What should you pay for A/C Units???From A/C Contractors

I have got a few private messages on this so were go,First let me say that every scraper should get there certification for freeon recovery easy on line test,and you can now resell the freeon to a recovery company nice money been getting 7.00 a lb for R-22.Ok so buying these units are a good business,for copper aluminum coil units I pay the a/c contractors 10.00 per unit ton,,, typical central a/c house unit. Is three tons so I would pay 30.00 for the condenser unit, the air handler half the price of the unit =15.00 so for the two pieces I. Would pay 45.00 If the unit has aluminum coils I pay 5.00 per unit ton,plus the air handler so a three ton aluminum coil three ton unit would be 15.00 plus 7.50 for the air handler so 22.50 I round them off to 25.00 for both, most a/c contractors that scrap don't want to bother with aluminum coil units,after you do a few units you will be familiar with the sizes of units,there is a tag on every unit that will tell you what size unit ton the unit is,BBut it is in a code,,, the way to read the code is to look for the largest set of numbers, different brands mix up the pattern of the numbers but they are there example you divide the biggest number by 12.You will see 36= 3 ton unit 48=4 ton unit 60= 5ton unit and so on.useing this formula has been good for me,also we will go to a job site and pick the unit up ,most times meeting the contractors crane and take there scrap so they don't have to load it in there truck,easy for them better for me,another service we provide is going to the supply house and pick up the unit and deliver it to the job site for them and then take the old scrap unit.when we do this I do not pay for the unit,hope this helps the new guy's 1956.

Also when we pick up there a/c units from the contractors place of business we also take there water heaters,I pay 5.00 each

I really appreciate the time you took for this post. I have a couple questions though. What is your return on these purchases? 100%? Also, what are the prices that you get from the associated material after breakdown? For example, copper/aluminum rads, motors, steel, etc.

Ryan

Well Ryan the return increases with how much braking down you do,I clean all my coils clean coils should be 10-15 cents more a pound then dirty,avg 3 ton unit 28 lbs coils here clean coils are 1.65 a pound,the compressor avg 70 lbs .34 a lb electric motor avg 18 lbs .36 a lb if sold hole we hold the motors to after Christmas when the a/c slow down avg 2 lbs copper #2 1, lb cast aluminum 11 lbs shread,copper lines avg 3 lbs,#2?copper,2lbs #2wire 80 lbs shread,avg return3ton unit 125.00

Wow .20 for motors that's not to good how many yards are near you? I hold some of mine and when it's slow we get a. Nice amount of #2 copper right around the Hollidays

Very good advice and breakdown. I really appreciate that. By chance, I ended up with about 2000lbs of large ptac units this week. I have them stacked in a corner, and am waiting for a recovery unit with a few 50lb tanks to arrive. Thought now would be a good time to learn on the recovery process instead of having someone else do it like usual.