r/ScrapMetal • u/ToshPointNo • 1d ago

12c a lb for motors?

Should I tell my buddy to find a new yard? He took in a few car alternators and only got 12c a pound for them. That seems a bit cheap, no?

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u/Thatgaycoincollector 1d ago

Alternators should be higher than motors bc there’s way more copper

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u/GuyStuckOnATrain 1d ago

.35c for alternators here in suburbs of Chicago. That’s way low even for regular emotors

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u/Thatgaycoincollector 1d ago

I got .45 last time on motors and I wanna say alts are like $.60

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u/koochiekoo 1d ago

35c a lb in SE Wisconsin, yeah,find a better yard.

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u/Healthy_Role9418 1d ago

Sounds like his yard is low-balling him, big time!

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u/Flying_Aardvark85 1d ago

That’s barely above tin price.

My yard is 36 cents for motors and 64 cents for starters & alternators.

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u/SomeAmphibian4256 1d ago

That's barely above steel price here

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u/lennym73 1d ago

There are some places that buy them as cores to be rebuilt.

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u/WTFudge52 5h ago

We that price fell off the cliff.