Short answer: A simple four-way split works for most businesses: clean plain alloy wheels, chrome or heavily coated wheels, wheels with steel parts or other contamination still attached, and wheels that could be sold as used, because each group is priced differently and keeping them apart from the start avoids losing the best wheels in a mixed pile.
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Bare or lightly painted alloy wheels with the tyre and weights removed earn the best scrap price and should be kept apart.
Chrome and coated wheels
Chrome plating and thick coatings add a processing step, so these are priced separately and are best kept in their own bin.
Contaminated and used-quality wheels
Wheels with steel or tyre still on, and wheels good enough to resell, each need their own pile so that neither lowers the rest.
How ScrapTrade Fits In
ScrapTrade buyers quote on each grade separately, so a graded load is priced fairly.
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