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Old May 19, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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are you guys serious?!?! I can see through the block... there is holes... haha. Virginia Beach though.
Old May 20, 2007 | 04:56 AM
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I was just asking out outta curiosity lol. I have enough blocks at my house lol
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Default Re: what do i do with a unusable block...

Originally Posted by 1BADDSM
are you guys serious?!?! I can see through the block... there is holes... haha. Virginia Beach though.
I understand. I was looking to do something with it. I'm lazy and not trying to drive to va beach though. Just put it in a dumpster. I'd clean it up first though. You don't need to put shit with oil in it in the trash.
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Originally Posted by slimb
metal scrap is currently going for 4.25 cents a pound not worth it


ummm.....not at the right supplier


i have been getting 58-75 cents a lb for dirty castings, and almost a dollar if its good clean aluminum.
Old May 20, 2007 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by fc735
ummm.....not at the right supplier


i have been getting 58-75 cents a lb for dirty castings, and almost a dollar if its good clean aluminum.

where?
Old May 20, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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Default Re: what do i do with a unusable block...

Originally Posted by fc735
ummm.....not at the right supplier


i have been getting 58-75 cents a lb for dirty castings, and almost a dollar if its good clean aluminum.

yeah thats is also considered precious metal. not scrap. copper is 2 dollars and some change right now. but the block isnt copper so it does no good. i take at least 2-3 dump truck loads of scrap metal to the scrap yard everyweek. weighing any where from 2 thousand pounds to 8 thousand pounds. the only way that it is worth it if you have a big enough truck. i also haul copper,brass and aluminum. you will spend 5 times the money in gas hauling a block there.
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Default Re: what do i do with a unusable block...

Originally Posted by 1BADDSM
where?

a few places around here, one in Stuart, one in Pulaski mainly. prices have dropped in the last week, but still better than most of this year.

Originally Posted by slimb
yeah thats is also considered precious metal. not scrap. copper is 2 dollars and some change right now. but the block isnt copper so it does no good. i take at least 2-3 dump truck loads of scrap metal to the scrap yard everyweek. weighing any where from 2 thousand pounds to 8 thousand pounds. the only way that it is worth it if you have a big enough truck. i also haul copper,brass and aluminum. you will spend 5 times the money in gas hauling a block there.


we haul about 4 ton a month, so it is worthwhile to us the way we do it. but, it all depends on the sorting and how clean it is.
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