Has anyone scrapped their factory "cats" within the past few months or looking to do so in the future? What prices did you fetch for your cats?

I just found my factory cats lying the garage so, I figured let's scrap them and buy more goodies for the rig or save for my upcoming wedding ()!

I consulted a family friend, ex-employer, who's well respected world-wide in the air pollution & PGM recycling technology field quote me the following:

For a V8 "5.0L"

4 Liter Catalyst w/ a least 1.5g/liter PGM at 50g/cruft should have about $200 of PGM.

I wanted to share this industry background w/ the community to help you fetch the most for your factory cats before venturing into the scrap yards looking for top dollar. Go in there armed w/ this knowledge, it'll blow their hair back

 

You're never going to get $200 a piece for the cats out of an '01. Those are prices from the pre '08 crash. Back then Rhodium was selling for over $10,000 an ounce. Now, it's barely a tenth of that. Platinum is a little more than half what it was at its peak. Paladium is selling high these days but it's the least valuable of the precious metals found in a cat.

If you go to your average junkyard with a pair of genuine Land Rover cats in hand, be happy if you get anything over $200 for the pair. However, be prepared to go pound salt if you cop an attitude with them.

 

fellow forum member stated he got $140, the other day. like monday iirc

 

Per cat or for both?

 

Do y'all just cut them off and reconnect the severed ends and continue running the truck? If so what do you gain from doing it other than $200 bucks? Power or fuel economy maybe? I'm asking because if so I'll hack them off and sell for scrap, then buy my baby something nice...The truck I mean...

 

i was reading the local t-paper a few months ago and someone got into the town lot climbed under there with a sawzall and cut the cat off 10 town vehicles.

 

There is a number you can text a photo of the cat, and they'll quote you a price. I'll see if I can find it... I think I've posted it before.

 

both

 

Pretty much what I was saying.

 

That happened here too! Sawzall bandits! I dont think they ever cought them either. lol