FYI what yards were paying in early two thousands and now..

i avoid the scrap yard ....

Originally Posted by scrapGAME

i avoid the scrap yard ....

You need a lot of storage or only deal in precious metal breakdown to do that.. I did gold ingots off polypropylene PCB tubs a while in a small room by ordering pallets of boards from whole sellers.. This was before soccer dads seen it on YouTube and drove the pallet price up, though..

cats you can do it too if you have a yard that takes them.. $50.00+ a piece and you can fit about $400.00+ in a compact car trunk..

Originally Posted by OFWIFJ

cats you can do it too if you have a yard that takes them.. $50.00+ a piece and you can fit about $400.00+ in a compact car trunk..

The only catalytic converters we buy that are below $50 each are aftermarkets which we are paying $35 a piece for. Our average buy price of an average 1,000 buy of ceramic factory catalytic converters is $200 each.

Originally Posted by APA

Actually its not. Most converters have more Palladium than Platinum and currently Palladium is $2100 per ounce. Rhodium is almost $10,000 per ounce. Platinum is around $900 per ounce. Platinum has been decreasing in % use and price since 2008.

I've never tore them down and tested I just go by what yards actually pay per unit, and I've heard of platinum being extracted before.

I may look in to the process of Palladium extraction. I still have everything from my PCB gold extraction..

Originally Posted by APA

The only catalytic converters we buy that are below $50 each are aftermarkets which we are paying $35 a piece for. Our average buy price of an average 1,000 buy of ceramic factory catalytic converters is $200 each.

I just go by what actual yard are paying here. I basically monitor five yards. They all just give a unit price and don't care about type. I can get OE cats off old cars all day long I would love to get paid $200.00 each...

Selling catalytic converters to a “yard” is the same thing as asking a foot doctor to perform heart surgery.

Show me numbers on palatalizing and shipping overhead and a buyer.

I have exclusive access to volume vehicle salvage. I go to yards cause I don't want to go trough the trouble to net a small amount of the sale..