copper clarification and grading - Page 2

tin vs short iron varies from place to place. The yards around here let anything 1/8" thick go as iron, yards in other places may require it to be 1/4" thick. You'll need to discuss it with your local yards to determine their requirements. This means any part of the pieces less than their required minimum can lead to a downgrade, but I've found the yards around here to be a bit lenient in both the required minimum thicknesses, and maximum lengths, and although i do play on that a little, i don't try pushing my luck too far. I have begun to push it a bit on the plastics, and wish I had done that from the start, as plastic here is harder to get rid of, and all along I could've been leaving a lot more of it in the mix, instead of accumulating the pile i have now, which will one day mean a trip to the dump, if i have no luck in finding some way to get it recycled

ok, so i took in my pile on sunday and i did better than i expected. i took my copper in all separated like suggested and the guy glanced at it real quick then threw it all on the scale together. didnt figure it out though till i went next door to get paid that they only paid me for #2... so i got screwed a little bit but made up for it cuz some how they messed up my weight on the second load of steel... this is how it worked out...
load 1-
800lb light iron @ 267gt =$95.34
33lb copper#2 @ 2.46lb =81.18
2lb brass @ 1.71lb = 3.92
89lb batteries @ .26lb =23.14
62lb compressors @.16lb =9.92
18lb cop motors@.26lb=4.68
grand total=217.68

load 2
1600lb short steel@267gt=190.69
9lb al/cu rad@ 1.01lb =9.09
62lb aluminum@ .51lb =31.62
36lb cast al @ .51lb =18.36
37lb al rims @ .61lb =22.57
grand total $272.33

$490.01 total of both loads, but there was no way in hell that my second load of steel weighed twice as much as the first load. they had to have messed up when i went over the scale. i have a little 4 cyl toyota tacoma. if i had over 1600 lbs on it i would have known it. lol

Originally Posted by Mick

I generally do not do this - but I suggest you search the word "tin". You will be surprised at what you learn.

Mick That is something everyone should do.

Summer is almost over Bohemian..we better get started asap...i dont wana have to take the whole year over again..

Get what you were saying though..knowledge is power