Scrap iron

[cajunman]

If you have any scrap iron, copper, alum. tin, galv. fence etc. now is time to sale. I starting cleaning around the farm. Last week a load of old tin $ 58.00. Monday a load of scrap iron 2900 lbs. $174.00 . I have a load of alum. to bring later these week. Ever little bit helps around the farm with high prices. If you don't use it why keep it.

Cattle farmer Louisiana

 

[fit2btied]

Lots of places around here are finally gettin' cleaned up!

 

[eberlej]

Our ancestors put everything in the ditch and until recent, we cussed them for it. Now it's like striking gold on the place. I took a pick-up bed full of old copper pipe, coupled of old mangled whiskey stills (copper), aluminum window frames, etc., and almost got $400. They even pay for car batteries by the pound. Number 1 copper is paying $3.50 lb, aluminum $.90 lb.

My wife has been a digging fool lately. It's kind of cool finding some old farming artifacts. :nod:

 

[csutton]

We took in 3500 lbs of long steel sat. and it brought $10.00 a hundred. Our place is pretty clean now, wished we had more....

 

[Brute 23]

I agree,,, its amazing how clean people's places are looking.

 

[spoon]

Yep, I see people on the side of the road digging through illegal trash dumps for stuff all the time. No more appliances littering the sides of the roads anymore either. ;-)

 

[Stocker Steve]

Recycling is a wonderful thing, but you wonder what will happen in India and China when we run out of scrap...

 

[novatech]

Recycling is a wonderful thing, but you wonder what will happen in India and China when we run out of scrap...

No doubt there will be more price increase. But I do not see this happening any time soon due to the junk being produced today and our need to keep up with the Jones's.

 

[grannysoo]

And.... if you don't clean up your own scrap, the crack heads will do it for you while you're gone!

 

[shorty]

About a month ago a friend of mine caught two guys stealing scrap metal on his farm , he called the cops and had them arrested

 

[spoon]

I found an old dump on our place today that I had forgotten about. It used to be a huge wash and dad started throwing junk in there over 40 years ago. I saw an old water heater, an old dishwasher,and other stuff. It it wasn't all covered with 25-30 old bias ply truck tires I'd dig it out and take it to the scrap yard.

 

[FarmGirl10]

We brought scrap metal in about a week ago and got $210/ton. A lot of people are really cleaning up there stuff in our area.

 

[fit2btied]

County road crews are trying to clean up all the illegal dump sites now but the scavengers already beat them to most of the appliances and metal.

 

[onecowfarms1]

we where 294/ton last week kinda makes it worth while

 

[dyates]

I bought an old stainless milk tank couple years back for $400. Scrapped it last week for $1000 plus some change. Wish I could do that all the time.

 

[marimus]

2900 lbs of scrap iron, and you sold it for $174? Anymore you wanna sell to me, cause I can get $350/ton for a load of mixed scrap iron, or about $500 for your lot

 

[kickinbull]

We sure made a haul today. Took in cast iron radiators, stove's and dryers and old stantions. $.05/lb for over 2500 lbs. I sure am glad I didn't quit my day job to become a scrapper.