got my first crt television

A load of tv will yeild little copper. The effort is better spent. You missed a mother load for a tv not smart unless just learning lol and you will. Seems like copper used to weigh more and pay better than now days. A whole trash can of pipes (house, refridg ) not over 90$ several trips. I figure what does it take for 100$ ¿ Aluminum, copper, wire, rims,brass, stainless ect..... Think real numbers not Pennies a day.

i am trying to work out a deal at my work cause they throw tons of steel and copper and aluminum away all the time hopefullt when i get it cleared i will bring home a big pay out

Free tv, scrapped on lunch hour? Easy money - don't see how that was a waste of time at all. Plus, being the first one, now you know what they're about.

glad your excited to be doing it tvs and monitors can be a pain but will make you some money depending on your local trash system or recycling places near you. the key is saving all the goodies as they can surprise you as the value builds. there are a few people on here that do a lot of them and a few posts on here as well for help with selling.

thanks travis and swampy i look at it that way too get alot of small things and save them up i hsve a bunch sorted now my copper aluminum brass and steel just put it in buckets and store in my garage till i get a good load. it may just be a small tv i scraped but if i save copper and things from it and other stuff is still money in bank like saveing pennies. i am saveing to get me a small trailer so i can get bigger jobs and haul scrap from work old barrels and aluminum and make adds to haul off others junk in my neighbor hood it will grow just planting the seeds now got a bunch of cans in my explorer i need to haul off i pick them up everywhere it is all money to me

thanks kz i try not to ask any crazy questions most stuff is already up in these foroum alot of this stuff is new to me my stepdad used to just scrap cans when i was a kid i wallked miles next to his s-10 pick up lol i have some questions about some stuff i have picked up. i am just gonna take those items with me to see where in the world i need to put them to sort right. I will take them when i take a big load of cans in

John, just in case you over looked these items I'll piont them out to you sence you are new to srapping. Two things to look for in tv's. First there is a piece of wire that goes accros the back of the tube and is hooked the four cornors of the tube. This wire is #2 copper so always take it off and put it in with your copper. Next pull the tube out and you'll find a thick wire that is wrapped in black electrical tape. Strip the tape off and the wire inside will sometimes be copper and sometimes it will be au, ether way it is worth taking these things of the tv's.

Thanks for all the advice i saved all the wires one to tube and around the rest of it cords wires board and rest only tossed plastic and tube. I picked up a computer monitor in my neighborhoid today had free on it and gotva guy bringing a 32 inch flat screen to work thursday. So i will have a lot of aluminum and copper fron it and a bunch of people are leaveing thete cans for me on my explorer ir telling me to get them from there truck beds gonna save the money and buy a good tralier so i can haul good sized scrap off from my work and get peoples appliances thsnks for all the advice no time is wasted if i am maken money

Ha, I'm big time. Tv scrap doesn't add up. At how much tv copper to make five bucks thirty yokes or double ? Now i loaded reg a 95 toy tacoma ex cab with 7 full size ref. 3/4 apt mount mico waves few dish washers and few other things. In 2007 . Under 5$ a gross tone. The early years. Your cash out don't lie. Just pocket change.

Ha, I'm big time. Tv scrap doesn't add up. At how much tv copper to make five bucks thirty yokes or double ? Now i loaded reg a 95 toy tacoma ex cab with 7 full size ref. 3/4 apt mount mico waves few dish washers and few other things. In 2007 . Under 5$ a gross tone. The early years. Your cash out don't lie. Just pocket change.

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30 yokes to = 5.00 in copper? Dude, seriously, what the hell are you smoking? Let's do some simple math.

Copper 2.50lb

Yoke depending on tv size, anywhere from .5 to a lb of copper, unless it's a really small tv.

So..say half a lb of copper, out of 4 tvs, that's 2lbs of copper = 5.00 Far from 30 yokes needed.

Oh hell lets say a 1/4 lb of copper per tv, still way less then "30 yokes or double to make 5.00".

For a big timer, you need to relearn some math.

Congratulations, you've now joined the list of Skippy, and that other fella.

Sirscrapalot - I need a drink.

Nice math. I'm too lazy. My cash out ticket is my measuring stick. I bring loads not pounds lol. I used to scrap the small stuff but the scales have changed. More still pays the same. I been at it since 2006 very heavy.