Wheelweight Prices?

[Kraschenbirn]

This morning, I stopped by the recycler where I've been getting my WWs for the last couple of years and was SHOCKED by his price: $.40/lb!! (Was so 'shocked' that I took two buckets instead of my usual one. :D) About this same time last year, I paid $.96/lb from the same yard. Anyone else seeing this kind of drop in price?

Bill

[williamwaco]

Nope but I will sure call and ask.

I quit buying them because I could buy cute little silver ingots from the members of this forum delivered to my front porch for the same price the scrap yards were asking for dirty, unsorted wheel weights.

[jmort]

Hard to get any here in California. I can get lead cut-off from a foundry for $1.25 a pound and and srcap "lead" was various type for around $.50, but sometimes it is mystery alloy.

[zomby woof]

The person in charge of recycling at our indoor range recently brought in the lead scrap. He had gotten $.05 per pound in the past. He was selling to a member here for $.25 but could not contact him. He got $.54 this time. There goes my cheap source of lead.

[bangerjim]

Lead prices seem to be all over the map around me:

2 months ago I bought 150# of very high tin allow for $1/#.

Next week got 85# of REAL lino for $0.35/pound.

Then last week bought 100# of clean pure Pb ingots for $1.20/pound. Saves me LOTS of time melting and casting ingots!

Guess it depends on who is at the desk and the phase of the moon!

banger

[dbosman]

I find I get a better price when I take my 13 year old along.

[inspector_17]

just picked up 100# of "dirty" (not separated) WW for .50 per pound. Place wanted $1 pound for "clean" Pb. (in nowhere PA saw a couple of diving weights in the stack.) Pipe lead, flashing and lead ingots, term used loosely, that racers use for their cars. already found some stick on WW.

[Airman Basic]

Got two 30 lb "ingots" from some racer friends. They used a valve cover for a mold. Had to score them with a hatchet to break in half so it would fit a promelt. Made great boolits.

[larrymac1]

My recycler said .50 a pound on wheel weights and his guys would separate them for me.

[Liberty'sSon]

Bought some mixed ww today for .40 per pound. Looks like a good load of some older weights.

[TreeKiller]

In Sept checked at 2 places one would not sell calmed they did not have a resale license other place wanted $1.25 # and there was a older fellow going through the WW sorting them. Clean range lead was $1.25 also. I did not notice what they were paying for the lead.

[GlocksareGood]

$0.35 for dirty lead(wheel weights and lead with foreign material) and $0.80/lb for clean lead.

[Prospector Howard]

Yep, the price is all over the place in my area. Even the same yards move price around all the time. Pays to shop around, that's for sure.

[tygar]

Monday I bought abt 550 lbs of various lead, ingots, buckets, flashing etc. Fairly clean for .70 #. But also got a small bucket of pure tin for 3.00 #. Missed out on a large barrel of peuter(sp) that was bought Sat. dam.

[leadbutt]

I still get 5gal buckets for 20$. Granted its only one shop but still.

L. Bottoms

[Smoke4320]

I pay 35 cents a LB and get approx. 70 % lead weights
steel weights end up going to the recycler at 35 cents a lb ...so all is good .. Their a mile apart

[wistlepig1]

Today I got 2/3 of a 5 gallon bucket for 0. After I got out all the steel and Zinkies I had 1/4 of a bucket but it was free, so a good deal. The day of 90% pb bucketS of WW IS OVER.