copper prices

[Sophal]

anyone know the current copper prices at the local recyclers?

[Cooked Rice]

what. you can get money for recycling metal? does it matter what form it's in?

[97'Scort]

Not very much. Costs a lot to reprocess it. Last time I checked it was something like 5% of market value.

[omagedon]

Not sure if this is a joke post..

Its about 2.00 per feet I think at the recyclers...

Downsize is that you can die in a manhole (previous Calgary news).

[Sophal]

hmmm not very helpful posts but yes you get money for recycling copper.

anyways the last time i went to the recyclers it was 2.55 a pound and i got just under 400 bucks.

[codetrap]

Originally posted by Sophal
hmmm not very helpful posts but yes you get money for recycling copper.

anyways the last time i went to the recyclers it was 2.55 a pound and i got just under 400 bucks.

Where did you legally aquire 156lbs of copper?

[Senseiz]

All my drilling rigs need to speed 2 days rewiring copper DC power cables. Because people keep on stealing them. It is gonna cost my company like $60K to get it installed again.

[Sophal]

Originally posted by codetrap


Where did you legally aquire 156lbs of copper?

scraps i've collected over the months working in the power line trade.

[dj_rice]

Originally posted by Sophal


scraps i've collected over the months working in the power line trade.


Scraps that you "collected" eh?

[Sophal]

yeah from a manhole with a buddy but i never saw him again.

[finboy]

if we just move a couple quotes around here...


Originally posted by Senseiz
All my drilling rigs need to speed 2 days rewiring copper DC power cables. Because people keep on stealing them. It is gonna cost my company like $60K to get it installed again.


Originally posted by Sophal
hmmm not very helpful posts but yes you get money for recycling copper.

anyways the last time i went to the recyclers it was 2.55 a pound and i got just under 400 bucks.

hmmm...

[Crymson]

Originally posted by Sophal
yeah from a manhole with a buddy but i never saw him again.

hhaha!! you sick fuck.

[dj_rice]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/djrice123/manguard.jpg

[Rat Fink]

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[legendboy]

its $4/lb currently

i have about 10lbs to take in myself

[The Cosworth]

Originally posted by Sophal


scraps i've collected over the months working in the power line trade.

who do you work for seeing as to accumulate 165 lbs of drop leads or grounding cable is intense.

Most OH Primary is ASCR or Stelco, in anything 240v+

[Whiley]

same thing at a buddies welding shop, they broke in and stole all the old & new welding cables they could find :guns:



Originally posted by Senseiz
All my drilling rigs need to speed 2 days rewiring copper DC power cables. Because people keep on stealing them. It is gonna cost my company like $60K to get it installed again.

[97'Scort]

I'm out on Vancouver Island now, and last week all the trade stuff came to a screeching halt. Apparently, most of the fuel (diesel, gas, fuel oils, propane) is brought into a port up-island, then put on a train down south here. These trains are diesel-electric, so they have a motor for each set of wheels. Well, some jerk-off stole all the copper from the windings and connections, making prices jump. Gas is about $1.65/l for premium right now :(

[Zero102]

I didn't know copper prices were so high. A couple years ago I was stoked when it hit $1.25/pound and cashed in 750lbs+. Sometimes I miss doing electrical.

Anybody know the average rate on insulated wire right now?