Hello Jim ; thank for sharing. In the past year years i did metal detecing and i bringback the trash metals to a scrapyard for few bucks. All the Best buddy.
@PickerJimS
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Fabien! My job as an HVAC technician gets me a lot of scrap motors and copper. It’s an easy way to make some hobby money for me 😄! I appreciate you watching buddy! I just realized this video has over 21K views, that’s crazy! LOL!
@poormansstack
4 жыл бұрын
I do a lot of scrapping, I only run across Compressors every once in a while.
@PickerJimS
4 жыл бұрын
Oh cool! Yeah my scrap yard takes them separately and pays a little more for them. They weigh like 25 pounds a piece so it’s worth it for me because I get 4 or 5 a week then when I have enough to fill my truck I bring them in. Thanks for checking out this old video!
@douglas787
6 жыл бұрын
When it comes to compressors and motors I'm a bit confused. Where I live they pay about 6 cents a pound, basically the same amount you get for steel/iron or what the scrapyard calls "shred". I just throw the compressors and motors off my trailer with all my other metal like ac cabinets, washers, water heaters and so on. If they pay the same I don't see the point in separating it. I have looked at dismantling compressors for copper and I do get a lot of 3 to 5 ton r22 compressors but when I figure in the cost of cutting wheels, sawzaw blades, oil clean up, power tool wear and my time and minor injuries I just don't see how 2-3 pounds of copper makes each compressor teardown worthwhile. 3 pounds of copper at 2 bucks means I'll get maybe 6 bucks, minus 30 mins time, minus cutting tool blades, minus worn out tools, minus oil spill clean ups, minus and little gash here and there. I just toss them in the pile. There was a mexican who lived here that I used to call and he would come get all my motors and ac compressors but he went to jail for some minor thing.
@matthewmickles1997
7 жыл бұрын
$336 to $448 depending on the weight of copper for 56 of those.
@chrismaniatakos6667
6 ай бұрын
You got screwed...atleast 18cents and that's low
@PickerJimS
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! This video was 7 1/2 years ago, that was going rate back then.
@66bigbuds
6 жыл бұрын
you make a lot more if you take them apart and take out the copper
@pickerjimsfan7080
8 жыл бұрын
keep hustling !!!!
@wilfredolopez4768
2 жыл бұрын
If you open them up you might easily get $5 bucks of copper out of one , 56 times 5 is $280
@markbrennan1756
7 жыл бұрын
There 5-10% of copper per weight of compressor. Some has zero because of aluminum wire. I even opened a huge 100 pounds compressor and got fooled with 3 pounds of copper clad aluminum wiring. Some time lot casting aluminum inside but mostly has copper wiring. It like mystery box you never know until you opened it. Few months ago I had 540 pounds compressor, result is a 5 gallons bucket of copper total 31 pounds and got $63.00 compare to $50 if you sold it whole. $13 for hours of labor and 3 grinder disc replaced. Not efficiency.
@uruiamnot
5 жыл бұрын
Can you use a diamond blade and a chop saw for more efficiency? Or carbide blade? Those abrasive discs get the job done, but surely there is a BETTER way.
@matthewmickles1997
7 жыл бұрын
opening them up & cutting the Copper out, get about $6-$8 in copper out of one. & looks like you had more that 15 there could of tripled or quadrupled you money.
@PickerJimS
7 жыл бұрын
Matthew Mickles yes you're right you can get a lot more money on these if you cut them open and get the copper. I just don't have the time to do that so I scrap them as is. Thanks for watching.
@davidljohnson8514
6 жыл бұрын
Opening them of is definitely worth it sometimes you will come across one that has aluminum in it but if you develop a technique and keep trying to refined it faster and faster how to open it could be worth your while it is especially worth it if scrap steel was up say at 160 a Ton I took a part a 70 lb compressor what yielded 4 lb of copper at my current price it was about $9.50 the other 65 lb of Steel would have been about three to four dollars maybe five six if I would have cash the compressor in at $0.07 a pound it would have been $4.90
@chrismaniatakos6667
6 ай бұрын
10×
@chrismaniatakos6667
6 ай бұрын
@davidljohnson8514 Where you from?in RI THATS NUMBER ONE STEEL 4 LBS OF COPPER AT ABOUT 3 A POUND ANOTHER 4 FOR THE STEEL...WELL WORTH IT😊
@masr1965
4 жыл бұрын
Where one can buy compressor scrap for export from USA?
@matthewmickles1997
7 жыл бұрын
hell maybe more with the average weight of 22 pounds a piece. could be 5 to 6 lbs of copper in there.
@SWED904
5 жыл бұрын
Thats a loss
@wilfredolopez4768
2 жыл бұрын
The scrap yard made a big profit out of him lol
@lslamAndQuran
3 жыл бұрын
Hi there I have scrap business I need a lot of compressors about 100 metric ton a week can you please send me scrap yard details that will be a big help for me thanks
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