price of scrap metal

GERMAN ROCKS

does anybody know what the price is roughly for scrap metal these days. Have a share of scrap iron around the place and was thinking of loading up a load and taking it in.

djmc

Don't know exactly but I've heard is fallen back a lot
Someone mentioned a figure of 50 euro a ton.
No demand in China is what I heard.

GERMAN ROCKS

djmc wrote: »

Don't know exactly but I've heard is fallen back a lot
Someone mentioned a figure of 50 euro a ton.
No demand in China is what I heard.

lord I thought it was about €180 a year ago?

td5man

GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

lord I thought it was about €180 a year ago?

It was.

IH784man

I got a tenner for 180kg of scrap at the start of the summer

ruben37

Have been cleaning up the yard this past few week had a good few bits got £59 sterling cash per tone last week. It was a mixed batch of light and heavy scrap metal sold over the border they doped of the bin and picked it up for free, seemed very happy to get it.

lakill Farm

dug up a complete opel kadett car here when putting in footing 3 weeks ago. it was clean and not full of clay . called the local scrap place and they said €40 a ton for a car . I said if ye collect it in the next 2 weeksits theirs for free

no show after 2 weeks, advertised it for free last sunday at 7pm and 2 lads came for it at 9pm the same night

mythos110

lakill Farm wrote: »

dug up a complete opel kadett car here when putting in footing 3 weeks ago. it was clean and not full of clay . called the local scrap place and they said €40 a ton for a car . I said if ye collect it in the next 2 weeksits theirs for free

no show after 2 weeks, advertised it for free last sunday at 7pm and 2 lads came for it at 9pm the same night

Did you check the boot for a body?

lakill Farm

mythos110 wrote: »

Did you check the boot for a body?

no, it came complete with all contents, including seat covers, hub caps, drawbar and number plates. If there was a body in it well they really got lucky

AntrimGlens

mythos110 wrote: »

Did you check the boot for a body?

Local guy here had a cow died, so instead of paying dead lorry he managed to get it into the back of a scrap transit van and threw a tarp over it and a few bits of gates etc. Off he set for the first time ever to the local scrap yard with a few bits and bobs on the trailer and the transit van and when they went to unload the trailer with the grab, they squeezed the sh1te outa the van and there was bits of exploding bovine everywhere.
He thought that they would lift it off with a set of forks and set it nicely to the side while he drove off. He was made pay for a industrial cleaning company to come in and clean the yard and the crane, which cost a fair bit more than knackery charges.

Nekarsulm

lakill Farm wrote: »

dug up a complete opel kadett car here when putting in footing 3 weeks ago. it was clean and not full of clay . called the local scrap place and they said €40 a ton for a car . I said if ye collect it in the next 2 weeksits theirs for free

no show after 2 weeks, advertised it for free last sunday at 7pm and 2 lads came for it at 9pm the same night

Must have been a Rear Wheel Drive kadett?

lakill Farm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Must have been a Rear Wheel Drive kadett?

it was in bits, we twisted the chassis pulling it out with the digger

Nekarsulm

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selectamatic

lakill Farm wrote: »

it was in bits, we twisted the chassis pulling it out with the digger

One man trash is another's treasure especially when it comes to vintage cars, little things like grills and light surrounds are shocking hard get at a sane price for some cars! As a matter of interest have ya any pics of it?

lakill Farm

selectamatic wrote: »

One man trash is another's treasure especially when it comes to vintage cars, little things like grills and light surrounds are shocking hard get at a sane price for some cars! As a matter of interest have ya any pics of it?

yes I documented it because the next time I see the lad we bought this place off ill be showing him

_Brian

I know where there's a few yokes buried, easiest thing to do when jumping them in and swapping ROI plates into them.

paulaa

Would any of you know the scrap value of a JCB 3C digger ?

Nekarsulm

about 6 ton weight. So perhaps 400 euro?

Is it a Mk2 or a MK3?

paulaa

Nekarsulm wrote: »

about 6 ton weight. So perhaps 400 euro?

Is it a Mk2 or a MK3?

Thanks MK2

Nekarsulm

Throw up a few photos, till we get a look at her! There are rough old dolls on donedeal looking a 1000.

paulaa

Will do when I get a chance.

darragh_haven

Youd only get €40/ton around here. And you'd have to take it to the scrapyard for that

emaherx

lakill Farm wrote: »

dug up a complete opel kadett car here when putting in footing 3 weeks ago. it was clean and not full of clay . called the local scrap place and they said €40 a ton for a car . I said if ye collect it in the next 2 weeksits theirs for free

no show after 2 weeks, advertised it for free last sunday at 7pm and 2 lads came for it at 9pm the same night

Just came across this on facebook
https://niume.com/pages/post/m/index.php?postID=61333

paulaa

Sorry I'm just getting back to this thread. This is the digger I was talking about

farmerjj

Ring your local scrap yard and ask,i,d say probably 75€ a tonne and its 8 tonne.

emaherx

Dose it run? Could be worth an add on Dondeal. I know a lad who sold a worse looking one for 1700 Euro last summer and it was a pig to start.

gctest50

bit of paint - be grand

paulaa

emaherx wrote: »

Dose it run? Could be worth an add on Dondeal. I know a lad who sold a worse looking one for 1700 Euro last summer and it was a pig to start.

It hasn't run for at least 15 years. I haven't tried to get it started as I thought it would be a waste of time

Nekarsulm

Is the power steering ram on the front of the axle? If so it's a later model. Stick it up on Done Deal, you'd be surprised . Looked at a worse one up near Slane last year, he was looking 1250 and the cab was in bits, and no glass.

paulaa

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Is the power steering ram on the front of the axle? If so it's a later model. Stick it up on Done Deal, you'd be surprised . Looked at a worse one up near Slane last year, he was looking 1250 and the cab was in bits, and no glass.

All I know is the year of manufacture is 1975.

I think I'll give it a good wash and clean and see what it's like.

Thanks everyone for the advice