What’s everyone paying per pound on lead at the scrap yard?
My local scrap yard won’t sell lead back to the public when I called and asked. I’m set up with a couple tire shops in town. I don’t get a lot of volume but they don’t ask for any $$$ for them. I give whoever gives them me a ten or twenty depending on how much is in the bucket when I shake their hand and thank them. They’re all local business with owner/operators... no chains. They seem pretty happy that someone comes around to get them. The few times I’ve gotten them... it’s about 50% lead to the rest being zinc, steel or those foam pads. It’d be neat to get straight lead from a scrap yard if they’d sell. I was bummed when they said they wouldn’t. The idea of getting sheeting... flashing... pipe... whatever in some quantity would be nice.