Clare Division Chase Division Houghton Lake Division Montcalm Division
Address:     Fair Salvage Company
   3260 S Harrison Rd
   Houghton Lake, MI  48629
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Phone: 989-422-5284
Fax: 989-422-5289
Hours: CLOSED Sunday & Monday
Tues-Fri 8am to 5pm
Please weigh in by 4:30
Saturday 8:00am -2:00pm
 
Please weigh in by 1:30
Closed for lunch 12-12:30

Houghton Lake Division Information


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Car Body   Must have a clear title.
Must be a complete auto body not stuffed with other items. If vehicle is stuffed with other items it will be purchased as Sheet Iron.
$210.00 per net ton
Sheet Iron
(Some items such as loads of tin cans, fencing, cable, steel banding, etc. may be purchased at half  price)
$205.00 per net ton
Copper  
 No. 1 $2.75 per pound
 No. 2 $2.65 per pound
 No. 3 $2.55 per pound
     *Irony (dirty) copper is purchase as  irony brass
 Insulated #2 (House wire, extension
 cords, etc.)
$1.10 per pound
 Insulated #3 (Wiring harnesses,
 communication cables, etc.)
$0.75 cents per pound
 Christmas Lights $0.30 cents per pound
Brass  
 Yellow Brass - NO gun shells mixed in!
 Shells are purchased as yellow brass
  but cannot be mixed with other brass.
$1.55 per pound
 Red Brass $1.65 per pound
 Irony (dirty) brass $0.35 cents per pound
Aluminum  
 Clean Wheels - NO valve stems, wheel
  weights, plastic or chrome plating
$0.75 cents per pound
 Dirty Wheels - containing weights,
 valve stems, plastic or chrome plating
$0.60 cents per pound
     *Rims with tires or any remaining rubber will not be accepted.
 Old Sheet $0.48 cents per pound
 Painted Siding $0.56 cents per pound
 Cast $0.48 cents per pound
 Clip $0.57 cents per pound
 Extruded $0.66 cents per pound
 Irony Aluminum $0.15 cents per pound
Batteries  
 Regular automotive size - price each $6.50 each
 By the pound with 24 or more batteries $0.19 cents per pound
 Clean lead $0.35 cents per pound
 Dirty lead (wheel weights) $0.25 cents per pound
Radiators  
 Auto Radiators (copper core with brass
 tanks - all steel, etc. removed)
$1.57 per pound
 Aluminum Radiators (aluminum core
 with plastic tanks and all steel removed)
$0.51 cents per pound
 Copper / Aluminum Radiators
 (copper tubes with aluminum fins -
 all steel, etc. removed)
$1.20 per pound
 Unclean Auto Radiators $1.07 cents per pound
 Unclean Aluminum Radiators $0.21 cents per pound
 Unclean Copper / Aluminum Radiators $0.70 cents per pound
 Clean Heater Cores (unclean heater
  cores purchased as irony brass)
$1.42 per pound
 Starters and Alternators $3.00 or $4.00 each
 Clean Die Cast Aluminum $0.30 cents per pound
Stainless Steel $0.67 cents per pound
Electric Motors $0.25 cents per pound
  Sealed Units (refrig. compressors) $0.13 cents per pound
Ferrous Materials  
 2 Foot Plate and Structural
 (must be cut 2' x 18" or smaller and
 be 1/4" thick or thicker)
$290.00 per net ton
 5 Foot Plate and Structural
 (must be cut 2' x 5' or smaller and
 be 1/4" thick or thicker)
$280.00 per net ton
 Alloy Free
 
(must be cut 2' x 18" or smaller and
 be 3/16" thick or thicker)
$290.00 per net ton
 Short Steel
 (must be cut 2' x 18" or smaller and
 be 3/16" thick or thicker)
$245.00 per net ton
 Mixed Breakable Cast
 (unbreakable cast $50.00 less)
$230.00 per net ton
 Clean Motor Cast
 (brake drums & rotors, stripped
 clean blocks, manifolds, heads, etc)
$260.00 per net ton
 Unclean Motor Cast $215.00 per net ton
 4 X 2 Steel
 (Must be cut 4' x 2' and smaller and
 be 3/16" thick or thicker)
$245.00 per net ton
 Unprepared Steel $215.00 per net ton

 Steel items are paid per net ton (2,000 pounds),
not gross ton (2,240 pounds).

 

Scrap Core Prices for Houghton Lake Location:
Core Item: Price each per model/size Price each per model/size Price each per model/size
Catalytic Converters      
Honeycomb Converters Large $80.00 Medium $40.00 Regular $35.00
PreCat Converters $15.00 All models pay the same  
Bead Converters Jumbo $60.00 Regular $25.00  
Foreign Converters Large $105.00 Small $70.00  
Wire Converters (Stainless) $10.00 All models pay the same  
Four-Dot Converters $65.00 All models pay the same  
Diesel Converters $20.00 All models pay the same  
Aftermarket Converters $6.00 All models pay the same  
Transmissions      
Automatic Transmissions $20.00 Must be complete unit Aluminum housings only
Manual Transmissions $10.00 Must be complete unit Aluminum housings only
Miscellaneous:      
Catalyst Material $3.00 per pound    
Torque Converters $2.00 All models pay the same