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    Got some metal quotes today

    #1 copper $3.00lb, #2 copper $2.75lb, insulated copper 80 cents a pound. aluminum 40-60, cans 75 cents a lb. tin/iron $5.00 every 100lbs. thats all i got for now, hope the iron goes up hehe.



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    That's all really low. I'd find a different yard if you have any others in your area
    There's nothing more fun and more effective than hitting something repeatedly with a sledgehammer

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    Taking a load today....hope my yard isn't that low.

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    That does seem pretty low. do you have anyone else to check with?

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    Right now alot of yards are gonna cover their butts due to dropping prices..so im bettin thats the facts on those prices.

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    April & May prices by me were
    #2 Copper $3.20 lb
    #2 Ins copper wire $1.10 lb
    Paint Alum .65 lb
    MLC Alum .70 lb
    Furnace Alum .30 lb
    Alum Cans .70 lb
    Sheet iron .0925 lb

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    I need to find a new yard....
    Aluminum is 0.47 lb

    And I wanted to check and see what they'd give me for a power supply.... 0.20 lb...
    after seeing what they're paying for power supplies I'll stick to selling circuit boards to home refiners.

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    Right now here in northern Ind. Alum cans .80lb - #2 bare copper 3.20lb - #1 bare copper 3.60 - Batteries .30lb - brass 1.90lb

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    think i might look around this is the only place i ever been. getting prices from them was like pulling teeth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dherik View Post
    I need to find a new yard....
    Aluminum is 0.47 lb

    And I wanted to check and see what they'd give me for a power supply.... 0.20 lb...
    after seeing what they're paying for power supplies I'll stick to selling circuit boards to home refiners.
    Send "Trinketdan" a PM and ask where he takes his stuff. He's from Centerville and my brother. He might have know a place up around DM. He's not on here everyday, but he'd get the PM when he logs on.
    People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.

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    Here are my prices and totals for today ....... Sheet and appliances .0950lb 440lbs= $41.80
    Old sheet (aluminum) .55 lb 48lbs= $26.40
    UBC (cans)............. .65 lb 25lbs= $16.25
    Brass..................... 2.10lb 2lbs= $4.20
    #1 copper.............. 3.41lb 6lbs= $20.46
    #2 copper.............. 3.26lb 9lbs= $29.34
    insulated................ 1.30lb 12lbs= $15.60
    Total= $154.05
    I'm in SW Georgia and I go to a yard in SE Alabama.....this isn't too bad for a beginner is it ?

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    Looking good Dee...prices aren't bad either!

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    Pretty good prices, Dee. You'll be working up to hauling iron by the ton and copper/aluminum by the hundred-pound before long

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    thanks KZ and Mick

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    hey Dee Im in Nw florida. what yard do you use, I have been using Panhandle converter in dothan for non faris and emfinger for iron.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dherik View Post
    I need to find a new yard....
    Aluminum is 0.47 lb

    And I wanted to check and see what they'd give me for a power supply.... 0.20 lb...
    after seeing what they're paying for power supplies I'll stick to selling circuit boards to home refiners.
    I'm up here around Ames and they are paying .40 for alum and only .60 for insulated cables that I cut all the ends off of etc.

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    Would you like to share your price details so I'll think something about you regarding some deals.
    HUH ?????(think home improvement)

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4barrel View Post
    I'm up here around Ames and they are paying .40 for alum and only .60 for insulated cables that I cut all the ends off of etc.
    they'res two places to go to in Des Moines, Alter, and Scrap Processors. Last time I took in Aluminum it was 74 cents, and I think #2 copper was 3.00, and that was to Alter.

    If you call them they'll give you their pricing over the phone.


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