ 620 lbs sheet iron/steel .10 lb. $62.00

by **Heartkill** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:08 pm

Today's load:

30lbs. #1 copper @ $3.35lb. - $100.50
36lbs. yellow brass @ $1.90lb. - $68.40

Total - $168.90

by **01GTB** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:02 am

2 car batteries @ .33/lb...$21.78
105lb sealed compressors @ .25lb...$26.25
122lb electric motors @ .36/lb...$43.92
1 alternator @ $5...$5
83lbs of aluminum wheels @ .90/lb...$74.70

Total: $171.65

by **thunter** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:34 am

7 lbs #2 insulated @ 1.10 lb
11 lbs brass @ 2.05
33 lbs sheet alum @ $.58
14 lbs Dirty Aluminum @.20
1 lb Die cast clean @ .30
180 lbs Mixed steel @ 10.5 cents lb

$71.39

by **AGgressive Metal** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:23 pm

My friend and I scrapped a bunch of dirty copper and steel from a home foundation excavation he was working on: $160! We ate like kings afterward; ribs and cornbread!

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