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Old 04-14-2009, 10:31 AM   #1
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Scraping a frame???

Ive got a C20 chassis Im thinking of scrapping and I was wondering if anyone has done this and what they got for it? I know that the cost of steel is different in different places and such, but I was just wanting a ball park number.
Anyone that knows, let me know please.

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Old 04-14-2009, 10:32 AM   #2
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Re: Scraping a frame???

I'm curious too, I have a frame that needs scrapping.
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Old 04-14-2009, 10:35 AM   #3
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Re: Scraping a frame???

They're only paying $60.00 per ton for scrap up here in Arkansas. I would guess a frame only weighs 250-500 pounds depending on which crossmembers are attached. Prices were up to $250.00 a ton before the financial crash. I usually just cut off the crossmembers and save the frame rails to cut up for brackets, etc...
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Old 04-14-2009, 10:46 AM   #4
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Re: Scraping a frame???

There was a guy looking for a frame on the board this morning, He was even in TX...You might know him LOL
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Old 04-14-2009, 11:25 AM   #5
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Re: Scraping a frame???

If its a 3/4 I would make a trailer out of it and then sell
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Old 04-14-2009, 04:28 PM   #6
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Re: Scraping a frame???

lets not make this into a part for sale thread, it will get locked. only warning.
Not talkin to the original poster... but the the ones responding.

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Old 04-14-2009, 05:12 PM   #7
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Re: Scraping a frame???

Scrap prices are WAY down. I scrapped two heavy duty 3/4 ton bumpers, and only got $3 for them. Too bad they weren't made out of aluminum. Cans are almost $2 a pound here.
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Old 04-14-2009, 06:02 PM   #8
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Re: Scraping a frame???

if you cut it up in 4' or less pieces it will bring a lil' more. here in ft.worth long iron is $60.00 a ton and short iron is $75.00 a ton...
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Old 04-14-2009, 08:11 PM   #9
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Re: Scraping a frame???

$45 a ton here. Maybe a little more if you haul it yourself, but a scrapyard near my jobsite supplies a dumpster and then pays us a little less for the stuff. Last week, we sent in 13,020 pounds and got about $300. But it's no muss and no fuss.
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Old 04-14-2009, 08:14 PM   #10
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Scrap is so bad that we tried to give our old forklift to C & D scrap metal here in houston and the gal said is wan't worth their time to come out and pick it up
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Old 04-14-2009, 08:27 PM   #11
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On the plus side, construction site theft of copper and aluminum are way down...
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Old 04-14-2009, 08:47 PM   #12
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On the plus side, construction site theft of copper and aluminum are way down...
lol same around here.
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Old 04-14-2009, 08:53 PM   #13
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It's not worth the time to steal it anymore, I own a real Estate Brokerage,We list all the HUD houses in MO and almost every vacant house in the ghetto got stripped a year ago, now it is only about half of them, LOL....
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