Visited the local salvage yard today. Actually, stopped at one of the two major tires stores in our small town, and was told that corporate required them to sell the old wheel weights to a salvage dealer, and mail the check to corporate HQ. How's that for tight? Anyway, I decided to go to the salvager, and he indeed had a small barrel of WW's. I got a partial bucket for 50cents/lb. How does that sound? The other tire store gives me their weights, but I always tip the guys in the back for saving them for me. First time buying WW's. They looked good. Had several 14oz weights in there! Was this a good price? Not as good as free, but, was it reasonable? If so, I'll go back and get more. I only got maybe a 1/4 of what they had.
prices vary greatly depending on where you are .. I have seen 35 cents to 80 cents .. biggest thing is to not pay of too much steel or zinc weights
I pay $1.25 per pound for SOWW's and pure Pb. COWW's...I talk them down due to the steel in there I do not want.I scored 95# of REAL lino the other day for that $1.25 price.
I own an old printing press and over 800# of type for it, sorted in type drawers by font. I have played "printer's devil" many times and set type for Christmas cards and invitations. I will never melt that down. It is that super-extra hard type that is over 100 years old.
Only 3 years ago I was buying Pb for $0.30 a pound! And scrap brass bar stock was $1.30/pound.
My.......how times have changed .........in these days of Obama and the EPA run amuck.
.50 cts a pound is not bad, if hopefully, you got mostly lead and not a lot of zink or steel weights. You should probably go back for the rest.
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