scrap batteries

ootbitb

Cleaning up the yard this bad weather and I have a few old tractor batteries to dispose.

Anyone know what their scrap value is?

bbam

ootbitb wrote: »

Cleaning up the yard this bad weather and I have a few old tractor batteries to dispose.

Anyone know what their scrap value is?

Back end of last year I had a few to go and had Wilton's lorry round anyway... I think it was €15 each..

GERMAN ROCKS

pouladuff were giving 430 a tonne two months ago.

ootbitb

thanks both, beats giving them away as happened in the past.

patsy_mccabe

Sorry to resurrect and old thread but same question again -

Do old scrap car and tractor batteries have any value now? I've a few to get rid of and wondering will scrap yards pay for them?

doyleshill

I got 52 Euro , for 3 tractor and 5 car batteries (131 kg in weight )@ Galway Metal yesterday

kay 9

doyleshill wrote: »

I got 52 Euro , for 3 tractor and 5 car batteries (131 kg in weight )@ Galway Metal yesterday

They must have done me couple of weeks ago. Only got 45 yoyo for 9 batteries & a 42x18 cylinder

patsy_mccabe

Thanks guys. I was in a recycling place today and they were charging €10 to recycle an electric fence battery. Just saw it on a sign.

ford 5600

doyleshill wrote: »

I got 52 Euro , for 3 tractor and 5 car batteries (131 kg in weight )@ Galway Metal yesterday

I got 50 euro for 6 batteries a month ago in Mountmellick.
3 643s , 1 622 long ford, 2 diesel car ones and a small petrol car battery.

vincenzolorenzo

I brought 4 batteries to Kilcock a few weeks ago and they were paying out €330 a ton for them. You wouldn't be long getting up to 50kg+

Bass Reeves

vincenzolorenzo wrote: »

I brought 4 batteries to Kilcock a few weeks ago and they were paying out €330 a ton for them. You wouldn't be long getting up to 50kg+

Last time i send a few for scrap I got 52c/kg. It was a nice touch for the young fella he was looking in ditches for next six month.

whisky_galore

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Thanks guys. I was in a recycling place today and they were charging €10 to recycle an electric fence battery. Just saw it on a sign.

Local recycling centre took them for free, well a €3 charge to get past barrier with a car and dump however many you liked. No lead in them so no money to be got for dry batteries.

bogman_bass

whisky_galore wrote: »

Local recycling centre took them for free, well a €3 charge to get past barrier with a car and dump however many you liked. No lead in them so no money to be got for dry batteries.

just bring them back to where you bought them. you already paid for recycling with the WEEE levy

greasepalm

maybe now in the tougher times where money is tight and getting paid a few quid would be nice and buyers in dublin or south side areas that buy batteries,i wonder are cats going to the same place as nice getting a few bob more.

greasepalm

I have a few more and have to google to see whats in dublin and get rid of them while i have the chance.

greasepalm

o'reilly recycling ltd got E55 for 108Kg

Armadillo

greasepalm wrote: »

o'reilly recycling ltd got E55 for 108Kg

Do they have a weigh bridge or how is it done?
And do they drain the battery acid before weighing?

Bass Reeves

Armadillo wrote: »

Do they have a weigh bridge or how is it done?
And do they drain the battery acid before weighing?

They place them in a strong plastic bin. In most recycling/scrap dealers they have a weighting scales which is set to a negative weight which equates to the bins weight. An empty bin would bring the scales to Zero. You put your battery's into the bin and weight them and are paid on that weight. They do not drain the batterys.

greasepalm

They unloaded batteries onto a weighing scale and no battery was drained as i had a car with only a few i could back up to it.
Other lorries can drive onto the bridge and get weighed full and empty.
Think the weighing scale is 6 foot x 6 foot.

Armadillo

I'm going to head over there tomorrow. I have 10 car batts and combined weight is about 160kg after I weighed them on home scales.

Snowfire

Anywhere around the midlands that recycle them...?

148multi

Snowfire wrote: »

Anywhere around the midlands that recycle them...?

Hamond Lane

DJ98

How do people get rid of old fencer batteries?

Bass Reeves

DJ98 wrote: »

How do people get rid of old fencer batteries?

Local co-op they are recycled through WEE

greasepalm

http://hammondlane.ie/sell-non-ferrous-scrap-metals/
I must check to see if they are closer to me?

poor farmer

Wilton waste Co Cavan will buy batteries

quattroboy

Prices for batteries Feb 2021 In Galway Metal €300/tonne.
Hammond Lane in Athlone €430/tonne.

As a rule Galway give the lowest prices for metals so if you have a lot to recycle call around beforehand.
Bit of a dose finding out after you have emptied out!

Also, make sure the scales is at zero before you put anything on them, I have seen them being a bit "light" before but I'm sure that was an accident...

Bass Reeves

quattroboy wrote: »

Prices for batteries Feb 2021 In Galway Metal €300/tonne.
Hammond Lane in Athlone €430/tonne.

As a rule Galway give the lowest prices for metals so if you have a lot to recycle call around beforehand.
Bit of a dose finding out after you have emptied out!

Also, make sure the scales is at zero before you put anything on them, I have seen them being a bit "light" before but I'm sure that was an accident...

Last time I sold batteries I got 53c/kg. So I would definately ting around. If they are priced at that I be holding onto them for the moment. I would never arrive into a scrap yard with stuff without asking the price

enricoh

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Last time I sold batteries I got 53c/kg. So I would definately ting around. If they are priced at that I be holding onto them for the moment. I would never arrive into a scrap yard with stuff without asking the price

Yep, you're a lamb to the slaughter without getting the price first. Last time I went they tried to sting me first on the scales and second with the price, right dodgy characters.
A lad collects scrap near me n I just swap it with him now, I got acros and rsj's the last time.

A lad beside me cleared up the yard n filled the dump trailer. After hearing a few stories about the scrap yard he got weighed first at the grain merchants. Just over a ton less on the scrap yards scales!

Jb1989

enricoh wrote: »

Yep, you're a lamb to the slaughter without getting the price first. Last time I went they tried to sting me first on the scales and second with the price, right dodgy characters.
A lad collects scrap near me n I just swap it with him now, I got acros and rsj's the last time.

A lad beside me cleared up the yard n filled the dump trailer. After hearing a few stories about the scrap yard he got weighed first at the grain merchants. Just over a ton less on the scrap yards scales!

Did he call there bluff then?

Lime Tree Farm

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Local co-op they are recycled through WEE

that's good to know, I saw a notice at the entrance of a recycling plant, disposal el fence batteries weighing over 2kg €10 each

Green farmer

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

that's good to know, I saw a notice at the entrance of a recycling plant, disposal el fence batteries weighing over 2kg €10 each

I saw those signs at recycling centres as well. Also charge you to take your scrap metal.

enricoh

Jb1989 wrote: »

Did he call there bluff then?

Yeah he got the extra, god knows how many they get away with!

Haners

I got €21 for 41kg of lead acid batteries in TD Euro Scrap Metal in Blanchardstown.