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Scrap alloys - how much would I get
pdm - 16/6/11 at 08:34 PM

evening

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

thanks

LBMEFM - 16/6/11 at 08:42 PM

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

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[Edited on 16/6/11 by LBMEFM]

pdm - 16/6/11 at 08:43 PM

cheers Barry

dhutch - 17/6/11 at 07:36 AM

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

pdm - 17/6/11 at 07:48 AM

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.

cadebytiger - 17/6/11 at 08:32 AM

quote:
Originally posted by LBMEFM
£1000 per ton or £1.56 per kilo
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I'd go for the price per Kilo

MikeFellows - 17/6/11 at 08:32 AM

one of my customers is a salvage guy

he gets paid £8 for a scrap alloy wheel

pdm - 17/6/11 at 10:46 AM

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

matt_gsxr - 17/6/11 at 12:19 PM

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!

pdm - 17/6/11 at 12:33 PM

thanks for the tip - angle grinder is normally my default first port of call you've probably saved my neighbours there !!

Confused but excited. - 17/6/11 at 01:33 PM

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.

v8kid - 17/6/11 at 02:38 PM

So only 2 of us picked up on price per kilo then?

Cheers!

Neil P - 17/6/11 at 02:44 PM

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