Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Starting a new thread always runs the risk of drawing the ire of the forum but I swear, I looked. I really don't know what it is exactly, what the yards call it, nor exactly what goes in there. Light iron, mixed metal/plastic, labor intensive scrap. Please check in. Thanks!
Experienced Scrapper
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Anything that sticks to your magnet.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
..and is less than 1/4" thick.Originally Posted by Dumpster-Dee
Anything 1/4" or thicker goes in with #1 steel.
I have tons of non magnetic plastic in my shred pile. Just leave it attached to what ever your throwing in. Free cash!
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In my pile is nuts, bolts, tin, smaller steel bits, computer carcasses, covers from cd drives, mower handles, and any other mixed metal (mixed with a little plastic). My #1 is heavy pipe, pressure plates, wheel rotors, engine blocks, etc.
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Appliances, furnaces and anything I can stuff into refrigerators.
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Light Iron - Anything that has something that will stick to a magnet and won't go anywhere else.
People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.
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No offense intended , but I've sometimes gotten better search results for smf archives by using Google and adding "scrapmetalforum" as a keyword than by just looking here.
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Experienced Scrapper
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also be sure your plastic has at least a few screws in it to call it shred and don't "hide" things in appliances.
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i ****ing love this forum... thanks!
We're the renegades of Junk!
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me too.
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coax cable, low grade boards, light bulbs all get mixed in with my sheet iron / steel as we don't have a shread cat by me
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My yard, the owner once pulled out my boards I had thrown in after taking all the copper/transformers and wire off, said it was too much plastic so I can't toss that kind of stuff if I go to that yard.
Are you tossing in unbroken lightbulbs or busting the glass and just tossing the bottoms in?
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Most of the bulbs are in the appliances like microwave lights etc. I remove the fridge bulbs to use later. Each yard is different. Mine will take the boards but will not take dishwashers with the plastic tub! Too much plastic on them. But they take a fridge as is! If you bring in bikes you need to remove the tires but the next time I go I see bikes with tires on them...My yard, the owner once pulled out my boards I had thrown in after taking all the copper/transformers and wire off, said it was too much plastic so I can't toss that kind of stuff if I go to that yard
Are you tossing in unbroken lightbulbs or busting the glass and just tossing the bottoms in?
Experienced Scrapper
Well there is Definitely magnetic Stainless Steel, no doubt about it
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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'Any sort of ferrous metal that I can bend using only one hand'.
This might help you out its a PDF file and describes every type of metal and grade out there. Enjoy the link straight from the institute of scrap recycling industries.
http://www.isri.org/iMIS15_Prod/ISRI...f-e56ce1ccfab5
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Yes, TIN,'Any sort of ferrous metal that I can bend using only one hand'.
And not,,
Last edited by Mechanic688; 12-11-2011 at 09:43 AM.
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Steel food cans, alakaline batteries, fake Christmas Trees
printers..no one stated that one yet.
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