What To Do With Old Radiator?

[WhiskeyBottle2]

Greetings everyone...Anybody know what we can do with our old radiators? Can they be sold as scrap or to a radiator shop? Just curious as to what everybody does with their old one. I was hoping maybe it can make a little money...

Suggestions?

 

[whiteboyslo]

I've heard of guys yanking the tanks off and taking the cores down to the scrap metal yard. Allegedly they're good for $40-$75 (copper and brass have a premium right now). Mine's still sitting in the garage. Gotta decide what I want to do with it. Too lazy to tear it apart. Probably just toss it in the dump on the next run.

Mike

 

[WhiskeyBottle2]

Tanks

I've heard of guys yanking the tanks off and taking the cores down to the scrap metal yard. Allegedly they're good for $40-$75 (copper and brass have a premium right now). Mine's still sitting in the garage. Gotta decide what I want to do with it. Too lazy to tear it apart. Probably just toss it in the dump on the next run.

Mike

Why take the tanks off? If plastic, yeah...Mine are metal...copper I guess...Even so, do the tanks still have to come off?

Thanks

 

[rhkcommander]

I took several rads to the scrapyard at once. If its metal leave it.

 

[Thefarmboy21]

Scrap it or sell it! New ones are like $300 I think???

Tanks are usually brass and fins copper on old radiators. Brings more money with the tanks off. But worth the effort and gas money to haul it to scrap. They bring good money around here and if it's a diesel radiator, they are heavy!

 

[Thefarmboy21]

Put it on Craigslist at least....someone will buy it or trade around with you or atleast come get it......but people want all sorts of "junk" for one reason or another.

 

[WhiskeyBottle2]

Diesel Radiator

Scrap it or sell it! New ones are like $300 I think???

Tanks are usually brass and fins copper on old radiators. Brings more money with the tanks off. But worth the effort and gas money to haul it to scrap. They bring good money around here and if it's a diesel radiator, they are heavy!

Well it's the big 6.9 radiator...the original...I have a torch so if taking the tanks off gets more money I wii do it...

 

[73idi88f350]

Well it's the big 6.9 radiator...the original...I have a torch so if taking the tanks off gets more money I wii do it...

i manage a scrap yard
you dont have to take the tanks off but you need to make sure its very clean, i know my yard picks about little bits of steel if its an auto most automatic rads have steel coolers in them.. i think ours are brass if they have one.. but the steel that connects them to the tank makes the rad drity.. once mine was clean i made 70 bucks on mine at 2.10 a lb

 

[riotwarrior]

Just sold three rads...165 bucks total at local scrap metal yard....YA...helped pay for new Champion!!!!!!

 

[Dieselcrawler]

yep, those support things that cross on the front need to come off. any steel.

 

[Can30Diesel]

I heard these rads can be rebuilt. Might be nice to have a rebuilt spare around if new ones are around $300.

 

[chris142]

We scrap Rads all the time. you must remove any magnetic metal. Screws, sidestraps etc. Right now Copper rads are going for $1.63/lb. If you leave the metal on they consider it contaminated and only pay $.04 lb.

 

[riotwarrior]

For me to recore, my copper brass tall narrow rad $1000.00 New Champion $239.00 you tell me what to do with the old rads...50 bucks+ each!

I say toss em...scrap makes ya cash back

 

[TWeatherford]

I just got $150 for two old radiators, without cutting them up at all. Could have gotten more probably if I had, but anything beats taking them to the dump. If its a good radiator, of course, someone on Craigslist might give $100-200.

 

[dgr]

Do like I did and leave it in your driveway so some scumbag can steal it and scrap it. I hope he gets some tainted smack with his proceeds