Dirty Aluminum pricing?

What is the average scrapyard price per pound of dirty aluminum? i have been stockpiling for about 6 months on scrap and haven't been to a yard yet. i don't come across as much scrap as most of you on here. i see aluminum bats in goodwill and was wondering if i might be able to make some money with one next time i see some at Goodwill.

15 cents a pound is the best i can get in my area. 17 cents an hour away (usually not worth it)

I think average is about .15 to .20 a pound on the mainland. If you live in Hawaii, it's a whopping six pennies!

thank you guys they definitely arent worth it then. i play baseball and know the weight by heart the most in high school is 33oz so an oz over 2 pounds. which would be around $.30 and goodwill sells them for $2 or sometimes $3.

yea so even cleaning the rubber off of them you would get like $1.30 each or so

Why would you get dirty aluminum for them? I mean even clean (about .50 here) you're still only looking at $1 or so, but if you cut off the grip (and the plastic piece on big end if it has it) wouldn't it be clean?

the dirty al prices around here I have found run from 10-16 cents a pound.

Last year I brought in a couple of clean baseball bats with a large load. The load was well separated and prepared. The scale person pulls them off of my clean al pile and pays me dirty price for them. I question why and he says, "the inside always has a rubber liner inside so we need to give you dirty prices for bats." I had cut the ends off and pulled the rubber out of the inside already, but the bats were handle side up, so dude couldn't see that. I ask if he could show me. He says he can't as the rubber is in the inside. "BULLSH&^" was my reply. He pulls out a bat and starts repeating himself, "there is rubber in the middle of the bat, we only pay dirty prices, it is inside the bat I can't show you." My reply, "LOOK AT THE END OF THE BAT, I'VE CUT THE END OFF AND YOU CAN SEE DOWN IN IT!" The dude is holding the bat midway about shoulder height, so he just has to flip the bat around. As he does his eyes grow huge and face grows pale and he says, "nobody ever cleans bats."

haha thats a kinda funny story and i thought cuz the bats have a logo and designs on them that makes it dirty like the black heat sinks you can find in computers arent they dirty aluminum?

Originally Posted by Mvpvlad

haha thats a kinda funny story and i thought cuz the bats have a logo and designs on them that makes it dirty like the black heat sinks you can find in computers arent they dirty aluminum?

I get clean for them.

one yard gives clean for them around here, the other larger yard gives dirty and there response is, "there is foam and rubber inside they must be split down the middle to receive clean price...dirty aluminum is 10 cents per pound here and has been that for many years,that is also the price of transformers, ballasts, and electric motors