wire: to strip or not to strip. - Page 2

I strip all of my wire, don’t care what size it is and just stock pile it for a rainy day. I don’t consider it in my monthly trip to the yard. Someday it will hit $4-$5 per lb. or more. When I started scrapping I was getting .90¢ per pound for bare bright and now it is a little over $3. It may take a while to get there... but when it does, oh the payday.

Bossandy

Originally Posted by Whm1

I found a real good stripper for low volume or on the go stripping on fleeBay. Copper Scrap Wire Stripping Hand Tool Pocket Stripper SR1 | eBay

Wow, long link

I strip solid wire 16ga. And up. Stranded, I strip 12ga and up. I want to save up for a powered one, but this one works good.

Looks like something I was thinking about making myself out of wood after watching a few Utube videos for ideas. What a neat tool.
I stripped a bunch of wire last month and thought oh yea! #1 bright baby! only to be disappointed to still get #2 price because it wasn't thick enough One guy told me to take the little bitty transformers and motors and just wrap the copper wire around it to make it weigh more, sounds like a good idea but if they somehow found out he'd look like a cheater and the yard wouldn't like it.
I unwind everything and throw it all together in one bin, it's all #2 anyways unless I can score some thicker gauge I guess.
The tips and info are great,You guys rock!

I apoligize if this is a dumb question, but I was told that copper wire bigger than a pencil lead is worth more per pound than smaller diameter wire. I'm in the process of scrapping out a bunch of junk vehicles, semis & tractors we've accumulated over the years and want to scrap/part them out to get the best bang for my buck. Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by Mick

Many yards will classify solid copper wire larger than a #2 pencil lead as #1 copper. It will usually be about 0.10 more per pound than #2 copper wire.

OK, thanks for the info. I plan on stripping it all in my spare time and just storing it for a rainy day.

Originally Posted by TheRecycler

Must be at 1/2 inch thick and above gets strip, other than that, no stripping. It's a waste of time.m

oh darn !

looks like i been wastin my time with everything 31/64 ths and below again......