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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:18:16 GMT
£100 per tonne for mild? Who's your scrap man? He must have a different abacus to the ones round here, nowhere near that figure - last lot of mild went in at £15/tonne back end of last year. Teabag narrow boats are not my thing, I saved an unloved Hancock and Lane from slowly returning to nature - never ever again! It's got to be something worthwhile like Kris or Johns boat to spend too much time, money and agro on. An old leisure sewer tube is a hiding to nothing in my opinion. I agree but suspect there is a profit potential although with CRT intimidating people a bit more lately about "continuously cruising" perhaps some of the older boats are looking more like scrap than they would have done say 5 years ago when there was less aggravation and fiddling with t&cs etc.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 14, 2017 19:22:52 GMT
£100 per tonne for mild? Who's your scrap man? He must have a different abacus to the ones round here, nowhere near that figure - last lot of mild went in at £15/tonne back end of last year. Teabag narrow boats are not my thing, I saved an unloved Hancock and Lane from slowly returning to nature - never ever again! It's got to be something worthwhile like Kris or Johns boat to spend too much time, money and agro on. An old leisure sewer tube is a hiding to nothing in my opinion. Well, £15 a tonne is better for me as it makes the boat virtually worthless, and I would probably be keeping it out of the water anyway so it would only need cosmetics done.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:28:26 GMT
£100 per tonne for mild? Who's your scrap man? He must have a different abacus to the ones round here, nowhere near that figure - last lot of mild went in at £15/tonne back end of last year. Teabag narrow boats are not my thing, I saved an unloved Hancock and Lane from slowly returning to nature - never ever again! It's got to be something worthwhile like Kris or Johns boat to spend too much time, money and agro on. An old leisure sewer tube is a hiding to nothing in my opinion. I agree but suspect there is a profit potential although with CRT intimidating people a bit more lately about "continuously cruising" perhaps some of the older boats are looking more like scrap than they would have done say 5 years ago when there was less aggravation and fiddling with t&cs etc. I've often thought when will that bubble burst too, some of the prices being asked for knackered boats (or badly plated boats) was mental. I guess you are right that once it becomes clear that CCing a colander isn't viable they will be as big a headache for C&RT anyway!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:29:04 GMT
£100 per tonne for mild? Who's your scrap man? He must have a different abacus to the ones round here, nowhere near that figure - last lot of mild went in at £15/tonne back end of last year. Teabag narrow boats are not my thing, I saved an unloved Hancock and Lane from slowly returning to nature - never ever again! It's got to be something worthwhile like Kris or Johns boat to spend too much time, money and agro on. An old leisure sewer tube is a hiding to nothing in my opinion. Well, £15 a tonne is better for me as it makes the boat virtually worthless, and I would probably be keeping it out of the water anyway so it would only need cosmetics done. Why not just get a static caravan and save a load of agro?
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Post by Delta9 on Mar 14, 2017 19:37:23 GMT
A truly scrap boat is worth fuck all, but it has to be really bad before it would be considered scrap. Most boats are repairable. As others have said, 10yrs in the water unused might not be too much of a problem, the only way to know is to survey it.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 14, 2017 19:42:20 GMT
Well, £15 a tonne is better for me as it makes the boat virtually worthless, and I would probably be keeping it out of the water anyway so it would only need cosmetics done. Why not just get a static caravan and save a load of agro? I don't like static caravans.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 19:47:53 GMT
Why not just get a static caravan and save a load of agro? I don't like static caravans. Fair enough. You may have hit on a niche business proposal for the park home sector, knackered former floating cottages in place of pikey condos. It's sure to be a run away success - I can't think why anyone else hasn't done it
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Post by kris on Mar 14, 2017 20:00:33 GMT
Why not just get a static caravan and save a load of agro? I don't like static caravans. oh go on get a caravan, Martin will love it.
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Post by tadworth on Mar 14, 2017 21:32:36 GMT
Corroded plate is lower value than clean plate to the scrappy, so everything under water is the lowest scrap price for a start, plus you need to figure in actually getting it to the scrappy, deduct crane and lorry transport leaves you with nothing, the scrappy will not gas axe it, they will sell it as a project boat on eBay, Saps on eBay pay thousands for such old shitters. So your best plan is to do the same.
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Post by faffer on Mar 15, 2017 4:30:33 GMT
Corroded plate is lower value than clean plate to the scrappy, so everything under water is the lowest scrap price for a start, plus you need to figure in actually getting it to the scrappy, deduct crane and lorry transport leaves you with nothing, the scrappy will not gas axe it, they will sell it as a project boat on eBay, Saps on eBay pay thousands for such old shitters. So your best plan is to do the same. i agree, around here it is at about £50 a ton at the minute for good scrap not mixed crap. And still after all the oxy acet and cutting gear its not worth the hassle. I had good times when i was a burner on demo sites but by eck its a graft of a job even with machinery. I like the idea of a dried up water pikey site Just not around here, we are posh dont ya know
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Post by JohnV on Mar 15, 2017 7:54:23 GMT
Because of the content of this thread thought you might like to see a new bit of scrap handling equipment being erected in Tilbury docks (brought in by a 2,000 ton barge and shipped out in big bulk carriers to Asia) SAM_0397 by mudlarker2, on Flickr
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 8:31:45 GMT
Is that big pile all the metal tat found in Poundland? It will go back to china be made into more low quality crap shipped back here sold in pound shop put in bin transferred to Tilbury loaded on carriers shipped to china...
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Post by JohnV on Mar 15, 2017 8:42:35 GMT
That's not a big pile ...... the place was nearly empty then !!! When they are ready for a ship, the heaps of metal are truly spectacular !!! You're just jealous because of the size of their magnets (Don't know if you noticed but there are 4 bloody great cranes just to lift the beast into place)
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Post by Jim on Mar 15, 2017 9:29:04 GMT
A wreck is worth what someone will pay. I bought a floating shed, after I'd finished clearing the crap all I had was a hull. overplated 10 yrs previous, blacked, not touched since. Some fixtures were reusable, whale gulper, Woodstove, a couple of cupboards, Honda 10hp outboard, a chair, some of the floor boards. I took a chance, it proved ok on the survey. Cost me £1800. I had a steel top put on, then the work began. I suppose it stands me at just a bit less than I might sell it for but it's what we want, as we want it. I could have put the dosh into a more expensive project but that wouldn't have been a clean slate as far as layout, fixtures and fittings etc goes. I would have missed out on the satisfaction of doing it myself.
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Post by JohnV on Mar 15, 2017 13:01:09 GMT
just been checking up prices light steel £50 Heavy steel £75 - £80 depending quality
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