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Back in the day when I bought my articulating wall mount for my 51" it cost me $600 for the mount, yep, I'm that stupid to pay $600 for a wall mount.. anyway , that looks pretty heavy and its...

You are correct Copperhead, not going to split hairs over a few pounds and I well could have been in the wrong, cash in hand is best. Gotta keep moving forward.

cans $.50 (that one I expected though the weight was a tad on the light side IMHO) Cast Al was at $.55 and the Rad/copper was $1.00. (how a full (make that overflowing)5 gallon bucket of copper/al/ss...

I took in my grand load Friday, 14 bags of crushed cans (79#) clean computer harddrive cases/clean AL heatsinks (71#) and some mixed heatsinks rad/copper (18#) brought me $95.76.. Guess I was...

Likewise, I dont see the point, how far to the yard? I see not picking up more until the price goes up but why dumpster what you have already worked for?

I am sure they are only doing what they have to do to keep the doors open due to the current price of PM but OUCH.. Good luck all.

Yup, gold just tanked again too so the escrap market in neck and neck with ferrous... Time to hoard.

Hi and welcome to the escrap side of the force.. Only advice I'll give is keep everything, every time I used to throw it in the shred pile (with obvious exceptions) I later regretted it,( hard...

Agreed, I walk the ditch in front of my house every spring, get a bag of cans and 2 bags of trash after every winter.. It is always someone else's problem to clean up after them. Sometimes leads to a...

I made alot more last year than this year..Not to be a wet blanket but now is not the time to put out a shingle in my opinion, most metals including escrap are way down and unless you have access to...

I always liked the HEE HAW girls mysself.. And cudos to olddude for a great thread to expound on our entertainment's downward spiral to which I wholeheartedly agree, it is the biggest garbage bill I...

Welcome to the forum, This is all the farther down the green path I have managed to get.. Nice to have you onboard.
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The dang credit card..

Ok just noticed this thread is a year old..nevermind..

Welcome from Illinois

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Illinois yard: $.50/#.. Iowa yard: $.40/#..

Best Idea I ever saw was to flip it over and cut out a door to make it a doghouse and then use the height to create a planted area with a working water feature in the back yard, if done right it...

To answer your question, from my very unscientific test around 8 half length cd boards or around 5 full length boards (if you can find them anymore) make a pound. Currently the price per lb from my...

Nice haul, makes the bad days a little brighter.

Yelp and other sites give ratings for any business (including yards). Most scrappers work hard for what they turn in and expect to be paid accordingly. If a yard were to treat me poorly I would be...

cutting torch, rope and truck..

Hello and welcome, my nugget of advice is keep everything, almost every single thing I though I wouldn't save enough of to make it worthwhile I regretted later and wished I had just thrown it in a...

Ouch, yeah, the shipping is getting out of hand.

My rule of thumb is if it is held on with screws or clips it comes off if it is soldered on I leave it alone. JM$.02