Can old car parts be taken to a scrap metal dealer?

anewman

Just wondering if I could take an old knackered steering rack and other old metal car bits to a scrap metal merchant and if it would be financially worth doing so (rather than chucking them at the local refuse place)..

Thanks in advance.

goldspanners

yes im sure you can,but strip it of all plastic and rubber parts first,they will take money off for them having to do this. dont know how much you will get for it though.

vaio

Yes, a scrap yard will happily take them (along with any other bits of metal you have)

But, unless you have a significant quantity then the money you get will probably not cover the petrol to get there and even less worthwhile if you cost your time too.

Also, and based entirely on my own experience, if you go to a scrap yard in an ordinary car or van you have a one in five chance of knocking a hole in a tyre on one of the sharp bits of metal that seem to litter the ground.

All in all I think the greenest thing to do is just throw it in the bin

This has been discussed fairly recently

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=9919491#post9919491

scbk

If it's just plain steel then IMO it's not really worth taking less than a few hundred kilo

Also as above there'll be loads of broken glass and metal shards likely to damage your tyre

Inactive

Yes, take your scrap metal, it has almost doubled in price this year..you may well be surprised by how much you get.;)

anewman

If I take it will report back how much I get. Got to get my brakes to non-leaky status before I can drive anywhere at least I'm getting some exercise now