6500 Lbs Of Scrap

[carolinamike]

Well it's been a year and a half of running the machine and I had a recycling company contact me and wanted to know if I had scrap to get rid of. After all was said and done, and about 3 days of going through barrels, and making sure it was good, clean stuff, we ended up with a little over 6500 lbs of scrap. 18 55 gallon drums. I guess this is one way of going green.

[Frank]

That is alot of scrap. One question do you remelt at all or do you just use fresh?

[nova]

That's an awful lot of money tied up in scrap Mike.

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[Troul Hawk]

WOW, and I should be kicked for not getting more runners from ya all along! I just so happen to think about runners during the cold winter and hot hot summer. Hmmmmmm I guess fishing gets in the way of my bait making.

[carolinamike]

Frank, I mainly use fresh. It really has to be ground up well to run through the machines properly, and still you only want to use about 10-15%.

And yes Nova I know it's a lot of money tied up in it, but most places won't pick up unless you have 25-35 barrels, and they don't pay a whole lot for it. But it's enough for vacation money each year. On average between purging out the machine, the very first and the very last shots have a lot of air incorporated in them and bad baits and runners, we usually manage a barrel of scrap about every two weeks.

Troul Hawk, we've almost always got runners, right now we have plenty of green pumpkin and watermelon candy. And that was just what was made in the last two days. We've made 15000 pieces since Monday and that's only with one machine. The other machine I'm configuring to do a two color laminate with a third color tail. Sample for prospective client. The one good thing about selling the scrap this way, they don't care what colors go together (bleed or non bleed) and it doesn't matter if it's salt water or fresh water plastic. But when your work space is 20x20 it's a relief to see 18 barrels leave.

[Husky]

Frank, I mainly use fresh. It really has to be ground up well to run through the machines properly, and still you only want to use about 10-15%.

And yes Nova I know it's a lot of money tied up in it, but most places won't pick up unless you have 25-35 barrels, and they don't pay a whole lot for it. But it's enough for vacation money each year. On average between purging out the machine, the very first and the very last shots have a lot of air incorporated in them and bad baits and runners, we usually manage a barrel of scrap about every two weeks.

Troul Hawk, we've almost always got runners, right now we have plenty of green pumpkin and watermelon candy. And that was just what was made in the last two days. We've made 15000 pieces since Monday and that's only with one machine. The other machine I'm configuring to do a two color laminate with a third color tail. Sample for prospective client. The one good thing about selling the scrap this way, they don't care what colors go together (bleed or non bleed) and it doesn't matter if it's salt water or fresh water plastic. But when your work space is 20x20 it's a relief to see 18 barrels leave.

Check out the shipping rates to send it overseas, A lot of overseas guys, right here, can't get plastic without giving up a lung for payment. Some Euro or Afro entrepreneur may be glad to create a win/win situation for your 3 1/4 tons! Just sayin'.

[carolinamike]

Check out the shipping rates to send it overseas, A lot of overseas guys, right here, can't get plastic without giving up a lung for payment. Some Euro or Afro entrepreneur may be glad to create a win/win situation for your 3 1/4 tons! Just sayin'.

Husky, thanks for the thought. To even pick it up they still want 6 or 7 tons. We've been contacted by a fellow from Honduras, but no one wants to pay much over .30 to .35 per lb, and you can get that here in the States. This company will pick up as little as 3 drums. I'm sure it's all heading to the same place, they just gather it up and send it over in bunches.

[Smallie]

Troul Hawk, we've almost always got runners, right now we have plenty of green pumpkin and watermelon candy. And that was just what was made in the last two days. We've made 15000 pieces since Monday and that's only with one machine. The other machine I'm configuring to do a two color laminate with a third color tail. Sample for prospective client. The one good thing about selling the scrap this way, they don't care what colors go together (bleed or non bleed) and it doesn't matter if it's salt water or fresh water plastic. But when your work space is 20x20 it's a relief to see 18 barrels leave.

Mike - How can I get some green pumpkin runners? - Dave

[Troul Hawk]

AWESOME!! I am ready to buy up some green pumpkin. WOO HOO! THANKS Mike!

[Semi22lr]

Troul Hawk, we've almost always got runners, right now we have plenty of green pumpkin and watermelon candy. And that was just what was made in the last two days. We've made 15000 pieces since Monday and that's only with one machine. The other machine I'm configuring to do a two color laminate with a third color tail. Sample for prospective client. The one good thing about selling the scrap this way, they don't care what colors go together (bleed or non bleed) and it doesn't matter if it's salt water or fresh water plastic. But when your work space is 20x20 it's a relief to see 18 barrels leave.

Newbie question - What are runners?

Thank you.