Scrapping dead batteries?

[canals are us?]

Is it worth weighing in my old dead batteries? I have 4 to scrap.

 

Looking online it would seem so, but has anyone scrapped any recently and what sort of price did you get? Any recommended places to take them around Burton On Trent?

 

Thanks James

Edited July 14, 2013 by canals are us?

[BenC]

Depends on the size, a 110 amp will make between 8 to 10 quid ish

[alan_fincher]

A lot of people say "yes", and I thought with 3 to get rid of it might be worthwhile.

 

However I tried to make a number of enquiries, and personally couldn't turn up anything very worthwhile.

 

Hope you have better luck!

 

(Old thread here).

Depends on the size, a 110 amp will make between 8 to 10 quid ish

 

Where, please, Ben?

[BenC]

Scrap yard next to canal (though no access) kings langley / nash mills about 5 months ago

[alan_fincher]

Scrap yard next to canal (though no access) kings langley / nash mills about 5 months ago

OK will try and work out which!

 

This one, possibly?

[BenC]

That's the one

www​.asm-recycling.co.uk/

Ben

If the batteries can be topped up, fill them!

[dor]

The last lot of 110Ahr I weighed in, I got around £12 a piece for them. Local scrap dealer but there are others in the are offering similar.

[Justme]

Going rate is 45p per kg.

[onionbargee]

OK will try and work out which!

 

This one, possibly?

You can use the towpath gate into the industrial estate next to the highways maintaince yard, i was getting 30p a kilo there a few months ago.

[canals are us?]

Thanks everyone.

 

Looks like I'll phone around and see who takes them and the best price. I'd be delighted with around £40.

 

James

[tree]

oh ruddy nora i wish i aint seen this thread. and had clocked it a lot lot earlier.... ..hmm.. tree you sausage ..you have so much to learn !!!

 

after struggling to get the 3 batteries out of my boat last week and realising that they were no good to ' man nor chicken' , and managing to drag em out of the engine bay... off the boat.. across the wobbly boarding plank ... and up the slope. whilst hot sweaty and covered in mucky diesel and cobwebs... moi..dumped them with great pleasure on the side of the farm track. to await my next trip to the recycling tip..... a couple of days later .. a couple of very polite and chatty chaps, stopped adn asked if i was keeping them ... 'not ruddy likely replied moi' and they Greatfully ( now i flipping know why ) offered to take them away ...LOL

 

Still thinking back ... all is not in vain as they asked me about my boat and canal history ectera and its people .. and said 'yer just like us, but yer move around on the water' the youngster asked if he could go on my boat as he had never been on one.. of course replied moi and invited them both on board. After giving them my boats history the older chap said 'look if you need anything like a stove or wood , here is my number' and then asked me if I WANTED owt for the batteries. If i had know that you can money for em .. moi would have bartered a price. Never mind I made a couple of new friends and gave them a lickle insight to our similar way of life

[Dignity]

Scrapped three two weeks ago for £27.It is a rare thing for me to get ahead in the game. Usually I would have given things away too.Interestingly metal doesn't seem to have much price to it unless you have a tonne or more.

[RLWP]

I got 50p / Kg at a scrap yard in Leamington Spa a few weeks ago if that helps.

 

Sue

[canals are us?]

Thought I would update this as I took my batteries today to http://www.rykneldmetalsburtonontrent.co.uk/ and for the 4x 110amp batteries I got £49.50. They weighed 110kg so 45p a kg The other dealer I phoned only quoted 11p a kg. Trying it on I thought.

It was great to see a dealer asking for ID, utility bill etc and got my reg number recorded on the receipt from the cctv camera. Paid by cheque.

James

Edited July 20, 2013 by canals are us?

[Boredrider]

Prices seem to vary considerably. I received 30p a kilo last week, in Birkenhead, Merseyside. 4 X 110Ah= 95kg.

[cyclic]

£52 for 4X135AH today. They didn't weigh them apart from a slip of a girl helping me lift them out of the car. Maybe she thought I was struggling (Yep)

Had to take em to a dealer nowhere near a canal, in Somerset. Devizes seems to be useless.

[Skeg]

That's the one

www​.asm-recycling.co.uk/

Ben

If the batteries can be topped up, fill them!

 

 

Yes, they pay on weight so fill them up with water, or something even heavier.

[ditchcrawler]

 

 

Yes, they pay on weight so fill them up with water, or something even heavier.

Like lead?

[tillergirl]

Must be worthwhile - there was a guy on a boat at Fazeley a couple of weeks ago offering £5 a piece for dud batteries.

[DHutch]

Each time I see this topic come round I think 'what do you do with them if you dont scrap them' put them in the wheely bin?

 

We got £45 for four 110Ah ish sized ones last time.

 

 

Daniel

[Taslim]

It might be worth knowing that, if you are selling to a legit dealer, you will need ID like a 'new' type driving licence & the guy I use willnot use cash.