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Posted by R. Zimmerman on April 8, 2006, 11:12 am
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Locally there is a machine shop that has an arrangement with an auto
wrecker. They load the cars up with the cuttings before they flatten them.
The wrecker gets the chips for free and it adds to the weight of the
flattened cars.
I am not sure what happens at final compaction but by then the wrecker has
his money.
Randy
Holy Crap, I'm selling my scrap for only $28 a ton. Mostly 19 ga cold
rolled dead-soft for stampings. I did scrap about 25 tons of old machines
that were mostly cast iron. It seems the scrap yards are profiting ok. I
wish I could find a market for scrap steel wire that is < 1", it clogs the
machines at the scrap yard and they wont take it, I have to pay for
landfill. I wonder if it was mixed with concrete???
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Posted by john on April 10, 2006, 7:30 pm
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R. Zimmerman wrote:
> Locally there is a machine shop that has an arrangement with an auto
> wrecker. They load the cars up with the cuttings before they flatten them.
> The wrecker gets the chips for free and it adds to the weight of the
> flattened cars.
> I am not sure what happens at final compaction but by then the wrecker has
> his money.
> Randy
>
I am getting .05/ lb for chips and light iron at the local junk yard. I
have a 1000 lbs of brass chips but the same yard doesn't give much for
that. It goes to another yard at .65 /lb. You have to shop around if
you have a large amount of scrap.
John
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Posted by Bruce L. Bergman on April 8, 2006, 8:13 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:41:22 GMT, "Tom Gardner"
>> In Maine, I'm paying 35-cents-per-pound for scrap steel and a buck-a-pound
>> for scrap aluminum.....
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>> What are others paying around the USA and in other countries???????
>
>Holy Crap, I'm selling my scrap for only $28 a ton. Mostly 19 ga cold
>rolled dead-soft for stampings. I did scrap about 25 tons of old machines
>that were mostly cast iron. It seems the scrap yards are profiting ok. I
>wish I could find a market for scrap steel wire that is < 1", it clogs the
>machines at the scrap yard and they wont take it, I have to pay for
>landfill. I wonder if it was mixed with concrete???
I'd separate out those wire trimmings from the rest of the scrap
stream and put them in 55-gallon barrels, and arrange for them to go
straight to the Mini-Mill - the scrap yard may be able to and bypass
the sorting machines, put it straight into the proper roll-off
container.
You may not get paid as much, but you shouldn't have to pay to throw
good metal scrap away. The Mini-Mills love high-quality clean scrap,
and the fine chopped consistency is a plus - they pour it in a carbon
arc furnace, heat it through and analyze the melt, mix in a few trace
metals, and it'll be Rebar by tomorrow.
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Posted by Ken Cutt on April 9, 2006, 11:52 pm
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>>Is there anyone out there who wants to talk shop?
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> There's another thread out there talking about scrap metal prices in San
> Fernando. I believe 59-cents-per-pound was mentioned.
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> In Maine, I'm paying 35-cents-per-pound for scrap steel and a buck-a-pound
> for scrap aluminum.....
>
> What are others paying around the USA and in other countries???????
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I pay $.35 for steel and $2.00 for brass (scrap). I have not bought
aluminum in a long time so not sure what the going rate is .
British Columbia
Ken Cutt
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Posted by Steve B on April 10, 2006, 1:30 am
Please log in for more thread options >>>Is there anyone out there who wants to talk shop?
Definitely. I prefer it to all this snivelling political crap.
>> There's another thread out there talking about scrap metal prices in San
>> Fernando. I believe 59-cents-per-pound was mentioned.
>>
>> In Maine, I'm paying 35-cents-per-pound for scrap steel and a
>> buck-a-pound
>> for scrap aluminum.....
>>
>> What are others paying around the USA and in other countries???????
>>
>
> I pay $.35 for steel and $2.00 for brass (scrap). I have not bought
> aluminum in a long time so not sure what the going rate is . British
> Columbia
> Ken Cutt
My supplier has a flat rate of 30 cents a pound for steel, stainless, or
aluminum. BUT, it can't be over three square feet or so. Good for small
projects where you need a small piece. They custom cut a lot of stuff, and
have humongous rem barrels that they have picked up every week.
Steve
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> wrecker. They load the cars up with the cuttings before they flatten them.
> The wrecker gets the chips for free and it adds to the weight of the
> flattened cars.
> I am not sure what happens at final compaction but by then the wrecker has
> his money.
> Randy
>