Ferrous Metals

No Weight Minimums

#1 PREPARED IRON 

No. 1 heavy melting steel 3 feet x 18 inches. Wrought iron and/or steel scrap 1/4 inch and over in thickness. Individual pieces not over 36 inches x 18 inches (charging box size) prepared in a manner to insure compact charging.

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#1 UNPREPARED IRON 

No. 1 heavy melting steel. Wrought iron and/or steel scrap 1/4 inch and over in thickness. Oversized/Shearable

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#2 PREPARED IRON

No. 2 heavy melting steel. Wrought iron and steel scrap, black and galvanized, maximum size 36 x 18 inches. May include all automobile scrap properly prepared.

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#2 UNPREPARED IRON

Assorted iron & steel scrap up to any maximum size, must be free of white goods, such as washers, dryers, stoves, refrigerators, etc

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#1 CAST

Clean cast iron scrap such as columns, pipes, plates, and castings of a miscellaneous nature, including automobile blocks and cast iron parts of agricultural and other machinery. Free from stove plate, burnt iron, brake shoes or foreign material.

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#2 CAST

Clean cast iron scrap in sizes not over 60 inches in length or 30 inches in width, suitable for charging into an open hearth furnace without further preparation.

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HEAVY BREAKABLE CAST

Cast iron scrap over charging box size or weighing more than 500 pounds. May include cylinders and driving wheel centers. May include steel which does not exceed 10 percent of the casting by weight.

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TORCH SCRAP

Unprepared Torch-able Scrap Iron

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SHEET IRON

Sheet Iron (Sheet Tin) shall consist of miscellaneous sheet iron & sheet steel and may contain galvanized sheet, painted & coated materials, hoods, trunks, doors etc.

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DIRTY MOTOR BLOCKS

Whole or part cast iron auto or truck engines. Transmissions may or may not be attached. 

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CAR BODIES

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STEEL TURNINGS

Clean steel or wrought iron turnings, free of iron borings, nonferrous metals in a free state, scale, or excessive oil. May not include badly rusted or corroded stock.

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