Tire weights

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

Anybody know if scrap yards buy tire weights. I have about 20 lbs that I have picked up here and there.

 

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[SomeGuy]

Tire stores sell their used wheelweights to recyclers. Find out from your favorite tire store.

 

[TheSleeper]

Most tire weights have a steel hook anchor, or the glue ons have a backing, so selling them plain u get scrap price but if u melt them down and cast them into igots you get clean lead price, or you can sell it to possible gun dealers for casting blackpowder slugs out of.

 

[flip]

Wheel weights are to hard for muzzle loaders but have just the right mixture of lead,tin,and antimony for modern cast bullets.

 

[TheSleeper]

TY for correcting me flip, i just took it for granted they bought it for black powder.

 

[goldinmypan]

How about scuba weights. I just picked up a new web belt with 6 weights ( maybe 5# ea) for $1 at a garage sale.

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

Try calling a metal recycling yard. They should be paying at least 60 - 65 a pound for lead, so those weights should be good for about $20. Good return for $1.

 

[whitesid]

what i do with my weights is put them all in a large steel container usually a large coffee can, put that in a fire, melt the lead into large lead cylinder and just pick out the steel parts when its still melted(not with my fingers ) then just cash the lead cylinders in.
i think its easier than having a ton of little pieces of lead. but thats just me

 

[Jeffro]

And on the other end of the spectrum...... I turn my wheel weights into diving weights, LOL!

Still got a couple five gallon buckets half full, too. Dip them in tool dip and they're ready to sell!

 

[GroundSnooper]

Try to avoid breathing the fumes while melting. Probably will not do anything in the short run but continiously may be an issue. This nervous tick I have has nothing to do with melting lead!

Nice thing about metal detecting, everything you find has a value especailly once you add it all up.

 

[outdoorsup]

Could also list melted ingots on ebay, lots of folks make their own fishing weights and lures and use lead for that reason. I once tore down an x-ray room and removed about 400 pounds of lead from the walls. Used a great deal for making lead weights and the rest was given away. Just a thought.

 

[CSOhio]

im wanting to get lead to make sinkers for fishing any ideals how i can get some so i can melt it down and make sinkers? i know i can get it from ebay but im wanting it cheap cheap cheap and preferably free

 

[SomeGuy]

im wanting to get lead to make sinkers for fishing any ideals how i can get some so i can melt it down and make sinkers? i know i can get it from ebay but im wanting it cheap cheap cheap and preferably free

I used to buy used wheelweights from the local tire store, for the same price they sold them to the recylcer