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    Batteries!

    Not trying to brag, but I just picked up 36 batteries for a 30 pack of keystone light. Most of them are tractor batteries. Nice and heavy and my yard is paying $.30/pound for them. How much is everyone else getting for batteries?


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    About the same...Nice score!
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    just turned in some UPS batteries for that price, plus i'm getting $8 for a car battery. Another yard in town is only paying $5...go figure!

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    $378.00 for $15.99 I would do that every day!

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    Quote Originally Posted by shendog View Post
    just turned in some UPS batteries for that price, plus i'm getting $8 for a car battery. Another yard in town is only paying $5...go figure!
    what is a UPS battery?

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    most UPS batteries I've seen were just like garden tractor size batteries

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    Turned in 687 lbs mainly ups batteries and a couple car batteries@ 26c a lb two weeks ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    most UPS batteries I've seen were just like garden tractor size batteries
    I just meant the whole thing...... not just the batteries....yeah they are pretty small.













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    Wile lead is traded for .97 per # ( LME ) yards pay .40 for lead - So as is bat's pay well at .30

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    Congrats on your load, I turned in ... Batteries -
    Laptop Batteries- 162.00 LB Weight 2.0000 324.00
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    Nice score! Great price!
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    I bought 102 motorcycles batterys today . Cant give out my price sorry guys but its based on 30-40k lbs a month

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    i brought in 5 pallets worth of auto batteries and a forklift battery i got $.43 cents a lbs but had 9056 lbs worth i walked away happy
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    I have a LOT of laptop batteries. More than a few hundred pounds. I have not talked to my yard about them yet. I did take apart a server battery backup and scored really good on that. It filled a small closet. It was around 500 lbs of batteries.
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    $12.00/EA for auto battery, $3-5/EA for the smaller ones.
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    Msearl from what i been told laptop batteries arent worth anything

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    Quote Originally Posted by nebrs13 View Post
    Msearl from what i been told laptop batteries arent worth anything
    Have a Buyer in Denver offering ~.60 pound and another thinking of buying in the future.

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    The yards in boston want to pay .20

    I had a buyer once that was 10 or 12 per battery, cant find his card/number though


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