scrap copper, sell or hold??

GW

I'm sitting on some scrap- I don't follow the market at all, is this a good time to unload or hang on?

Thanks, Gary

NY_Rob

We had some scrap at work, including copper, batteries, aluminum, etc... our scrap guy said it's all low now because of China. He doesn't see it rising any time soon either.

Who knows....

GW

OK we will hold on for now thanks

GW

If the 'no pricing' policy holds for scrap, can anyone please email me what is considered good?

I have no clue what's good and what's mediocre. We may have 1500 to a ton or so, neatly cut into different bins

gary@wilsonph.com

Or, if Dan is out there, any issues with scrap pricing? See,s like a commodity and not much to do with our individual costs

Thanks

NY_Rob

Do a google search for:
"scrap copper prices ma"

GW

ok that's good, my local place has their pricing online.

I just don't know what's good and what's so-so!

EBEBRATT-Ed

Gary,
I don't keep up with the scrap prices cause I don't scrap much. Don't know where you drop your scrap but from the guys I work with that are scrap hounds they recommend the one on Narragansett St in Chicopee.

GW

yes thanks you mean Kane i think. We do Kane and Sullivan in Holyoke

EBEBRATT-Ed

Willamansett Waste......... Narragansett st, Chicopee I am told is the best $$$$$$$. Right off Chicopee Street about 1 mile north of Kane. Take a left off Chicopee St onto Narragansett st.

GW

OK I'll call the, thanks

Big Ed_4

It was nice when prices were high .. We would leave the old boiler near the curb and it would be gone before we installed the new one ..

GW

yes i just called Narraganset, 10% higher than the others

flat_twin

When thieves make the local news by electrocuting themselves while stealing copper bus bars from the power sub stations, it might be time to sell your copper.

j a_2

So a professional removal company may be a better gig than a professional installation company. Thinking back I should have allowed a company to cut out the old one remove it and bring the new one in and uncreated it..then clean up the mess. But no I was to stupid and stubborn

GW

whats a professional moving co?

j a_2

Ones who come in and neatly remove the old boiler, clean up,take delivery of the new one...Dispose of it leagally,and have insurance coverage...Don't all junk guys have insurance,hate to see one get injured on a job,whoops paperwork time...

j a_2

You can only roll the dice so long

GW

yes It's not easy, we have stair climber and lift gate, all the toys

j a_2

Yes you need them, that's for sure...it's definitely not easy....One broken stair tread can ruin your day....People are funny,especially the ones you don't expect

Robert O'Brien

If anyone knew what would happen to metals prices, they'd be trading copper futures from their yacht in the Caribbean, not posting on Heating Help!

GW

I'm just being a miser so i can pay for my morning latte's

GW

j a said:

Yes you need them, that's for sure...it's definitely not easy....One broken stair tread can ruin your day....People are funny,especially the ones you don't expect

yes it's not easy running through peoples homes with heavy equipment, dripping mud, flaky soot, cans of purple primer, torches, working on gas lines, brazing acr, hauling and handing 20 and 21 footers of pipe, and dumpy sets of stairs. I make it a habit to look at the stairs when it's a heavy job. If we split the old boiler i just add some costs to the quote.

Had a guy complain once that one of the sidewalk paver blocks sank into the ground (heavy weight pushed it down an inch or so) He eventually let it go, i thought it was so strange---- DUDE the earth is eroding from under your walkway----can you not see that??? Well I didn't say that but I thought it.

It's so true, some people (extreme minority) I believe are itching to get something hanging over your shoulder for a little guilt game. Those can be interesting conversations. Or, you file it in back pocket---

j a_2

Like someone once said here some homeowners expect you to work in there filthy, unlit basement..god knows what's on the old pipes...But when they get to there nice comfy office the **** if the midnight cleaners didn't empty the trash, completely

Dave DeFord_2

Just a thought on scrap prices. Around here (mid Michigan) it seems like scrap prices usually go up in the late winter/early spring when the frost laws are on. I don't follow it real closely but I do hear about them occasionally and that seems to be a pattern. Just my two cents.