Worth more dead?
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Clueless spectator!
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Worth more dead?
Just a heads up guys, I just replaced my stock radiator with a Champion aluminum radiator for $222.00 and took my old one in for scrap and got just short of $75.00 bucks for it, so the net on the radiator was less than $150.00. Make sure you strip all of the steel off of the core before you bring it in. I didn't the first time and they gave me less that $25 dollars. Use a magnet to tell what is and is not steel, and just rip it off with a pry bar and hammer! Thats a pretty smoking deal for a new radiator! What really sucks is that when I got the truck, I JY'ed the radiator I just scrapped and it cost me $175.00 with core! it would have been cheaper to get a new one! Oh well, don't make the same mistake as I did. I have put Champion radiators in both my trucks now and they seem to be a pretty quality replacement.
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the x braces, and the side brackets are steel. they are spot welded on the tanks. I just used the claws of a framing hammer (they are straighter than a standard claw hammer) and ripped into it. the fittings on the bottom are steel too. Just turn them out with a wrench. Most importantly, make sure you are getting scrap copper prices. Ask before hand what they pay. I had a little over 40 lbs, and got 75 bucks which is almost 2 bucks a pound. Call around, they all have set prices for scrap.
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I haul a lot of scrap metal. The copper/brass radiators bring good money.
I usually just use a BFH and a large cold chisel to remove the steel mounting brackets.
Make sure to check the drains and transmission cooler fittings too. Every once in a while they will have steel in them too.
I usually just use a BFH and a large cold chisel to remove the steel mounting brackets.
Make sure to check the drains and transmission cooler fittings too. Every once in a while they will have steel in them too.
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Not really. It's more the copper then the brass. Around here clean brass is only worth $0.35- $0.50 a pound.
The last load of copper/brass radiators I hauled was $1.00 a pound. But that was a few months back.
The last load of copper/brass radiators I hauled was $1.00 a pound. But that was a few months back.
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I get about $0.10-$0.15 a pound for steel. But it's a lot easier to get large amounts of steel compared to brass.
Clean aluminum ( not cans ) I usually get $0.25-$0.50 a pound. Cans are usually in the $0.35-$0.45 a pound range. But prices can vary quite a bit depending on your location and the quantity you've got. The place I haul to pays a little more for cans if you have over a 100 pounds.
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Kitco - Spot Copper Historical Charts and Graphs - Copper charts - Industrial metals
There is alot of free charts for you to look at there,They can be a few days old unless you have a brokerage account look at the metals futures,It helps so your not getting ripped off....At a $buck$ you got ripped!
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If your dealing in scrap you should always check the SPOT prices for the day
Kitco - Spot Copper Historical Charts and Graphs - Copper charts - Industrial metals
There is alot of free charts for you to look at there,They can be a few days old unless you have a brokerage account look at the metals futures,It helps so your not getting ripped off....At a $buck$ you got ripped!
Kitco - Spot Copper Historical Charts and Graphs - Copper charts - Industrial metals
There is alot of free charts for you to look at there,They can be a few days old unless you have a brokerage account look at the metals futures,It helps so your not getting ripped off....At a $buck$ you got ripped!
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