i have ;loads of scrap i need to get rid of form my donor s2000. some steel from subframes and mounting brackets etc and also 4x damaged alloy wheels.
how much is steel and alloy worth now as scrap?
the scrap yards will always say really terrable, as they lean back on their fancy leather chairs and the beamer sitting outside (just like my local
one...)
learn to haggle
80 quid a ton i was told up here. don't know if thats metric or impreial ton (or tonne?) though as they told me copper was £1.50 per lb.
Prices are high at the minute I heard a figure of £150 a ton for scrap cars the other day, alloys are worth very good money as are cats.
the alloys must weigh over 10kgs each. they are wide 16" wheels.
but i probably only have about 80kgs of steel!
is it worth a trip to the scrappys?
oh yes - made £76 the other day 22kg Ali, 159kg steel, and 9kg of copper,.....
beer!!
its not worth going down just for steel unless its a pickup full, but the alloys will bag you £20odd quid so you may as well take the steel too.
There are good merchants and bad. Place i go in leeds is massive and professional, no haggling on price. One place i went to up north, was just a shit
hole with a few pikeys in it. Wouldnt even pay for steel, just 'take it off your hands for nowt'
morecambe matals for me mate. massive multi million pound firm so there will be no haggling at all. its only a 25 mile round trip so not too bad
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Originally posted by JoelP
its not worth going down just for steel unless its a pickup full, but the alloys will bag you £20odd quid so you may as well take the steel too.
There are good merchants and bad. Place i go in leeds is massive and professional, no haggling on price. One place i went to up north, was just a poo hole with a few pikeys in it. Wouldnt even pay for steel, just 'take it off your hands for nowt'
emr, on hunslet road (at least i think its hunslet road!)
for cars they have a branch on cross green.
Daniel you could ring Mountelm in Carlisle and ask for a second opinion- they deal in all sorts including old car batteries- got £8 for 2 the other
week, in the past we have just taken them to the dump and handed over to the sneering operatives!
atb
Mike
3 months ago a set of 17" momo's raised £45 at our local scrap dealer in rotherham
morecambe matals for me mate. massive multi million pound firm so there will be no haggling at all. its only a 25 mile round trip so not too bad
Yes I'd second that. They gave me 128 quid for one of my Mk 1 Mondeos then after weighing and paying they let me take off all sorts of bits
eg. Both front seats, belts and even the wheel nuts and battery.
http://www.letsrecycle.com/prices/metals/non-ferrous-metals