What's a reasonable price for WW's?

[Land Owner]

I may have found a source of WW's from a Tire shop. I need 900# of WW's. They have 200#'s. Yesterday I received about 50#'s and gave the man $4.00 (all the cash I had) and promised to stop by to purchase the rest and bring more cash.

Now $4 for 50#'s is a steal and I don't want to gouge myself. I do intend to go back, but since it isn't free, what is a reasonable price?

I was thinking $10/50#'s seems reasonable to me ($0.20/#)

[NHlever]

I don't know what the "going" rate is either, but I would pay .20/Lb. for good wheelweights. I got lucky and bought some alloy from an estate, and paid that for the ingots, but felt that all smelted the 1-15 alloy I bought was worth more.

[timkelley]

I've been paying $35.00 a hundred and not feel bad.

[WILCO]

Call your scrap dealer and see what he's paying per pound of WW's.

[peerlesscowboy]

I paid $40 for 80lbs at the local scrap dealer in December.

John C. Saubak

[pistolman44]

The local scrap yard here in PA is charging me .25 lb. I check with them every 4 months for WW. The last time they had 4 almost full 5 gal. buckets for me. They are clear of zinc and steel. I don't how long this is going to last for lead WW. Many states are trying to ban the lead WW.

[mpmarty]

I pay $50.00 for a five gallon bucket full. When I can get it.

[fredj338]

If the ww are all useable, ven 50c/# isn't a bad deal in todays shrinking market. Lead WW will be gone soon, get em while you can.

[wingnut49b]

I buy lots of lead when I find it for $0.50/lb. Right now I'm finding it for 70 cents.

I'm sure there are some free ones around, but it takes too much time from family/work to make it worth my time. I don't mind buying at decent rates.


Andy

[geargnasher]

I finally found a scrap hound here that will sell to me, he's getting them from out of town and I'm paying him 75c a weighed pound for mixed clip-on/stick-ons, less than two pounds of iron/zinc in a bucket so far. He could get $90/100lb for "dirty" lead scrap at one of the salvage yards in the 'big city' 70 miles away, but if he sells to me he saves fuel.

Gear

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I've gotton 5 gal pails full for $35 each in the last three months.
I haven't had to pay more than that yet, But I'm sure I will soon,
with Metals and other commodies going up,
there may be a rush like back in '08.
Jon

[dverna]

It would be very prudent to stock up on lead. I recently purchased 1/2 ton of shot. That will last me until next year. I have also bought thousands of bullets as I do not have time to cast right now and I sense prices are due to climb.

WW ingots store easily and do not "rot". How can anyone ever have too much on hand?

Don Verna

[geargnasher]

Good point about lead not "rotting". It doesn't eat anything, either, and can be stored anywhere, even buried in the ground or stacked under the porch.

Gear