A lead question?

I do take batteries...the li-ion variety, very rarely will I take car batteries and I will sort out good from bad and resell the good on Craigslist. One of the shops we frequent came to us about wheel weights. I've never dealt with it, I know what they have is lead, I checked with a side cutters. They asked me what I'd offer per pound...I don't even know, never turned in lead by itself before. My cousin suggests we buy it at or below walk in yard price and smelt it. (I have a oven we use for saw blades and carbide). Anyone have any say on that? What was your approach to buying wheel weights?

Huh...interesting. I'll be back with more on this Tuesday, tomorrow is surgery day for me, minor as it seems I'm not gonna be on the road or hunting for metal for a while.

Cory is right, lead isn't hard to move. Bullet and fishing weight casters buy it as well as dirt track race car builders. I don't have a hard time selling mine. Do watch out for the new steel wheel weights. If you don't have a magnet handy (highly recommended) look on them for FE imprinted on the steel ones. They do also make them in zinc, but I can't remember the stamping on those.

Question, do re loaders use plumbing lead? It was a vent line and did not carry waist.

Yes, if you advertise it, call it soft lead or sheet lead. I don't know all the ins and outs of reloading, but they want a certain hardness so they mix soft and hard lead and even add pewter.