Scrap value

I've been offered £120 quid scrap for my knackered Fiat Multipla.

It was more than I expected so rather than take his hand off, greed has kicked so i'd thought i'd check out what scrap prices are like currently.

Does that price sound about right?

Ta, Rick

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R D S
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scrap steel is 100 a tonne, whoever takes it will take off some parts and sell those separately, like battery, radiator, wheels etc. 120 is probably a fair price, but locally to me you could get 150

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Mrcheerful

Your a bit behind, my local yard was offering £140 a tonne a couple of weeks ag0, and this show a massive increase over march:

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Paul

it varies by the day, the scrap i took in about a month ago was 100/tonne. if it is now 140 then 120 for his car seems low

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Mrcheerful

Hi, I started the thread below "Almera - no power at high speed" I'm not interested in putting money into it, so will prob take best price from scrapper man. I've already found a replacement vehicle.

Those prices were:

40, 40-50, 70, 75-100, 100, 140

Those that 100+ were interested that it is MoT mid August, tax end May

- and runs OK (at moderate speed) - so seem to have ideas beyond basic scrap.

The lowest guy said "they only scrap - and scrap prices were falling". Are scrap prices really falling ???

I think I'll deal with the 140 guy.

Terry

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Terry

forgot to mention one of the favourite scrappy bits is the catalytic converter (assuming it is petrol) they can make 40 quid on their own.

Reply to
Mrcheerful

But don't you have to separate it out into the different components? The seats are mostly not steel and they'll need to be disposed of?

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GB

The price for scrap steel is usually what is known as 'light iron' this includes all the plastics and junk in a normal car, most scrap dealers will reduce the price if you leave tyres on the vehicle. the scrap yard will tear out the engine/box/back axle/hub assemblies etc. as they are more valuable, likewise radiator and battery. Then the remains will go onto a line with the most horribly powerful tearing fingers and the whole thing is effectively 'chipped' , the plastic and so forth is easily separated at this stage and goes to one side, the rest goes for remelting for the next batch of Fords. If you break up the vehicle and take in the more valuable bits yourself then you can get a better total return. Likewise if you take in nice clean steel you get a price for 'heavy iron' which is better than light iron by a noticeable amount. I usually put on one side all the discs and wishbones and take them in separately every year or so, the light stuff I wait till there is a car to scrap and fill it with exhausts etc. anything ally is worth putting on one side, even water pumps, gearboxes etc. get a rate known as 'irony ally' which is much better than the plain iron rate. batteries and radiators give a nice return too.

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Mrcheerful

It sounds alright to me, though I was talking to a scrap dealer yesterday who said to hold onto any scrap, as the value of it will go up by 30% in the next 3 weeks as there is now a large shortage of it, and stocks have ran out for shipment to India/China.

Alan.

Reply to
A.Lee

I love watching my local scrap dealer do this. With a grab on a hydraulic arm those guys can flip up a bonnet, get hold of the engine, and yank the whole thing out in seconds!

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asahartz

That's what fragmentisers are for. There's a clue in the name.

Steve

Reply to
shazzbat

Thanks. I now know much more about scrap dealers. :)

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GB

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