Metal Prices

[boogeyman]

I don't think the wire is going to be solid copper.
Check it out.

Three of the four wires are solid copper, been there for many
years. There is a large large large amount of copper laying
there. I rolled up maybe 10% of it one day after I cleaned up
the busted poles. Then after thinking about it I thought I
might be getting myself into trouble.
I talked to some people and some said I
could go to jail, others said it was mine for the keeping. I
am uncomfortable taking it. The thing is after this incident
which knocked down hundreds of poles and the blizzard
covered everything up, then this spring we had another
horrendous ice storm that knocked down thousands of
poles including the huge supply lines. I think the
utility company is so overwhelmed that this one mile of
line might have been forgotten. If I remind them they
might say it is theirs and say leave it alone, on the other
hand, if I take it I might get in trouble. I don't want
to get in trouble but I don't want to remind them of an
oversight and loose a huge windfall. Don't worry, I
will do the right thing, just trying to sort this out.

I worked for a large power company in the security department. The best thing you can do is to contact the power company ask to talk to one of the Tmen (trouble repairmen). Set up a face to face with them & get them to write up a letter stating that the equipment on your land is abandoned if they sign off on the poles & wire being abandoned, it's yours free & clear. Otherwise, they can come back and say they had it scheduled, but hadn't accomplished the cleanup due to [fill in the blank].
To be safe legally you need it in writing that they abandoned the equipment.

 

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[hobo finds]

In So. AZ.

#2 ins wire $1.00 lb
Elect motor .18 lb
Lead .20 lb
MLC Alum .55

 

[markmopar]

Took in a car on 9/8, got $10/100#

 

[hobo finds]

October prices in So. AZ.
Elect motors .20 lb
Alum Cans .60 Lb.
Extruded Alum .65 lb
Painted Alum .50 lb.
Furnace Alum .20 lb

 

[dumpdigger]

Burned off copper
No. 1 2.85
No. 2 2.75

cans .61

Yellow Brass 1.62

Kansas

 

[markmopar]

lite iron/junk cars $9.50 per 100lb today. Took in a couple engineless pickups and got $500.

 

[Cherokee_Kidd]

I checked prices where I'm moving to in AZ and they are paying .80 for aluminum cans. There's a guy that lives there who takes his stuff to california and he seems to be doing pretty good because the last time I saw him he had just bought a new truck and trailer.

 

[pickaway]

Prices differ from recycling centers here in Ohio I live 5 miles from one but their prices suck, i drive an hour to sell metal Polks near Zanesville

 

[hobo finds]

Steel price So. AZ .07 a pound

 

[hobo finds]

Steel price in So. AZ still at .07 a pound. Should be taking down a load of extruded alum soon the prices are looking better on it so time to unload...

 

[billjustbill]

Re: Metal Prices (Picture Added)

Prices differ from recycling centers here in Ohio I live 5 miles from one but their prices suck, i drive an hour to sell metal Polks near Zanesville

I'm in North Central Texas and to the West of Ft. Worth. I sold some aluminum today.

The 12 six feet long aluminum "pizza wedges" from the 12' diameter satellite dish weighed: 218 pounds.

The classification this aluminum sold under was: "Extruded Aluminum-- Painted" , so they paid .72-cents a pound. They unloaded it, weighed it, and paid $156.96 cash.

Bill

 

[hobo finds]

330 lbs extruded alum .6363 a lb in So Az

 

[Baggins]

Alum. here in North Texas now at .61 lb.
Baggins

 

[hobo finds]

today in So. AZ

furnace alum .25 lb
MLC alum .68 lb
Cast Alum .58 lb
Ins #2 wire 1.05 lb

 

[hobo finds]

Today in So AZ
Ext Alum .70 lb
Paint Alum .60 lb
Elect Motors .25 lb
Auto Batt .15 lb
Compressor .10 lb
Alum Cans .63 lb
Ins wire #2 1.00 lb
#2 coppper 2.85 lb
Yellow brass 1.70 Lb
CU/Alum Raid 1.25 lb
Stainless steel .65 lb

 

[hobo finds]

sheet steel .08 a pound in So. AZ.

 

[Lethal]

Copper #1 got $3.25 lb
Copper #2 got $3.00 lb
Auto Batt got $7.50 Each

Had almost 1100 lbs of copper.


Total haul was $3,750 Not bad for saving for 9 months.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the difference between #1 and #2 copper? I have some copper I want to sell.

 

[hobo finds]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the difference between #1 and #2 copper? I have some copper I want to sell.

#1 Copper
This is usually copper pipe that has a "new appearance look" without any visible paint corrosion, and/or solder. While this copper pipe consists purely of copper, it may contains some trace amounts of typical chemical build up inside the pipe, though the outside will almost always have a new copper appearance. New copper pipe tarnished from age may still qualify as a #1 copper. Common material would be copper tubing and HVAC line set.

#2 Copper
This is copper pipe that contains any visible paint, corrosion, and/or solder. Because this may contain solder (lead and tin), this copper is often purchased from foundries that make brass, as it already has some of the the base elements. Some also refine this copper pipe back into pure copper.

 

[SEANO]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the difference between #1 and #2 copper? I have some copper I want to sell.

Here: #1 Copper is solids and clean copper pipes ect...
#2 is mixed Copper pipe w/solder, valves ect.. attached. (like stuff you would ripe out of a scraped residential house.)


Hope that helps.