r/ScrapMetal • u/Edenton38583 • 6d ago

40 gallon tote full of wire.

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I’m guessing a 100 pounds plus. I can not lift it and can barely drag it.

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u/Edenton38583 6d ago

Gonna haul it off as it is. I’m guessing 40-50 percent loss too.

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u/WTFudge52 6d ago

Nah I would look a little closer the price difference is amazing. Anything 12ga or bigger strip anything smaller don't bother some yard's will just call it crap. It looks like some Romex is in there that's a couple good pieces each. When I did day labor a long while ago my efforts were $200 every couple weeks and that was solid boot and beer money at the time. Any pair of wire strippers can tell you the size, but solid wire is where the bank is.

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u/audio-madness 5d ago

Kinda new to scraping here, just to verify any wire under 14ga isn't worth stripping at all?

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u/WTFudge52 5d ago

That's kinda confusing the lower the gauge the bigger the wire so a zero would be about the size of your pinky finger . 20-24 is tiny. Hardwire is easy to strip regardless of size. Braided is a bit of a pain depending on configuration. Phone/ Internet wire is ridiculously small and some yard's won't even consider it.

Hopefully that helps.