Things to consider when scrapping steel/cast iron - Retail vs Scrap price

[@irishgoldstacker8018]

I absolutely agree with the premise of the video. I always try to sell something if its useful rather than scrap it. I've actually sold lengths of bare bright copper wire to hobbyists/arts and crafts for many times its scrap value. I've lost count of the number of kitchen sinks I've sold for a lot more than scrap. When I go out scrapping if I can find just one usuable item to sell, that'll often amount to double what I've found for scrapping. When I tell people about some of the things I sell, they are very surprised. Great channel you have here, very informative. Liked and subbed.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Thanks CS, your comment is much appreciated! 😊 Hope you enjoy your stay here - I'll try and keep things interesting an informative!

[@ethanstroyan622]

I totally agree. I try to sell things or keep as much as possible too. I usually don’t bother with every single item that could be sold because I would just have too much stuff laying around and it would get to hectic for me. But I totally am on board with y’all.

[@2000sborton]

Thank you sir. I have just watched three of your videos and they are by far the most useful that I have seen in a long time. I tend to buy bulk tools etc at auctions. As a result I get lots of odds and ends that I won't be using myself. I am in the process of doing a major sort out of all that I have accumulated. You have given me some great ideas on how to increase the dollar value of what I will eventually sell. Cheers from Canada and again. Thank you.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Many thanks Steve! I have plenty more boxes of tools to sort out soon! Stay tuned 😊

[@theclumsyprepper]

Love your videos. Re: reselling vs scrap value - I live in Ireland and here we have an abundance of 'free to a good home' Facebook groups so trying to sell anything is pretty much impossible at this stage. People want everything for free - beds, bikes, computers,TV's etc. It actually makes more sense for us to sell metal for scrap cause this way we get at least a small amount of money.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Wow, who knew the Irish were so generous?! Free to good home is much better than sending stuff to landfill, but yes - it would make selling things hard. It's not so good when people start expecting things for free though - are we encouraging the next generation to be free-loaders?

[@theclumsyprepper]

@@TheUltimateRecycler We have a crazy benefit culture here, I met a number of families that never worked a day in their lives because they get so much from the state they have no incentive to go looking for work. But yes, we rather give our unwanted possessions to someone who needs them than send them into landfill.

[@bradleygray2103]

If it's less than 10mm (3/8") thick it's 9c/kg at the moment. Clean heavy melt steel is 12c/kg (yesterdays price). That's from a major Sydney yard. Most of the yards in Sydney won't pay for steel but they will take it off your hands "as a favour". For hobby scrapping, steel pays your petrol bills unless you are dealing in tons of scrap per visit.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

With the prices currently so low - that makes it even more desirable to sell rather than scrap!

[@ScrappingwithGrandpa]

No you’re not talking to much at all you taught me a lot right here I needed that

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Thanks for the feedback Grandpa! 😊👍

[@scrapyardmarkmetalpicker614]

Exactly what i do... even without a shop.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Great work mate 👍

[@luckygen1001]

I forgot to mention that I made a cast iron plaque from scrap for ewaste ben have a look at his video kzbin.info/www/bejne/l33PhWR_qc55nsk

[@ScrappingwithGrandpa]

My problem is I don’t have a place to keep everything right now I will go in the spring time

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Storage issues haunt us all mate! 🙄

[@ScrappingwithGrandpa]

I’m glad I am a new subscriber and looking forward to your videos can you do a great job I appreciate you

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Thanks Grandpa, I appreciate you joining in! 😊👍

[@georgekallis3337]

Hey Chris, can you give your worms a challenge, glossy paper&cardboard? Thanks.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

It's on my list George! :)

[@georgekallis3337]

@@TheUltimateRecycler Yay!

[@ian316316]

the hinges look like they have been in a fire with the red colouring the metal wont be as stong as it was originally surely or am i wrong thanks, great videos btw

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Thanks Ian! Yeah, they could well have been in a fire. They'll still be fine strength-wise as far as hinges go. If they were heated red hot and quickly quenched, they could go brittle - but gradually cooled, they'll be fine 😊

[@ian316316]

@@TheUltimateRecycler i scrap myself in scotland for extra income when we are in the quite season gardening/landscaping, normally i can get just over a tonne on our truck and get about £120 a load of mixed metal as they call it, we've done about 6 loads already this year its been great everyone having clear outs and we pick up so much around here there are very few people as competition doing scraping as its not worth a wage, but to me time is nothing when helping the environment and makes my business look good as we are recycling which more people are becoming aware of these days, prices wernt great but are picking up now, i must have near 300kg of clean copper this year alone

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

@@ian316316 Excellent Ian, that's great! Yeah, prices seem to be on the rise worldwide which is nice for a change! You're in a good line of work for getting the odd profitable scrap haul - and some nice treasure "keepers" every so often! 👍😊

[@ewastemike7700]

New to your channel. glad i ran into your channel.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Thanks Mike.. I'll be doing some more scrapping vids soon! 👍🙂

[@ralphmourik]

Hey you are here too! I better join in and hit the red button then 😋👍

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

@@ralphmourik - thanks Ralph! 😁

[@demetrashelton1688]

How do you tell the difference between various metal types? Also love your videos, always learning something new from them.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Thanks for your comment Demetra :) Maybe I should do a video on basic metal identification for beginners - I've been dealing in scrap for so long, I forget that it's not general knowledge!

[@nickh4309]

It takes a bit of practice but some metals are very hard to tell apart. Like I can tell the difference between steel and non ferrous but if I had aluminum zink magnesium platinum tungsten nickel and such things are very hard to tell exact alloys without an analyzer. Good thing that 99 % of metal is steel and aluminum. I do wish there was an easier way to identify titanium and I have trouble with the nickel plated stuff . I usually put that in dirty aluminum or stainless because I get a lot of that in relays and plugs and electric things. Like the cable wire ends on the TVs and coaxial stuff that are not brass. They are non magnetic white in the middle they dont spark but they are heavy and hard. I'm assuming they are aluminum but why so heavy?

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

@@nickh4309 - It certainly can be tricky with some of the more unusual metals. Even some of the more common ones can be confusing such as Stainless steel can be magnetic, or non-magnetic!

[@TheLexiconDevils]

A magnet,file and white vinegar

[@captaincook3693]

Hi Chris did you say $200 a ton for steel, the most I've heard of is $150 but most of the time I get $80 - $100

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

I guess it depends where you are Captain! My last quote from a big Melbourne yard was $400/t for HMS insize! That's a business (ABN) price tho. It's pretty much doubled since this video!

[@captaincook3693]

@@TheUltimateRecycler I'm in Melbourne. So whats the name of the yard you go to maybe I could ring them and see the difference in price from where I go

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

@@captaincook3693 Manhari Metals in Tottenham 😊

[@captaincook3693]

@@TheUltimateRecycler Thanks, but I just saw your video when you made the trip and made $3000, it was on the invoice. I should have finished watching all of your videos first

[@georgekallis3337]

How much would you get for a 205 litre oil drum from the scrappers?

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Drums would sell here as light pressing steel, which pays less than 10 cents a kilo at the moment George. So, if it weighs around 40 kg, you'd only get around $3 to $4 scrap value..

[@georgekallis3337]

@@TheUltimateRecycler Wow, that little, thanks for replying.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

@@georgekallis3337 - yeah, more value as a storage drum.. or even a fire drum!

[@streetcopper1151]

Other great video 👊🏻

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Thanks mate! 😊

[@ScrappingwithGrandpa]

Thank you I enjoyed that kid bit matter fact I’m gonna start making more money now thank you

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Excellent - go for it! 👍

[@ScrappingwithGrandpa]

I want a secondhand store so bad I can’t stand it

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Well sorry, you can't have mine!! I'm having too much fun! 🤣🤣

[@tinknal6449]

You can't scrap railroad steel in the US, not that I would anyway.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

That's interesting! Why? But I agree - too handy to scrap! 😊

[@tinknal6449]

@@TheUltimateRecycler So people don't steal it. Lots of remote places here with tracks. You know some Yahoo would be out stealing track.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

People sometimes steal the copper wire from the railways here, but not the actual track! You have more ambitious thieves over there! 🤣

[@tinknal6449]

@@TheUltimateRecycler Well, we also have a lot of unprotected yards here, and the railways lay out track on the ground before actually building.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

@@tinknal6449 Ah ok... makes sense now. Yes, with the right equipment you could probably nab a lot of dollars worth of steel in that case..

[@littlemipplays9545]

that sound actually hurts my right ear

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

What noise - my voice? 😕