Unless their old ballasts with PCB's in them. Will be marked with a small warning.Originally Posted by parttimescrapperMD
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Unless their old ballasts with PCB's in them. Will be marked with a small warning.
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If they're not marked, would you reccomend I break them down myself or just move on?
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I don't think to many people would suggest breaking down a ballast. It's not worth it and makes a huge mess. The copper inside is caked in a black tar and it sucks to get out. But if you're like most member of the "Testosterone Manly Hairy Chest Man Club" then you'll just tear them down anyways while saying to yourself "Stupid ballasts can't be that hard, watch me as I ravage this thing!!" Then come on here and say "Well, you guys were right.... It's not worth it...." Then we'll point and laugh at you, then get sad as we remember our "first time", then we'll realize you truly learned something, then we'll be happy again.
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Last edited by Hypoman; 10-02-2014 at 10:45 PM.
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Should be a pretty good load tomorrow, picked up a truck motor, a transmission and a piece of a car frame to top it all off tonight
That was a hell of a load!
Shred 2160lb, 130/NT
Old aluminum, 45 lb, $0.55/lb
Electric Motors, 63 lb, $0.18/lb
Irony Aluminum, 13 lb, $0.12/lb
Stainless Steel 304 grade, 110lb, $0.40/lb
Walked out with $222.05 cash in hand
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Nice going LHB!!
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Your prices look pretty standard except for the steel, wow what a thumping.
6 1/2 cents a lb,
Oh I know steel is horrible here, I don't know why its the only one thats low really, guess harder to sell locally maybe
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M688- We only get about 5.5 cents a pound for "tin" here. Unless you have big, big loads to take to the Twin Cities or Omaha there's no other steel places where there is more than 1 place for, like I said, 180 miles or so. The closest place that I know of that would actually re-melt steel into products is a NuCor mini-mill in Norfolk, NB that's at least 150 miles from here. You all in the Industrial Midwest and the Northeast don't know what its like to be in the desert of steel end makers & users. Maybe some other South Dakota scrappers can weigh in if they can find better scrap steel prices??
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