My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

[marty]

I get only $0.10 per pound

You doing good. After the battery BBQ all ya left with is burnt steel. That would be called shredding. Appliances and all assortment of steel. See - Sheet Iron / Shearing / Cars: $170/GT. [A Net Ton is 2000 pounds of metal, while a Gross Ton is 2240 pounds] If I doing math correctly, that works out to 0.07589285714285714 cents per pound. Let say 8¢ a pound.

I usually go here.

Niagara Metals Scrap Yard in Buffalo NY – Scrap Metal Recycling

niagarametals.com

WOW! just saw a pop up on home page. FREE LUNCH 4/22/25. Any one want to help me load the truck? Got a fire proof file cabinet. Looks like 1940? Hoping to get $150 or so for a truck load of steel and aluminum.

 

[riding_on]

In what approximate area are you getting such good service from government?

Throughout the entire United States, every citizen that isn't incarcerated gets excellent service from their government. If they get money from the gov't instead of giving it, then they're bordering on being criminals according to our current president.

Just how much help from Uncle Sam do people think they're entitled to? If you're not in jail, stop whining

 

[orcasprout]

Find a place to put them. Same place you store gasoline and propane. Soon as you get 1000 pounds. Get on the phone and try to sell.

Thank you everyone for weighing in. Battery BBQ is an idea that tempts us eh? I certainly want to enjoy pyrotechnics but the shrapnel aspect...meh.

Basically we're still where I started with this mini thread inside my business thread. ("TLDR: Help with recycling used eBike batteries!")

I'll get to 1000# but it'll be all summer.

Yes, I'm STILL storing them, IN MY GARAGE! I know know...sometimes I don't sleep, I gotta have a better solution. (Its called commercial real estate which I can't afford)

I'm gonna put em in a 50 gal drum or "job box" in the yard I think.

I worry about the summer temperatures. I'll bet the temps will exceed 100 degrees F and I'll have an "unplanned" battery BBQ.

 

[marty]

50 gal drum

Black painted drums will get hotter then light color painted drums.

Galvanized steel trash can won't get as heavy as a 55 gallon drum.

Painted steel drum might rust to nothing by the time ya figure out what to do with batteries.