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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Nov 13, 2021 1:37 pm

400 liquor bottles. To be used for artsy crafts
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:44 pm

Prepared steel 680 pounds 220/ ton. Lots off stripped motors and various screws nails and bolts. I kept most of the nuts and washers.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby AdamsSamoa » Tue Dec 07, 2021 2:46 pm

68 cents a pound in Western PA. Big jump from last time I took cans in.. one more Alcoa share...
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:23 pm

27 lb. Alum cans @ $.55 lb.
29 lb. Plastic #1 botes @ $.15 lb.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:33 am

19# tungsten carbide 6.00/lb
1100# light iron 165/GT
83# #1 steel 275/GT
78# mixed Al 0.50
10# extruded Al 0.65
54# irony Al 0.13
10# #2 copper 3.20
9# brass 2.00
7# clean ACR 1.50
7# mixed wire 1.05
25# compressor 0.20
3# S/S 0.45
1# dirty S/S 0.25
28# batteries 0.22

Total: $338.35 exact change
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:12 pm

Sheet iron 64 lb @160/ ton… read this as motor rotors

Cast alum 10 lb @.50/ lb mostly parts off motors

Clean alum 13 lbs @.50 cat cans and alum motor windings

Copper no 2 25 lbs @3.30 motor windings

Batteries 64 lbs@.20

Alum cans 41 lb @.50
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:03 am

52# mixed wire 0.85
45# adapters 0.36
95# server power supply 0.40
38# power supply boards 0.36

Total: $112.08
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:06 pm

Getting to the end of yard cleaning

Venetian blinds 2 lb @ .10
Lol could not call it dirty alum I guess
Cast alum 47 lb .50
BBQ grill parts off motors

Clean alum 14@.50
Chairs motor windings

Insulated no 2 5@1.40

Circuit boards 4@.10
Stripped of copper and alum

Clean brass 3@2.45

Sheet iron 36@120/ton

Low grade ins no2 wire 11@.90
Xmas lights without lights

No2 copper 22@3.35
Motor windings

Ballast 2@.10
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sat Jan 08, 2022 4:33 pm

801# light iron 165/GT
20# #1 steel 275/GT
25# mixed Al 0.50
7# extruded Al 0.65
41# irony Al 0.13
3# #2 copper 3.20
2# brass 2.00
24# mixed wire 1.00
5# low grade wire 0.35
2# dirty S/S 0.25
65# batteries 0.22

Total: $135.39 rounded up to $135.40
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Jan 26, 2022 11:08 pm

480 lb of nails screws motors parts to a grill.

Ouch price dropped from 220 to 160/ ton.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:36 pm

cwgii wrote:480 lb of nails screws motors parts to a grill.

Ouch price dropped from 220 to 160/ ton.


Wow big drop... that sucks and I am still holding out for aluminum prices to go up.....
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:23 pm

hobo finds wrote:
cwgii wrote:480 lb of nails screws motors parts to a grill.

Ouch price dropped from 220 to 160/ ton.


Wow big drop... that sucks and I am still holding out for aluminum prices to go up.....

I have very little left. Saw a washer last night but the truck was way too full. A Walgreens is changing shelves. Got a few rejects and some wood.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:41 pm

164pounds of plastic
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Wed Feb 23, 2022 1:03 am

Plastic 40 lbs@.30
Cans from the DAV 38 @.55
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Thu Feb 24, 2022 5:37 pm

Steel is up and batteries are down.

180# light iron 175/GT
3# #1 steel 285/GT
2# mixed Al 0.50
4# extruded Al 0.65
3# irony Al 0.13
1# mixed wire 1.05
400# batteries 0.18

Total: $91.48 rounded up to $92.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:24 pm

Dr. Cadmium wrote:Steel is up and batteries are down.

180# light iron 175/GT
3# #1 steel 285/GT
2# mixed Al 0.50
4# extruded Al 0.65
3# irony Al 0.13
1# mixed wire 1.05
400# batteries 0.18

Total: $91.48 rounded up to $92.00

Hmmm Tucson steel is still way low compared to you. $120/ ton.for the Shred steel
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri Feb 25, 2022 2:23 pm

Yes, we get some of the best prices for steel in the northeast, assuming we go to decent yards in major cities and on the shore. However, this does not compensate for the higher prices we pay for gas, housing, and everything else.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby silverflake » Wed Mar 02, 2022 5:14 pm

3/1/22

Small load but it was clogging up my garage.

pop can 21lb @ $0.75/lb = $15.75
wire #2 4lb @ $0.66/lb = $2.64
wire #3 5lb @ $0.25/lb = $1.25
o/s clips 55lb @$120/ton = $3.30

total $22.94

Of note, that 75 cents/lb for aluminum cans is the most I have ever got at Gerdau Recyclers even during that run up in 2008-2011

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sun Mar 06, 2022 10:22 am

3/5/222 Steel and copper are going up!

200# light iron 190/GT
2# #1 steel 295/GT
28# mixed Al 0.50
16# extruded Al 0.65
24# irony Al 0.13
57# #1 copper 3.70
23# #2 copper 3.45
8# brass 2.15
7# mixed wire 1.10
2# #2 producing wire 1.50
1# dirty S/S 0.25
253# batteries 0.18

Total: $408.68 rounded up to $408.70
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:12 pm

360 lbs clean sheet at 190/ t
Battery 21 lbs at .15 Down from .20
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri Mar 11, 2022 9:33 pm

149.87 ozt of scrap silver @ $24.61/ozt.

$3,689.02 total
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Mar 12, 2022 3:15 pm

23 lb alum cabs @ $.60
23 lb #1 plastic bottles @ $.15
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Mar 14, 2022 6:59 pm

Small plastic load. 144@.30
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:46 pm

46 lbs of cans at.55
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:48 pm

Wrong thread post. 240 lbs of tin cans Xmas trees and Xmas bulbs @160/ ton
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