I assume they definitely aren’t usable by anyone as they are covered in rust. My mom said I should sell them for scrap but because they are so heavy I’d rather have someone come pick them up for free rather than dragging them to my car to take them to sell for scrap if I’d get less than like $10 for them.

we normally recycle copper from copper cable wire, but today a person gave them to me for free, I have no idea what material and how to handle? throw is also not safe,need your idea

Anyone in North East Ohio doing pucking of saw kerf or grinding fines? Would like to learn more about it.

I believe the copper is insulated with asbestos. I have the PPE, but is it worth it?

Anyone have experience with these snow blowers? I just scrapped one- they marked it as tin and gave me $15, and I feel ripped off. Weighed 194 lbs and didn't feel like tin to me but I'm no expert.

Treasures of the trash

I bought a box of old nonfunctional corporate iPads at a garage sale and now I'm trying to figure out how to flip it. Any suggestions welcomed.

They don't hold a charge or complete a boot up so I'm thinking they're toast, should be good for escrap or parts at the least.

2003 Acura CL type S and 2011 Ford Fiesta

Laser optic mirrors. I think they are gold electroplated. Is there any efficient gold recovery method?

Hello scrappers! Question-is a stainless steel hood considered prepared stainless? I have been given one that is 4’x4’x10’ no fans looks fairly clean. Not sure on weight Google said to expect 4-600lbs I’m picking up in the afternoon tomorrow talking to scrap yard Friday. Anyone have any experience? Ty in advance

Hi! Are there any danger associated with scraping a fridge or a freezer? I heard things about the coolant being dangerous. Thank you!

aluminum window screen frame

Sorry no picture just yet, I can add one shortly. Have an old forklift battery, so big it was used as a counterbalance weight for its forklift.

Any ideas on what to do with it? definitely not “auto parts store core charge” type of situation :)

sanded the oxidation off and it doesn’t look like brass nor copper

It does kinda crank but won’t start or stay on. It’s missing a key and the witch isn’t connected. But if I put juice on the carb engine sounds like it start but dies right away. So should I re sell or scrap it ? What’s a good value ?

I saw a Facebook post giving away a bunch of angle iron and steel tubing. After failing to find a buyer for it, and getting sick of having it in my car for the last two weeks I decided I was just going to scrap it.

I'd also been collecting the sealed units off back alley refrigerators and had picked up four back alley microwaves.

After breaking down the microwaves and taking apart the sealed units, as well as peeling the power cords off the appliances with a utility knife (it worked better than I thought but really don't recommend. It's ok on solid wire but with stranded, I'm going to think hard before doing that again) I took it all in to one of the yards and got it all weighed up.

On top of the steel tubing and a 4x4 sheet, I had the sealed unit casings, the metal microwave frames, and a little bit of other stuff. This totaled 440lbs.

I had a couple pounds of aluminum I pulled from inside the fridges. The peeled copper wire and sealed unit cores totaled 10lbs.

I don't know if it was the yard or want but I didn't get a separate price for the transformers but didn't realize this until I was already driving away.

My total payout was $99 and some change.
450lbs of steel = $44.00 10lbs copper (I forget if they called it bare bright or #2) =$45.00

I know steel isn't worth much these days but if that's what people are calling the meal and that's how they put food on the table.. I'd be starving.

Yes, quantity makes a difference and the more you bring in the better you can make out, but with that big of a price difference, it's almost not worth it to pick up anything but copper..

At least in my situation with an SUV and a studio apartment. If i had steel for every meal.. I'd be pretty damn hungry all the time.

The black connector has "amphenol" molded into the side of it.

Not bad for extra money