What did you scrap?

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Apr 13, 2016 7:55 pm

200 LB of oversized stuff,. door, smoker, rocker.

major price increase today. last week I got 63/t today 93/t
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:06 am

ROADside pickup... misc small stuff.. 100 lb at 103/t
took home for the stockpile some al pots-pans
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:38 am

5 water heaters 75 gal and one 40. a washer a dryer, bunch of bed frames, filing cabinet + some misc 2160lbs
$90 for 2240lb NT. got me $86.79

prices are going up almost worth it. :lol: :P
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:56 am

ssmy truck --190 lb clean sheet at 93/t
wifes tk ---480 lb prepared at 103/t

and since it was earth day.. the place gave away free hotdogs.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:59 am

i tried out ''smashed can'' recycling for there .45 plastic.... one nice thing,.. their scale reads to the .1 lb... so none of the two pound increment of other places. no minimum to get the price , so you could take in one bag--5lb and get the premium.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:00 am

then took 112 lb of plastic to my regular place. since i can get away with some non crv. and the fact of putting it in a large bag, retains the caps too.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:33 am

ok, the smashed can -place will pay a premium on bottles that you squish the air out of , and put the cap back on. .50/lb ie, they do not have a 'baler' and are just putting stuff in 55 gallon plastic bags.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Apr 29, 2016 5:03 pm

fridge ''caseing'' 100 lb at 73/t
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue May 03, 2016 9:33 am

got 1.10 for my 29 lb of smashed cans.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Wed May 04, 2016 8:14 pm

1,000 lbs lead batteries @ $0.255/lb
50 lbs THHN at $1.10/lb
10 lbs Romex $0.90/lb
15 lbs medium cable @ $1.35/lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby smackvay » Wed May 04, 2016 10:03 pm

Got a price on appliance compressors today at $.13 a pound
Gonna haul around 11,000 pounds in Tuesday morning


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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Thu May 05, 2016 8:57 am

Destroyed bobcat bucket, tri axle truck brake drum. #1 unprepared steel 130/ton 700# $40.63
fence posts CPU cases file cabinet other misc Light Iron for Shred 115/ton 360# $18.48

Been climbing every month was 90/ton two weeks ago for shred :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:\\

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon May 09, 2016 12:33 pm

plastic water bottles , smashed , .50/lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby smackvay » Tue May 10, 2016 3:32 pm

appliance compressor $.13 a pound with 8324 pounds (was afraid to load any more on trailer) $1082.12
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Wed May 11, 2016 11:43 am

That's a good price! I am sure you are glad there gone!
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby smackvay » Wed May 11, 2016 7:53 pm

hobo finds wrote:That's a good price! I am sure you are glad there gone!


Well that is all I could fit on trailer :shock:

Next is 55 gallon drums of copper and around 3-3500 pounds of copper/aluminum rads
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu May 12, 2016 9:09 am

two washer tubs and 'transmissions' , a xmas tree
160lb at 100/ton called it 'clean sheet' but probably should have been shred. thank you cfs
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby everything » Fri May 13, 2016 12:17 pm

17 different items almost $84. Some things it makes no sense why they give me nothing for 5 hard drives which is cast aluminum, I get 10 cents for, pounds of aluminum I get 10 cents for?!? Also, the power supplies.. Also, he screwed up on the circuit boards, the other guy who does them never gives me anything for them. Over all, with the screw ups I made out good. I don't understand why Cd roms are worth more than hard drives either. Really, some of this stuff needs to go to one place, and the rest another place which is across town. I throw allot of iron in the landfill, nowhere to pile it, as it is most of the aluminum came to me last weekend and filled up the back of the truck.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri May 13, 2016 2:12 pm

our clean sheet went up yesterday to 120/t
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri May 13, 2016 8:03 pm

Shred is up here, as well.

shred/light iron $130/GT
#1 steel $170/GT
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue May 24, 2016 5:10 pm

oh pitiful me.

there was a swamp cooler in the way of me getting my bottles this morning. 60 lb at 63/t down from 83 last week. boo hoo
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:35 am

bar replaced a 3 bay sink . top was stainless. rest steel. so ''dirty ss'' .09 /lb . ah but i just so happened to have a completed bonus card .

so 85 lb at .19
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu Jun 09, 2016 12:43 pm

18 pounds yellow brass that my father in law had around his house $1.23 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby xippi » Thu Jun 09, 2016 3:40 pm

1960 # Light iron shred @ 55 GT
way down in less then a month
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:43 am

168 lbs of no.1 plastic
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