Why would an amazing 3 HP motor not belong on the member exchange shelf ?
Because unless it is āvaluedā by someone who knows it is dead and can fix it. It will sit on the Donation Shelf and that will be the last resting place BEFORE it gets scrapped.
So youāre advocating direct to scrap for a nice motor because someone might not know it needs a controller?
Iāll swing by and get it when Iām out that way next weekā¦
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Iāve never seen a motor sit more then a day Steve
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I tend to agree. Itās a very expensive motor that has nice windings at a minnimum. If it makes it more than a week Iāll personally remove it.
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The bin is finally empty so we can chop it down to size and clean that cornerā¦ people hid so much steel under the bin.
There are some pieces that looked interesting as actually usable scrap. These are currently on the table until I get back later today after the recyclers and finish cleaning the area. I couldnāt even fit my own plasma sheet into my truck. The first load was 490 pounds of steel, and this load whilst smaller pieces is far denser.
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Iād be curious to know how much $ these loads bring. And, just guessing, Iām thinking you should keep it for your gas moneyā¦ (best guess I found online is for CMCRecycling at $7.25/100lbs, but I confess I have no idea what the other acronyms mean).
And thank you for doing this. That corner does have a tendency to get unruly.
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Ace Metal is giving us $7/pound. The first load was 490 pounds and garnered $30.50ā¦ the second load ended up not being dropped off as after loading all that scrap without any help I was basically dead. Ace doesnāt open until monday morning so I guess I have a lot of scrap until then just stuck in my truck. Oddly, when I called CMC they said they werenāt interested in any incoming of our size but that rate is more typical of something we should be able to drive up withā¦
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That math doesnāt add up, even if you move the decimal point.
It comes out to a hair over $0.062 or 6.2 cents a pound if you received $30.50 for 490 pounds.
I think that was a typo in my original notes. Thinking about it more, was likely around 430 pounds, as 490 would have pushed my truck weight over 6000 and I know the scale didnāt read that high. Iāll double check when I can look at the receipt.
EDIT: I did confirm the typo; was 430 not 490