Thank you! MAJOR help! Well, each transformer is about 80 lbs, making them worth about $20 as a full transformer. If 40 lbs of that is copper, and the other 40 is shred, they are worth about $100 a piece. I don't think these transformers would sell used for $100, let alone $20. Even if they would sell for more than $20 a piece, I would still need to spend time finding a buyer, packing them, shipping them, driving them to UPS, storing them, etc. It just makes sense to scrap them. I am going to try the method mentioned in the thread above on one of these to see if I can get the copper out.