Light Tower Cost: Rental Rates and Purchase Prices
Light towers rent for $75 to $300 a day and sell used from $500. Diesel, LED, solar and balloon compared, plus why buying used usually wins.
Business
Business
How Much Does a Cherry Picker Cost to Rent and Buy
Cherry pickers rent for $200 to $5,000 a day by height. Boom lift and bucket truck rates, purchase prices and which machine you actually need.
Business
Telehandler Rental Cost by Capacity and Reach
Telehandlers rent for $350 to $1,500 a day by capacity. Rate tables by lift and reach, purchase prices and why the load chart matters more than the badge.
Business
Scissor Lift Rental Cost: Daily, Weekly and Monthly Rates
Scissor lifts rent for $97 to $700 a day depending on height and drive type. Full rate tables, purchase prices and the rent or buy break-even.
Business
Heavy Equipment Cost Guide 2026: Purchase and Rental Rates by Machine
Current US purchase and rental figures for 18 heavy machine classes, from a $97 scissor lift day rate to a $100 million dragline.
Scrap
Copper Ground Rod Scrap Price: Why Most Rods Are Worth Sixty Cents
A solid copper ground rod scraps for $32-$50; the copper-bonded steel rod that looks identical brings $0.58. One magnet tells you which one you have.
Scrap
Air Conditioning Coil Scrap Price: Clean, Dirty and All-Aluminum
Clean copper/aluminum AC coil pays $1.55-$3.02 per pound, dirty $1.70, all-aluminum $0.25-$0.75. Why stripping fins loses money – the math per grade.
Scrap
Scrapping Circuit Boards Price: What Every Board Grade Pays
Circuit boards pay $0.10 per pound for brown boards to $90 for gold fingers. Every grade, component values, and why home gold recovery loses money.
Scrap
Silver Plate Scrap Metal Prices: What Plate Is Really Worth
Silver plate scraps at just $0.25-$1.00 per pound – 75 lb of flatware holds one ounce of silver. The melt math, EPNS marks and when resale beats scrap.
Scrap
Brass Scrap Price Per Pound: Every Grade From Yellow to Bronze
Yellow brass averages $2.14 per pound, red brass and bronze run $2.43-$4.92. Every brass grade, why quotes differ by a dollar, and how to grade up.
Scrap
Lead Price Per Pound: Exchange Rate, Scrap Grades and Batteries
Lead trades at $0.86 per pound on the LME while yards pay $0.44-$0.45 for soft lead and $0.19 for batteries. Every grade, region and the safety rules.
Scrap
Inconel Scrap Price Per Pound by Grade: 600, 625, 718 and X-750
Inconel scrap pays $2.00-$6.50 per pound for clean sorted solids, up to $8 certified. Grade-by-grade nickel content, forms and where to actually sell it.
Scrap
Magnesium Scrap Price Per Pound: Grades, Buyers and Fire Rules
Clean magnesium scrap pays $0.30-$0.35 per pound, dirty drops to $0.04. Grades, the thin buyer market, ingot benchmarks and the fire rules that matter.
Scrap
Alter Scrap Metal Prices: How Alter Trading Actually Quotes
Alter Trading publishes no price list – every quote is local. How Alter prices scrap across its yards and the regional benchmarks to check before you sell.
Scrap
Scrap Prices for Mixed Loads: What Yards Pay for Unsorted Metal
Unsorted mixed loads pay roughly $100-$200 per ton while sorted grades pay multiples more. How yards grade mixed scrap and what an hour of sorting is worth.