# top dollar scrap yard **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 20, 2006, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557 "2006-03-20T09:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/1 "2006-03-20T09:43:09Z")
i need to get rid 0f 9 chrome alloy wheels and 5 steel wheels. there not resellable/. the most i got a estimate for was .56 a lbs for the chrome and 135 a ton for the steel ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/2 "2006-03-20T20:08:12Z")
Steel is worthless. At one of my old jobs we used to save all kinds of transmission parts in a shed for scrapping. One day I had to load up my boss’s 1 ton dump truck so he could scrap the shit. He got something like $37 for a full load that was making the truck sag. ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/3 "2006-03-20T20:45:34Z")
scrap has exploded. Scrap copper was being traded at like 2.21/lb!! Im real interested who pays the most too… ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/4 "2006-03-20T20:49:25Z")
we got more alloy then steel. this money goes straight for the work lunch fund so trying to get every cent possible ---
**Author:** ![Slomies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Slomies](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slomies)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/5 "2006-07-31T18:58:43Z")
anybody know of a good scrap yard? I got some pure aluminum that I want to get rid of … ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/6 "2006-07-31T20:11:02Z")
> [@LXIFLYBY](#): > > scrap has exploded. Scrap copper was being traded at like 2.21/lb!! Im real interested who pays the most too… That’s because the price of copper has gone through the fucking roof. Nothing else has jumped like that. ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/7 "2006-07-31T20:16:29Z")
so thats why they are trying to get rid of the penny :lol: ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/8 "2006-07-31T21:41:52Z")
is the price of copper enough to start scrapping pennies yet? ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/9 "2006-07-31T22:23:12Z")
The recycling place on union will take just about anything, pricing would be the same most likely. ---
**Author:** ![tnick24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tnick24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tnick24)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/10 "2006-07-31T22:25:39Z")
> [@dirtye30](#): > > is the price of copper enough to start scrapping pennies yet? give it 5 years ---
**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/11 "2006-07-31T22:30:52Z")
are pennies even made of copper still? ---
**Author:** ![johns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@johns](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/johns)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/12 "2006-08-01T17:38:24Z")
> [@Pass McGrass](#): > > are pennies even made of copper still? Not completely. In 1982 they switched to a copper/zinc mixture. ---
**Author:** ![AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AlbinoMonkeyRat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/13 "2006-08-01T17:51:29Z")
> [@johns](#): > > Not completely. In 1982 they switched to a copper/zinc mixture. even still, with current copper rates, one penny has about 1.2 cents of copper in it. sorry joe, this doesn’t help your cause. try selling your pennies to the mint though. hehe ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-dollar-scrap-yard/9557/14 "2006-08-01T18:09:02Z")
A pre 1983 penny is worth more than 2 cents right now. [http://www.wealthdaily.net/article.php?id=214&pub=wd](http://www.wealthdaily.net/article.php?id=214&pub=wd) I get more than $5.00/lb for carbide right now!!! If nickels were made of nickel I think they would be worth a buck right now(12.88/lb).:biglaugh: