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    @ $.85 a lb you'd loose money breaking them down.

    $.85 10 lb motor is $ 8.50
    Broken down 9 lbs steel @ $.10 $.90+ 1 lb copper @ $3.00 lb. For $3.90 total

    you'd loose $.75 a pound for 9 pounds and you'd gain $2.15 on the motor to copper difference. You'd loose $6.75 on the 9 pounds of motor to steel conversion. -$6.75+$2.15 a loss of $4.60 per 10 lb motor broken down.

    Motors @ $.25 a lb would be $2.50 per 10 lb motor broken down 9 pounds of steel 1 pound copper. 9 pounds @$.10 1 pound @$3.00. 9 lb difference $.25-$.10 lb loss of $.15 lb for 9 pounds loss of $1.35 motor to steel conversion. 1 lb of copper gains $3.00- $.25 = $2.75. Copper gain - motor to steel conversion of $1.35. $2.75-$1.35 gain of $1.40 per 10 lb motor broken down.

    Some people choose to break motors down. I do not. I find it only useful to seperate motors from steel.


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