Appliances and Tires

Hey all, first post here (other than into post)! I'm looking and how to properly get rid of appliances without completely tearing them down for hours at a time. I had a stove and fridge I just took. I cut cords/wires off, cut the compressor out, and a 6" brass tube then dumped the rest of it and $0.03/lb as shred. Is this right? I see people saying that they are "light iron" which is worth a lot more than that, but when I pulled up to the scale at my yard they told me to head to the shed pile and dump everything there. I'm planning to pick up a washer, fridge, and stove tonight and hoping to make more out of it.

Also, I'm talking with a guy who is going to give me 50 golf cart rims. Mix of steel and alum.. What's the best way to go about this?

I had my HVAC buddy tap it and remove it for me actually. Compressors here go for $0.35lb, so I figured I'd sell it that way.

What's the best way to remove the tire? Sawzall? Don't want to spend 30 min on a tire to bring in $2 lol

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Originally Posted by nagol68

Compressors here go for $0.35lb

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Ummmm .35/lb for sealed units??? im getting .08/lb

Depends on the kind of tire. Some come off quick with a slegde and pry bar, some with just the pry after deflating it. If it's more like a car tire a sawzall or grinder work equally well but be careful with a grinder on aluminum rims as it will kick up dust into your eyes if you're not careful. You only have to cut through the bead on the edge of the rim then the tire should come off easy. My best recommendation for appliances, rims and everything else is to take time to search the forum on these topics. Most answers are already there as are stories of learning curves on what gets you the best returns on your various pick-ups.

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Originally Posted by greytruck

Ummmm .35/lb for sealed units??? im getting .08/lb

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Sorry, I don't know why i had a brain fart, but it's $0.10/lb. Alum. was $0.35/lb.

You can cut open the fridge compressors for 2 Lbs of Copper wire & scrap steel of 2 or 3 grades.
Good on you for getting the Freon recycled properly.
Fridges have lots of plastic & foam in them, its Shred steel, needs to be shredded & they still have to pay to get rid of the waste.
Check all of the tubing with a magnet, often theres painted Copper attached to the compressor.
Check its condensor, late model fridges sometimes have little Aluminium radiators in them.
Get the plastic coated wires, its all $ once you have a sack full of it.
Little fans in the frost free fridges, inc some Copper wire.

Ali wheel rims? Sledgehammer...

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Originally Posted by eesakiwi

You can cut open the fridge compressors for 2 Lbs of Copper wire & scrap steel of 2 or 3 grades.
Good on you for getting the Freon recycled properly.
Fridges have lots of plastic & foam in them, its Shred steel, needs to be shredded & they still have to pay to get rid of the waste.
Check all of the tubing with a magnet, often theres painted Copper attached to the compressor.
Check its condensor, late model fridges sometimes have little Aluminium radiators in them.
Get the plastic coated wires, its all $ once you have a sack full of it.
Little fans in the frost free fridges, inc some Copper wire.

Ali wheel rims? Sledgehammer...

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Yep crazy that yards could sell fluff, auto shredder residue. Now it is another cost keeping the price of shred down. In Arizona another factor is our minimum wage increase next year it will be $12 a hour up from $11

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Originally Posted by nagol68

Hey all, first post here (other than into post)! I'm looking and how to properly get rid of appliances without completely tearing them down for hours at a time. I had a stove and fridge I just took. I cut cords/wires off, cut the compressor out, and a 6" brass tube then dumped the rest of it and $0.03/lb as shred. Is this right? I see people saying that they are "light iron" which is worth a lot more than that, but when I pulled up to the scale at my yard they told me to head to the shed pile and dump everything there. I'm planning to pick up a washer, fridge, and stove tonight and hoping to make more out of it.

Also, I'm talking with a guy who is going to give me 50 golf cart rims. Mix of steel and alum.. What's the best way to go about this?

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at some yards shred and light iron are interchangeable. steel is down alot right now apparently. You don't have to spend hours tearing apart appliances. Takes me 30 seconds to completely tear apart most white goods. with the exception of some washers that have really unserviceable designs. the best way to separate a tire from rim is with a rim crusher. or log splitter for golf cart sizes. if you don't have that a plasma cutter. cut around the rim completely. then cut each side into 3 sections if you can't break the bead. if you don't have that i'm not sure. never cut a golf cart tire. car tires take forever no matter what you do. unless your not in america then they seem to not use as much steel belting. I could be wrong on that though. but if you wanna see how i tear apart appliances i made a few youtube videos. some are on here. some you gotta look at my channel on youtube to see. same name just add in "scrap processing" at the end of it. keep in mind though that i'm a scrapper first and just learning how to film things. I will get better though after i'm back from playing army. others on here also have a few better ways of tearing stuff apart if your trying to not completely destroy everything you touch.

Dont forget that there is a buyer for some appliance parts on here.

Harbor freight has a manual tire changer that works better than just bars for a non pro.

Do you take off your braid from the wires? There sometimes come across copper conductors.