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Step 2Call Around, Load up, and Haul
If you run into a scavenger with a truck or a shopping cart full of cans, ask them what the best places are to sell different kinds of scrap.
Now call those places, other local scrapyards and recyclers and ask them if they buy what you have and how much they pay.
Within 5 miles of me (and the port of Oakland) I heard prices ranging from
"No", "$5 a battery", "fifteen cents a pound" and "twenty cents a pound".
They're allowed to offer you whatever they want. It's a business and they have expenses.
They'll ask you how much you have. If you say you have more, they may offer a better rate.
CASS recycling had the best price for batteries of the places I called.
Load up your batteries and head out. Don't hurt your back. A spine is worth more than any amount of scrapmetal. Notice how low the Ugly Truckling's rear springs are. The ride was very smooth.
Now call those places, other local scrapyards and recyclers and ask them if they buy what you have and how much they pay.
Within 5 miles of me (and the port of Oakland) I heard prices ranging from
"No", "$5 a battery", "fifteen cents a pound" and "twenty cents a pound".
They're allowed to offer you whatever they want. It's a business and they have expenses.
They'll ask you how much you have. If you say you have more, they may offer a better rate.
CASS recycling had the best price for batteries of the places I called.
Load up your batteries and head out. Don't hurt your back. A spine is worth more than any amount of scrapmetal. Notice how low the Ugly Truckling's rear springs are. The ride was very smooth.
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May 25, 2008. 7:07 PM
xenobiologista
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xenobiologista
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I guess I'm not going to be doing this on a bicycle then.
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Dec 30, 2010. 4:05 PMWhales
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With a lot of trips you might.
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Jan 24, 2010. 8:18 AMMT-LB
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Maybe a dually or a trailer would help
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Oct 26, 2009. 11:08 AMronmaggi
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Before double stacking batteries like that, place some of the thick honeycombed cardboard used for battery transport on top of the first layer. I know that the folks at West Marine would probably be willing to give you a few sheets of it. Eventually bad things happen when you don't, and battery acid is not a good thing to spill all over. Also, Know that West marine sends thire batteries back to the East Penn Battery company, where they recycle EVERY part of the battery in their ZERO EMISSIONS factory.
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Jan 6, 2009. 8:36 PMgorgo333
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so sad yet so true =(
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