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Hi guys. I wanted to show y'all the big amounts of brass inside Char-Broil Pro grills. The burners are made of brass and weigh about 3 lbs all together, about 6 for the whole grill.
http://s1062.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_5834.jpg
http://s1062.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_5833.jpg
http://s1062.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_5829.jpg
http://s1062.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_5826.jpg
Found the same grill last week. Also contains quite a bit of stainless steel
I think I am going to puke.... lol... I scrap at least 50 BBQ's a year and I wonder how many burners I have tossed in with my steel, not knowing that it is brass..... going to have to look a litttle closer now
Yeh 3 n 4 are def brass..always be on the lookout.magnet helps alot fellas
I've never seen brass burner rods...Most of the time it is either SS or shred.
The guys at the scrap yard took the stainless out of the truck and tossed it in the shred tub and weighed it while I was at the scale weighing in my copper and aluminum. :( Oh well.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonnyjeb
I've yet to see a brass burner on the BBQ's I've done. I only find it in the valves and the fitting that connects to the propane tank.
Should have called them out on it. What business did he have taking stuff out of your truck? I sometimes have stuff in my truck that 1., looks like scrap but isn't. 2., it's headed to a different yard for a better price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gravitar
Ahh, you got me there Idaho! This was the same yard that told me to go to another yard down the street because I had a 8 x 4 trailer full of tin, and the bigger yard down the street would unload me faster (smaller yard doesn't have a truck scale). After that, I am only going to the bigger yard from now on. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper
magnets are free but they are the most valuable tool a scrapper can have. You need to take off all metal attachments before bringing to the yard for max. value.
BBQ Grill
Cast alum
Sheet iron
Yellow brass
One piece of wire going to the ignition switch
If lucky SS hood, SS Burner pipes
The first and second picture I don't think are brass. They are usually even magnetic.Quote:
Originally Posted by hobo finds
I'm not trying to be rude here, but do you guys really think I'm stupid enough to judge a metal buy its color? Of course I checked it with a magnet AND I took off the metal screws. (I could not get that piece of tubing off the first pic) When i took it into the yard, they checked it and took it as yellow brass, so I would assume it was brass. Again, not trying to be rude.
1st two photos are stainless once you break off or remove any steel...
2nd two photos are yellow brass once you remove the steel as well....
The 1st two could be brass but you still need to remove the steel from them...
Ok. I'll do that next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by hobo finds
on your photos you have steel screws. If you got paid for brass with them on better for you! What did you get for the rest of the grill?
The pictures were actually back in June when I got this grill, but I found the photos on my computer the other day, and I thought I might as well share. Anyway, I think I got around 10-15 bucks for the thing. I lost the receipt, so I cant give you exact numbers. Sorry. I was glad I scraped it for more then just shred, which was my original plan. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by hobo finds
So today I was finishing up tearing apart some stuff. One of the things was an old grill. I went to throw the burners in the stainless bin then I thought I have seen a picture of these before. Grabbed my grinder and hit the side of the burner - Yellow brass through and through. It's a first for me as well but I made triple the money on those burners just because I spent some time reading here. Thanks to the original poster for the heads up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gravitar
I don't think I have ever checked the burners before. However, I DO know for sure, that I will check them from now on. Thanks so much for the heads up!!
For some reason, the pics links disappeared, so here are the pictures :
http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/...r/IMG_5826.jpg
http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/...r/IMG_5829.jpg
http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/...r/IMG_5833.jpg
http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/...r/IMG_5834.jpg
Here is another type of grill that has a ton of brass and aluminum.
I was cruising the streets tonight and came across a grill already broken apart and set out on the curb. I got out and attempted to lift it. I couldn't get it off the ground. Anyway, I put it in the CRV piece by piece and get it home. I took off the very little amount of steel left and weighed it up. Here are the totals:
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73 LBS of CLEAN CAST ALUMINUM!!! Total = $30.66
Then I see this on the burner:
http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/...psad6c5aca.jpg
Oh yea, it's 7.5 lbs of clean cast brass. - $12
http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/...ps16096cef.jpg
A $45 grill. That's crazy. Anyway, this was a Great Outdoors grill. If you find one, diffidently pick it up!
You may have just saved me, I have one of these grills and it was the fake stainless so I thought nothing and it was going to go into shred but now I'll check the burners.
WOW! :winner:, one again u made me some money,(next time im over your way--i 'll buy the beer--or drink of yoiur choice.) just checked a grill i picked up--sure enough cast Bass i would have over looked.
Glad I could help NamVet!Quote:
Originally Posted by NamVet
:( mine were just s.s. but better then just going with regular steel