shred

If it is magnetic it goes in shred, unless it is cast iron or more than 1/4 inch thick.
When you make your first trip to the yard, take a look around and see what is in the pile, ask the workers how you can make more money on your load.

everything that isn't worth the time to break down, depending on how much time you have and volume you deal with, that list can vary from person to person.

for me (and I deal with mostly e-scrap, not exclusively, but 80% of my volume or so) my shred is mainly printers after i pull off the casing and remove the boards, cartridges/toner, RAM and hard drives (if they are there). When I scrap an appliance, I remove any easily accessible wiring, motors and boards (if they have any) and then fill it with my printer shred and off it goes. I put all of the screws that I remove from anything I take apart into a coffee can (get those big red ones from my office) and when it's about 3/4 full, it goes in there too.

Anything that's mostly metallic and "tin." So...for me it's stuff like A/C shells, fridges/freezers after I pull the compressors/copper/wiring, dryers after I pull the copper-wound motors (dirty aluminum-wound ones aren't worth the time IMO, at least for the price I get), washers, dishwashers, bikes, grills...pretty much anything that's steel and not short steel or cast iron. And for any of the above stuff, I pull anything that's easy to get off/out that's non-ferrous. Sometimes I'll fill a gutted printer with screws and other odd bits of tin and toss that into the pile.

If I can remove the plastic or wood easy enough then I do, if not then into the shred it goes. I keep a coffee can for screws, nails and such. Then toss coffee can into microwave with other small items and close it up. Just keep in mind if your yard pays for dirty aluminum keep it separate. When I started out I thought it would have to go with the steel as I did not know that they had a dirty aluminum category.

dirty aluminum for me is barely above shred price so I really don't make too much of an effort unless it's relatively easy to "clean up"

Originally Posted by hobo finds

$.25 a lb here vs $.08 for steel

0.15/pound vs 0.11/pound for shred

So...definitely worth it for you. Me? Not so much.

Originally Posted by hunterandscrapper

what do yall put in shred

I put little kids in my shed Amish style , now for shred it's all computer cases , steel grills , printers and anything else I am impatient to breakdown further . I try to only take my steel in about once a month so it's worth the trip . Glad your still scrapping keep at it !

Originally Posted by MattyNoNeck

0.15/pound vs 0.11/pound for shred

So...definitely worth it for you. Me? Not so much.

same argument could be made for short steel vs tin then. that's about the normal price difference.

some heavy things are dirty aluminum, such as : mower engines, some car parts, some lawn chairs, swiffers(not heavy, but they are everywhere)

Everything that sticks to a magnet including: Washers, dryers, fridges, freezers, water heaters, thin car parts, vacuums, , dishwashers, car rims with tires (Possible weight deduction), lawnmowers, cars, BBQ's, etc. I love hauling shred to be honest, I just find it fun for some reason. The only thing I separate from the shred are brake rotors and non ferrous.

Originally Posted by MattInTheHat

same argument could be made for short steel vs tin then. that's about the normal price difference.

some heavy things are dirty aluminum, such as : mower engines, some car parts, some lawn chairs, swiffers(not heavy, but they are everywhere)

Yeah but I'm usually running in heavy loads of tin and short steel so the price difference does make it worth it to stash and separate. I don't get enough dirty aluminum that I can't clean up to make it worth separating. Sometimes, yes, but usually not.

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Originally Posted by pwajunkie

Educate me on this? I brought a load to DH Griffin this am and got .10 a lb. I had a set of rotors in there.

Brake rotors go as "autocast" at my yard, .14/lb I believe. The thickness of the metal is why it gets a better price, also possibly the quality of the steel.