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    gross ton is 2240 lbs
    net ton is 2000 lbs



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    I was wondering if some of these weights were form large scale and others on small scale....

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    Devin nice load and good job working that large load. I'm curious about the two classifications of # 2 copper, looks like they have two categories of #2, code numbers 1054 and 602 . Both paying the same at $2.06 (ouch), one was 48 Lbs. and the other 2 Lbs. Obvious that you had separated them prior to yard trip, what are the two different grades?

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    Those are a/c coils that just got stretched out, they come from the circular a/c units.

    My yard has huge steel boxes in the yard and you drive up to them and a forklift brings them in when they are filled, I had like 5 boxes total and some were shred, aluminum, other stuff and than they weigh them on inside scale and dump it, so that explains why there are a bunch of each (multiple boxes)

    And I go to alters metal recycling, they have tons of locations you can see on their website

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    Yeah, it looks like they're fairly big. Interesting their geographic concentrations. Too bad they don't give a price list (our local steel taking place doesn't either). The closest of these Alters places would be 100-150 miles away from here.

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    Still getting .07 a LB here. I have to drive about 50 miles round trip, or I get .04 a lb for the yard 7 miles from my house. The price difference is worth it for me. I've also pretty much stopped curb shopping as it's not really that sustainable for me anymore. I let the scrap come to me and I'm a lot more focused on making connections rather than wasting gas driving around for scrap that may or may not be there.
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    In 1972 iron was around 45 per ton. about $180 a ton puts us equal to 1970 prices figuring for valueless FED Dollars today. where does $50 a ton put us today.
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