Florida: 6,654 lbs. Government Lead

[Elkins45]

^^^^^^ I would be willing to take 1000 pounds or so off your hands if you seriously want to bid on it.

[DRNurse1]

These are intersting oppotunties. I think we should try for a weekend get together of Cast Boolit folks to process one of these sales. Finding a local honcho and coordinating the finances to start then we can drag our stoves/ burners and pots to melt and cast ingots from the auction. The honcho would need a logistic plan to house and feed whom ever shows up for the project, too.

Just sayin'.

[Roger Ronas]

I'd send a question as to if it is lead for sure and the weight of each box. I think it just states 415 boxes.

yes!!

[evan price]

http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

Anyone near Oklahoma City? 415 boxes of old wheel weights... Opening bid, $150

Under the "Shipping details" tab, it says it weighs 2790 lbs (approx) and it's on one pallet.

[Rich22]

If the lead in Fl was good stuff I could come on down for a day to at least help out and would of course be in for quite a lot of the material provided it was cheap enough.

Rich

[finishman2000]

you guys are dreaming. these .gov lead sales have all sold for much higher we casters are willing to pay.

[koehlerrk]

Under the "Shipping details" tab, it says it weighs 2790 lbs (approx) and it's on one pallet.

Well, that works out to 6.7 lbs per box... call it 100 ounces per box, give or take.

Yeah, sounds about right.

[rmark]

'you guys are dreaming. these .gov lead sales have all sold for much higher we casters are willing to pay'

I suspect that's true - anyone know how much lead goes for at the gov't auctions?

The OKC weights look like new in the box truck wheel weights, running the company name and part number they are lead and plastic coated. I suspect a tire company will be interested in these.

[bowfin]

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[garym1a2]

I am going to watch the one in Florida, But I would not bid much more than about a dime/lb.

Okay, here are the three auctions currently scheduled to run:

Approximately 2,970 pounds of wheel weights in Oklahoma:

http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

3,280 pounds of battery terminals in Alabama:

http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

6,654 pounds lead bars at Homestead Florida:

http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

Does anybody plan on bidding on these?

[Rich22]

I would be in on the one in Fl but it would have to be real cheap to be worth the effort.

Rich

Okay, here are the three auctions currently scheduled to run:

Approximately 2,970 pounds of wheel weights in Oklahoma:

http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

3,280 pounds of battery terminals in Alabama:

http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

6,654 pounds lead bars at Homestead Florida:

http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

Does anybody plan on bidding on these?

[Tpb10505]

It might be that we could match a buyer up with a transporter.

There could be people who don't have either the time, truck, money, or location. I would bid on any of the stuff, but I would need somebody to go fetch it.

Actually, I could buy and fetch the Oklahoma stuff if no one else plans on it.

I'm in OKC. I wouldnt be able to bid on it right now, but my roommate does have a truck I could pick it up in.

[2wheelDuke]

I plan to bid on the Homestead, FL one. I don't want to bid against anyone else here. My truck is only a 1/2 ton, so if we could win it, I think my best bet would be to rent a Penske truck to haul it back to my house. Just the gas it'd take to make multiple trips makes the truck rental to haul it in one shot well worth the money.

As long as it didn't go too high, the price per pound shouldn't be too bad with a couple hundred bucks of overhead to haul it back to Ft. Lauderdale.

[2wheelDuke]

It might be that we could match a buyer up with a transporter.

There could be people who don't have either the time, truck, money, or location. I would bid on any of the stuff, but I would need somebody to go fetch it.

Actually, I could buy and fetch the Oklahoma stuff if no one else plans on it.

There's over a ton of WW there. Could you haul it all in one go?

[blademasterii]

If you are going to go past stuart on the way back Duke , I might be interested in a few lbs.

[rmark]

The OKC auction has the starting bid dropped to $50, was $150 the other day.

[2wheelDuke]

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=5814074

The surplus lead is already up over $1,000. I was hoping that'd be the ending bid in a worse case scenario for it. And there's still 2 days left to go.

[RobsTV]

Now past $3200 with 6 hours left.

SOLD for $4315 + 10% buyers premium of $432 = $4747 + I think 7% tax of $332 = grand total of $5080..... WOW! (+ shipping or moving it expenses of some sort)