Got a 56 foot square barn out behind the house; built it to store round bales of hay, but since I sold the cows, it's become a catch-all.......lawn mowers, 4-wheeler, fish cookers, barbecue rigs and JUNK. Also boxed in a 14 x 28 foot section to keep household over-flow. SWMBO and I are both packrats. After tripping over an old battery for the 3rd time, I called the local salvage yard to see what they're worth......a nickel a pound and they must be drained. Called another/larger place about 15 miles up the road; full-sized batteries are ten bucks apiece and no draining. Loaded up the 7 that were in the barn and 13 more that were at the shop (mostly group 31, 5D, 3EH, 3ET, etc), Easiest $200.00 I ever 'made'.
- Thread starter thurlow
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Prices seem to be increasing. Yesterday, I bought a new 6V battery for one of my tractors at my local farm store. I did not have the old battery with me and the core charge was $11.00.
About once each year the store has an open return for salvage batteries (not lawn tractor batteries). Last year they paid $5.00 each. It will be interesting to see what the price is this year.
Dean
About once each year the store has an open return for salvage batteries (not lawn tractor batteries). Last year they paid $5.00 each. It will be interesting to see what the price is this year.
Dean
Goose
Well-known Member
Coupla guys drove into my place several weeks ago and asked if I had any old batteries. They were paying $5 each.
I rounded up 8 or 10. Then one of the guys spotted an old window air conditioner on a pile. I had a couple of them. Next they saw a pile of bent up radiators and A/C condensers. One of them saw a roll of old copper braided lightening rod wire that came from somewhere.
Upshot was, they drove off with a pickup load and I had close to $300 in my pocket. I maybe could have done better elsewhere, but hey, they did all the work, took less than a half hour, and all I did was stand around and watch.
I rounded up 8 or 10. Then one of the guys spotted an old window air conditioner on a pile. I had a couple of them. Next they saw a pile of bent up radiators and A/C condensers. One of them saw a roll of old copper braided lightening rod wire that came from somewhere.
Upshot was, they drove off with a pickup load and I had close to $300 in my pocket. I maybe could have done better elsewhere, but hey, they did all the work, took less than a half hour, and all I did was stand around and watch.
old
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- Camdenton Missouri
Ya I did that last summer and they where giving $9 each or if you had over 7 they weighted them and gave $00.15 per pound and I walked away from there with a little over $75 had 8 or 9 battery's
mark in boonville ny
Member
my batteries are only worth $5 for any sixe trade in and at a junk yard they are only $2.50 each no matter the size.
chevytaHOE5674
Well-known Member
Cleaned out the shed the other week and took 15 batteries in at 5 bucks a piece. Like said it was the easiest cash I've made in a while.
Mark - IN.
Well-known Member
That explains it. I live in Indiana, but rent a small place in Illinois where I work during the week because one way to home or work, 3 hours, and now with the cost of diesel, even worse. Anyway, my '96 Cummins Dodge lost both batteries on a super cold morning this past winter while parked in Illinois, so I changed them out. I left the bad ones setting on the patio next to the central air to take in when it warms up, about nowish. I go home to Indiana on weekends, and when I got back to Illinois a couple of weekends ago, the batteries were gone. No harm done, I don't have to deal with them, but now I know why.
Couple of years ago got back to Illinois after a weekend at home, and the gutters were missing on the place.
Mark
Couple of years ago got back to Illinois after a weekend at home, and the gutters were missing on the place.
Mark
Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
Just bought 2 for the Dodge diesel. O'Rilleys gave me 12 apiece for the cores.
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