Weighing in Shite. Aluminium?

[sutty2006]

Soon I'll have a hefty chunk of aluminium shite to weigh in. To be crushed into thousands of tiny "rola cola" cans... But is it worth my time? Does anyone know a rough guide price as to what aluminium can weigh in at? (Because if it wont pay for shite meal down the local, its hardly worth doing )

[explosive-cabbage]

Its worth doing if you have nothing else better to do.

 

Price for clean Aluminium is £1000+/ton.

 

CLEAN Aluminium means with no other metals attached. For example if it were a cylinder head you would have to remove all the journals, all the valves, all the valve guides, every stud, and any other metal components that are not Aluminium.

 

If it is not clean, I don't know the exact price but if you think around £50 - £60 for a alloy engine block with internals still in.

[Pillock]

Thread hijack.... I've got a cylinder head from a VAG 1.9 TDI - I don't even know what metal it is. Also the inlet manifold which is ally. Can I just rock up to a metal recyclers and get money for it or is it not worth the hassle? Will I need an account and stuff to sell to a legit place these days? 

[Junkman]

Old Bugattis have a very high aluminium content, so if you have one of those, it's always worthwhile to weigh it in.

[sutty2006]

I think most VAG or any modern cylinder head is Aluminuim nowadays.

 

I might be breaking an Audi A8 very soon, the shell is Aluminuim.... I might just take the time to remove it of all other shite and weigh that shell in! never thought it would be that much! That'll upgrade to a Burger King special!!

[Junkman]

You must have a lot of time. Just weigh it in as is, you get a shitload anyway. The time and effort you'd spend on dismantling it is of much better use on the sofa. Or in the garage. Or down the pub. Or some fuggin place.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I weighed in a dead K-series and got about £16 for it

[sutty2006]

I weighed in a dead K-series and got about £16 for it

 

The whole car? They got robbed! haha

 

Nahh, it weighs 2 tonne.. probably get £200 for the whole thing. Ive got a workshop and sundays free to break it, and weigh it in.... might even sell the engine to someone i know whos got a car i want.... if you catch my drift.?

[michael1703]

Unless scrap has rocketed, don't get your hopes up, it's cost me more in time and fuel than it was worth

[jakebullet]

I weigh in my ali turnings when I get to the point of having no more space to store the hateful evil stuff. They fetch 50p a kilo, and you get the feeling they're giving you the money to not bring any more to them. Still nice to get £60 for stuff I'd otherwise have to throw away somehow.

[Lankytim]

I think scrap is pretty low at the moment. Is still a good way of purging your garage of rubbish and making some beer money though.

[simmo]

I find this useful as a guide, not 100% as it varies locally but the trends are usually accurate

 

 

http://www.letsrecycle.com/prices/metals

[sutty2006]

I find it fun, interesting, and good stress relief ripping old cars apart that I dont need anymore. And if I can make some beer money along the way, its all win win win!  Shame about the car tho  

[Joey spud]

I weighed in a set of four 15'' golf alloys and two medium sized batteries last week and got £39.40 which i thought was fair..

[Joey spud]

 Will I need an account and stuff to sell to a legit place these days? 

 

The small place i use just want to see proof of id (driving licence) which they copy also they need a swipe of a bank card so they can pay the money straight in to my account.

[Junkman]

You have to provide some sort of ID and will be paid by money transfer to avoid any VAT fraud.

If you want a dash for cash, it's off to the pikeys, but they'll pay considerably less.

[simmo]

Locally we get the option of cheque or transfer, once you're verified.

[sutty2006]

well, its here. Sold the shitelibra and got this back at the same time.

 

Shame to break it, lovely car but does need some money spending on it. keep loosing interest in trying to sell it. No one can ever fuel or insure these kind of cars, so the value as a car is unbelievably cheep....where as breaking it can make double, if not tripple the value!

 

 

We shall see what happens.....

[phil_lihp]

I know someone who has a 1995 A8 Quattro 4.2, nice car to ride in and look at but chronically unreliable, not so much failure-to-proceed stuff but constant electrical issues. Seems like parts are very expensive too. I'd imagine they're pretty unwanted right now as per S class and 7 series.

[sutty2006]

Correct. This one needs a weekends worth of work to be mint. Front and rear disks, front ARBs, tracking is out, airbag light is on, some minor electrical gadgets dont work like the drivers head rest.... other than that shes a beauty! Worth £700-800 as a car, probably get that weighing the shell in.

[Station]

I weighed in a dead K-series and got about £16 for it

 

I did the same - he gave me £10 as he didn't care if it was aluminium though 'as prices were rock bottom*' while fumbling around with his balls in his overalls.

It seems I always go when 'scrap values on it's arse at the moment'.

[forddeliveryboy]

Correct. This one needs a weekends worth of work to be mint. Front and rear disks, front ARBs, tracking is out, airbag light is on, some minor electrical gadgets dont work like the drivers head rest.... other than that shes a beauty! Worth £700-800 as a car, probably get that weighing the shell in.

 

When's the cambelt due? More of a deal than a new set of discs and tracking.

[sutty2006]

Its probably over due, and needs a good service too. Its an expensive job to get it done, and an even more expensive job if it fails! At least if the engine is removed and sold, new owner of said engine can bang a belt on while its out!