Cut the steel off your RAD.

**t00nces2** · 04-10-2018, 03:07 PM

I use a sidegrinder with a diamond blade (most commonly used to cut tile or cement) to cut the loops off. Does away with trying to get an angle of attack and the vibrating a jigsaw or sawsall does.

**mike1** · 06-06-2018, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by t00nces2

I use a sidegrinder with a diamond blade (most commonly used to cut tile or cement) to cut the loops off. Does away with trying to get an angle of attack and the vibrating a jigsaw or sawsall does.

Well u could always go the manual route with a hacksaw like I do.
I had a 34lb rad I got 34$ I lost 5 dollars not stripping all the tubes out but if I get 20 window ac's like I'm hoping to that would be faster. I did get 7lbs of copper out of the compressor though I figure always take the motor out of the compressor 12$ vs 5$ for it whole.

**CJBlackburn** · 06-06-2018, 07:36 PM

My buyer usually has a good price for ACR ends. We cut them with a sawzall (demolition blades work great) just inside the metal strip (only if it isn't aluminum). My buyer usually pays between .50 and .70 for the entire end, Iron included. Since the majority of weight on an average cutoff is iron it's usually cost efficient to sell them as such instead of trying to get the loops out for copper price.

Certain large ACRs with a higher cutoff copper percentage would of course be an exception. It also depends on your buyers ACR cutoff price, assuming they even have one. Happy hunting!