33,000 lbs of battery scrap

Just got a call offering to sell 33,000 lbs of battery scrap. Supposedly, this is located in Kittery, Maine. This is way beyond anything I'd be interested in. I have the company name & phone # that called (shown as being in California) if anybody is interested in checking it out. She seemed pretty open with information and follow up information. Contact me by PM and I'll pass along the co name and number.

Originally Posted by Mick

Just got a call offering to sell 33,000 lbs of battery scrap. Supposedly, this is located in Kittery, Maine. This is way beyond anything I'd be interested in. I have the company name & phone # that called (shown as being in California) if anybody is interested in checking it out. She seemed pretty open with information and follow up information. Contact me by PM and I'll pass along the co name and number.

Mick,

Do you have any idea on how many batteries it would take to equal 33,000 lbs?

Is there a reason your not interested?

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

Do you have any idea on how many batteries it would take to equal 33,000 lbs?

I'm thinking around 825.

About 1000 regular car/Lt trk batteries. It's just more than I want to deal with. Being in Kittery is the clue to anyone around here. Kittery is home to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. These are likely containerized naval batteries. The usual scenario would be to sell to an overseas buyer. The caller said she was making a "preliminary" call to get information such as what I'd pay per pound, etc. I would think she has all the scrap yards' information on file which tells me she's trying to get more than they're offering. She told me she got my company name by doing a web search so that just helps to confirms it.

Yes, 825 is probably more accurate. I didn't want to think that hard.

Originally Posted by Mick

About 1000 regular car/Lt trk batteries. It's just more than I want to deal with. Being in Kittery is the clue to anyone around here. Kittery is home to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. These are likely containerized naval batteries. The usual scenario would be to sell to an overseas buyer. The caller said she was making a "preliminary" call to get information such as what I'd pay per pound, etc. I would think she has all the scrap yards' information on file which tells me she's trying to get more than they're offering. She told me she got my company name by doing a web search so that just helps to confirms it.

Probably. I know my yard pays $9/battery.

So that would be close to $7,500 at your 825 marker.

However, I dont pay for product, except for PCs.

I was just curious, as I know in the past you used to talk about pallets of battery.

I told her that the person she wants is an overseas broker for battery scrap. Too much risk for me and not enough profit margin. Once your product leaves the US, you lose the protection of US law. I don't have any experience with overseas sales and don't want it. If I'd thought there was even a chance I could get them for what I usually pay and sell them to my usual buyer, I might at least think about it. Logistics of moving that much product at once would be a nightmare although at .33/lb it would be $10890. If I could get them for the usual .15/lb, that would be $5940 minus expense. So figure MAYBE $3500.

Originally Posted by sheepdogtx

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Just FYI all you cant melt battery lead like you can wheel weights. They have a massive amount of stored chemicals released as a gas that will kill you dead on the spot in high doses. Even if you can melt it down safely if its not processed to remove this it will poison the next guy that melts it. Only buy this stuff if you know what to do. Its still good lead, it just needs proper handling.

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I don't think anybody was intending to melt down the lead from 33,000 pounds of batteries. Where did you even get that idea?