What kind of prices you folks getting lately for #1 insulated cooper wire.
Trying to figure what my 83lbs trash can of copper wire might be worth.
What kind of prices you folks getting lately for #1 insulated cooper wire.
Trying to figure what my 83lbs trash can of copper wire might be worth.
Latest price I have is Feb 9th - $1.35/lb for Insulated Wire. But it's not #1 unless it's stripped.
People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.
Still, to get #1 price...
This is my yard's definition of #1: "#1 Copper - stripped wire strands there are bigger than a number two pencil lead. "
#1 is $3.25
Just called and went to $3.35 this morning.
Insulated Copper Wire is $1.40
Last edited by Mick; 03-07-2011 at 08:57 AM. Reason: update
I got 2.88 for my #1 insulated last week
Insulated is not #1 It is bare bright clean copper.
I brought in about 3500 pounds of copper wire last saturday. I got 2.90 for the insulated wire. It had 2 coatings on it the first coating was easy to strip the second was molded on and was a pain to get off. I stripped one container of it and just left the rest. The copper was 1" thick and the coating was 1/2" thick. For the bare bright I got $4.05 per LB. for and there was a tin coating on the first strand of wire which I took off and got 3.65 per LB. for. altogether I got over $10,700 for it!!!
Now that is a nice load of copper.
There is a scrap yard in downtown houston area that will strip your wire for you for free and pay you #1 BB copper too, but the wire has to be 1 awt or greater
Are you in the area too?
My father in law lives in Willis. But we live in Richmond.
I sold it to J.R's advanced recycling out of inver grove heights mn. It was right off of hwy 52. They gave me a higher price becuase of the amount I had I think they are paying like $3.65? for #1 copper I just called them and talked to jeff i think that was his name??? They were really good to do buisness with!
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