How much can I afford to buy brake rotors for?

Hey smf gang!

I got a lead from a friend about a garage that is looking for someone to take their scrap. I've been told the guy who used to take it for them moved out of the country.

They have several hundred brake rotors sitting in a pile. The other guy used to pay for it, but I'm not sure how much/

I've never done a job like this before and dont even have a trailer (but live close to u-haul, so $14.95/day for me). I have no idea how to structure this.

Should I offer to pay by the pound, pay a % of payout, pay a flat rate, leave 55gal drums? or even pay $1 a rotor or something

There are a lot of possibilities here and I could end up scrapping several cars and parts and stuff so I want to be prepared when I walk in there offering to take scrap metal. What do you guys think I should do?

btw - Scrap prices here are

$155/ton shred steel
$155/ton white cast iron
$155/ton #2 steel
$205/ton #1 steel
$230/ton black cast iron



not sure which one rotors fall under

I believe rotors go as #2 steel or under the cast iron category , I've never bought rotors myself but I've heard .25 each is a good number to be around . Good luck with the deal don't forget to ask about their batteries and cats

All I can say is rental sucks. Take $15 a day for ten days you could buy one with wheels on it. A freebie might have em too. Just my .02 ; ) Good luck : )

Some really good suggestions/advice. I would look into a core buyer. I have a guy locally that pays 2 dollars each for any rotor. As for drums he pays 2.75. Of corse batt and cats would go to core buyer too. U might end up with some starters/alternators every now and then. My core guy gives me 6 for alts and 5 for starters. It might not work out for u, but do check in with a core buyer around ur area. They also usually buy whole trannys and some times motors. Alum heads too. All stuff they buy as cores is more than the scrap yard pays
Good luck and keep us posted

I. am in ky. Don't know excatly where all he covers, but I know he does go to va, wv. Next time I talk to him ill see for u. Might actually work out. If u have enough stuff he might make a round every so often. Maybe the two of u can meet somewhere. Not for sure where he delivers his cores to, but he drives a 53 foot trailor when he heads out. I go to his house. His trailor is lined with shelves and bins and such.

Think about this very careful , uhaul charges per mile . You also have to find OUT HOW MUCH the other guy was paying per rotor . I asked a local garage about outbidding his scrap guy, he said $2.00 a rotor . No way in hell I said. It would not be worth it.

Originally Posted by redcrossnj

Think about this very careful , uhaul charges per mile . You also have to find OUT HOW MUCH the other guy was paying per rotor . I asked a local garage about outbidding his scrap guy, he said $2.00 a rotor . No way in hell I said. It would not be worth it.

Your local garage probably quoted you triple what he was really getting.

Originally Posted by Goatrutar

Your local garage probably quoted you triple what he was really getting.

True but ether way to me it would not be worth it .

If dude hits Ky, Wva, an Va...Depending on where Junklady is in NC shouldn't be to hard for him to add it in to his rounds. It's easy access from Va to Nc. Depending on where he goes in Va.

Sirscrapalot - When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood. - Sam Ewing

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

If dude hits Ky, Wva, an Va...Depending on where Junklady is in NC shouldn't be to hard for him to add it in to his rounds. It's easy access from Va to Nc. Depending on where he goes in Va.

Sirscrapalot - When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood. - Sam Ewing

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