Car
Body: Includes Cars, Pickup Trucks, Vans and similar vehicles (This does
not include
buses and motor homes). To
receive the advertised per ton price on a vehicle the frame must
be intact and
the vehicle must have a clear title. The fuel tank must either be drained and
removed or have a HUGE hole in the BOTTOM of the tank - large enough to
stick your head
inside the tank. If the fuel tank is not EITHER drained
and removed OR have a HUGE hole in
the BOTTOM of the tank the vehicle will
not be accepted.
Car bodies cut up must still have a clear title -
NO EXCEPTIONS! *Fuel tanks MUST be REMOVED or have a LARGE HOLE (large enough for a
person to stick
their head inside) or they will not be accepted. A tire
disposal fee will be charged if you leave
tires on a vehicle.
Click
here to download the application for a Michigan Scrap or Salvage Title.
Application must be completed and turned
into the Secretary of State for approval.
Tin:
Includes washers, dryers, refrigerators*, freezers*, stoves and
other similar items. *Compressors must be removed from refrigerators and
freezers or a certificate showing the
freon has been collected must be presented
at scale. Compressors purchased as well.
Clean
Copper:
Number 1: For wire, each
individual strand of the wire must be
the size of a No. 2 pencil lead or larger. For pipe
and other material, it must be clean and shinny to the
point that you can still read the original manufacturer
stamp.
Number 2: For wire, each
individual strand is smaller than
the size of a No. 2 pencil lead. Pipe and other
material may have solder and other contaminants.
Number 3: Sheet copper
Clean
Brass:
Yellow Brass: Plumbing and
other Fittings, Faucets, etc.
Clean
Aluminum:
Wheels: Rims must be made of
aluminum. Steel rims are
considered short steel. The weights must be removed
to receive full purchase value. Weights may also be
purchased separately at current market value.
Old: Clean
aluminum sheet. Includes any type of aluminum sheet with small amounts
of
contamination such as screws, staples, light tar, caulk, etc. Non-returnable
pop
cans are also purchased as Old Aluminum as well as other aluminum cans
such
as cat food. Pontoons are purchased as Old - BUT THEY MUST HAVE A HOLE
CUT IN
THEM so we can see that there is no foam, water, etc. inside.
Painted: Includes
siding, soffit, facia and other similar materials. For the most part, any
sheet-type aluminum that has been FACTORY (not hand) painted.
All screws
and backing material must be removed to
receive full purchase value.
Cast: Cast Aluminum
Clip: Good, clean and shiny
aluminum like lawn chair frames.
Extruded: Window and door
frames. Material has been run through an "extruder", it has been
"molded
not folded".
Batteries:
Regular automotive size are purchased
at the advertised price.
For smaller batteries you will be
given credit for a quarter, half
or three-quarters of a battery and
larger batteries may be
purchased for a higher value.
Clean
Radiators:
Auto: Radiators constructed of
brass.
Aluminum: Radiators
constructed of aluminum.
Copper/Aluminum: Radiators
with aluminum fins and copper tubes.
Heater
Cores: Also includes small radiators.
Pistons:
Purchased as Irony Aluminum with
rings and or rods still attached. Purchased as
Cast Aluminum when no steel
is present.
Transmissions:
Automatic transmissions made
from aluminum will be
purchased at the advertised prices.
Cast transmissions
purchased as mixed cast. Manual
transmissions valued
at half of automatic.
Starters
and Alternators:
Includes most starters and
alternators from most cars, trucks and other equipment.
Certain styles may be purchased
as electric motors.
Catalytic Converters:
Large GM (Honeycomb)
Medium GM (Honeycomb)
Regular Honeycomb
Regular Bead
Jumbo Bead
Small Foreign (Honeycomb)
Large Foreign (Honeycomb)
PreCats (Aftermarket)
Catalist: Material, either honeycomb or bead, used inside converters.
If you have questions on cores, please
give us a call.
Clean
Die Cast:
Self explanatory.
Carburetors:
Purchased as Irony Aluminum.
Stainless
Steel:
Must be non-magnetic (a magnet will
not be attracted to it) and have no steel or other
contamination attached to it.
Ferrous (steel) Materials:
2 Foot Plate and
Structural: Must be the same size as
Alloy Free and Short Steel which is
2 foot by 18 inches and smaller but can ONLY be plate and structural
material
such as plate steel, I-beam, H-beam and angle iron that are at least one
quarter
of an inch thick.
5 Foot Plate and Structural: Must
also be ONLY plate and structural material same as 2
Foot Plate and Structural listed above but cut into 5 foot by 2 foot and
smaller.
Must also be at least one quarter of an inch thick just like the 2 foot
listed above.
IMPORTANT NOTE
REGARDING 2 FOOT AND 5 FOOT PLATE AND STRUCTURAL MATERIALS:
There cannot be any galvanized material. Nuts and bolts are ok IF ATTACHED
to the P & S material but nuts and bolts cannot be purchased as P & S by
themselves, if they are mixed in loose in the load it will be downgraded to
Short Steel or 4 X 2.
Alloy Free: Includes structural material such as trailer house
frames, I-beams, channel, angle iron and black rims
(rims must have valve stems and weights removed).
Pipe may go as alloy free if it is BLACK.
Must be cut into 2' x 18" or smaller pieces and be
1/8 of an inch thick or thicker to receive full
purchase value. Must be black iron, no chrome.
Short Steel: Includes all ferrous
steel items. Must be cut into
2' x 18" or smaller pieces and be 1/8 of an inch
thick or thicker to receive full purchase value. Any heavy steel that does
not meet
the specifications for Alloy Free cut into this length may go as short
steel. Steel rims
with valve stems attached are also Short Steel wheel weights must be
removed!
Mixed Cast: Anything over 3" thick
will be priced at scales. Includes cast iron items such as
cast iron sinks and bath tubs, some gears and older farm equipment.
Clean Motor Cast: Includes cast iron
motor blocks that have had all
aluminum, sheet iron and non-metallic material
removed from them. Also includes brake drums, rotors, crankshafts and
non-aluminum heads.
Unclean Motor Cast: Includes motor
blocks that have not had
the aluminum and sheet iron removed.
2 X 4 Steel: Includes all ferrous
steel items. Must be cut into
2' X 4' or smaller pieces and be 1/8 or an inch
thick or thicker to receive full sale value.
Unprepared: Includes all the above
materials that have not been
cleaned or prepared using the information above.
Price may be less than advertised depending on the
quality of your material.
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