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Nickelless
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 Posted - 06/10/2010 : 05:16:30
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I replied to a listing on Freecycle tonight for scrap metal and picked up three aluminum-frame lawn chairs (the kind with the nylon-strap seat covers), several feet of aluminum drain spout, a Dish Network dish and five-foot steel pole that it came on and a few other random pieces of aluminum sheeting. First of all, I'm wondering what the Dish Network dish is made of--it looks like it might be a composite similar to a teflon-coated skillet, but I can't tell. It has a definite metallic "gong" when I hit it. Anyone familiar with the makeup of dishes like this?
Also, the drain spout and aluminum siding all had a good dusting of dried mud--not thick, but definitely noticeable. How "clean" do most scrap dealers want pieces to be?
Also, one of the three chairs has a wooden back rather than a nylon back, and all three chairs have wooden armrests. Should I take the wood pieces off before I take them to the scrap dealer, or do dealers typically do that? I could go ahead and pry off the wood pieces, but I was curious what scrap dealers thought about stuff like this that I guess also relates to how clean any pieces might be.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot one piece I picked up in the median of the highway a couple days ago--it looks like (sorry, I don't know the technical term) the little awning-like piece over the top of a front wheel on the cab of a semi. Fill me in on what those things are called.
Right now I'm planning to just sit on this stuff for a while until scrap prices head back up.
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hobo finds
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Posted - 06/10/2010 : 13:45:30
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| The Dish Netwok dishes that i ve found were steel.The yards around here are picky with Alum no wood or plastic and remove all steel screws! Not sure about the truck part. And yea hold onto the stuff till the prices get better! |
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cptindy
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Posted - 06/10/2010 : 21:17:59
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Use a magnet on the dish if it sticks it ferrous.
The straps need to come off the chairs, take a razor knife (box cutter type) and slice the straps just before the bar. Do that at the top and on one side then unwind and jerk the straps right off. I prefer to hold the chair at an angle and use body weight to snap off the legs one by one to save space.
Gutters and siding as long as they are not compacted with mud or debri should be fine dirty. Just step on them to save space then fold in a convenient size for storage.
Lay your wood backed chairs upside down and give a good smack with a hammer, They should snap and then ply them of easily with your hands. Again it should just snap at the rivet or screw.
Clean metal is a single metal without any foreign metal or objects attached.
Example:
Aluminum window frames need to have the steel screws removed and any other metals or objects like rubber removed.
A washing machine is not clean metal as it contains other parts. Bed frames are clean steel.
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hobo finds
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Posted - 06/11/2010 : 20:57:09
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| Also as I am sure you know seperate each kind of aluminum. Extruded ( window door frames), MLC (chairs tube alum), Cast ( BBQ grills) and painted. This way you will make more $. |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 06/13/2010 : 13:55:54
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| My yard will take washers as steel with no trouble. However, it's worthwhile to pull the wiring harness, the motor, and stainless if any, |
Are you throwing that out? |
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