$14,000 Worth Of Copper Wire Stripped With The Copper King
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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In today's video I get a huge load of 600 mcm copper wire and strip it with the Copper King. Thanks for watching! #transformers #electric #electricmotor #recycling #scrapping #scrap #copperwire #aluminum #diy #projectshopfl #copperking #led #ledlights #lighting #generator #statorwindingmachine #electricmotor #copper
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You are the man. I was exited for my largest scrap run ever at 2400. 550 lbs of #2. Then I watch your videos and it puts me back in my place. Keep em coming always learn stuff watching your content.
Thanks, Keep hustling and you will get some big scores 👍👊
Hey, it's not the quality that matters it's the si............ It was worth a try! To be fair, not many can compete with their shop but Keep doing what you're doing big fella.
im getting all my scrap together now. got a pile of wire the size of a 2 door tahoe, and 15 barrels of brass copper and dirty copper. expecting 25k+ cant wait. gonna buy myself a low mileage OBS
where do you find this
@@FunFiction704 purchased transformers from an electrician.
Almost made me cry, seeing you chop up that big wire! I stripped out some 2000 mcm by hand a while back. Was a lot of work, but, the return on my investment of time and labor was appreciated.
It was damaged wire.
I wanted to diversify my my subscription feed and recommended feed. I grew up across the street from a scrap yard and found it fascinating. So that's how I found my way here.
This is frickin cool to watch. I appreciate you sharing it
Thanks! 👊
Nothing like starting the day with coffee and the Copper King shredding through thousands of pounds of copper. Awesome!!
Thanks! 👍
He probably pinched off a turd while watching this
Yea especially at 1am…that’s really starting the day!
Hello, I work in copper, how much is a kilo of copper in blackmail?
@@ProjectShopFlHello I work in the copper field how many kilos of copper in your country
Just as an observation, the piece that was scraped up was maybe installed that way, as you can see that copper has a lot of oxidation,turning the copper dark. You can see it at 12:12 as it comes through the stripper.
Thanks!
Wow. As an old ex electrician.
In my younger day. I have stripped a few by hand. On many many building sites. 😅😅😊😊.
Looking at your machine. All i could see was money money money. Flashing passed my eyes. 😊😊😊😊😊
😂😂😂 Thanks for watching
Damn, starting to strip it at 1AM, dude putting in some damn hard work!
Thanks!
He was geeked off meth. 1 am is usually when a tweaker does his best work 😂😂
I used to strip the cable that ran the equipment in the Coal Mine back in the 70's up in the hills of Virginia... Love too have some of that now with today's price...we would squat a Chevy ton truck....
Nice!
Sorry I've been hitting Miss with comments but glad to be back and glad to see you kicking ass till
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Man I've been scraping for about 15 yrs this is so cool
Thanks!
Remember the show Scrappers?
The Copper King RULES. Damn. That thing's a monstah
Thanks! 👍
I don't know how it is in the USA, but in Germany there are several types of copper at the scrap dealer.
The dark/burnt copper is “Kupfer Kanal” for 4-5€ a kilo and the shiny, almost new copper is Kupfer Millberry for 7-8€ a kilo.
We sort it very carefully to make more profit.
Is it exactly the same in the USA?
It is supposed to be separated but I get away with a lot at my yard. Also the price would only be .10 cents difference not dollars
"This thing will pick up 4000 pounds". "No it wont". Lol
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I've got a lot, a LOT of scrap wire so much that I haven't even messed with it. I've got scrap in every room from 750 down to #12 THHN. I saw one of these big strippers at a foundry I put high bay lights in. It stopped working and they wanted me to fix it, but the motor was gone. I offered to buy it and they didn't want to sell instead they scraped the entire machine.
Wow! That's kinda how I got my machine it was broke I paid $250 for it and had it fixed in 30 minutes,.
@@ProjectShopFl awesome, the guy was almost going to sell it to me I don't know why he changed his mind. I have a motor here I could have used, but with no reverse option which you really kind of need.
I believe if my Copper King was making me that kind of money I would keep it in great working order . I’ve got 2 ton of clean copper right now and I’d say 40 loads of scrap but way too cheap to be hauling it in . I’m not giving it to them ro hard to get and come by but when prices do go back up I’ve got the mother load
Wow!
We used to go in a power plant and cut the cables and weigh them in we used to get £14000 a night 3 nights a week done it for like 2 months straight shared between 3or us was easy money
Wow!
@ProjectShopFl I won't do it again naughty lmao 🤣
Get an electric chain fall and use/make trolley system to got outside to load and unload
Thanks for the suggestion
That’s a lot of separation lol
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Each cut of those thick coppers are worth 24 case of beer
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Good work for inspiring ,
Thanks!
For all the copper I used to throw out years ago .. I'd be rich lol.. I don't throw it out no more
Thats funny I was a concrete cutter for 10 years before I started recycling and I cut so much cable and copper pipe and never knew how much it was worth.
Here in southern WV our copper right now that is bare bright copper prices are $4.07 a pound the last time I was there a month ago and vehicles with engines and transmissions and without tires and a hole in the gas tank is only paying eight dollars on 100 pounds but appliances have dropped down to seven dollars per hundred pounds and number one copper is $3.87 a pound, Along with yellow brass paying two dollars a pound and red brass pays $2.20 a pound which is normal Pricing on both types of brass over the past three years here
Thanks for sharing
hard work ALWAYS pays off in the end
Thanks! All I do is work hard. lol
wow! That's pretty satisfying to watch! :)
Thanks!
You're partner as fast as a lightning bolt😂
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That machine is a beast!!
I have so much wire, but nothing close to that size. The largest I have right now is 2awg. And a ton of 12 & 14 gauge
Thanks, sounds like a nice haul.
@@ProjectShopFl it’s very tedious work. All the little wires. I see you ripping through finger sized wires. I feel like a 🦧, buts it’s free money from work scraps.
@@Jack_of_1_Tradepay some kid to do all that & tell him you’ll give him a cut of the money .
Also if it’s small hold onto it until prices are at highs then haul it in. Copper prices are going to go up ALOT the next 1_3 years
Strippin aint easy 💃🏻
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I was going to save this content til tomorrow because I’m getting tired but then I saw Steve was going to be the special guest this week so I just had to watch😊 I think me and you have the same sleep thing going on,I stay awake until I’m tired then I go to sleep then wake up like whenever then do the same thing again,my sleep schedule is constantly in flux I don’t do alarms or hardly even clocks unless I need to get to the scrapyard
Thanks for watching. I need to get on a regular scedual I have too much work to do. lol
Nice video, it makes me dream of stripping cable like that but I only have small ones to do.
You and I both, I'm having to start stripping due to Bidenflation/Bidenomics but In a Club that has stripper pole signs out front............. 😂😂😂
Heep hustling.
Great video Derek. Steve was such an old woman about lifting the donut lol
He's right to be cautious about his own safety. You've obviously never done work that could harm you.
He did not like the creaking sounds coming from the lift. lol
@@Couchtripper Definitely got to stay on your toes around here.
damn that's a nice pull
Thanks!
nice copper score!!!
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love it
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What a beautiful problem to have! Lucky as hell bro!!! I wish man!!
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Why is this so satisfying lol
Copper is always satisfying. lol
Oooh that railing would have looked good in a garden.
I made a bunch of them
Gotta love it when you're neighbors star t leaving you surprise scrap metal 😅
My neighbor left me some lastweek including about 10 pounds of solid clean brass.👍
Nice! Some of the mechanic neighbors leave me scrap all the time.
Awesome video tons of copper 🙏👍🏻
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Sorry I don't have the means to be able to donate but i really appricate your content, viewing from County SLIGO Ireland 🇮🇪 🇺🇦🤠🚲📷✍
All good my friend I appreciate you just watching 👍👊
Go by the upholstery shop and fix your front seat! 😊
I have a tom of parts, fenders and all new lights I will be doing a fix up video soon.
Very Cool!
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red gold
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Nice payday brother 👍😉
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Could use a rolling gantry to drive the trailer under. Overall easier to manage as well.
Yes that would work well.
i wish i could find 20-30ft of that stuff. oh the fun i could have making things.
The 600 mcm is hard to come by
Common sense says split the pallet into two pallets
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Sweet score CK
Thanks! 👊
Great video 😀have a great weekend 😀
Thanks same to you! 👍
Hi Projects Shop FL & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool Project Shop & Friends Randy
Thanks Randy 👍
How do you even acquire this kind of wire
Electrical contractors. This particular wire was pulled in and got chafed then failed inspection and had to be pulled out.
@@ProjectShopFl They sold all that for the $130 you got for the steel? That's like winning the lottery!
Steve had reason to be scared he’s probably seen some hydraulics fail😅 1500 pounds ain’t nothing to play with lmao
😂😂😂 Yes he gets nervous around me sometimes. lol
You trail is fallen apart
Is there something wrong with me? I can sit here and watch you strip copper out of the wire, all day long!!
Nope! Perfectly normal. lol Thanks for watching.
Why you mixing the bare bright with the burnt??? Unless your yard is different than mine they are 2 different prices.
Makes no difference at my yard.
Great video.
Thanks!
Honestly, your the boss...but I just want to know how and where I can get....maybe buy some of those highly qualified copper wiring.
I'm pretty sure it takes money.....just to make money.
Anyways, I'm all for it....making money is my priority
I buy it from electrical contractors.
@@ProjectShopFl i just found this post so you can ignore my earlier comment. thanks for the video
its great too see the copper king at work making that money ha ha ha i enjoy all the great videos you post thanks for shareing and will watch the live feed too
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Hi Derek. I just love watching you tweak the Copper King machine. Something about watching the donuts get huge. I can't wait for you to rebuild the Copper King and get your forklift up and running. Then you will be moving at Mach 1. Steve looks like a dwarf next to the second donut. Not a cut. I know he is pretty tall.
You guys get more accomplished between midnight and 5:00 AM than people working all day. Favorite channel ever. I miss it when you aren't on. Regards, Marc P.S. What happened to the Estwing "transformer" hammer?
Thanks, I still have the transformer hammer in the shop somewhere. lol
First time viewer. Decent video. I'd have to say that you definitely need to rethink the space, or lack of space, you have to do the work efficiently. Always ways to improve what we have how we work. Work smarter, not harder.
Thanks for the suggestion
10:41 how comes you cut them up? Wouldn’t it be easier and faster to run them through as is?
It would be faster to run through the machine but would be a nightmare handling long lengths on the back side. It makes life easier for the guy on the back side. That wire is really heavy.
im not sure if you mentioned it but at 14 mins into the video you have a big pile of plastic sheathing , have you tried putting it through a garden chipper..?
is it recyclible,,?
It goes right in a dumpster.
I bet this video hits 400k views.
I hope so. Thanks for stopping by the live stream. 👊
With how much time you are spending handling material it really seems like you should probably just get your own forklift. Right now the market is kinda saturated with them from the yellow freight auctions. You can probably pick one up right now for fairly cheap
He has one that needs to be put back together. I think he has all the parts?
Thanks I will keep an eye out.
Be nice to get a few loads like that an should be able to in Huntsville Alabama
Good luck! 👍
23:24, looks like the guy working really wants to risk shoving his hand into a live moving roller
That guy is crazy!
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START FIXING YOUR FORK LIFT ? OR ARE YOU GOING TO BUY ONE?
Soon.
I gotta ask where do you even buy that much wire and still turn a profit like that?
I buy from electrical contractors and sell to an exporter.
That cable is very thin compared to the stuff we cut
I never said it was the biggest cable out there.
@@ProjectShopFl we cut wire designed for 66,000 volts super high grade
That’s all heavy steel
Heavy copper?
@@ProjectShopFl all stuff u scraped before u got copper ur yard rob u
Always an adventure brother ✌️.
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Where does this copper wire come from? You hear about thieves ripping out wire from businesses?
I bought it from an electrical contractor.
Awesome job bro great payday
Thank you!
TX scrapper here, i am only 2 years into the scrapping game. how do you find/where you purchase 600mcm? google is zero help.
Electrical contractors.
Where did u get all of this it looks like some would be useable
I got it from an electrical contractor. It was damaged and failed a ring test so they had to pull it out.
You just showed up iny feed I havent watched you in a while. I see you grew your beard out though nice
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Thanks for watching! 👍
Use some metal 250/300 gallon totes
Thanks for the suggestion
I'm confused. Why do you buy the wires?
I thought you'd go out and find it....
No one is gonna give you this much copper for free. They will sell it to a scrap yard or me if I match the local market pricing.
@@ProjectShopFl I know nobody will give it to you. I got confused because I thought you could only go out and scavenge copper.
From dumpsters or old abandoned houses.
I didn't know there was a place you buy it from.
Got Dan Trade Mark is allover in FL now buying everyone out
So is SA recycling but I had a bad experience with them and won't be using them again.
@@ProjectShopFl who SA or TMR? Here on the West coast its mostly TMR bought all the mom and pop out. They ok. Some days they are weird. Some big youtuber over here keeps filming and making dramatic youtube vids so I joke with them about the guy and they like me TMR better give me Motor price for all these stators pool motors, A generator end that I took apart. Too much work to yank the copper out Was count to cut one end and try to pry bar it out
Take a link out
Thanks for the suggestion
Better take the burnt stuff out cause places will dock the hole load
I got Bright & Shiny for it all. lol
easy money stripped.
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Do you get paid the same for the darker copper than the shiny one?
Yes I get the same. But technically its #1 copper and should be separated
this man had me drooling, my dream is to open a recycling plant and a free animal hospital.
Nice! lol
i’m confused you used that 120$ sum dollars to buy all that wire??
😂😂😂 I added the rest
Good ol bare brite copper wire. We used to steal hundreds of feet of that stuff at a time and cash in thousands when it was $5 a lb
I have no respect for thieves! Why would you even make a comment like that?
I'm been curious do anyone need a license for scraping?
Not in Florida
@@ProjectShopFl I see
Jesus give the guy a chance to catch up
He will never keep up with the machine I strip as fast as I can then help on the back side. If I waited for him I'd be here all day. lol
Great video you need one more guy when stripping wire steve can't keep up g[od job
I know It definitely helps.
anyone know where in the hell he got the wire from i might have to get in on this
Electrical contractors.
Where are you getting the wire from?
@@thisistonytone777 electrical contractors
Nice!
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You live in the same county I do close to home
Nice!
Bro use $100 of that and get some tires fo that trailer dawg lol
Thanks for the suggestion
Yeah, because tractor tires are only $100 each😂. Try $400 to $800 each.
I place that doesn’t need money is the church. Check the pastors bank account. I’m sure it’s stacked.
He doesn't get paid from the church. He is a retired history teacher and lives off his retirement.
Please please please.... Never clean out your machine without LOTO (lock out tag out). Your body parts will thank you!
Thanks for the warning
Need tire's on dat trailer, bad !
Thanks for the suggestion
I have a honest question man I buy scrap to but are you buying the wire as unclean or how are you doing it down there
I buy it any way the customer wants to sell it. You just have to be competitive
Why do you wait failure. Preventive maintenance!
Damn this guys must be real Hi on G to keep on working with that late amd non stop . No brake no lunch lol just meth and cigarettes !!
Bro don't be a 🤡 no one is using drugs and we take plenty of breaks.
@@ProjectShopFl sorry brother and God bless your life if you are clean worker keep it up
How did you find copper too purchase like that?
Electrical contractors
Cost of buying hauling costs stripping costs reloading cost lots of time and expenditures for How much money
4500 for a day or 2 of work isn't too bad. The only monetary cost would be buying the wire and labor. The rest of the cost would just be time. He probably made somewhere around 225+/hr.
I picked it up at 2 pm and sold it the next day at 1:30 the next day and take $300 for food fuel and labor I still made $4200