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    Gas and smokes money

    Took a couple of loads in the back of a 1979 El Camino, to local yard, only 2miles from my house.

    #2 copper: 73lbs @ 2.10/lb = $153
    Cast Alum: 60lbs @ .50/lb = $ 30
    Yel brass : 15lbs @ 1.40/lb = $ 21
    Elec motor: 19lbs @ .27/lb = $ 5+
    Sheet Alum: 24lbs @ .40/lb = $ 9+
    ICW#2 50>55 40lbs @ .95/lb = $ 38
    Total: $257.03

    Calif CRV
    #1 Pet Plastic 60lbs @ $1.07/lb $65.27
    Alum cans 15lbs @ $1.88/lb $28.20
    Total: $93.47



    Happy and profitable scrapping to all :-)

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    I'm pleading ignorant, what's this??
    ICW#2 50>55 40lbs @ .95/lb = $ 38
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    ^^ My guess would be...Insulated Copper Wire #2 50-55% recovery ^^
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    I'm pleading ignorant, what's this??
    rofl Mech.

    ICW #2 = Insulated Copper Wire #2
    the 50 to 55% is how they visually grade the amount of copper wire versus the amount of insulation.

    I'm guessing that most of the 40# was mainly printer and monitor cables, that I cut the connectors off of, then strip the outer insulation. On top of the pile in the bucket, I had the #14 insulated.
    A few bottles of ice cold water to the weigh master (nice guy), did the trick

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    ^^ My guess would be...Insulated Copper Wire #2 50-55% recovery ^^
    Top of the class sir :-)

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    Oklahoma prices suck. I only get $0.60 for 50% recovery wire.

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    Stop giving your hard earn money to the cigarette companies, they already have millions
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    I would buy more gas than smokes and some new windshield wipers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NewbyScrapper View Post
    Took a couple of loads in the back of a 1979 El Camino, to local yard, only 2miles from my house.

    #2 copper: 73lbs @ 2.10/lb = $153
    Cast Alum: 60lbs @ .50/lb = $ 30
    Yel brass : 15lbs @ 1.40/lb = $ 21
    Elec motor: 19lbs @ .27/lb = $ 5+
    Sheet Alum: 24lbs @ .40/lb = $ 9+
    ICW#2 50>55 40lbs @ .95/lb = $ 38
    Total: $257.03

    Calif CRV
    #1 Pet Plastic 60lbs @ $1.07/lb $65.27
    Alum cans 15lbs @ $1.88/lb $28.20
    Total: $93.47

    Happy and profitable scrapping to all :-)
    Another thing you can do with your scrap money is every time you go cash out at the scrap yard, go buy a role of quarters. Instead of smoking it up, save your health and some money. Not trying to bust your b&lls, just keeping it real.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRecycler View Post
    Stop giving your hard earn money to the cigarette companies, they already have millions
    Spend ur $ on what ya want...dont tell others what to do with their $..

    I buy gas, beer, smokes, n vacations with my scrap $...plus I got 2 jobs..

    Go and teach someone else about yellow teeth n health..keep ur medical opinions to urself


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    Quote Originally Posted by scrappy888 View Post
    Spend ur $ on what ya want...dont tell others what to do with their $..

    I buy gas, beer, smokes, n vacations with my scrap $...plus I got 2 jobs..

    Go and teach someone else about yellow teeth n health..keep ur medical opinions to urself
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    (Alum cans 15 lbs @ $1.88/lb $28.20)

    scrappy 888 ,i never saw a $1.88 a lb of Alum can, the best i ever saw was$ 0.65 a lb.

    How do you get this much, it is a CAN return program in Minneapolis ?

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    i tried toquit smoking a few years ago by chewing snuff.so now i soke a few less cigs a day but i chew a can of snuff each day also.i dont recomend this method for stopping smoking at all

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    Quote Originally Posted by ginofrater View Post
    (Alum cans 15 lbs @ $1.88/lb $28.20)

    scrappy 888 ,i never saw a $1.88 a lb of Alum can, the best i ever saw was$ 0.65 a lb.

    How do you get this much, it is a CAN return program in Minneapolis ?

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    Gino, that was NewbyScrapper that posted that and he/she's from Northern California and we all know that Cal has the deposit fee on cans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    Gino, that was NewbyScrapper that posted that and he/she's from Northern California and we all know that Cal has the deposit fee on cans.
    All of his prices were good except for that one too, I get $2.00 a pound up here in Chico, CA


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