scrap metal what to do???

[K7ERG]

I have a few thing to scrap wondering if the prices are ok t the moment. One of the items is a urs6 auto box. Would I get more money for it if I remove internals so its just the outer casing. Sure its case alloy of some sort. Same with old cylinder head I have. Not Audi. The rest is old brake discs, suspension arms, struts and a old block from a 1.8t vag.

Any suggestions welcome.

Craig

[campbellWS]

I have a few thing to scrap wondering if the prices are ok t the moment. One of the items is a urs6 auto box. Would I get more money for it if I remove internals so its just the outer casing. Sure its case alloy of some sort. Same with old cylinder head I have. Not Audi. The rest is old brake discs, suspension arms, struts and a old block from a 1.8t vag.

Any suggestions welcome.

Craig

Definitely worth your while to "clean" the metal ( sort metal from alloy ) as sometimes they pay upto 5 times as much for alloy per kg over metal, there mix price is real low in comparison, sometimes the guys can be total DiCks so if u take alloy realy make sure no metal even tiny bolts etc. I have not checked prices in a while tho I did hear that china wasn't buying as much these days so think prices are down the now but shouldn't be to bad, best thing is to phone your local and ask what they are paying.

[re2500]

I think removing any plastic/rubber and draining any fluids will get you more gains price wise as it will all be metal. Splitting steel/aluminium is probably not worth the effort required. IMHO.

[re2500]

Perhaps im wrong then, i thought only metals such as copper and lead were worth separating. I stand corrected, get yer spanners out

[Colesy]

Can't remember the exact prices but I weighed in 6 or so old alloy radiators at ~5x the standard scrap rate so it's probably worth splitting. Do phone around though as the prices offered can be significantly higher at some scrapies.

[K Simmonds]

I do quite a bit with scrap metal, in fact that's what I'm going to be doing today. As a rule it's not worth the effort it take's striping gearboxes and heads etc to bare alloy as it takes a lot of time to get them completely clean. To get a clean alloy price you'd have to remove every bush, bearing, valve guide/seat, steel take off pipes for water etc etc. What I do with boxes or heads is weigh them in 'as is' as what is classed as 'Irony alloy', ie dirty heavy alloy, you should get over 300 quid a metric ton for this. Plus a lot of scrap metal yards will still class stripped gearboxes/heads as such anyway as they simply don't have the time to check the casings. HTH.

Edit, and yes phone around as price do vary a great deal from place too place.

[recurveandy]

Non-ferrous has been pretty steady through 2012
Split as much as you can, clean alloy will be worth near twice as much and brake discs on their own will make more than if you chuck them in with general scrap

[spink]

is the auto box actually knackered?

[campbellWS]

Perhaps im wrong then, i thought only metals such as copper and lead were worth separating. I stand corrected, get yer spanners out

Perhaps I am wrong mate, think its up to everybody's own discretion/ personal experience!? In the past i have been pleasantly surprised when taking clean alloy and disappointed when taking alloy mix. Up to the person to decide if it's worth it or not.
Copper and lead is where it's at Tokens

[cooperquattro]

at the scrap yard you will be issued with a cheque to put in your bank,then you need to pay the tax on it!!

new laws say this to stop any frauds

[K7ERG]

Cash in hand place I went. Required name and address.

Spink gearbox was good working but required space. Got near 200 not bad for scrap lying about. Still have 2 blocks and some Vauxhall subframes to get rid off

[cooperquattro]

Cash in hand place I went. Required name and address.

Spink gearbox was good working but required space. Got near 200 not bad for scrap lying about. Still have 2 blocks and some Vauxhall subframes to get rid off

must be just down here then,all sheffield yards are issuing a cheque,no more cash in hand

[K7ERG]

Still a few Audi cats to get rid of also.

This yard is not the biggest. Out the way also. Cheque is ok as long as it doesn't bounce

[gunman]

last year I spent ages stripping heads etc and stripping copper form old starters and alternators. I had fertiliser bag full of alloy and got £15 for it and £13 for the copper I got. For the time it took I wouldn't bother. Cast alloy is nothing like the price you get for alloy wheels!

[JP]

Anyone know anywhere near luton/hemel/st.albans to weigh in as i've got quite a hefty collection of stuff I need to get rid of including 20+kg of guides.