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    CRT glass is leaded, Highly leaded i'm told any...

    CRT glass is leaded, Highly leaded i'm told any use of it will allow the lead to leach out slowly, but the EPA doesn't care about that... I mean they wont let you use lead wheel weights because...
  2. Thread: Prices today

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    Xmas lights may stop paying completely the...

    Xmas lights may stop paying completely the Chinese are probably getting 8 cents for the insulation and consider the copper a kicker, I was warned last year that due to the LED lights, Xmas lights...
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    One of these

    http://dse.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/m433.jpg

    Interesting day>:)
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    6.25/ hundred for Shredder feed... they are...

    6.25/ hundred for Shredder feed... they are paying too much here, too much competition is driving the price up someone has to go broke soon

    V/r HT1
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    This is a how-to thread - It depends they are not all the same. if you...

    It depends they are not all the same. if you have lots and get them regularly, go to a yard and ask for a buyer, if you have one, it should pay better then red brass, but not much, the yard...
  6. Thread: Scrap yards

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    This thead is a question - you always have to shop around, don't wast your...

    you always have to shop around, don't wast your time on the phone. they will always lie on the phone. Internet price lists are nice, but even those are shady, they get you on the grading or on...
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    in volume someone will definitely want it. but I...

    in volume someone will definitely want it. but I would try and market it for the Cu content, I have unloaded copper clad grounding rods at 8% recovery Cu breakage...

    V/r HT1
  8. Thread: Advise needed

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    whatever you do go in person, if you can load...

    whatever you do go in person,
    if you can load all the material into your truck no one will believe you have multiple loads they will just think you are exaggerating.
    ask for a buyer, manager or...
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    if you go into a yard and start talking "it...

    if you go into a yard and start talking "it weighs on my scale" it will be a very bad day. no one in scrap trusts or uses anyone else's numbers, purchase or sell, it is the purchasers scale that...
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    the "retail" red brass market is going to...

    the "retail" red brass market is going to completely die within a couple of years. the only real RED brass fittings are going to be OLD, Marine, or industrial. which the average scrapper should...
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    alot of your wheel weights are zinc, and it...

    alot of your wheel weights are zinc, and it breaks instead of bending, you are going to need to sort them, or get a good source of soft lead, old cast iron pipe joints, or roof flashing are your...
  12. Most yards are not going to buy customer ingots,...

    Most yards are not going to buy customer ingots, and if they do you will not get a good cast aluminum price, expect breakage,
    why?
    well good cast aluminum (356) is a top dollar aluminum...
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    This thead is a question - there is no way to do what you are asking without...

    there is no way to do what you are asking without an XRF. but 304 is more common in pipe then 316

    V/r HT1
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    This thead is a question - you folks are confusing #3 copper and #3 copper...

    you folks are confusing #3 copper and #3 copper wire (ICW)

    #3 Cu is copper sheet same rules apply as #2 Cu, the price should not be significantly lower $.10 below #2 give or take. if it has...
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    That is CRV, you see why people are trying to...

    That is CRV, you see why people are trying to slip out of state can into California, californai taxpayers are subsidizing recycling. nothing wrong with the system as long as you can close the loop...
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    too many of them got caught sneaking the cans...

    too many of them got caught sneaking the cans into CA. you are still getting paid too much. your top price is real close to the secondary refiner price with shipping. is there a refiner in...
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    Cu/Al heat sinks are not ACR, but that price...

    Cu/Al heat sinks are not ACR, but that price point is about right give or take 5 points depending on volume.
    small yards will way underpay for them because they cannot get a fair price for a...
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    look inside if you can see straight thru it has...

    look inside if you can see straight thru it has been harvested already and you have shred feed,
    if you can see a grid it's a cat,
    depending on your local laws you may or may not be able to...
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    Messy scrapyards are making money! never wish...

    Messy scrapyards are making money! never wish for a clean scrap yard

    but it is good to hide the mess

    V/r HT1
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    Volume pricing save the scrap yard labor and...

    Volume pricing save the scrap yard labor and paperwork, they would prefer you come once a month with 300 Lbs rather then every day in a month with 10 Lbs.

    V/r HT1
  21. Thread: Mixing Aluminum

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    never sell mixed aluminum, you are leaving money...

    never sell mixed aluminum, you are leaving money on the table, if that is all your yard buys. find another yard,
    aluminum at the retail ranges from $.05 for transmissions to $.45 for clean...
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    Robo Grip, vise grip, Cable cutters, You can...

    Robo Grip, vise grip, Cable cutters, You can get by without any of them but why bother



    V/r HT1
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    the only square wire I have seen was Aluminum ...

    the only square wire I have seen was Aluminum

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  24. Thread: Water table

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    Try This Just-Recycling...

    Try This

    Just-Recycling


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    HT1 Tells no lies V/r HT1

    HT1 Tells no lies


    V/r HT1
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