
Originally Posted by
newattitude
we pay (now) .05 cents a pound for low grade motors and .10 cents for high. AL transformers are bought as steel. Our buyer doesn't even want the AL motors from washers any more even though there is a lot of AL in them (cast, AL windings).
Washer motors are a real mix up, the housing is diecast (zinc) the winding are something in the 1100, plus a solid hunk of steel, he was probably getting a zorba feed price and the deal went away because the shreder cut back hours
V/r HT1
Bookmarks