What did you scrap?

Discussions about scrap yards, scrap yard prices, melting, refining, and obtaining metals from scrap or unconventional sources.

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby smackvay » Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:03 pm

Had a 2 axle 10x14 aluminum box trailer I got from work it was in an accident and totaled by the insurance company so I filled it with shreads and hauled it in. Total weight was 9,860 pounds and I got 190/ton for shreads
now to get the 6 cars out of the backyard :lol:
WVU fan thru and thru, Just ask i will tell you
smackvay
1000+ Penny Miser Member
 
Posts: 1059
Joined: Sun May 12, 2013 3:40 pm
Location: West Virginia

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:48 am

hobo finds wrote:
cwgii wrote:glass 740 lb
cb 210 lb
liq bottles 158 lb.


Back into cardboard?


about ready for norma to stop taking it . as there is such a pile. even only taking it from 4-5 folks.
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:49 am

690 lb glass
203 lb booze
151 lb cb
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Morsecode » Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:46 am

Yellow brass 2 lbs....$3.20
Copper #2 10 lbs....$24.00
Light iron 400 lbs....$34.00

:thumbup:
Let's Go Brandon
User avatar
Morsecode
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4090
Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:04 pm
Location: Southern New England

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Sep 06, 2014 9:05 am

460 LB beer
30 lb liq
35 lb cb
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby mrlaufer » Sat Sep 06, 2014 9:22 am

196 lbs. sealed lead acid batteries @ 0$.30/lb = $58.80
God gave you two ears and one mouth for a reason-so you can listen twice as much as you speak.
Molon Labe
mrlaufer
Penny Pincher Member
 
Posts: 142
Joined: Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:03 pm
Location: 43081

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:08 pm

360 lbs sheet iron $27.90
hobo finds
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 5916
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:00 pm
Location: Tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:39 pm

380 LB GLASS
60 lb liq
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Wed Sep 10, 2014 10:43 am

24 lbs yellow brass @ $1.70 lb
7 lbs green circuit boards @ $.25
18 lbs brown tv boards @ $.10
470 lbs sheet iron / steel @ $.0775

$80.78 total
hobo finds
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 5916
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:00 pm
Location: Tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:27 pm

280 LB glass
61 lb cb
21 lb liq

short day, spent the rest doing coin roll hunting.
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Recyclersteve » Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:26 am

I noticed that "hobo finds" and "cwgii" are both from Tucson and both have posted items taken to the scrap yard within a day of each other twice. Do you guys know each other or is this just a big coincidence?
Former stock broker w/ ~20 yrs. at one company. Spoke with 100k+ people and traded a lot (long, short, options, margin, extended hours, etc.).

Please note that ANY stocks I discuss, no matter how compelling, carry risk- sometimes substantial. If not prepared to buy it multiple times in modest amounts without going overboard (assuming nothing really wrong with the company), you need to learn more about the market and managing risk. Also, please research covered calls (options) as well.
Recyclersteve
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4394
Joined: Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:59 am
Location: Where I Want To Be

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:20 pm

Recyclersteve wrote:I noticed that "hobo finds" and "cwgii" are both from Tucson and both have posted items taken to the scrap yard within a day of each other twice. Do you guys know each other or is this just a big coincidence?


Never met yet...
hobo finds
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 5916
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:00 pm
Location: Tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:06 am

or mayhaps in passing.
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby natsb88 » Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:08 pm

Made two trips last week. Haven't gone to the scrap yard in 3+ years, just been stacking everything up in a leaky storage container that will eventually become scrap itself. Found a place that is only a 7 minute drive instead of 45. Their steel price is a couple cents lower but well worth the savings in gas, time, and hassle.

373 stainless turnings @ .15 = $55.95
40 tin cans @ .03 = $1.20
597 mixed steel @ .08 = $47.76
2082 aluminum turnings @ .22 = $458.04 (was quoted .10 a couple months ago :thumbup: )
85 aluminum cans @ .55 = $46.75
183 mixed aluminum @ .45 = $82.35
77 extruded aluminum @ .50 = $38.50
Total $730.55

Still have at least a ton of steel turnings and mixed steel to haul.
User avatar
natsb88
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 8377
Joined: Thu May 01, 2008 3:00 pm
Location: The Copper Cave

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:37 pm

natsb88 wrote:Made two trips last week. Haven't gone to the scrap yard in 3+ years, just been stacking everything up in a leaky storage container that will eventually become scrap itself. Found a place that is only a 7 minute drive instead of 45. Their steel price is a couple cents lower but well worth the savings in gas, time, and hassle.

373 stainless turnings @ .15 = $55.95
40 tin cans @ .03 = $1.20
597 mixed steel @ .08 = $47.76
2082 aluminum turnings @ .22 = $458.04 (was quoted .10 a couple months ago :thumbup: )
85 aluminum cans @ .55 = $46.75
183 mixed aluminum @ .45 = $82.35
77 extruded aluminum @ .50 = $38.50
Total $730.55

Still have at least a ton of steel turnings and mixed steel to haul.


They pay lower for steel tin cans than mixed? I would mix them in if I could!
hobo finds
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 5916
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:00 pm
Location: Tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby natsb88 » Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:52 pm

hobo finds wrote:They pay lower for steel tin cans than mixed? I would mix them in if I could!

They won't take them mixed in. This is just a little place, but the last time I went to the big place further away they also had a separate pile and they were on the "things we take for free" list along with plastic, cardboard, etc.
User avatar
natsb88
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 8377
Joined: Thu May 01, 2008 3:00 pm
Location: The Copper Cave

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Recyclersteve » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:08 am

natsb88 wrote:Made two trips last week. Haven't gone to the scrap yard in 3+ years, just been stacking everything up in a leaky storage container that will eventually become scrap itself. Found a place that is only a 7 minute drive instead of 45. Their steel price is a couple cents lower but well worth the savings in gas, time, and hassle.

373 stainless turnings @ .15 = $55.95
40 tin cans @ .03 = $1.20
597 mixed steel @ .08 = $47.76
2082 aluminum turnings @ .22 = $458.04 (was quoted .10 a couple months ago :thumbup: )
85 aluminum cans @ .55 = $46.75
183 mixed aluminum @ .45 = $82.35
77 extruded aluminum @ .50 = $38.50
Total $730.55

Still have at least a ton of steel turnings and mixed steel to haul.


Nate: You ought to take some copper bars to them and ask what they'd pay just for grins. I'd be curious if they'd give you a funny look or ask why you are even bringing something like that to them.
Former stock broker w/ ~20 yrs. at one company. Spoke with 100k+ people and traded a lot (long, short, options, margin, extended hours, etc.).

Please note that ANY stocks I discuss, no matter how compelling, carry risk- sometimes substantial. If not prepared to buy it multiple times in modest amounts without going overboard (assuming nothing really wrong with the company), you need to learn more about the market and managing risk. Also, please research covered calls (options) as well.
Recyclersteve
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4394
Joined: Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:59 am
Location: Where I Want To Be

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:35 pm

SLOW DAY in the Tucson rain yesterday..

glass 250 llb
liq 34 lb
cb 24 lb
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:37 pm

even slower thur. as many of the bars dumpsters get emptied today.

glass 180 lb
liq 12 lb
cb 17 lb

did not even make gas money
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Sep 23, 2014 5:01 pm

GLASS 280 LB
liq 133 lb
cb 44 lb

and due to needing a large barrel that I stored plastic in... 30 lb of #1
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:35 am

GLASS
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:37 am

GLASS 525
LIQ 77
CB 145

THEN LATER
gl 150
lq 18 cb 14
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:46 pm

GLASS 144 LB
liq 34
cb 48

low volume because I went to a thrift store... .99 each - 4 chairs, .99 for an ab lounger and .99 for a stair stepper, .99 each for a pair of tire wheels
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:45 pm

glass 560 lb
liq 120
cb 5

how many folks woiuld take an iou from the business where you turn in your scrappings ?>????? it is either that , or not work all day
cwgii
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 4345
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:00 am
Location: tucson

Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:03 pm

cwgii wrote:GLASS 144 LB
liq 34
cb 48

low volume because I went to a thrift store... .99 each - 4 chairs, .99 for an ab lounger and .99 for a stair stepper, .99 each for a pair of tire wheels


Did you scrap theses thrift store items?
hobo finds
Too Busy Posting to Hoard Anything Else
 
Posts: 5916
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:00 pm
Location: Tucson

PreviousNext

Return to Scrap Metal Salvage

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest