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130 PLUMBER · 09-02-2010, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Master Mark

Ok, sewer ratz if you are not going to be serious....

we had 757 lbs of yellow brass at 1.23 $ 931.00

475 lbs of #2 copper at $2.84 lb $1349.00
(thought we only got 2.75)

grand total

$2280.11

I dont know if copper has been much higher than
this or not for a very long time. I am glad we cleared
out the building yesterday... Thats too much to be left
laying around..

the only down side to it is they gave me a check

Did they make the check out to you or the company?

422 plumber · 09-02-2010, 09:12 PM

Good haul! I just brought in a couple buckets of flushometers and copper and got $108.00.

SewerRatz · 09-02-2010, 10:14 PM

Thats a great haul. My recent haul was swipped by a junk truck driving around. We have 55 gallon drums between two sheds, no way to see them unless you pull into our driveway and look between the sheds. Drivway and sheds are 200' from the street.

I did take a pair of 5 HP Myers 4" sumbmirsable pumps to scrap for the steel Got $46 bucks for 766.6 pounds of scrap steel. Works out to 6¢ per pound.

Master Mark · 09-03-2010, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SewerRatz

Thats a great haul. My recent haul was swipped by a junk truck driving around. We have 55 gallon drums between two sheds, no way to see them unless you pull into our driveway and look between the sheds. Drivway and sheds are 200' from the street.

I did take a pair of 5 HP Myers 4" sumbmirsable pumps to scrap for the steel Got $46 bucks for 766.6 pounds of scrap steel. Works out to 6¢ per pound.

they were stealing us blind here ....grabbing water heaters and whatever was not locked down in the building....

then we put up a gate made up of 1 inch welded gas pipe, and I ran barbed wire up and down the rails And we ran barbed wire all along the top of our privacy fence , about 4 100 foot strands of it , cause they were jumping the fence just to take the t+p valves off the old junk heaters we have stored....

Barbed wire is dirt cheap, and
it really gives the place a more warm , homey feel to it...

they will probably steal that gate some day, barbed wire and all

SewerRatz · 09-03-2010, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Master Mark

they will probably steal that gate some day, barbed wire and all

They probely will. My buddy had a rear end to a TR3 sitting in his fenced yard along with one of those metal platforms you put in a trailer hitch to make a small storage carry area (he used it to haul water heaters) and a few other car parts he had stored under the tarp taken by junkers.

pauliplumber · 09-03-2010, 09:34 AM

I scrapped mine a few months back, I musta spent 5-6 hrs cutting the fittings off.

Only 10cents difference in price, last time I cut it up.

futz · 09-05-2010, 12:05 AM

Finally took my scrap in today. 480 pounds of #2 copper, 330 pounds of brass, 80 pounds of aluminum and a few pounds of lead. Collected $1733. Sweet!!

Bought me a nice new 46" LCD TV and had change left over.

And as a bonus I can now walk through the hallway without rubbing my shoulder on the scrap piles.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master Mark

the only down side to it is they gave me a check

I got nice cashey money

A friend filled in his pool and offered me the scrap aluminum coping. No sense burying it, right?

422 plumber · 09-05-2010, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by futz

Finally took my scrap in today. 480 pounds of #2 copper, 330 pounds of brass, 80 pounds of aluminum and a few pounds of lead. Collected $1733. Sweet!!

Bought me a nice new 46" LCD TV and had change left over.

And as a bonus I can now walk through the hallway without rubbing my shoulder on the scrap piles.

I got nice cashey money

A friend filled in his pool and offered me the scrap aluminum coping. No sense burying it, right?

Suhweeeet!

DUNBAR PLUMBING · 09-05-2010, 12:19 AM

That there's gold!

I would of refused a check. Now you have to claim that as income. Ask your CPA.

40% just chopped off the number.

You chopped up pipe and someone paid you for it. SALES

Still a good catch

I had a ridiculously small amount that paid $632.00 a month ago. Cleaned up around the shop a bit...made a difference.

422 plumber · 09-05-2010, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DUNBAR PLUMBING

That there's gold!

I would of refused a check. Now you have to claim that as income. Ask your CPA.

40% just chopped off the number.

You chopped up pipe and someone paid you for it. SALES

Still a good catch

I had a ridiculously small amount that paid $632.00 a month ago. Cleaned up around the shop a bit...made a difference.

I don't believe you cleaned up your shop.

09-02-2010, 09:12 PM	#12
422 plumber soccer mom Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Gardner, Il. Posts: 2,970 My Photos	Good haul! I just brought in a couple buckets of flushometers and copper and got $108.00. __________________ Just a sinner saved by grace

09-02-2010, 10:14 PM	#13
SewerRatz Illinois Licensed Plumber Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Chicago Area Posts: 2,706 My Photos	Thats a great haul. My recent haul was swipped by a junk truck driving around. We have 55 gallon drums between two sheds, no way to see them unless you pull into our driveway and look between the sheds. Drivway and sheds are 200' from the street. I did take a pair of 5 HP Myers 4" sumbmirsable pumps to scrap for the steel Got $46 bucks for 766.6 pounds of scrap steel. Works out to 6¢ per pound. __________________ Ron Hasil Lic #058-160417 A-Archer Sewer & Plumbing specializing in: Tankless Water Heaters \| Drain and Sewer Cleaning Sump and Ejector Pumps \| Backflow RPZ Testing

09-03-2010, 09:34 AM	#16
pauliplumber Senior Moment Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: dinner with your wife Posts: 1,885 My Photos	I scrapped mine a few months back, I musta spent 5-6 hrs cutting the fittings off. Only 10cents difference in price, last time I cut it up. __________________ Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react.

09-05-2010, 12:19 AM	#19
DUNBAR PLUMBING www.DunbarPlumbing.com Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NORTHERN KENTUCKY - GREATER CINCINNATI AREA Posts: 4,495 My Photos	That there's gold! I would of refused a check. Now you have to claim that as income. Ask your CPA. 40% just chopped off the number. You chopped up pipe and someone paid you for it. SALES Still a good catch I had a ridiculously small amount that paid $632.00 a month ago. Cleaned up around the shop a bit...made a difference. __________________ Northern Kentucky Plumbers *\|YOUTUBE VIDEOS\| Twitter Feed \| DUNBAR PLUMBING FAN PAGE*

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