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[Varche]

I ‘ m having a big clearout. 

Found a local metal processor. Amazingly it is just a lock up with a weigh bridge in the floor. At the back is machine with a grab. Someone had just dropped about half a ton of assorted metal. Presumably they have a truck which they take regularly to a large processing plant.

Anyway I have 7 alloys, six of which have tyres. I think the going rate is a tenner a wheel. However they won’t take them with tyres on!  If I take them to a garage by the time I have paid for removal and recycling there will be no margin!

Anyone got experience of weighing in alloys?

I might be better listing them on Spanish eBay. The Six are Omega Elite mini facelift. I don’t think they were ever sold here so might be undesirable even though they are homologated.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Is it frowned upon to have a bonfire in rural Spain? 

Not only would you remove and dispose of the tyres, but you'd end up with a load of steel wire to weigh in as well!                     

[Varche]

Yes no bonfires till November and even then…… only had half an inch of rain since mid May. Otherwise good idea.

[Mr Skrunts]

When I was a kid my Uncle used to change his own tyres with a couple of tyre levers on his Ford Anglia.

Heard the the local youths who do the scrap runs use a sthil saw but no idea how efficient that is.

[Kevin Wood]

I have one to go to the tip too. Even breaking the bead on a modern tyre is a challenge in DIY land let alone tyre levers!

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

A good strong length of wood - about 6 feet - from the ground up to the tyre, close to the wheel rim. Then drive a vehicle up the length of the wood to break the bead,
Turn over and repeat, then they lever off quite easily.
I did it on my C1 recently, and was doing it on Omega wheels (including fitting new tyres) until a few years ago, when my knackered knees could no longer take the strain of helping the tyre levers refit tyres to the wheel.

[STEMO]

£70 for seven wheels? I'm afraid I CBA.

[Varche]

Fair point STEMO. Problem is I have gone through life as a hoarder. Stuff does come in if you do virtually everything. Having said that, I cannot ever see the day when I say if only I had some Omega wheels and tyres! I think I will put them on EBay cheap. At least they might live on for a while.

I watched a you tube video last night of an American taking his scrap alloy to the recycler. First he removed balance weights and valve. He got something like a paltry 7 dollars. The next video showed him dismantling a scrap car radiator and separating brass parts etc. weighed in , he got 2 dollars 27.