Here is what you need to do: Get a gram scale, cut a piece of wire, weight it, strip it, weigh the copper and diveide the weight of the copper by the weight of the wire before you stripped it. That...
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Here is what you need to do: Get a gram scale, cut a piece of wire, weight it, strip it, weigh the copper and diveide the weight of the copper by the weight of the wire before you stripped it. That...
You can spend a small amount and get a website. Nothing works like a website.
You can try calling Land 'O Lakes Recycling, I believe they buy plastic and cardboard. There is a place called American Recycling over in Drew Park that buys plastic.
Don't forget our friends in China too. They have a large effect on copper prices. Obviously the weak dollar helps exports, but China has been in a manufacturing slump too. Their government...
I resent that comment above "each tard is different". I give prices and I don't resemble that remark! HAHA
The brass shells prevent a few problems. The live rounds are the big one for obvious reasons. We had a guy drop a bunch of live ones in a warehouse one time and then he ran them over with a...
Youre right, it is a bad analogy. If I could come up with good analogies, I would probably be making more money doing something else. I hate Walmart too, but they keep bringing me back with those...
This is how the law works in Florida: any restricted items, like A/C parts, utility wire, brass utility valves, etc. have to be accompanied with proof of ownership like a letter from the company...
Go to the ISRI site. They have a scrap guide on there that free to download. I wish everyone would look at that. I go to yards sometimes to buy, and the owners don't even know the specs. It's...
If you are keeping all the different grades seperate in different containers, then the yard should not be getting confused as to what you have. If they are getting confused, they are probably trying...
Sorry you had that experience Jaxguy28. I used to work there in Jax and can tell you that it is not the culture there to be that way. If it helps, go back there and talk to Rick, he is the...
Steel car and truck rims are #2 HMS without the lead. Semi rims are #1 HMS. I have seem our shredder in Jax tear into some gas tanks and propane tanks before. the explosions were strong enough to...
HAHA, i am reminded of a time when the guys in the yard decided to unload a truck full of nails at the pile. The boxes busted and nails were everywhere. You can imagine how many tires go punctured....
I think the average percentage a shredder assumes is fluff in thin is about 35%. Also that fluff is usually transported to an industrail landfill to use as cover, which costs the scrap yard. You...
Zorba is a by product from the shred. Take a car for instance, when you have a car, a lot of them have aluminum blocks, trannies, and such. When they get ground up, the go through a series of...
The "fluff" is factored into the price that you get paid for the material allready. Dont feel to bad about throwing it in. You would be amazed at all the high priced nonferrous material "zorba"...
I think if he could predict the market like that, he probably would lounging on a beach somewhere sipping drinks with umbrellas. Take his advice with a grain of salt. I have heard the market will...
It's great to hear the positive feedback about our yard, we try hard here in Tampa to provide good service. I originally started in our jacksonville facility and that yard is much larger since there...
Alot of water meters are semi red brass. I would take them somewhere to shoot them before you bid.
Hello everyone,
CMC Recycling is a division of Commercial Metals Company, a Fortune 500, publicly traded company. For many years CMC Tampa has served the Tampa Bay area and seen many scrap and...
Bare bright is 12 awg or thicker and needs to be bright and shiny. Any copper with a laquor coating like motor windings, or has a tin coat is #2 no matter how thick. Most bus bars are tinned or...
If you can get aluminum pricing for them do it. I shot some irons recently, all of them "Titanium", every one of them was 400 stainless.
I have a customer that is in college no at USF. He has an old uhaul truck with a scale and cumputer system set up in it. It is a sight to see. In his off time he scraps, and he does pretty well...
If it does turn out to be all copper, dont waste your time polishing it for bare bright. The specs for the mills that buy bare bright is for bright and shiny wire only. Just clean it up enough to...
Scratch it, aluminum has a white color to it while S/S is more grey.
