What did you scrap?

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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:38 am

280 lb. Best of the worst shred items. Steel food cans, aluminum foil, light bulbs, alkaline batteries, ball point pens, a tower fan, and a vacuum and other small sheet iron items. $.08 a pound.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:01 pm

hobo finds wrote:280 lb. Best of the worst shred items. Steel food cans, aluminum foil, light bulbs, alkaline batteries, ball point pens, a tower fan, and a vacuum and other small sheet iron items. $.08 a pound.

ALuminum foil?????
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby smackvay » Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:43 pm

Sold:
#1 copper for $3.80
#2 copper for $3.55
Copper/aluminum rads for $1.90!!!!!!!

Sold a couple school buses and cars for $280 a ton
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:00 am

Last week 240 lbs of junk at $160/ ton
Monday 43 pounds of can at .55
Today 55 lbs of cans at .60

Ty hobo for the heads up
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:01 am

Last week 240 lbs of junk at $160/ ton
Monday 43 pounds of can at .55
Today 55 lbs of cans at .60

Ty hobo for the heads up
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:27 am

Cans 47@.60
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:24 pm

Steel and aluminum are up, and stainless prices have not been this high since the winter of 2007 into early 2008:

360# light iron 205/GT
44# #1 steel 310/GT
14# S/S 0.65
42# mixed Al 0.55
6# extruded Al 0.75
35# irony Al 0.15
1# #1 copper 3.70
8# #2 copper 3.45
15# copper powder 3.30
1# brass 2.10
4# clean ACR 1.65
9# mixed wire 1.10
4# electric motor 0.30

208# batteries 0.19

Total: $221.11, rounded up to $221.15
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:49 pm

90 lb. Extruded alum $.97 lb.
52 lb. Sheet alum $.56 lb.
73 lb. Cast alum $.56 lb.

$150.33 total
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Mar 26, 2022 5:06 pm

hobo finds wrote:90 lb. Extruded alum $.97 lb.
52 lb. Sheet alum $.56 lb.
73 lb. Cast alum $.56 lb.

$150.33 total

Sweet amonth ago Tucson iron n metal was .50 for All alum well no .10 for the alum motor windings
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:11 pm

4/2/22

121# mixed wire 0.90
6# Cat5 1.25
80# transformer 0.65
25# AC adapter w/wire 0.38
32# power supply boards 0.40

Total: $190.70
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Morsecode » Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:06 am

120 lbs aluminum storm windows @ .35 lb / $42.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Morsecode » Thu Apr 14, 2022 6:56 pm

#1 steel, 480lbs @ $57.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Fri Apr 15, 2022 9:25 pm

220# light iron 215/GT
35# #1 steel 320/GT
2# dirty S/S 0.40
107# mixed Al 0.55
14# extruded Al 0.75
94# irony Al 0.18
13# #2 copper 3.55
9# brass 2.20
38# mixed wire 1.10
2# THHN 2.50
40# electric motor 0.30
85# batteries 0.18

Total: $253.82 rounded up to $255.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:02 pm

135 lb. #2 ins wire @ $.94 lb.
10 lb. Die cast zinc @ $.38 lb.
6 lb. Cat 5 wire @ $1.40 lb.
10 lb. Low grade boards @ $.10 lb.
31 lb. Yellow brass @ $2.53 lb.
24 lb. Christmas lights @ $.30 lb.
12 lb. Dirty stainless steel @ $.19 lb.
34 lb. #2 Copper @ $3.52 lb.
6 lb. #1 insulated wire @ $2.81 lb.
8 lb. Soft lead @ $.36 lb.
3 lb. Wheel weights @ $.05 lb.
8 lb Dirty brass @ $1.57 lb.

$380.14 total
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Tue Apr 26, 2022 1:18 pm

I went to a different yard at the other end of the state today and there was also a bit of a price drop in commodities this week.

38# #1 steel 0.12
600# #2steel 0.10
4 S/S 0.55
34# mixed Al 0.50
1# irony Al 0.15
5# #2 copper 3.05
10# brass 2.10
1# clean ACR 1.50
1# electric motor 0.25
17# compressor 0.20
15# batteries 0.18

Total $128.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Apr 26, 2022 9:38 pm

I am trying to empty the yard for the xth time

30 lbs plastic at .30 BUT they are not taking it after the first
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Apr 29, 2022 5:30 pm

$20 bwr halves baking a

Was able to get a whopping $10 of pennies.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu May 05, 2022 8:14 pm

68 lbs of plastic at .30

For over 100 of cans I was offered .60
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sat May 07, 2022 1:11 pm

This was the most stainless I've had in a long time, and it's a great time to sell it!

380# light iron 190/GT
66# #1 steel 290/GT
120# S/S 0.70
1# dirty S/S 0.40
172# mixed Al 0.55
23# extruded Al 0.75
48# irony Al 0.15
20# #2 copper 3.20
27# brass 2.00
4# composition 2.30
45# mixed wire 1.00
45# batteries 0.18

Total: $424.52 rounded up to $425
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon May 16, 2022 9:06 pm

14 pallets at $3
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sat May 21, 2022 3:44 pm

197# mixed wire 0.90
13# Cat5 1.25
44# transformer 0.65
24# AC adapter w/wire 0.38
160# power supply boards 0.38
163# ATX power supply with wire 0.38

Total: $354.01
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sun May 29, 2022 12:39 pm

320 lbs of steel at 190/ ton
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby CrazyTom » Mon May 30, 2022 10:03 am

I scrounged twelve 75 amp 3 pole contactors from work.

6 lbs copper contacts
4 lbs coils
Pedal to the metal.

CrazyTom's equation; More Traffic + More Miles = More Metal
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Thu Jun 09, 2022 1:05 pm

560# light iron 140/GT
382# #1 steel 230/GT
5# S/S 0.55
2# dirty S/S 0.30
105# mixed Al 0.52
51# extruded Al 0.75
205# irony Al 0.15
2# #1 copper 3.50
87# #2 copper 3.30
12# brass 2.10
10# #1 wire 1.05
32# electric motor 0.30
129# batteries 0.18

Total: $559.70 rounded up to $560.00
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:40 am

28 lb. #1 plastic beverage @ $.15 lb.
28 lb. Alum cans @ $.60 lb.
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