Price of wheel weights by the pail
- Thread starter y2k
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fingers284
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- Alberta Cowboy Ranges
I was paying $20 per pail when they were mostly lead ww, now with the zinc volume very much increased I have been paying $10...and getting no argument from my supplier (he's not a big volume supplier, prob average 2 pail a year).
Y2, if your looking to increase you financial gain in the WW bidness I think you will have to sort the zinc out, melt & clean/flux & cast into ingots to realize any significant $ increase.
an edit to add to the above; after a bit of research & personal experience : an old time 5 gal pail of WW will av. 150#- releasing 100-110# of ingot lead...a modern 135# zinc infected pail will yield 80-90 # of lead. A good melting system with a couple of muffin tins that easilly dump when they should will render a pail of WW into ingots in 2 hrs easily. Even with 3 hrs handling/melting time included it and selling the refined ingots for $1.50 per lb. would realize a somewhat good return on time.
Y2, if your looking to increase you financial gain in the WW bidness I think you will have to sort the zinc out, melt & clean/flux & cast into ingots to realize any significant $ increase.
an edit to add to the above; after a bit of research & personal experience : an old time 5 gal pail of WW will av. 150#- releasing 100-110# of ingot lead...a modern 135# zinc infected pail will yield 80-90 # of lead. A good melting system with a couple of muffin tins that easilly dump when they should will render a pail of WW into ingots in 2 hrs easily. Even with 3 hrs handling/melting time included it and selling the refined ingots for $1.50 per lb. would realize a somewhat good return on time.
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My local Kal Tire wanted $95 a pail, unsorted and they use steel wheel weights so all the repeat customers are steel. And the sad thing is they actually sell them for that to local casters. I get the weights for free from a couple of my local dealerships (the one I work at and one I used to work at) but mostly buy processed range lead for $1 a pound now.
