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Starting a new thread always runs the risk of drawing the ire of the forum but I swear, I looked. I really don't know what it is exactly, what the yards call it, nor exactly what goes in there. Light iron, mixed metal/plastic, labor intensive scrap. Please check in. Thanks!
Anything that sticks to your magnet.
In my pile is nuts, bolts, tin, smaller steel bits, computer carcasses, covers from cd drives, mower handles, and any other mixed metal (mixed with a little plastic). My #1 is heavy pipe, pressure plates, wheel rotors, engine blocks, etc.
Appliances, furnaces and anything I can stuff into refrigerators.
Light Iron - Anything that has something that will stick to a magnet and won't go anywhere else.
No offense intended , but I've sometimes gotten better search results for smf archives by using Google and adding "scrapmetalforum" as a keyword than by just looking here.
..and is less than 1/4" thick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumpster-Dee
Anything 1/4" or thicker goes in with #1 steel.
also be sure your plastic has at least a few screws in it to call it shred and don't "hide" things in appliances.
i ****ing love this forum... thanks!
coax cable, low grade boards, light bulbs all get mixed in with my sheet iron / steel as we don't have a shread cat by me
Well there is Definitely magnetic Stainless Steel, no doubt about it
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Originally Posted by Filthy
me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Filthy
'Any sort of ferrous metal that I can bend using only one hand'.
This might help you out its a PDF file and describes every type of metal and grade out there. Enjoy the link straight from the institute of scrap recycling industries.
http://www.isri.org/iMIS15_Prod/ISRI...f-e56ce1ccfab5
Yes, TIN,Quote:
'Any sort of ferrous metal that I can bend using only one hand'.
And not,,
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/201...utographed.jpg
Steel food cans, alakaline batteries, fake Christmas Trees
printers..no one stated that one yet.
Beer bottle caps and the metal thing from floss!
Anything that sticks to a magnet or will take way to much time to tear apart for little reward.
If I am tearing something apart for the precious metals and find it is taking to much time, I will toss it in the shred pile. Time is money, and its not worth spending to much time ripping some things apart for a few ounces of aluminum, brass, or copper.
Good point, CMHN. When I first started I spent hours peeling every hair of copper that I could find...that meant tearing apart every tiny little motor. I learned. But I still tear into those big motors.....love that big hunk of copper !
I have tons of non magnetic plastic in my shred pile. Just leave it attached to what ever your throwing in. Free cash!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumpster-Dee
Thanks drozenski...I shouldn't have assumed that everyone would know that I meant metal.
My yard, the owner once pulled out my boards I had thrown in after taking all the copper/transformers and wire off, said it was too much plastic so I can't toss that kind of stuff if I go to that yard :(.Quote:
Originally Posted by hobo finds
Are you tossing in unbroken lightbulbs or busting the glass and just tossing the bottoms in?
Sounds like a lot of trash thrown in to me, our yard will dock you for bringing trash in with the load. When your penalized a few cents per # you learn real quick to not do it again.
Most of the bulbs are in the appliances like microwave lights etc. I remove the fridge bulbs to use later. Each yard is different. Mine will take the boards but will not take dishwashers with the plastic tub! Too much plastic on them. But they take a fridge as is! If you bring in bikes you need to remove the tires but the next time I go I see bikes with tires on them...Quote:
Originally Posted by newattitude
Speakers
butt floss or regular lolQuote:
Originally Posted by CMHN
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Originally Posted by ilyaz
I just had delivered to me about 500# of speakers! A friend works for a Audio/video distributor and they were going to dumpster them. Guess who's taking speakers and pc cases to the scrap yard tomorrow?!?!?
Make sure to pull the copper coil and wires out of the speakers if ya have time
Anything that is too time consuming to dissasemble for the copper, brass or aluminum. Some plastics if there is some metal attached.