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rexmerdinus
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 Posted - 08/16/2010 : 11:54:12
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Wondering what the going scrap rate is for steel, specifically railroad spikes and the like?
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rambo_k9
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 12:02:20
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Originally posted by rexmerdinus
Wondering what the going scrap rate is for steel, specifically railroad spikes and the like?
As of Thursday my yard here in Southern NJ was paying $9.00 per hundred lbs of steel. |
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hobo finds
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 12:19:46
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| $.065 a pound in So. AZ. |
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silversaddle1
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 12:46:15
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| If you plan on selling railroad scrap. you may need to prove to the scrapyard where you got the stuff, if they will even buy it from you. |
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rexmerdinus
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 12:53:14
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Originally posted by silversaddle1
If you plan on selling railroad scrap. you may need to prove to the scrapyard where you got the stuff, if they will even buy it from you.
Yeah I was thinking about that. There's miles of remote RR out where I live, with used spikes just strewn around. Also, miles and miles of old copper wire, I'd say 10-ga or bigger. I know it is unused right now because in some sections it is totally disconnected, or the poles down. I'd guess it's probably not legal to go in and snap it all up, even though I'm sure they wouldn't miss it! |
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wayne1956
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 14:17:22
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| The yards around me will NOT take anything related to railroads (track, spikes, etc). |
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rambo_k9
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 15:35:21
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Originally posted by rexmerdinus
[quote]Originally posted by silversaddle1
If you plan on selling railroad scrap. you may need to prove to the scrapyard where you got the stuff, if they will even buy it from you.
Yeah I was thinking about that. There's miles of remote RR out where I live, with used spikes just strewn around. Also, miles and miles of old copper wire, I'd say 10-ga or bigger. I know it is unused right now because in some sections it is totally disconnected, or the poles down. I'd guess it's probably not legal to go in and snap it all up, even though I'm sure they wouldn't miss it!
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Get it and hang on to it or do your research with your scrap yard and see what they say. Take some Gatorade bottles or coffee with you when you go. You'd be surprised. |
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natsb88
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USA
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 15:41:44
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| Regardless of whether or not it's in use, it's probably still owned by the railroad, or whatever company bought out the railroad, so yes, it would be stealing. As others have mentioned, many yards will not take any type of railroad scrap for that very reason. |
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messymessy
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 20:06:10
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| Be careful about railroad wire. Around here, the majority of it was copper coated steel. |
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thogey
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 20:21:51
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rexmerdinus
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 08/16/2010 : 23:26:46
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Be careful about railroad wire. Around here, the majority of it was copper coated steel.
I found a section that was downed and clipped off a few of the broken ends--some were copper coated steel (about 12 or 14 gauge), but at least one strand was solid copper, nice and thick. Alas, being an officer of the law I can't just stake a claim and start mining it! |
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messymessy
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Posted - 08/17/2010 : 21:54:19
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Originally posted by rexmerdinus
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Originally posted by messymessy
Be careful about railroad wire. Around here, the majority of it was copper coated steel.
I found a section that was downed and clipped off a few of the broken ends--some were copper coated steel (about 12 or 14 gauge), but at least one strand was solid copper, nice and thick. Alas, being an officer of the law I can't just stake a claim and start mining it!
That's sounds similar to around here. All of the bare ones that are oxidized are copper coated steel. There is one that is insulated and I believe it is #10 AWG copper.
You might check and see who actually owns the land now. All of the unused railroad right-of-ways around here were auctioned off. Depending on who bought it, they may just give you the scrap for cleaning it up.
And would you believe you could probably make more money selling the glass insulators off the top of the poles than you could selling the scrap wire? |
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rexmerdinus
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Posted - 08/21/2010 : 10:06:08
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Well, the rr is still used, it's just the wires that are defunct. And yes, I may have grabbed a few glass insulators off a downed pole :) I checked on Ebay, and most of them seem to go unsold--I know there is a collector's market for these, but I think they're pretty common unless you find a particularly special one.
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scrapman1077
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Kurr
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