Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
Taking in my first huge electric motor tomorrow. According to info plate it weighs 2973 lbs. i won it in sealed bid auction and current rate is .18 a lb at my yard. they said that depending on weight they will up per lb price. Any experience on what i can expect in price difference or negotiating points? Thanks for the input!
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
There was just a recent thread on this same subject along with a lot of helpful info....you might want to use the search option....good luck
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
really sorry on the road on mobil will do when i get to hotel
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If the motor weighs that much I would weigh your options
You can either take 0.18/lb or you could break apart the copper out of it and get over $2 a pound for that, and .5-.11 depending for shred
I would see how hard it would be to get the copper out and also think about what tools you would need to get it out, how long it would take, and in the end would it be worth it
If you plan on selling it as is compile a list of yards in a fair distance from you can call and ask their price on motors and tell them what you got and bring it to the one who wants to give you the most. Good luck!
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Be careful, often on very large motors yards will downgrade(lower price) them saying they have much less copper and most of the weight is the casing...
~You have to start somewhere to get anywhere~
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Call several yards to get best price and turn in as is! Could be $100.00 difference....Originally Posted by clckewastemanagement
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This response is late based on your time table, but it might be helpful to others. Devin the Scrapper is right on target and well beyond his years. The other posts are also very valuable and could have earned you more than $ 200 in additional profits with this motor.
For perspective, I am a turn and burn scrapper. The only time I prepare metal is when the price is down. A motor larger than a watermelon would be saved to be prepared during low metal prices. The recovery rate for smaller motors is more within the ability and profit margin of specialists and the profit is not worth the time of most individuals. With this being said, I save smaller motors for the time nature does not allow me to scrap larger pieces. Need to invent a vice that will attach to a walker.
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Lol Patriot. Electric motors as is are highest by me at .25 lb.
Scrapper, Scrap Yard Worker, Horse farm worker, Cooler Puller and just plain ''tired''
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Most of the yards I deal with pay more for smaller motors and less for the larger ones because of the very reason Scappinred mentioned. Therefore the strategy of scrapping larger ones and saving the smaller ones when entertainment is more valuable than money.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Just a quick note some times smaller things are better than large things, like said before me the larger the motor the heavier the steel find a yard that has a heavy duty shear that they hook up to a excavator that is the fastest way to get at the copper they would probably pay you the most for your motor don't even attempt to torch it open.
Cash In The Trash
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Breaking a motor isn't that hard
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Being new to the nonferrous element, I have to ask why an individual should not use a torch. I may not figured it right but we were offered .10 cents a ton for one ton motors and scrapped them and made .20 cents a ton, I think. The first motor was a disaster, melting nonferrous with iron. After we developed a system I thought it was worth it. Like I said, being new to this I have a lot to learn.
P.S. A shear would have been easier but we were up 10 stories trying to get the most bang for our buck.
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