I live in a city and I always see old, abandoned U locks rusting away attached to poles or bike racks on street corners and so on. Would it be worth it to get an angle grinder and collect them?

I’m new to scrapping and haven’t done my first run yet.

You can it with the bike thief jokes, thieves are assholes.

Some brighter than others

Came out of a burnt up started

Curious if worth renting a truck, tearing down and scraping. Figure scrap might cover rental if I keep it around $30 and #1 copper gravy?

Just got back from my rental storage unit. It seems some "people" broke into my unit and stole approximately 650lbs of stripped number two copper and my large Yeti cooler! Some people really suck.

Might wait till its been a year since my last haul to bring these in. We only get 1$ per pound, and thats canadian so like 10 cents US 😂.

This pile of insulation was dumped on a track near where I live a few years ago. I assume someone stripped cables to sell the copper. I'm curious to know how much insulation people who collect scrap would accumulate, and what you do with it. Is this a lot? How much more would you get for the copper if you strip it?

Kind of annoying. No authority would take responsibility, and the pile eventually got ground into the mud as vehicles drove over it.

As a Canadian, do we think these trump tarrifs will impact the value of scrap copper ? #1 copper as of yesterday was $5.35 per lb. Should i hold off on this smaller load for now?

My local power company recently installed a new telephone pole adjacent to my property, and the work crew pushed the old one down a hill into my land (with over 200' of line, boxes, and grounds still attached). Assuming I got permission to scrap it (currently ongoing), what parts are worth scrapping, and how much do you think I could get out of it?

If we impose tariffs on imports wont scrap prices Increase HIGH like when gas goes up to 4-5& a gal

What do you think

Have about a hundred pounds of assorted high gauge insulated wire. Cat 5, Cat 6, Com, 2 conductor and 4 conductor. Mostly 18ga with a little 16ga.

I'm a new low volt apprentice and haven't done any scrapping. People are telling me I should strip this, but how am I supposed to strip the cable jackets, the shielding, then likely 4 insulated wires inside in a timeframe that wouldn't be way more work than it's worth? I know the trick with some screws and a drill, but can only see that working well on the cable jackets and not the smaller wire insulators.

Should I just scrap it as is?

I must apologize first. I know little to nothing about scrapping nor do I have of the best value I can get from what’s around me. Being mostly older electronics and wires. (Aspestice, sorry for spelling.) Just junk that needs to go anyway.

So I have been stripping bare bright copper from cords of all sorts while cleaning up. My question comes with silver (and other precious metals) the videos on YouTube have not been helpful so far in my search.

I have these cordes of wire that some are plated over copper and other scratching them reveals the same metal. I remember those videos focused on on spots of silver on “switches”. I just do not understand the translation to these things I’ve found.

The globs of metal on board, is that solder(Tin plus lead or I heard of silver solder) what test confirms with out a doubt that that piece of metal is silver or…?

Once again I apologize for my lack of knowledge in all these subjects, I care to learn.

If you have some helpful advice/links/stories (do you ever just burn braided cordes?) please share .

What effect do you think this will have on the Canadian scrap metal recycling industry?

Local Chicago NW burbs prices. Anodized aluminum extrusion is not painted. Wish I spoke better Spanish. Think prices are low.

Hi has anyone ever attempted to by scrap from small remodeling crews or other job sites where the workers don't really have way to store the stuff and /or conventily get it to a scrap yard. ?

Are the tarrifs if enacted good for scrap prices ?

I am just starting and I had some questions.

How do I clean cans with dirt in them? How clean do they need to be for me to get the clean price? Do I use soap or just water?

How do I identify steel vs aluminum?

Do they accept bottle caps?

Should I crush cans?

I found a twisty piece of metal that is heavy for it's size and it is light metal grey. It is solid and likely solid all the way through. I think it came from a piece of a car near the headlight. What type of types of metal is it likely to be?

Can I throw all the metal types into one bag or do I need to sort it? I think I need to sort it but I want to be sure.

I have a bunch of wire leftover that’s been sitting outside, I have about 100 feet of it, would it be worth it to strip it, it looks like aluminum?

Any hint about pewter professional buyer ? I've got a buyer for copper / motors / scrap metal / aluminium but not for pewter. It seems they are not the same king of buyer. Most of them seems to be in belgia or switserland. Thanks

Should I take off the bottom part, I assume it’s brass. Is the rest of it stainless steal? Thanks for any help. Fairly new to scrapping

See where I am from they pay way over the market value for Copper. I wanna find a supplier who I can work with to make this transaction happen so it benefits us both. Not sure if possible but why not give it a try. :D

I recently got ~ 160 railroad ties from my great grandpa. Do I try tk scrap them? Or is there a better use?