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Just been and weighed me scrap collection in this morning and got paid £4.90 per kilo :eek: its gonna be worth as much as gold soon
 
Yorkshire / derbyshire . I take to the same place every time in Sheffield
 
Just been and weighed me scrap collection in this morning and got paid £4.90 per kilo :eek: its gonna be worth as much as gold soon


Well gold is about £26,123 KIlo at the moment,so is a slight differance,however now what you mean :D,prices are great at the moment,turning into a nice bonus after a few cylinder removals,do,nt leave any old copper in place any more :D:D

imho
 
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had a nice little some for my scrap recently,its worth getting every little piece unless its ytw
 
Last week I fitted a new hot water cylinder for customer. Someone broke into loft (tenement) and pinched old tank. Water feed was'nt turned off, tank was ripped out. Water damage to 2 properties. Desperate times and good scrap prices!
 
cheers for that lads -ive been collecting for a while, so much going on i havent kept tabs on rising prices , now probably great time to cash in - thanks & regards - moore
 
Seems like this thread has got about,just go back from a long weekend away and found my padlock on my Van Guard Pipe Carrier has been attacked by some bolt cutters,and had five lengths of 22mm and 15mm have gone walkies :(:mad:
 
Seems like this thread has got about,just go back from a long weekend away and found my padlock on my Van Guard Pipe Carrier has been attacked by some bolt cutters,and had five lengths of 22mm and 15mm have gone walkies :(:mad:


Yep same here only just a length of 15mm for me , must be desperate times for some scallies. I 'm just going to use pipe carrier for abs from now on , can't see the price of that rocketting up anytime soon. :mad:
 
i just shove it in the van transit lwb, but my mate who uses a rhino just leaves it unlocked, as he says 'at least they wont wreck the carrier when they take it'.
funnily enough, hes never lost any either?.
 
Seems like this thread has got about,just go back from a long weekend away and found my padlock on my Van Guard Pipe Carrier has been attacked by some bolt cutters,and had five lengths of 22mm and 15mm have gone walkies :(:mad:

makes you feel like wiring the van and tube carrier to the mains wish that was legal:cool:
 
Well gold is about £26,123 KIlo at the moment,so is a slight differance,however now what you mean :D,prices are great at the moment,turning into a nice bonus after a few cylinder removals,do,nt leave any old copper in place any more :D:D

imho

26k a kilo for gold

bloody hell its mad that same weight of a certain powder is not far off the same as gold!
 
just took in my scrap, i phoned all the scrappies in a 60mile radius and it ranged from £1400 a ton to £3500 a ton, so make sure ya shop around
 
after being stung by local srappie I use an old set of fishing scales now so I went back next time and he tried to con me again this time I said give it back the look on his face was a picture offered me £32 took it up the road got £58.:)regards turnpin
 
I've always scrapped my tut. I used to get stick about it from my father & brother (both plumbers)....now they routinely bag up their's and weigh it it.

I did a job once, where it was an old unvented cylinder made from very thick guage copper. It took two of us to load it in the van...the client was so relieved that they didn't have too shift it themselves!! HA HA!

I always leave the scrappies feeling happy - it's a nice little kick back - and we need all the help we can at the moment.
 
best to leave a pipe carrier unlocked and empty when away from the van my sons was attatcked in broad daylight in bethnal green
 
so what,s this scrap metal lark

heard a lot about it but never got involved myself :D:D:D
 
taking scrap from customers is theft and illegal to transport in your van unless you have a waste disposal licence, so i leave all mine with the customer////...
 
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