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Longhairboy Doesn't Make Sense 10-27-2015, 06:44 PM
logansryche Source material maybe?... 10-27-2015, 06:48 PM
HT1 your yard stopped selling ... 10-28-2015, 02:29 AM
mthomasdev This makes sense. I have 1... 10-28-2015, 08:36 AM
nutpie I get a whopping $.02 per... 10-28-2015, 08:18 AM
ryanw SIMS here buys transformers... 10-28-2015, 10:17 AM
HT1 it's hard to buy transformers... 10-29-2015, 03:25 AM
t00nces2 Quite a bit of our lives... 10-29-2015, 04:21 AM
Thecamokid im getting 12 cents a pound... 10-29-2015, 08:21 PM
HT1 Those are real nice prices. ... 10-30-2015, 03:12 AM
newattitude we pay (now) .05 cents a... 11-17-2015, 04:55 PM
HT1 Washer motors are a real mix... 11-18-2015, 02:53 AM
newattitude I don't know how they break... 11-18-2015, 05:00 PM
mthomasdev The ISRI specifications are... 11-18-2015, 07:22 PM
HT1 Aluminum motors are separated... 11-19-2015, 05:46 AM
hobo finds Turned in 308 lbs electric... 11-18-2015, 09:23 AM
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    Quote Originally Posted by newattitude View Post
    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



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