Should you pay for your scrap appliances/and just plain scrap????

Originally Posted by Focker

if you give 5 for a fridge how many of them does it take to make a ton usually and how much do they bring a to there.
I think they are 210 a ton here maybe.

Well to answer your question refrigerators full size average around 400 lbs. The thing about refrigerators is that most of them are in working condition most people are up grading and just want there old appliances removed, that is also true with ovens, now if the appliances are let's say junk after bringing them back to the warehouse and plugging them in, we then we will first recover the freon gas witch is mostly 134, then we scrap the compressors, copper lines, wire and depending what other appliances we are scraping electric motors, dryer barrels, ect. Most appliances after being checked are cleaned up and disinfected are put-on Craig's list, here in Florida all rentals apts come with appliances I know that is not the case in all areas. So landlords are always looking for used appliances, they sell very fast any fridge working can be sold for 125.00 at a minimum. So paying five bucks for them is not such a bad deal, the worst case is the are just scrap and that works out to be about 40.00 scrap value white goods here are 190.00 a ton now.

Originally Posted by 1956

Well to answer your question refrigerators full size average around 400 lbs. The thing about refrigerators is that most of them are in working condition most people are up grading and just want there old appliances removed, that is also true with ovens, now if the appliances are let's say junk after bringing them back to the warehouse and plugging them in, we then we will first recover the freon gas witch is mostly 134, then we scrap the compressors, copper lines, wire and depending what other appliances we are scraping electric motors, dryer barrels, ect. Most appliances after being checked are cleaned up and disinfected are put-on Craig's list, here in Florida all rentals apts come with appliances I know that is not the case in all areas. So landlords are always looking for used appliances, they sell very fast any fridge working can be sold for 125.00 at a minimum. So paying five bucks for them is not such a bad deal, the worst case is the are just scrap and that works out to be about 40.00 scrap value white goods here are 190.00 a ton now.

They must go for big fridges in your area. Around here, a 20 cu. ft. fridge at around 200 lbs is typical.