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    I’m guessing 600

    I’m guessing 600
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    I’m assuming you mean sims metal management and...

    I’m assuming you mean sims metal management and not sims bro’s based on your terminalagy. Sims metal management has a huge operation so they may be better in pricing generally than smaller guys for...
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    I’m not sure how they operate elsewhere but I...

    I’m not sure how they operate elsewhere but I rarely see them have time for anything but steel shred at this shredder. They don’t run it like the hammer mill I worked at that’s for sure. Then again I...
  4. Ive ran a few hundred pounds of these things in...

    Ive ran a few hundred pounds of these things in my time. It needs to be done by someone but if your doing it by hand you better be doing it for fun, exercise, or science. You don’t gain anything...
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    I don’t think they’ll be sending me out to Vegas...

    I don’t think they’ll be sending me out to Vegas for anything but then again this place operates way different than any yard I’ve ever seen. Most of what I’ve been running has been shred going up to...
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    New job

    So I got a cool new job recently. For the last year I was running a mobile welding rig welding all sorts of nonsense. I’d head to the scrap yard every now and then. But recently some guy was wanting...
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    This thead is a question - in a 4x4x4 box we usually had around 800-1200lbs...

    in a 4x4x4 box we usually had around 800-1200lbs of insulated wire. we didn't bale them but usually they would make my fat @$$ jump up and down on the wire to pack it in.
  8. tearing apart scrap ac compressors

    got a new table set up. I started buying these things locally again. (In Ohio) heres a video of the way I'm doing them now. I'm about to start updating my buyers thread again. I keep getting calls...
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    This thread has a tip for you - im lucky i still got tricare for now. all that...

    im lucky i still got tricare for now. all that insurance nonsense sounds like its more trouble than its worth.
  10. Pennsylvania | National - yes. when i get some more i will send them to...

    yes. when i get some more i will send them to your email.
  11. Pennsylvania | National - question, do you also buy copper/aluminum...

    question, do you also buy copper/aluminum electric motor windings? I will soon have a gaylord or two of them a month once i start running sealed units again.
  12. This thead is a question - If your trying to process mashed and mangled...

    If your trying to process mashed and mangled copper/aluminum coils I think it was alloy2 that had said use a hammer mill of some sort. if your trying to run bales or really big stuff and your mill...
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    This thead is a question - You can not take aluminum motors apart by hand...

    You can not take aluminum motors apart by hand fast enough to make it worth your time in America. I have taken apart hundreds of them when they were mixed in with the copper ones I did. You could...
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    i'm wondering if the admin is even still around.

    i'm wondering if the admin is even still around.
  15. It sounds like you might have picked up that last...

    It sounds like you might have picked up that last lesson the hard way.
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    thank you all for the advice. I'd rather not sell...

    thank you all for the advice. I'd rather not sell it if prices are low. but the jewelry shops ya'll mentioned might be something to look into. Its actually a 15 pound (as weighed out on the copper...
  17. your welcome

    your welcome
  18. yes. right now i just relocated to ohio. so i...

    yes. right now i just relocated to ohio. so i just got some storage unit that i rent out that has my welding trailer and other tools in it.
  19. yes. that is pretty much what I was trying to get...

    yes. that is pretty much what I was trying to get at. If someone has room for storage maybe now would be a good time to get into it if they can afford to hold it for when prices go back up....
  20. If you know what you're doing than yes. I used to...

    If you know what you're doing than yes. I used to make $20 an hour or more tearing them up. right now the math doesn't work in my favor. But if your able to get them for the right price than yes....
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    If anyone looked at the price of silver lately...

    If anyone looked at the price of silver lately that tanked too. I got 15 pounds of it i was gonna get rid of for like $4k. to help pay my girlfriends car off. now i'd be lucky to get half that.
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    one of the yards by me shut down completely and...

    one of the yards by me shut down completely and another one is at like half staff 3 days a week. Not too much is changing in my county but down in Columbus I thought the zombies were coming or...
  23. Processing sealed units Instructional.

    I learned how to do this by looking at some of FreonJoe's stuff and Idahoscrapper. I'm not the first one to use a plasma on these and I'm sure I won't be the first. Since many of you are probably out...
  24. This thead is a question - Theres a lot of things that yards post to do...

    Theres a lot of things that yards post to do things "legally" that they don't follow at all. so even if the state says they need you to be 16 or 18 go to the yard any way and see what they do. Even...
  25. yes. that is a good way to find the percentage....

    yes. that is a good way to find the percentage. At the yard I worked at if someone brought in wire and we didn't know the percentage we would cut off about a foot or so strip it and weigh it up on a...
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