Worth saving assorted metal for salvage $
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Highbeam
Minister of Fire
Steel = not worth it. Most of the recycle financial benefit is saving dump tipping fees.
Easy Livin’ 3000
Minister of Fire
Yes. I save all mine to avoid the exhorbanant prices they charge for steel. At some point, I'll sort through it, and load up the trailer with all that I can't forsee using in some future project. Keep in mind that I might be diagnosed with the hoarding mental illness at a not-to-distant future date.
Right now it really is not worth it if you have to drive very far. We still do it because even though it doesnt pay well it is still cheaper than dump fees and why send stuff that can be reused to a landfill anyway. I have not had much luck with adds on cl to get rid of it. You generally get allot of really shady people showing up. And the last time i tried my add clearly said that i had most of an f350 which was cut in half and had no axles with pics. 3 different people showed up one in an s10 and the other 2 in rangers. They all took a little but i ended up having to haul most of it myself anyway. And that was for a month after that was the only time i locked my doors in 15 years at this house. They were all really shady characters.
if you have it in a trailer, and want to go out for a drive, its worth it. otherwise, probably not with teh current rates. if you have copper, brass, or aluminum, it is a little better. A little while back, it was hard to get people to take stuff, because the rates were so low, and gas was so high, that it wasn't worth it to drive to the recycle yard.
I keep a bucket in the basement and throw any old metal I have into it. Larger items (sinks, etc.) go by the shed. The recycle place is almost on my way to work, so it's not a big deal to swing through there once or twice a year. At most, I get enough for a large coffee and a pastry at the bakery, but I'm keeping it out of the landfill.
Highbeam
Minister of Fire
That was my experience as well. I brought a whole truckload of matted, twisted, bloody, barbed wire fence from a fence replacement project I did and got like 3$. Hey, I need to unload it somewhere and at the dump the minimum charge is 27$ for up to 400#. I would give it to the recycler just to avoid dump fees.
vinny11950
Minister of Fire
Hmm, any metal I leave in front of the house is usually collected in a couple of hours by some salvage collector. Last big item was an old steel tub a few months ago.
firefighterjake
Minister of Fire
I save the scrap metal and bring it up to the salvage yard maybe once a year . . . but the salvage yard is in the city where I work so I just end up taking a long lunch break.
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