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Scrap value of a old and wrecked vehicle per ton 2019

Author: Suraj Thorat
by Suraj Thorat
Posted: Dec 05, 2019

A few years back selling your old wrecked or unwanted vehicles to car wreckers was easy as you could get at least $450-500 for them.

Cash for cars services depends all on global prices and scrap value. The cars that auto salvage yards had reached their end of life that are stripped for all spare parts and the remains scrap body is used by the local buyers for scrap metal. They use to recover good money out of scrap bodies but now as the scrap value has gone down it's very hard to recover out of it.

Today the scrap car prices in 2019 start from $60 and go up to $1000 depending on the type of vehicles Make & Model & Year. But ever wondered why are scrap metal prices suddenly gone low comparing to last year's prices.

There are on average 2000 pounds of steel. The average truck contains 4000 pounds. Its 55 percent of the cars total weight. There are also approximately 250-300 pounds of aluminum in an average vehicle.

When a scrap car company buys your vehicle its mainly for scrap metal by the ton. Steel, aluminum, copper and other metals can be sold for cash to scrap metal dealers. Scrap metal companies recycle that metal and sell it ahead to manufacturers to turn it into new cars, the metal used to build buildings, etc.

Why do these scrap metal prices fluctuate so often?

There are heaps of factors that affect scrap metal value which depends globally.

It depends on 3 main things is the market price, the industry demand and time.

You can often experience these fluctuations in price daily, weekly or monthly.

You can keep track of these factors and maybe sell your old or broken vehicle when the prices have moved up. Else you can simply consider to scrap it to get rid of it.

There are a few main factors to get top cash for your scrap cars.

  1. Your vehicles make, model and year. A cars make, model and year determine the price of the car also the market for the same. Vehicles with a great engine and parts usually have higher prices offered by car wreckers.
  2. Your Vehicles Condition - your vehicle's overall condition matters to car wreckers as they sell each and every part. If your car is totaled its probably only worth scrap and you will get whatever the metal is worth on that one.

It's better to get cash for your old and broken cars as scrap car buyers pay cash for them in broken and wrecked conditions with free removal most of the time.

Even if your old scrap car does not have Title it can be still sold with an ID to car wreckers.

The car's weight matters the most as the scrap metal sold to recyclers the price is dependent on weight of the steel. Once car wreckers purchase a vehicle, they strip it for parts before selling for scrap metal to the recycling yard. The recycling scrap metal yards then sell it to other manufacturers and businesses to built and make new material from it. The current demand for vehicle parts is mainly and widely for Japanese makes and models as they are reliable.

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Author: Suraj Thorat

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