how do i approach this and what can i expect ?

my yards paying 22/lb for lead acid batteries but i was thinking i would save up some batteries and bring it to them and see if theyll gimme a better price. im looking to fill up my e250 top to bottom front to back so say about 150 batteries? so between 2000 and 2500 pounds ? now how would i go about asking them for a better price do i ask then show them the load ? or show them the load first? i know it depends person to person but has anyone ever done this before with copper or some other higher paying metal ? and if this works whats a reasonable price i should ask i was gonna ask 30/lb?

Gameday where are you located, here in florida I get .32 per lbs. Mick is right, most yards will give a higher rate if you have several thousand lbs. but you have to aske.

I can't say much about the pricing, other than call and ask.

But, 150 batteries is going to be way more than a ton. If they are car/truck batts you can expect about 4500 - 5500 lbs. Your van will get "squirrelly". I realize you don't have them yet, but that's a lot of batteries. I had 55 in a f150 once, in the winter, and I didn't have any stearing. That was right around a ton.

batteries are one of the items that flucuate wildly. here they go from $5 to $11 almost by monthly. we have several battery rebuilding companys in the area.

yeah im definitly gonna ask, dex im almost there and i hope my truck can handle it ive had 2 tons in it before and it help up fine and yeah old dude i see that around here too but it only goes from 9 to 11 then back to 9 then back to 11 never settles at 10 or go below 9 or above 11

I sell a lot of batteries, 30,000 lbs last June. I have always had better luck dealing with someone who is a battery dealer of some kind, rather than a yard. Check with some of the local battery distributers in your area, and negotiate. You should be able to get a pretty good price with a load of that size. Lots of places around the country paying .35 to .40 right now. Hope this helps.

i was thinking about that southend ill look into that

if I knew what part of the country you are from, I may be able to help point you in a good direction. Good luck!

im from new york long island to be specific

I don't have any contacts in that part of the country. I'm sure you will have some luck by making some calls though, keep us informed.