First time scrapper

After scrapping with a few buddies of mine at the late hours of the night for extra cash I have found a true passion of scraping. Of course the scraping that was being done wasn't very professional I wanted to changed that. Me and my dad went to the scrap yard for the first time together day. Only made 30 bucks but it was a learning experience. Had a little copper that I got out of 2 old TVs I asked if I could have, stainless still dad had got, and other metal. Just hoping for some tips. Before writing this I was waiting for a friend at his apt and found his dumpsters had some DVD players in them. Only took the cord and little copper on them. Anyways just Hoping for tips. Thank you all.

Make n intro n read some posts..thats all the tips u need..O N DO SOME READING N RESEARCH..gl

OK man thanks.

What is the difference between copper #1 and #2. When bringing in my copper today I had a ball of copper got from some wires., they were kinda thick.. the young Guy at the scrap yard said it was #1 but when weighing my copper it was all together as #2. I'm assuming #2 is thin copper wires out of TVs and such.. also had a bag of insulated wires (.60) they ask what kinda wires were in it? Anyway just wondering the differences

At my yard #2 is any small gauge wire, pipe with solder joints,and painted copper. number 1 is clean pipe, solid strand wire ,and larger multi strand wire. hope this helps you.

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Originally Posted by jacobco09

What is the difference between copper #1 and #2. When bringing in my copper today I had a ball of copper got from some wires., they were kinda thick.. the young Guy at the scrap yard said it was #1 but when weighing my copper it was all together as #2. I'm assuming #2 is thin copper wires out of TVs and such.. also had a bag of insulated wires (.60) they ask what kinda wires were in it? Anyway just wondering the differences

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Here this might help some; Scrap Copper Types
Lot of pic's; Scrap Copper Recycling | Materials & Pictures | Scrap Copper Price | Copper Buyers

When scraping insulated wires does it matter if its copper or Alu?

Aluminum goes in different pile, not worth as.much or near as heavy as copper but it all adds up.

I just started scraping. Myself. And love it a few tips are find those roll away dumpster and look for new construction and go out the night before trash day and always keep a magnetic

Welcome outdoorburns. Your starting just the way we did three years ago. Now we got three trailers and two trucks!
GoodLuck. Daniel

Read, study, read, study, read, study!!!!! Self education is promoted by passion and the lust for real world knowledge. If you read and study the post here you will find yourself being able to make informed judgement calls. There is a wealth of information here that is shared by other people out of their own experiences. It will not be long and you will be able to give back what has been so freely given to you.

Well I've gotten bags of soda cans now. Is it OK to put other aluminum stuff in it, as in aluminum foil. Also my dad found some aluminum henges

Keep your aluminum cans separate. There are several catagories for aluminum and they're listed in the scrapmonster tab at the top of the page. Here's a link: Aluminum Cans Scrap Price in 22 Jun 2012

If you click on the pictures it will give you a better idea of what goes into each catagory.