Feeling ripped - Page 2

Originally Posted by Dumpster Dee

Maybe if one day we start an association we could make 'em universalize their prices !!???

Sounds like commie talk to me.

that's funny Billiard....it DOES !!! but I didn't mean it to be. lol

Sounds like commie talk to me.

Heil Dee,, Now I know where the whip and boots came from that a gentleman mentioned!

speaking of cracking......you crack me up M688. Who started this anyway????

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

A couple of people on the forum have 2 or more yards that they use depending on what their hauling in on that day/load, certain yards pay better for just certain things.

Here in the DFW area we have quite a few yards. I have gone to the extent where I have a whiteboard in my workshop where I write down what each of my 3 favorite yards pays on the load I am taking in. It will usually be a mixed load (aluminum, brass, lead, aluminum breakage, etc), one corner of my truck I place the stuff I am taking to yard #1, another corner yard #2, etc. The one I take most of my shredables to pays 40 cents a pound less on copper/aluminum radiators than yard #2, and yard #3 pays the best on brass, etc. I usually have enough of a load to warrant the extra distance. For one hundred pounds of copper/aluminum radiators, I got an extra 40 bucks for 15 extra miles of distance. Just a part of being organized.

Wow! All you guys gave great advice.

I need to learn the different types of stainless steel. The stainless steel I had came off of one of the commercial grade stainless steel BBQ pits you get at Lowe's for about 800 dollars. I thought it was some good high grade stainless. I probably should have checked it with a magnet. The rust on it was from the screws that held it together not from the stainless steel parts. I will be more careful and learn how to grade the metals and I will be trying different yards too.

IF a yard wont pull out the gun and pay you whats its really worth then its time to find a new yard Brobich. Or at least find a new yard for the alloys.

If you don't like their price, grab it and throw it back in the truck and tell them" you lose".

Brobich, you are learning, be patient with yourself....and spend more time reading the archives....that's the best advice I can give you. (besides ALWAYS using a magnet !!)

Right now I found a honey hole of coaxial cable. I have been stripping it to get the copper out and separating what I think is aluminum from the copper. Do you guys think the sticky substance on the aluminum is going to bring down the value of it. The copper is coming out pretty clean. It is very time consuming but I do it while watching TV in the living room. I guess it adds up after a while so I figure its worth my time. haven't cashed it in yet though. I did find an endless supply of it does anyone know of a quick way to strip this type of cable?

The copper is coming out pretty clean

Do yourself a favor and scrape that copper cause if your finding an endless supply, you might be finding cable co. coax and a lot of that is copper plated steel center wire. A lot of times the giveaway is the alum. outer braid/shield.

Yeah It is cable co coax. How do you go about scraping the copper?

Put a magnet to the "copper" wire in the coax before you strip any more. I found all cable co. coax is copper plated steel wire. All the coax I use in my Ham radio setup has copper in it. Also the Direct TV coax, so far, is good copper center conductor. Best to you, Mike aka ke4ilg

Originally Posted by miked

Put a magnet to the "copper" wire in the coax before you strip any more. I found all cable co. coax is copper plated steel wire. All the coax I use in my Ham radio setup has copper in it. Also the Direct TV coax, so far, is good copper center conductor. Best to you, Mike aka ke4ilg

Learn something on this site every day, just stripped and sold about 2 lbs (cleaned) with my #2 copper the other day, lol didn't mean to cheat the yard out of that $6. But now I know not to wast my time before checking it. i assumed it was solid copper, but always wondered why it was so stiff.

I have no experience at scrapping. I don't know anything about the different metals and I am learning. So, yes. This is a serious question. You may know everything there is to know about this stuff but I don't. I am not trying to be rude cause I welcome all the advice I am getting. Even yours. I am just getting into this so I will have stupid questions, I'm sorry

How do you go about scraping the copper?

Just take your razor knife or whatever you use for stripping and take the blade and scrape up and down the bare wire to see if the finish scrapes off. A magnet also works, if it sticks(it's steel); if it doesn't stick(it should be copper).

Since most places pay the same for tin as they do coax, I just usually throw my coax in washers, dryers or anything that has room.