Weighing in alloy wheels

I need to find a better metal yard. They seem just to take mixed metal, or at least that's what they pay everything out as... They also only price by the ton...

Anyone recommend a decent place for flogging windings, cats, rads, etc. in Nottingham? Not by the lorry load either.

with scrap yards, I find if you use the right words, and look (make sure youre dressed right) and act as if you know what youre doing, they treat you a lot better than if you just stand there sheepishly and let them do it all/tell you what to do.

always weigh ally wheels in clean, and separate to any other ally you have, as they pay different prices for different types. eg. engine blocks are a better grade than wheels, but only if clean- I.e.e no steel studs etc. in them.
copper/brass rads weigh separately to any other copper or brass you have, and get as much of the steel fittings off as you can before you take em- literally hacking them off with an axe will improve your weigh-in price as they then become 'clean' too.
same goes for ally rads too- and you get a better price if you smash the plastic end caps off before you take em, but weigh em seperately too as they're another different grade.
stainless is over £1.50 a kilo at the mo too so worth separating if you have any- exhausts, etc.

steel can be the tricky one. if youre weighing in a car, youll get a low price as theres so much plastic and wibblepoo in it they're not actually getting much steel. obviously you want to rob anything ally, stainless, or brass/copper off you can before it goes in- wheels, rad, any easily removed engine bits, any windings- start/alt if easy to get to etc. and cut the cat off if its got one too. cats are done on merit round here, ranging from 30 to 120 quid.
they youll want to weigh that lot in separately. you can double the price you get for a car in a couple of hours work if you do. remember its all gunna be fragged so smashing stuff off with a hammer/axe and cutting stuff off with a grinder is quicker and easier.
you can get away with chucking a load of sh1t in it too, plastics, bumpers, interiors etc. as car grade is lowest grade so youre not gunna get a lot for it anyway. be warned though, only chuck stuff that looks as though it could be off the car in there- if they find it full of bricks or containers full of water or anything, youll get told to f-k off with it and not come back, and theyll likely pass your reg. round the other local yards too. remember theyll know roughly what each car weighs, so if youre weighing in a 2.5 ton fiesta, they're gunna get a bit suspicious and check over whats in it!!
ive seen them pick a car up with the crane, rip the roof off and shake it upside down to empty it when they though someone was trying to pull a fast one. turns out they were, it was half full or building rubble shovelled under the seats and oil containers filled with water chucked in there too. they then re-weighed it once it was empty and gave them the lowest grade on it they could.

if youre weighing in loose steel, barter for a better price for it- show them its all good solid lumps of steel with no wibblepoo in there if necessary. I weighed in a load of random offcuts, brake discs, heavy suspension bits, and rear axles recently, and I got him to give me 'shearing' price for it as there was no other metals, rubber or plastic in there, which is half as much again per ton than car grade.

like I say, its as much about knowing whats what before you go as anything. the more you go to a place and they get to know you, the more they get familiar with what youre bringing in, and the more likely you are to get a fair price for it.

I need to find a better metal yard. They seem just to take mixed metal, or at least that's what they pay everything out as... They also only price by the ton...

Anyone recommend a decent place for flogging windings, cats, rads, etc. in Nottingham? Not by the lorry load either.