Race Car weights

[cynthialee]

Got a couple of race car weights given to me the other day. They are lead in steel cases. Should be easy enough to melt the lead off the steel and recover the lead.

Anyone ever melt one of them down? How's the lead? Hard, soft...?

 

[bob308]

the lead could be anything. we made ours by melting wheel weights and pouring them into old valve covers. so if they are home made they could be anything laying around. when you were makig them you only wanted weight did not matter hard or soft.

 

[SDSmlf]

Have lived in the Carolinas for nearly 25 years. Any car in a yard or up on blocks is a potential race car. Have never heard of lead race car weights. Interested in what you find. Maybe there is an untapped local source for lead?

 

[cynthialee]

I got them from a friend who got them from an old boyfriend who used to race cars.
I'll melt them down eventually and do some hardness checks to see what's up with the lead.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Hey if you ever get over to the coast, check with a boatyard that caters to sailboats. One or two pieces of lead ballast should supply you with decades of lead. Especially on the left coast where they may view the lead, a natural element occurring on the planet, as a pollutant, so they may like you to take some off their hands. The only drawback that I've seen is the "ingots" tend to be pretty large.

LD

 

[Billnpatti]

I am not sure if this is true :hmm: but I have heard that it is against the California law for anyone to sell or give lead to the public. Many scrap yards around the USA are doing that now days. Perhaps it is an OSHA or EPA regulation. I just don't know. :idunno: I am fortunate to have my other sources.

 

[nhmoose]

One of your local metal recyclers may be able to help you. They have an X-ray gun that can tell you what the exact alloy of the lead is.

 

[Paul_R]

I am not sure if this is true :hmm: but I have heard that it is against the California law for anyone to sell or give lead to the public. Many scrap yards around the USA are doing that now days. Perhaps it is an OSHA or EPA regulation. I just don't know. :idunno: I am fortunate to have my other sources.

It's not true. I think there are regulations for buying direct from commercial smelters but they have minimum order quantities that make them a non issue anyway. My best source is thru private sellers on cast boolits. I can get it to the door just over $1 per pound.

Cast Boolits

 

[necchi]

Melt a small bit and send a sample to IdahRon,, he has tester and can tell you exactly.

 

[ZUG]

Well --- yes and no :hmm: . Up until 3 years ago I could buy 5 gallon bucket full of scrap lead from my local scrap metal dealers. Now they don't want to talk about selling scrap lead to individuals. I have a roofer friend that supplies me with all the scrap lead that he removes from old roofs - got enough for my life time :thumbsup: :grin: :v .

 

[cynthialee]

Now it is a topic on the disappearing lead supply...
And I am way cool with that.

Recyclers who won't sell lead to people...Sounds like someone is trying to dry up the available lead....

 

[Zonie]

I can't find any laws or regulations about selling lead in California.

It might be in short supply there though.

The Condors are eating it as fast as they can find it.
:rotf:

 

[azmntman]

Lead is a nutrient like chocolate.

Just discovered I may have chocolate overload, cutting down and hiking again (got mzlldr deer tag and need to shed a few bars) :surrender:

 

[Patocazador]

I am not sure if this is true :hmm: but I have heard that it is against the California law for anyone to sell or give lead to the public.

Nothing that Commiefornia does would surprise me ... except using common sense. :youcrazy:

 

[azmntman]

I wouldn't worry about THAT happening

 

[ohio ramrod]

All I know is that the local scrap yard where I bought my brass and lead for over thirty years stopped selling both lead and brass to the public! :idunno: :idunno:

 

[dledinger]

I'm in the same boat with local scrap yards - won't sell lead to an individual.

Never ran into that until recently. I thought maybe they were trying not to deal with small sales. Told them I wanted 2000lbs....they said nope.

 

[nhmoose]

Uh! Make a business card tell them you are a recycling dealer.

It is not hard.