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Droped off 350 lbs sheet iron got 140 a ton for it, I can not store steel as I have to much other stuff in the yard! The scrap yards pile of iron and steel was the largest I've ever seen at that yard! They have the room to store steel and wait out the price, I do not!
I just got paid $250.nt for light steel.
You probably won't like this, but I would have waited a day or two for your market down there to correct itself. Smaller markets are generally a day or two behind larger cities, like Denver. I bet they will start paying around $180-$190 a ton in the next day or two.
Yup its up 80 bucks in some markets. Should have waited for the sales to settle between the mill and yard then wait for the trickle down effect to the smaller yards. Its always a gamble and you can either lose or win.
I got 165 a ton last week, 180 would be graet.
I got a bump twice in the last week... couple pennies a pound definitely makes a difference.
I get 205/ton shred and 275/iron.. Been the same since I've started over a month ago
Called the yard to see if prices were going up as stated Monday I got $140 a ton. Called Wednesday and they said $150 and today was $160! Looking better every day!
You got paid $140 for 350lbs? I wish my yard did that.Quote:
Originally Posted by hobo finds
How much you getting per lb?
George, He got .07 a pound for it (140.00 a ton).
Just called my yard this morning. 170 for unprepared and 200 for prepared
Yeah George, hobo finds got 40 cents a pound for iron...
I want in at .40 ! ;) heck I'll junk my truck at that price :)
Here is what my local yard looks like last week, business as usual.
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That is quite the pond you got there mechanic. What do you fish for there? You ever pull any of these outta there?:
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Cat machines roaming the yard 325mh it looks like. The pile I am looking at is prepared hms i believe I could be wrong mechanic. Looks like 800 ton.
Just the local yard I sell to and they did not seem to slow down at all. That yard sells to the big one in Ft.Wayne that is owned by Steel Dynamics. Maybe that's why they can keep the prices up fairly high.
http://www.stld-cci.com/
http://www.stld-cci.com/images/colum...02%20mills.jpg
And BohemianLush, are those the elusive "silver fish" ??
The last couple of weeks we started getting some decent rainstorms, that pond was right after a 2 1/2" rainfall.
I use a diff yard for shred, last tues I go .3.5 cents a pound...their pile was the emptiest ive ever seen it...
I have a quick question, How do you tell the Difference between Iron, Steel and Tin. I picked up some metal studs people refer to them as Steel Studs, but there's two kinds theres a thin kind and a thicker kind. Is the thick kind like Steel and the thin Tin?
Steel is technically a composite of iron and another element (usually carbon). Tin is actually an element used to coat other things such as iron to provide rust-proofing. Iron is an element. In general use, they are interchangeable. You'll see yards buying one or the other and the terms mean the same.
Kochy, At my yard it is Unprepared and Prepared. 170 and 200
Unprepared: Is typicaly white goods like washers, dryer, screws, pole barn sheet metal etc.
Prepared: thick steel like fence posts, just really the thick stuff
Hope this helps, WMSTR
Items such as white goods like washers, dryer, refrigerators, furnaces, pole barn sheet metal, duct work, car parts (doors, fenders), garage doors, to name a few are normally considered tin, shred or sheet iron. (Seems different parts of the country and different yards call it different things)Quote:
Originally Posted by WMSTR
Unprepared Steel is steel that is at least 1/8 inches in thickness and is longer than three feet in length.
Prepared Steel is steel that is at least 1/8 inches in thickness and is "shorter" than three feet by 18 inches in length.
"Tin" like Mick is talking about is used to coat steel for rust resistance. This is called galvanizing. The galvanizing process usually leaves a distinct pattern on the surface. This steel bucket pictured below was galvanized.
http://images.wisegeek.com/small/gal...eel-bucket.jpg
What prices are some of you seeing for brake drum/rotors and old house steam radiators?
dont scrap old house steam radiators people buy them check cl b4 you do or ebay ...
Kochy...I reiterate this a few times a month, but here is a link to the ISRI specs (industry wide specs that EVERY (legitimate) yard uses):
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...3TJ7JILcot98TQ
This is the scrappers bible. Use it to sort your material to spec and maximize prices. Iron, steel, tin, shred, cut grades...these are just loosely, and often colloquial, used terms that vary from yard to yard.
There was an error that made me not able to see the thing you are talking about. Mind posting another link?Quote:
Originally Posted by BohemianLush
I pulled 3 gas steam radiators from a house one month ago. I took pictures and posted on CL, but haven't had any calls yet? Thinking about calling some Architectural Salvage Yards if I don't get any calls by next week.
looks like they are changing there site. Scrap Recycling Industry
This one works...Scrap Specifications Circular
Scrap is up #1 unprepared is 330.00 net ton
Cars are 245 net ton
rims .76 lb
The steel here is piled up to a giant pile . Scrap always is lower in summer I have been told because the mills close in PA . Im not sure but thats what I have been told