NoMoreScrapLeft 
So me and one of my scrapper buddies were having coffee this morning. We were arguing over if wire was worth stripping, here's our findings:
We took 3 stove cords and weighed them...3.5 lbs total
Our yard pays $1.10 per pound un-stripped(insulated)
3.5 lbs x $1.10 per pound =$3.85
We then striped them and got 1.3 lbs
Our yard pays $2.58 per pound stripped
1.3 lbs x $2.58 per pound =$3.35
That's a loss of $0.50 by stripping it down not counting the fact that it took 20 minutes to do. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!!
I did trade the 1.3 lbs of clean copper for a 4ft "WORKING" emergancy light bar for the top of my work truck to him. It was the only time in my life i actually felt good about losing $0.50 and 20 minutes of my time
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