Scrap metal $ value

[Brockport Bill 1,661]

I assume scrap metal prices vary across the country in different markets -  i have never really taken anything to scrap here in Poughkeepsie, Hudson Valley, NY market  -- but i do have a couple items i could take to scrap rather than drop off at the municipal recycling center -- just wondering if anyone has an idea the $ value of something like a rotted mower deck -- Guessing its valued by weight? Shell, lift carriage assembly parts, etc ? Thanks, Bill

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,297]

if that is all you are hauling to the scrap yard , not worth the drive ( gasoline cost ). If you haul 500 pounds or more than you will get money.

[Brockport Bill 1,661]

1 minute ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

if that is all you are hauling to the scrap yard , not worth the drive ( gasoline cost ). If you haul 500 pounds or more than you will get money.

its only 4 miles and i go near there routinely

[953 nut 55,194]

I have a scrap metal dealer near my home that takes scrap steel/iron at about a nickel a pound. If I don't have much I just tell the man at the scales I am giving them a gift and drop it off.

[leabassett@sbcglobal.net 149]

I am in CT and scrap every week. 5 cents a pound for what you have but if they do not know you you better have a ton if you want money. Otherwise they will take it for free. A mower deck maybe around $2

[Pullstart 62,838]

One of the yards in town posts their buying price online.  Locally we are at $226/ gross ton.

 

 

[23 Reo 229]

I give my scrap metal to a small time scrapper. He collects truck and trailer loads and sells it down in Chelsea Ma. I like supporting him because I can get rid of my metal. It is getting very hard to get rid of anything in the Peoples Republic of Eastern Massachusetts.

[mrc 812]

i just junked a shell of a car.  the shell weighed about 1500 pounds.  the junkyard gave me $62.  luckily the junkyard is only about 3 miles from me.  usually when i have something small i place it on the tree belt in front of my house and the scrappers grab it quick.  sometimes even before i can walk back to my garage!  

[mrc 812]

hi pullstart,

 

is that $226 a ton for #1 prepared steel?

[Pullstart 62,838]

8 minutes ago, mrc said:

hi pullstart,

 

is that $226 a ton for #1 prepared steel?

It’s for all metal (cars, 2’, aluminum, everything).  The other yard pays about $10 less per ton but also pays for copper, aluminum, etc.

[oliver2-44 9,739]

About twice a year I take a small load of scrap, usually some steel, aluminum and copper.  At the farm I have several trailer loads I need to clean up one of these days. 

In Texas the first time you sell scrap you have to have an ID like a drivers license.  You get your picture taken and receive a Texas Recyclers License.  The scrap yards will not buy from you without one.  Everything you sell (steel, copper, aluminum, etc, is recorded under this license by weight .  This helps them track illegal sales, mainly of copper and aluminum.

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

36 minutes ago, mrc said:

scrappers grab it quick.

We have a scrapper that runs his route the night before garbage collection…

he has picked up plenty of scrap from my curb over the years.

Either that, or I take it to the dump…

they have an area for scrap metal, tires, batteries, appliances, electronics, etc.

Last time I went, I was taking the old garage door-since most of my trailer load was metal, I dumped for free.

[Rob J. 1,941]

Save your copper, strip it, clean it if necessary. It’s only going to go up. I got about 100lbs of clean scrap copper I should turn in. Pre-1981 pennies are like 97% copper by the way. 😉 like the others have said about steel. I just give it to a neighbor or buddy than messing with as my scrap yard is about 15 miles away. But if yours is always close by and you have a can of fix a flat why not eh? 😂

[Rob J. 1,941]

8 minutes ago, Rob J. said:

Save your copper, strip it, clean it if necessary. It’s only going to go up. I got about 100lbs of clean scrap copper I should turn in. Pre-1981 pennies are like 97% copper by the way. 😉 like the others have said about steel. I just give it to a neighbor or buddy than messing with as my scrap yard is about 15 miles away. But if yours is always close by and you have a can of fix a flat why not eh? 😂

Correction,  pennies pre 81 are 95% copper and there were some 82’s that had the copper penny too. 82 was the year they switched to zinc. 

[Ed Kennell 38,146]

Report Scrap Prices for Paz Metals, Inc (iscrapapp.com)            Here's where I take my scrap.     It pays to keep it seperated.  

 

[Brockport Bill 1,661]

thanks for all the insights -- i suppose for the couple dollars value of a mower deck i may as well take to town recycling center when i do my 2x per month drop off -- thanks for insights  -- Darn, i thought i'd get a vacation week from the $ proceeds -- HAHA ! Actually, i was thinking 5-10 bucks if lucky.

[ri702bill 8,316]

8 hours ago, mrc said:

$226 a ton for #1 prepared steel?

Recyclers measure using the "long" or "metric" ton - 2200 pounds to the rest of us. Metals are a commodity, and the price fluctuates both seasonaly and by demand of it.

We save all our old replaced brake rotors - they average out to about 2 bucks each - during the summer when the price is up.

I have two yards within 20 miles of me - one pays to the penny, the other round down to the nearest dollar........

[ri702bill 8,316]

6 hours ago, Rob J. said:

Correction,  pennies pre 81 are 95% copper and there were some 82’s that had the copper penny too. 82 was the year they switched to zinc. 

Am I wrong, but is it still illegal to scrap pennies??

[SylvanLakeWH 25,535]

Pickers get my rare metal item the night before trash day.

 

Then again, I'm usually the one picking... 

[953 nut 55,194]

2 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Pickers get my rare metal item the night before trash day.

 

Then again, I'm usually the one picking... 

 

Yes you are, but you pot it to good use.                     

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,297]

My next-door neighbor and his mother enjoy beer a lot so I set up 55-gallon drums by the fence and he fills them about every two months 6 barrels are full and I haul to the aluminum scrapper and return with about $30.00 or so. I check everything for aluminum, brass, copper. last week I hauled load to the same place $194.00 in in my pocket. Yellow brass $1.80 per pound, # 2 copper $3.00 a pound, copper wire with insulation (plastic/ rubber) $0.40 per pound and clean scrap aluminum $0.40 per pound. 

All the steel goes to a disabled vet I met at the VA. I give him a call and he and his helper come by, and I help load. 

[peter lena 8,610]

@Brockport Bill  next time you are SNOOPIN around the scrap yard , might check if they have any discarded , BUSCH VACUUM PUMPS ,  https://www.buschvacuum.com/us/en/products/spare-parts-and-accessories/spare-parts/vanes/  , the slotted rotors make an excellent , bolt on weight . just cut down on the bearing end shafts , 3rd picture  down , Busch vacuum pump rotor , sits right on channel steel base , hitch point . pete

 

[Rob J. 1,941]

10 hours ago, ri702bill said:

Am I wrong, but is it still illegal to scrap pennies??

You would be correct. 

[Achto 27,565]

Just took in 1140lbs., got $85.50 for the load. Todays price was $150 per ton of unprepared.

 

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

19 minutes ago, Achto said:

Just took in 1140lbs., got $85.50 for the load. Todays price was $150 per ton of unprepared.

 

Did you scrap those gems ?