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get ready to go to the scrap yard tomorrow. all good parts stripped off,wheels in bed of truck for tire dealer i sell to along with cat.
wire cut out what i can get too that don't take too much time. loaded car with misc metal with what i had that will fit.
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i see the radiator in the front
dont u get paid a separate rate for radiators if u just take the time to remove the metal around the edges?
here we get paid different rates for alum & copper radiators
i know i was forgetting something?? i'll take that out before i leave when i go tomorrow, forgot about a va doctors appointment i have to take my dad too. 1 day will not make too much of a difference anyway. thanks for the reminder lolQuote:
Originally Posted by msmoorad
i originally was going to fix the car! but then i discovered the bottom of the car is rotten! you barely even touch it and the metal falls out of it into dust. also headgasket is gone,oil in the exhaust,cracked block. i would NOT feel comfortable selling someone a car like this knowing its not a safe car! got it from my neighbor where it has been sitting in the grass and for about 2 1/2 years. and being on a gravel road don't help either. explains the body rot.
I like the bus!
I took a load of shred in today got 145 a ton missed the 160 price by a day. Couldn't belive electric motors dropped to 7 cents a lb. They stayed on the trailer. Incomplete cars were same price 145
thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by hobo finds
use it mainly for storage right now lol. with locks on the outside doors to keep gas thieving neighbors out of our gas cans.
and they just hit my truck got 30 gallons out of my tank and also my other neighbor's car. got her for 5 gallons! at $50 a tank to fill the tank i do mind.
right now it's $120 a ton here in nebraska where i live. was $130 a ton it dropped $10 so really not too bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by cummins
when it drops below $100 a ton then i will just store it till price go's back up lol.
Wow! $120-$160 a ton for you guys? I'm getting SCREWED bad! Were at $30 a ton! AND i have to drive it 35 miles to get that! How is it that I'm <250 miles from a port and I'm getting $30 a ton and in Nebraska there getting $120????? Makes No f*n since!
It's probably a matter of how close you are to a mill. Domestic demand in the US and Canada is up over last year's lows. I remember headlines proclaiming record auto sales recently, for example.Quote:
Originally Posted by gabrielservices
Scrap export is down due to the dollar. The locations paying top dollar are probably selling to US mills.Quote:
Originally Posted by gabrielservices
Wow at 30 a ton I hope your charging junk removal rates.
at $30 a ton i would be stockpiling it till prices go back up! not even worth your time,fuel and such to even bring it in.Quote:
Originally Posted by cummins
I have no room to stock pile....... I have to turn and burn unfortunately. I'm not doing as much scrapping as I used to, I'm focused on other stuff at the moment. The only stuff I scrap is stuff I have stockpiled at my house and stuff people bring me. I am lucky enough to know ALOT of people in town and they would rather bring me scrap then throw it in the dump. I have stuff stock piled at my house because I was sick. I'm getting better now so I can get stuff done.
At 30 a ton I'd clean my truck and stay home.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmerritt
finally had time to go play at the scrap yard today lol. had vehicle plus about 220# misc metal in it, weighed about 2,686 for doge neon.
$120 a ton x 2,686= 161.16 for the body.
catalytic converter -$25
aluminum radiator $0.32lb x 5#= $1.60
sold tires/rims $10 each x 4= $40
witch came to $177.76 and with the wheels/tires $217.76
not too bad for a dodge neon! now time too sell the decent parts i pulled off it fenders,doors,hood,bumper cover,mirriors,headlights/tail lights,air bags,some motor parts.