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Originally posted by jonSun the problem is that when i was buying them in 2001 i was paying alot for some of the cats cause there is alot of competition in my area. When i decided i wanted to do this i didnt think there was much competition & i was wrong. So since i was paying a higher price to get the business, i then need to get a high price for the metals. Right when 2002 started the prices took a big drop which killed my profits when refined. Also if i were to do this again i need to find a more efficient way to cut a catalytic converter open. The plasma cutter i bought did the job but it was very slow & messy. It took me about 2 weeks to cut open about 375 catalytic converters.

damn! id be like you and wouldnt think that it was a very competitive business. i guess its kinda a waste then. maybe sell the unrefined stuff to another company?

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel i guess its kinda a waste then. maybe sell the unrefined stuff to another company?

I got a price on that back in 2001 & the company offered $10 a pound. If i did that back then i would have barely made a profit. I basically would have profited $1000 for 2 weeks of labor. Which isnt worth it imo. I would rather find a more efficient way of cutting the cats open & start doing it again. I talked to a auto bone yard by me back then & they said they sold 500-600 catalytic converters a month to a recycle company. The company paid on average $20.31 per cat. So for the month the recycle company gave then a check for over $12k for used & broken converters. If i refine my current catalyst i would take the money & use it to buy that auto bone yards catalytic converters & try & get the comany going again.

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hehe, i saw this in a movie called Prime, which is about time travel. I think they walked into some mall's parking lot and just took one off to pay for some expensive material they needed for their machine.

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Originally posted by jonSun I got a price on that back in 2001 & the company offered $10 a pound. If i did that back then i would have barely made a profit. I basically would have profited $1000 for 2 weeks of labor. Which isnt worth it imo. I would rather find a more efficient way of cutting the cats open & start doing it again. I talked to a auto bone yard by me back then & they said they sold 500-600 catalytic converters a month to a recycle company. The company paid on average $20.31 per cat. So for the month the recycle company gave then a check for over $12k for used & broken converters. If i refine my current catalyst i would take the money & use it to buy that auto bone yards catalytic converters & try & get the comany going again.

ahh....so get on it? lol

Please come try that on my truck. I always have my pistol on me.

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Originally posted by Lilith Guess pay one of your younger relatives $3 an hour and give him an axe, kids love breaking things.

lol they are a bitch to get open.

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel ahh....so get on it? lol

well there is alot more info on the net about the business then there was 6-7 years ago. I found this vid on a catalytic converter shear. Its got some cheezy trance music too.

http://www.jmcrecycling.com/video.p...=53&dlType=open

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