Scrap values

[rustycarlover]

Just been wondering if scrap would ever go back to having to pay to get rid off your car , what do you guys think ?

[colnerov]

Hi, as market forces rule, it could well do.

Colin

[dodgerover]

Been down to £15 ton hovering between 30-40 at the moment

[rustycarlover]

The problem is people just think that their stuff is worth too mich

[markm3]

Is on a downward trend at the moment. I work in the waste industry . Our carrier for scrap has laid 5 lads off recently due to massive drop in value of ferrous.

[bazzateer]

Oct 14, 2015 18:43:36 GMT rustycarlover said:

The problem is people just think that their stuff is worth too mich

Who's mich?

[VIP]

Oct 14, 2015 18:43:36 GMT rustycarlover said:

The problem is people just think that their stuff is worth too mich

That literally has nothing to do with scrap metal values.

One of TaB scrapped a car at the weekend and got £8 for it. Yes, eight pounds!

[mjphotography2016]

scrapped a focus this week £35 hasnt changed much in a while if the tyres where left on wouldve been £23
however a few places if they come and collect the car then you can expect them to charge you to take it away

[skylinedave]

Tis obviously to do with whose economy is booming - China is on the slow down hence things slowing in Australia . Years ago they were importing everything they could get there hands on like at the height of the copper thefts 5 years ago or so .

[Deleted]

It will go back up again like most commodities it spikes for a while before hitting a long low. I reckon it will spike again in March.

[carlgtwon]

Weighed in a 9-3 the other week, £25.

[Bacon]

Turkey not buying due to war in Syria and China not buying has forced a major slump in prices, or at least this is what i hear lads at work telling customers on the phone all the time.

Luckily i focused on selling parts online so it didn't effect me so much.

[allthingsauto]

I weigh in bags of wire,brass copper most months and the price all ways drops off from end of October to end of feb.I have put this down to Xmas and a lot of companys weighing in there scrap to pay the xmas bonus for staff.The same happens every year.I try not to weigh anything in from November to end of Jan.

The price of scrap has dropped a lot this year.

[Deleted]

Car battery prices seem okay at present, about £5 per battery.

[Bacon]

I hope everyone is thinking how to maximise the cash you get back on weighing in, it was quite often i pointed out to friends/customers how to get more cash.

I once saw someone weighing in a Celica with GT4 Bumpers, Bonnet and Rear Wing, it was quite obvious these bits were worth money but the lad didn't think about it, and once i pointed it out to him he made a lot more cash out of the car before scrapping it.

You should be thinking about swapping wheels, if the car has decent alloys and tyres, even if it has just decent tyres, maybe thinking about swapping steels around.

Remove small parts like lights, door mirrors, front / rear wiper motors and anything else you can make quick cash on as these bits will not alter the weight of the vehicle by much.

Do a bit of research, find out which parts go wrong commonly on the car your weighing in and remove them for EBay, e.g on some vehicles ABS pumps, Turbos, ECU's etc can sell for good money.

Be wise before you scrap!

[deanflowers]

Also you can weigh in the ally bits separate to the full vehicle. Some will pay you more for the radiators, alloy wheels, batteries etc if they are not mixed metal

[carlgtwon]

I just weighed in my Starlet GT Turbo shell and got £5 lol

[Deleted]

Today at a 'recycling facility' that normally pays more than your normal scrapyard a Ford KA £25. Vauxhall Vivaro £37 if you took if to them.

[Ryannn]

Seems like complete braking is the best route at the moment then. My neighbour was looking to scrap a modernish VAG after the DMF needed changing. Managed to get a grand from a breaker in the end rather than weighing it in.

[bortaf]

Bloke next door had his screen smashed by a firework on a 52 plate Fusion, new heated screen is £200 ish so he rang a local scrappys (n London) and they offerd him £30 for it (light iron down to £15 a ton), i gave him the £30 so i now own a 52 plate ford fusion2 (MOT till march next year) with a smashed screen and a cracked rear bumper drove it home, found £4.96 under the seats whilst hoovering up some of the glass shards, a propper Ipod USB charger in the glove box and half a tank of petrol
I run frag all the time but when it hits low lows i stock up on sheds to sell on, the yard will be full of 10 ish year old fords by crimbo

In the 30 years i've been doing it the worst ever run in was a S3 V12 jag, i sold the manual box from it and then wieghed in for £1.20 and as it was cash back then i never even got the 20p !
best was a range rover full of brake drums and discs, got over £600 quid for that over the wieghbridge