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    So a place in town has been advertising dirty brass for $.95 a pound. At some yards in the past they would take door locks with dirty brass for around $.55 a pound. When I go to the place guy removes all door locks and states they have there own category! Great I think... Got my pay slip and was paid die cast for them for only $.05 a pound LOL. And at my normal yard die cast would have been $.30 lb. Well I will still go back and get dirty brass price from them, but take my door locks to my normal yard and hopefully get dirty brass or die cast price for them as it pays more than a nickel for those items. We will see...


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    I learned I can't assume anything. I used to separate my aluminum, and when I got there they combined a bunch of it. So next time I had it combined and they separated it all out LOL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ragstoriches View Post
    I learned I can't assume anything. I used to separate my aluminum, and when I got there they combined a bunch of it. So next time I had it combined and they separated it all out LOL.
    One place weighed all aluminum separate only to mix it all together in the back of a semi truck after... go figure!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ragstoriches View Post
    I learned I can't assume anything. I used to separate my aluminum, and when I got there they combined a bunch of it. So next time I had it combined and they separated it all out LOL.
    yeah i dont get them either one guy at the yard i had my copper in the same container it was ac tubes and wire i thought he would sperate it like the other guy did but he ripped me and game me #2 which the other guy gave me #1 for tubes and seperated my stuff and was helpful the other guy was just rude=( at least i only got him once=) the other guy i had 4 times but he got fired for embezelment=( then i got a new guy he was nice and helpful hope i get him all the time=) im curious has anyone ever gotten a woman scale person?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mike1 View Post
    yeah i dont get them either one guy at the yard i had my copper in the same container it was ac tubes and wire i thought he would sperate it like the other guy did but he ripped me and game me #2 which the other guy gave me #1 for tubes and seperated my stuff and was helpful the other guy was just rude=( at least i only got him once=) the other guy i had 4 times but he got fired for embezelment=( then i got a new guy he was nice and helpful hope i get him all the time=) im curious has anyone ever gotten a woman scale person?
    Its hard to get a woman on the scale!

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    Three woman work at my main yard all employees can and do every job.
    I'd say 1/5 times I go I get Patty on the floor scale, Pam is almost always running the truck scale. Although the owners daughter was running the truck scale last week.
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    Truck scales, yes. Non-ferrous, no. I can't really blame them though, they have better heat and air conditioning inside the office.
    Copper, brass, and Leather. 3 of my favorite things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hobo finds View Post
    So a place in town has been advertising dirty brass for $.95 a pound. At some yards in the past they would take door locks with dirty brass for around $.55 a pound. When I go to the place guy removes all door locks and states they have there own category! Great I think... Got my pay slip and was paid die cast for them for only $.05 a pound LOL. And at my normal yard die cast would have been $.30 lb. Well I will still go back and get dirty brass price from them, but take my door locks to my normal yard and hopefully get dirty brass or die cast price for them as it pays more than a nickel for those items. We will see...
    Do you have an Irony Brass category in addition to Dirty Brass?

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    no it seems only dirty brass

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    Quote Originally Posted by mike1 View Post
    yeah i dont get them either one guy at the yard i had my copper in the same container it was ac tubes and wire i thought he would sperate it like the other guy did but he ripped me and game me #2 which the other guy gave me #1 for tubes and seperated my stuff and was helpful the other guy was just rude=( at least i only got him once=) the other guy i had 4 times but he got fired for embezelment=( then i got a new guy he was nice and helpful hope i get him all the time=) im curious has anyone ever gotten a woman scale person?
    Ive seen 3 yards with women in the metals building. At least 4 of them had women on the truck scales. Most have them do accounting though

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    Quote Originally Posted by NHscrapman View Post
    Three woman work at my main yard all employees can and do every job.
    I'd say 1/5 times I go I get Patty on the floor scale, Pam is almost always running the truck scale. Although the owners daughter was running the truck scale last week.
    yeah i know that but i just have never seen one at any of the yards i have been to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hobo finds View Post
    no it seems only dirty brass
    dirty brass here i only get .10 cents a pound thats rediculous=( not sure what brass is now im gona go in soon.

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    brass or copper door knobs 0,90 ca$
    dirty faucets 2ca$ (faucet with steel or a little bit of plastic or a lot of zinc)
    irony aluminium 0,18 ca$

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    Quote Originally Posted by mike1 View Post
    yeah i dont get them either one guy at the yard i had my copper in the same container it was ac tubes and wire i thought he would sperate it like the other guy did but he ripped me and game me #2 which the other guy gave me #1 for tubes and seperated my stuff and was helpful the other guy was just rude=( at least i only got him once=) the other guy i had 4 times but he got fired for embezelment=( then i got a new guy he was nice and helpful hope i get him all the time=) im curious has anyone ever gotten a woman scale person?
    At one of the yards I go, I even had a 5 months pregnant woman as scale person / buyer. Weird.

    Also, is there a way to separate the brass screw from the cheap plastic pipe that go to the valves and the spout? I unscrewed everything, but it looks like the last thing is a plastic tube is inserted in a hollow brass screw part each side and it won't move if I turn the brass part with pliers or a pipe wrench. If I try to pull on the plastic part, I think that it will break apart instead of moving out of the brass tube.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CopperMiner View Post
    At one of the yards I go, I even had a 5 months pregnant woman as scale person / buyer. Weird.

    Also, is there a way to separate the brass screw from the cheap plastic pipe that go to the valves and the spout? I unscrewed everything, but it looks like the last thing is a plastic tube is inserted in a hollow brass screw part each side and it won't move if I turn the brass part with pliers or a pipe wrench. If I try to pull on the plastic part, I think that it will break apart instead of moving out of the brass tube.
    Could you post a picture ?

    Without better information ... it sounds like a friction fit. They drove a plastic pipe into the inside of a brass pipe ? The plastic pipe is just a little bit bigger on the outside than the inside of the brass part ?

    If that's the case .... cut one or two slits with a 1/16" cutting wheel mounted to an angle grinder. You make a lengthwise cut on the brass and then pry it open a little with a flat head screwdriver. That breaks the bind and the plastic part falls out.

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    I did what Hills suggested me. It worked well, but I had a surprise. After making a lengthwise cut in the brass pipes, I found that both brass and plastic had teeth that locked between them. I needed to pry a bit more, but it worked the same way. Thanks.



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