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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
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 Posted - 10/25/2009 : 11:38:14
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Used Beverage Cans (UBC loose)
Loose whole or flattened aluminum beverage cans, free from excessive dirt, liquid or other foreign materials. Equivalent to ISRI code TALAP or former code TALC. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2009 : 20:24:54
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Too many coils. Had to make room.
#2 Cu 312lbs. @ $2.05 $639.60
#2 Ins Cu 55% 46lbs. @ $0.75 $34.50
ACR's (Au/Cu Radiators) 634lbs. @ $1.00 $634.00
Total $1308.10
Works for me.
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Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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tyoon21
Penny Sorter Member
52 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2009 : 19:25:26
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106 pounds of scrap x-rays at $.75 per pound.
$79.50 total.
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Take this job and shove it. I don't want to work here no more... |
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Heartkill
Penny Sorter Member
USA
91 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2009 : 19:36:39
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Needed to clean out some room in the storage unit, so I loaded up the trailer.
11/12:
1760 lb. unprepared iron - $53.00
210 lb. insulated copper - $105.00
16 lb. stainless steel - $8.00
10 lb. ACSR - $1.50
11/13:
60 lb. #2 copper - $111.00
8 lb. insulated copper (15% rec) - $8.00
62 lb. clean aluminum - $ 21.70
48 lb. breakage aluminum - $4.80
1 car battery - $4.00
6 lb. lead - $1.50
1086 lb. scrap iron - $32.58
74 lb. Cu/Alum RAD - $44.40
202 lb. phone cable (50% rec) - $121.20
38 lb. lamp cord - $4.56
166 lb. electric motors - $16.60
12 lb. comm. wire - $2.40
Overall I made $520.44. Not bad for a few hours loading up the truck and trailer. I'm still sitting on about 600 lb. of #1 copper and I have plenty more wire to hand strip when the snow starts falling. It's time to break out a nice single malt scotch and a cigar and go to work! |
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Posted - 11/14/2009 : 04:33:35
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| Got a question. I was given an antique wrought iron bed frame that is incomplete. I don't want to put the work into refinishing it. Who/where can I take it to get the thing recycled? Is it worth it? Looking for places and prices right now. I will keep the motif from it and refinish that one small piece, but the rest of it is a goner! |
Nothing wrong with preparedness. |
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Posted - 11/14/2009 : 04:43:47
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OKAY,okay...I am waking up. I live in a large apartment complex and someone through out one of those $1,000.00 bar-b-que grills. I was thrilled! There is no way that I could afford that. Got a question. Is this also something that can be scraped? It is a four burner, and they were supposed to use gas to ignite it. They used charcoal, so that tells me there is some damage to something in there that they did not want to fix. It's steel, or something. Anyway, can it be recycled to a metal place? Gosh, I need an education!
There was one guy that I knew of that did metal scrapping as his living. Now, people looked down on the whole thing cause this guy had no formal education. This is what someone did who had no book learning, we were told. Well, he lived pretty good. Better than most who had an education. Some said he got money from his wife. I think that attitude prevails, if you are a scrapper, you ain't very smart. But, with people giving away stoves, fridges, freezers and stuff where I live, I wonder who the dummies really are? |
Nothing wrong with preparedness. |
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
838 Posts |
Posted - 11/15/2009 : 09:59:22
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| The bbq grill maybe stainless steel. Remove all other steel from it. I got .50 a pound for stainless last month. The steel i get .05 a pound for in AZ. Welcome to the forum! |
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Farmall
Penny Pincher Member
USA
112 Posts |
Posted - 11/15/2009 : 18:29:41
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Originally posted by SilverAngel
Got a question. I was given an antique wrought iron bed frame that is incomplete. I don't want to put the work into refinishing it. Who/where can I take it to get the thing recycled? Is it worth it? Looking for places and prices right now. I will keep the motif from it and refinish that one small piece, but the rest of it is a goner!
If I was you I'd take what you have to a antique shop. They will buy rails by themselves. Might bring 50 bucks. |
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Posted - 11/16/2009 : 00:15:48
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| Hobo finds and Farmall: Thank you so much for the replies and the information. I will check on if this is made from stainless, after I get it cleaned up, I guess, and call a few antique shops and see if they want them! Thanks bunches!!! |
Nothing wrong with preparedness. |
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mikeauto1
New Member
USA
1 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2009 : 19:18:44
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2600LBS LIGHT IRON-$143.00
2000LBS CAST IRON-$180.00
NOT MY BEST BUT NOT BAD FOR JUNK, GOT HOOKED UP WITH PLUMBERS HERE IN NH SO GETTING ALL WATER HEATERS,FURNACES AND SO ON. METAL PRICES HAVE GONE UP 20.00 A TON SINCE LAST WEEK. LETS SEE IF WE CAN KEEP IT UP |
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
838 Posts |
Posted - 11/30/2009 : 13:54:10
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173 lbs Elect Motors .15 lb -.01 since Oct
74 lbs Auto Batt .12lb +.02 since Aug
5 lbs Yellow Brass 1.25lb +.05 since Sept
9 lbs Die Cast .10 lb same as Oct
52 lbs Ins Wire #2 1.00lb +.05 since Oct
53 lbs MLC Alum .47 lb +.05 since Sept
Total $118.59 |
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
838 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2009 : 12:40:54
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Today
222 lbs Compressor sealed units $.09 lb
84 lbs paint al $.45 lb (-$.02 since Oct)
8 lbs furnace al $.15 lb
60 lbs cast al $.45 lb (+.05 since Aug)
9 lbs brass $1.30 lb (+.05 since Nov)
4 lbs copper $2.15 lb (+.25 since Aug)
7 lbs Ins wire #2 $1.00 lb (same as Nov)
29 lbs al cans $.45 lb (+.05 since Sept)
Total $126.33 |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2009 : 18:20:23
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Today
960 lbs unprepared steel (one big water heater, a hospital bed, misc chairs etc)
.04 per lb=$38.00
And I got paid to haul it off!
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Treasurekidd
Penny Sorter Member
USA
39 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2010 : 17:21:36
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| I brought in a large bag of cans, some misc aluminum, and maybe 20 lbs each of brass and stainless this morning and got $60 bucks for it. I trust my yard so I don't even bother weighing it up anymore. I was happy with the $60 - it'll help! |
Ebay Stuff: http://shop.ebay.com/pktchng/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25 |
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tyoon21
Penny Sorter Member
52 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2010 : 19:37:35
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200 lbs scrap steel.
$15.00 so it works out to about 7.5 cents per pound. Not my best haul but at least I got paid for removing a bunch of junk from where I work. |
Take this job and shove it. I don't want to work here no more... |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 18:33:46
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| 7.5 per pound! wow that's great. |
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
838 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2010 : 14:33:29
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Helped a neighbor take down some scrap.
200 lb steel $.06 a pound
22 lb al cans $.52 a pound
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michael3065
New Member
USA
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Posted - 01/15/2010 : 01:03:18
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Hello to all out there
I stumbled across this forum and just had to join in the fun. I'm looking forward to making a run to the scrap yard this weekend and hope to provide price info for CT to all that care. |
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Mcprice302
Penny Collector Member
USA
404 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2010 : 15:02:38
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Took in my mini-hoard today before the prices get lowered
Al cans 71 lbs. @ .62/lb = $44.02
# 1 copper 114 lbs. @ $2.60/lb = $296.40
# 2 copper 11 lbs. @ $2.30/lb = $25.30
Total: $365.72 |
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
838 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2010 : 12:35:36
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| took my father in law down to the yard with 92# aluminium wheels he got .58 a pound. |
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versine
New Member
USA
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Posted - 01/28/2010 : 23:26:09
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| took some #1 copper in yesterday. not much in volume, but was happy to see that the price was up to $2.87/lb |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2010 : 01:41:57
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Wholesale price of alumimum is up another 10% this month!  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
838 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2010 : 12:34:04
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today
31 lbs auto batt .15 lb (.05 more a lb than Nov)
14 lbs Ins wire #2 1.05 lb (.05 more a lb than Dec)
43 lbs Cast Alum .50 lb (.05 more than Dec)
29 lbs Yellow Brass 1.40 lb (.10 more than Dec)
140 lbs Extruded Alum .55 a lb (.07 more than Sept)
Total $158.45 Prices are looking up!
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coppertone
Penny Sorter Member
Canada
63 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2010 : 14:51:08
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Liked the prices above. Comparatively scrap prices are dismal in my area (southern Canadian prairies). Recent offering 1.20/lb for clean copper, 0.20/lb for insulated wire. Last sale 1.00/lb (November/09) for clean copper 1.00/lb, would take my insulated wire but couldn't pay me for it, needless to say it came home with me. Unfortunately only two buyers within 1.5 hour drive from me. Need a new sales strategy. Solid scrap steel, obsolete tillage equipment, 2 quotes 50.00/MT, 100.00/MT
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
838 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2010 : 10:18:29
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590 lbs scrap steel $.065 a pound. (prices up .015 from Oct)
$38.35 for my small truck full of stuff! |
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