Anybody know what wheel weights are selling for nowadays? I've got a chance to buy some, but don't know what I should expect to pay. I'm sure there will be some of the 'new' and the 'old' style.
The last time i checked at my scrapyard, they were paying 35 cents a pound for lead didnt matter if it was wheel weights or what it was all the same price. If your buying from a tire store make sure they will quarentee that you are getting all lead or will give you a refund for the none lead ones cause the steel and zinc weights will be alot cheaper at scrap prices.
I've seen lead wheel weights on ebay at $0.80 to $1.00 / lb plus shipping. You can beat that price if you can find a tire shop that is not already under contract with someone. I had one source that would sell me a 5 gallon bucket (around 2/3 to 3/4 full) for $25 but included a mix of lead, zinc, and stick-on weights. I wish I had separated out the lead and calculated the price per lb I was paying for the lead but I'm guessing it was in the neighborhood of $0.40 to $0.50 / lb.
Lead wheel weights are not as easy to find anymore. They are being replaced with zinc / steel weights.
Lead wheel weights are not as easy to find anymore. They are being replaced with zinc / steel weights.
Try and find and independent tire shop first. Some of the small towns that do a lot of trailers and farm equipment have the larger weights and more likely lead, they'll reuse them on trailers and wheat trucks sometimes.
The last bucket I got actually came from an auto repair shop and not a tire shop. They were free so I didn't look a gift horse in the mouth and ask why they had that many.
I did have to sort out the zinc but ended up with about 25 pounds If I remember right.
The last bucket I got actually came from an auto repair shop and not a tire shop. They were free so I didn't look a gift horse in the mouth and ask why they had that many.
I did have to sort out the zinc but ended up with about 25 pounds If I remember right.
I just picked up a bucket of weights. I paid $30 for it.
I have sorted, but not weighed. It looks like this will be an unusual bucket, because the lead far outweighs the Zinc and steel. Usually, the Zn & Fe will be more in balance, making the bucket too expensive to buy.
I have sorted, but not weighed. It looks like this will be an unusual bucket, because the lead far outweighs the Zinc and steel. Usually, the Zn & Fe will be more in balance, making the bucket too expensive to buy.
What size bucket? Five gallon?
Yes, 5 gal bucket.
The zinc that I sort out, I go ahead and render down separately. I cast into ingots, and trade it to a fellow that casts fishing weights. He gives me nasty, filthy lead that he doesn't want to deal with.
The ingots are about 2/3 the weight of lead. The same mold casts lead ingots at ~2.25lb, the Zn casts at 1.5lb.
If you take the Zn to the recycler, it's actually more valuable per pound than Pb. Could be you could work a trade.
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