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Title: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: stuart30 on 16 January 2009, 22:09:35
Ive had a bit of a clear out and now have a few bits of what id call scrap metal i need too get rid of.

First is an industrial work bench made out of incredibly heavy angle iron (i assume) must weigh 60/70 kg at a guess...along with a heavy heavy and large vice 10/15 kg.

Would these be worth anything too a scrappie...no idea what price is now days.

Or is going too be a skip jobbie.
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 16 January 2009, 22:10:38
scrap metal doesn't seem to be very high at the minute :(
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: stuart30 on 16 January 2009, 22:14:09
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scrap metal doesn't seem to be very high at the minute :(


Shame... :(

Would make a nice bench for someone who liked gettin there hands dirty.....size of the vice id imagine its from some sort of factory.

Nearly gave myself a hurnier moving the damn thing. ;D
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 16 January 2009, 22:17:43
Just had a quick look round the net, thought it might be interesting to get some current scrap metal prices.  Couldnt find anything worth posting.
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: chrisl_1960 on 16 January 2009, 22:25:59
I've just disposed of VW golf £30 and Renault laguna £50, scrappie was saying how lucky I was, him giving me this much as the price of scrap metal being so low, coming from Huntingdon, you might have heard of Burtons??
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: Elite Pete on 16 January 2009, 22:27:08
We've just got rid of an Omega shell and got nothing for it
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 16 January 2009, 22:29:36
2 Years ago I scrapped 6 carlton alloys and I think I got £80.  Would hate to think what they are worth today.
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: stuart30 on 16 January 2009, 22:30:07
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I've just disposed of VW golf £30 and Renault laguna £50, scrappie was saying how lucky I was, him giving me this much as the price of scrap metal being so low, coming from Huntingdon, you might have heard of Burtons??

Yeah know them mate.... ;)


Skip it is then....shame as the bench could have been usefull and im sure the vice would have been.

Oh well. :(
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: ngrainqey on 16 January 2009, 22:31:06
spose you can always take all the decent bits off and sell them on and then just scrap the rolling shell for what it's worth :-/
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: chrisl_1960 on 16 January 2009, 22:38:17
what grinds the most is that the Laguna still had MOT, no-one interested, my daughter scrapped a K reg Astra 6 months ago, got £80.
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: stuart30 on 16 January 2009, 22:49:37
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what grinds the most is that the Laguna still had MOT, no-one interested, my daughter scrapped a K reg Astra 6 months ago, got £80.

Looks like i"ll be calling mick george skips in then.....shame really as would have made a good DIYer"s bench....car mechanic"s ect...oh well. ;D
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 16 January 2009, 22:51:50
Check how much if your hiring a skip, mother-in-law hired one and she had to pay £170 odd  :o
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: Elite Pete on 16 January 2009, 22:54:52
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Check how much if your hiring a skip, mother-in-law hired one and she had to pay £170 odd  :o
Should have cut the roof off the Omega we've just got rid of :)
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: markey mark on 16 January 2009, 22:54:56
pity your so far away stu i would have both  :( :(
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: stuart30 on 16 January 2009, 22:57:33
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pity your so far away stu i would have both  :( :(


Did i mention i have just bought an estate.... ;D

PM on its way... ;)
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: Ken T on 16 January 2009, 23:13:49
Stick em on flea bay, they'll get a good price, shame I'm too far away as well. I just bought some racks laughingly called "heavy duty". They are absolute crap. you move them and the clip in joints spring out, totally unsafe for anything beyond a couple of pot plants, and even then the 10mm crap board base will get wet and those would fall thro.  :'( :'(

I remember the days when workbenches were proper well built items, you could drop an engine and gearbox on one with little or no effect.  :y :y :y

Ken
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: stuart30 on 16 January 2009, 23:19:54
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Stick em on flea bay, they'll get a good price, shame I'm too far away as well. I just bought some racks laughingly called "heavy duty". They are absolute crap. you move them and the clip in joints spring out, totally unsafe for anything beyond a couple of pot plants, and even then the 10mm crap board base will get wet and those would fall thro.  :'( :'(

I remember the days when workbenches were proper well built items, you could drop an engine and gearbox on one with little or no effect.  :y :y :y

Ken

Ken this thing you could drop a complete car on and the car would bounce.... ;D

Real solid bugger and welded joints.....took 3 guys too lift it in and me on me own too drag the bugger out....walked like john wayne after and had too back out of the promise i was on with the wife... ;D
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: The Red Baron on 16 January 2009, 23:28:24
u wont get bugger all for steel, its copper, brass & lead you need. even gold these days is getting a good price.  ;)
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: Tony H on 17 January 2009, 00:34:55
Six months ago steel was bringing £200 per ton. things have now changed somewhat China was taking as much scrap as it would take, since the downturn it's turning scrap away.
Title: Re: Current price of scrap metal.?
Post by: Markie on 17 January 2009, 09:26:59
...strange & intresting

The price of Scrap metal up here remains high, ive scrapped 3 in the last 30 days.

£68 rover 200 ( only a shell - no doors etc ) and £98 / £113 two omegas, not much left in them either;

Rate consistantly here is £75 a tonne and still was yesterday.