03-09-2013, 07:45 PM
(03-09-2013, 04:47 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Anything non metal and non sell-able goes either in the bin or to the tip (dependent on size) then as with Grunt I hoard it then weigh it in. Probably got around 400kg of mixed scrap in the garage and garden at the moment but the price is on its arse so it can stay till the price goes up again.
Tom I know what your saying about certain stuff not being worth weighing in as a 10kg boot lid at about £100/tonne will get you a quid and that wont even cover your fuel but it all adds up. I even throw dead nuts bolts and washers in a bucket, anything metal at all and I seem to create a reasonable amount of copper and wiring. I don't go to the scrappers unless I'm gonna come away with at least £50
Two or three times I took a Golf full of light iron to the tip, took ages to load/unload, scratched the boot panels, and got less than a tenner for the whole car full. Cost about a fiver in fuel to get there. Really wasn't worth the effort lol!
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Then managed to smash a tail light loading this lot meaning I didn't gain anything from that tenner lol.
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The only things I bother with now are ally (£700 tonne clean), motors (£350 tonne) and copper wire. But even that doesn't come to much. All the ally from the HDi, the entire loom and motors (starter, alternator and AC pump) came to just £18!
Scrap really isn't worth the effort in my experience. I have a couple of HDi heads here and a gearbox if anyone wants to take and scrap them, not worth my fuel and effort tbh.