Printable Version | Subscribe | Add to Favourites
New Topic New Poll New Reply
Author: Subject: Scrap alloys - how much would I get
pdm

posted on 16/6/11 at 08:34 PM Reply With Quote
Scrap alloys - how much would I get

evening

Anyone weighed in any alloys lately please ? Do you know a guide price per wheel and did you take tyres off first ?

thanks

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
LBMEFM

posted on 16/6/11 at 08:42 PM Reply With Quote
Current average price, depends on dealer, ali is approx £1000 per ton or £1.56 per kilo, and yes take the tyres off first and put them on the bathroom scales (not the tyres, the wheels). Barry

[Edited on 16/6/11 by LBMEFM]

[Edited on 16/6/11 by LBMEFM]

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
pdm

posted on 16/6/11 at 08:43 PM Reply With Quote
cheers Barry
View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
dhutch

posted on 17/6/11 at 07:36 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by LBMEFM
..ali is approx £1000 per ton or £1.56 per kilo..
Por qua?

But yes, tyre off which you should be able to get done foc or for the price of a pint (or DIY it) and weight it in. Ive only ever taken ones down to the local tip so i cant comment on what a scrap yard would pay for one.


Daniel

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
pdm

posted on 17/6/11 at 07:48 AM Reply With Quote
My local merchant only as far as the tip so I always weigh stuff in where I can.

When I go to the tip I see people throwing out all sorts of metal. In Derby the council goes to same merchant anyway so they'd get my money if I tipped it.

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
cadebytiger

posted on 17/6/11 at 08:32 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by LBMEFM
£1000 per ton or £1.56 per kilo
]


I'd go for the price per Kilo

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
MikeFellows

posted on 17/6/11 at 08:32 AM Reply With Quote
one of my customers is a salvage guy

he gets paid £8 for a scrap alloy wheel






View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
pdm

posted on 17/6/11 at 10:46 AM Reply With Quote
thanks for the input - I put them on fleabay for 99p start as I didn't want to manhandle the tyres off the rims. Thought maybe it'd be worth it but someone's put a bid in now !!

Think I'll leave it running though as seems a bit unfair to cancel and I do need them out of the way.

Thanks again

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
matt_gsxr

posted on 17/6/11 at 12:19 PM Reply With Quote
Getting tyres off rims can be quite difficult with hand tools.

This approach has worked for me.

1) drop the pressure in the tyre
2) sledge hammer to break the bead
3) cut all around the sidewall with a stanley knife (best if sharp and a bit of something to lubricate the blade).
4) remove all the bits


Don't try the angle grinder, it just makes loads of smoke!

View User's Profile Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
pdm

posted on 17/6/11 at 12:33 PM Reply With Quote
thanks for the tip - angle grinder is normally my default first port of call you've probably saved my neighbours there !!
View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
Confused but excited.

posted on 17/6/11 at 01:33 PM Reply With Quote
If you are scrapping the wheels anyway, the easiest way to get tyres off, is to cut through the tyre and part way through the rim with a jig saw. This cuts through the bead as well. do each side and hey presto. It only takes acouple of minutes.





Tell them about the bent treacle edges!

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
v8kid

posted on 17/6/11 at 02:38 PM Reply With Quote
So only 2 of us picked up on price per kilo then?

Cheers!





You'd be surprised how quickly the sales people at B&Q try and assist you after ignoring you for the past 15 minutes when you try and start a chainsaw

View User's Profile E-Mail User Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
Neil P

posted on 17/6/11 at 02:44 PM Reply With Quote
I just weighed in two sets of old alloys. One was a set of four 14" wheels from a Sierra. They weighed 30Kg and he gave me £30 for them.

The other was set of five 16" Range Rover wheels with tyres still on. He didn't weigh them and gave me £20 for the five. Looks like the advice to get the tyres off is right.

Neil

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member

New Topic New Poll New Reply


go to top






Website design and SEO by Studio Montage

All content © 2001-16 LocostBuilders. Reproduction prohibited
Opinions expressed in public posts are those of the author and do not necessarily represent
the views of other users or any member of the LocostBuilders team.
Running XMB 1.8 Partagium [© 2002 XMB Group] on Apache under CentOS Linux
Founded, built and operated by ChrisW.