Scrap Metal Recycling - Processing the Rest! Copper and Brass!
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- HUGE CASHOUT! The scrap heap has gotten a bit out of hand, and with this we've finally taken care of most of it. There's one big upside to having a heap of scrap metal to recycle though; selling it all! And what a scrap run it was this time. I think that's a new record! Turning trash into cash, copper and brass, and so much more.
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I like your personality and that's a big reason to watch
Exactly why I watch.
Positivity goes a long way, knowledge goes the rest of the way and he's sharing it. There's quite I bit I already found on my own but a lot of nice bits.
Kinda makes you wonder why he hasn't had some dind of offer somewhere else.
For Real Irene such well disciplined man
Thanks so much! ☺️💙
7:20 “we’re not picking anything up until this stuff is gone”
-says every scrapper. Ha!
Amen!! "So say we all"
Greetings from northen Sweden and a fellow scrapper.
Oh yeah just as every scrapper says I don't need more scrap as I don't have space to put it,, then he fills up the car with scrap 🤣
Its hard to say no to money when its available. Lol
As I've been saying since long before I became a scrapper "I need a warehouse, as big as my imagination."
Always with the best intentions! That’s funny, I actually did go pick up a load of furnaces with the truck right after I emptied it lol
WOW!!! Those chips with the gold square and stripe and they look like IC chips...are actually 8086 CPUs and at Boardsort are worth $170/ lb!!! That is a LOT of RAM!! Burning copper wire, motors and transformers is illegal here in the States. A lot of scrap yards won't even take burned wire.
I didn’t realize burning transformers was against the law as well! I’m a hard no against burning wire anytime it comes up but the legal side isn’t something I’ve thought about, makes sense the regulations would extend across more types of scrap. Thanks for the tip on the chips though, I had no idea they were worth so much!! I’ll have to make sure whatever deal I come to with Baptiste is favourable for both of us 😁
I've been scrapping for 32 years now & i still learn stuff and different techniques on how to clean different types of scrap
Same here! There’s plenty of people I talk to who have different techniques I pick up from them. It’s surprising how there’s always something to learn no matter how much you know
@@thubprint Exactly !! I always listened & learned from the older guys that's scrapped for many many years
Those round cast aluminum things that weren't threaded are cake decorating plates. They're meant to sit on a shaft and spin so you can decorate without picking up the cake. Also, the table you picked up is a donut icing table. Bowls of vanilla or chocolate icing go in those holes and the tray of donuts sit off to the left.
Sounds about right....
That’s so cool!! He must’ve gotten them from some bakery liquidation auction, I think he was a big fan of auctions
@@thubprint I've gotten some great deals from auctions. If you know the value of your metals, you can make a lot of money bidding on auctions of closed stores.
So glad u took that cap off the truck and put sides on it makes for way more room! Get er dun!
Oh heck yeah, I was worried at first but it’s so much better this way
Hello! Have a great day!
You too!
It might be interesting to do a future video where you compare reselling vs scrapping the same item. Like if you find two items that are identical, resell one and scrap the other. So we can see the difference in terms of dollars per hour. Sort of like your video about how to get silver 🙂
Oh that’s a great idea!!
Great idea Laura! Like some not too thrashed BBQ's?....... or more like metal racks or cabinets?
I've learned a bit watching your struggle, In I'm sure we all want to learn more. Keep scoring on the scrap bro it's worth more than anyone thinks
Because of you I made my first trial run to my local scrap yard today 😊 Thirty dollars for crap I had laying around. Thank you for the teachings and don't stop making videos. I have two stripped cars for my next run. Thanks again.
Oh can I ask why you don't cut the ac compressors open. Lots of copper in there. I just want to know if it's worth the time. Love the channel. I am seperating brass as we speak lol. Got about 15 brass ball valves.
I had a pretty big nostalgia hit on one of my hunts last week. I saw what I thought was a microwave that turned out to be 3 old computers, one was the same model as my very first PC from 20+ years ago (2000-ish) my mom was driving while I was loading stuff up and I picked it up with the biggest smile on my face and showed her.
It couldn't even compete in this generation of computers but I might keep it as a bit of a "museum piece" or maybe building a decent PC inside that case.
But I'll get far more out of it like that than I would scrapping it.
That’s so cool!! There’s a big retro scene for stuff like that, people set up ‘time piece’ pcs with voodooFX cards and sound blaster cards on beige CRT monitors and run retro games on DOS. I don’t think I’d get much use out if something like that but another option would be the ‘sleeper build’, all new modern parts for a smokin pc inside a yellowed old case. I’ve got my old one around as well I’ve been wondering which direction to go
I don't normally like but it totally interesting . You are a master scrapper now a long way from bottles
Doing my best!
Awesome vid Thub!! Loved it man!!!
Awesome brother
Hello
$1000 scrap run completely out of dumpsters. I dived before I found your videos but you have taught me a lot, thanks.
Ya I'm in kansas and took my Cooper wire I striped which came put to about 400lbs and that with some of my rads I walked out of there with a 2,135 dollar check
You are a bright spot in my life. thank you so much for being kind.
Thank you Lisa! That means so much to me.. I’ll do my best to keep giving people something to smile about ☺️
yes some of the older transformers are abesto wrapped as well as fiberglass ,take extra precautions when dismantling them,great haul on all the metals keep the video's coming.
Wow $1,500 that’s awesome dude!!! Great video
Heck yeah, and I don’t have to split it with anyone but the truck! 😁
Hey Thub,I really enjoy your tutoriel videos.My daughter-in-law has started scrapping and I'm trying to get her to watch your videos because there's so many things out there that she and I don't realize that is scrapable. YOU are one of the most helpful scrappers out there. Even tho you aren't sure of some things,you still make the videos worth watching. "Keep doing the thing". I love your attitude & your hair.(just had to throw that one in there). BTW, I'm 73 and I love scrapping. Can't do much cause it's hard to walk without my cane anymore because I loose my balance. But I can get the small stuff. Take care and I'm glad you're wearing a respirator. Thank you for the videos.
nice run
Great post.....I really enjoy your stuff.....makes my Friday nights......
But late but we got there!! 😁
Okay, I assumed the payday would be decent, but holy cow! That was awesome!!!
It was SO good!!! 😁 I’m gonna buy tires 👍
@@thubprint Ugh, adulting sucks 😂 at least you keep it interesting
love the videos👍👍👍
21 minutes in and Ive never been so happy to realize im only halfway through the video. Ive learned so much from you and just made my first steel run with my trailer yesterday. Thanks to you Ive learned to identify all sorts of different metals and how to seperate and prepare them for the yard. Thank you for all you do! Cheers
Thanks so much! I was worried about it being a long one but I figured some folks don’t seem to mind 😂
Glad you got the system all set up, that trailer is gonna make scrap runs way easier and more profitable in less time 👍
Keep calm, scrap on! As for asbestos and fiberglass, definitely a respirator. Nobody needs asbestosis.
I would love if you did some of these motor/ pump etc breakdowns live and answered questions/ comments while doing so. I realize that sounds like it’d be a pain in the ass trying to do both at once but I think your viewers would love to interact and learn etc and the live would be a great way to do so. But, keep doing the thing, your videos are great and I’m very slowly starting to ease into doing some scrapping, you’ve been a great educator and inspired
That would be really fun actually! The only real reason I haven’t done that is the few times I’ve done a live I spend the whole time talking and don’t get much done haha
@@thubprint none of your fans would mind. But it would of course impede on your work progress
Pretty yummy washout. Like a squirrel getting ready for winter LOL. Happy Hunting.
Better than I was expecting!!
@@thubprint you can never complain when you get more than you thought you were going to get.
Thanks for the shoutout. Its always good to see transformers being recycled!
well done
Yes I was waiting for this upload
A plethora of engineering treasures to disassemble, thank you that was awesome. You just saved me a year of my life:))
See, fellers and fellettes, this is why you save up on stuff. If only a guy had room, I would go as far as Thub here. As it is, I only get enough room in the shed for a few buckets, where the coppery- and brassy-bits go.
Holy COW though, this was a really big one!! I don’t think anybody should let it pile up like that 😂
I came for the copper! Thanx for a great show thub! 10 out of 10 to this genius of a man ,,,
It's all money in your pocket at the end
Hey Thubprint, why not keep a few of the pieces that are worth taking apart and do it over time? Also thanks for all the incredibly informative info I found you maybe 3 months and I have a good size stash of copper and some brass in the basement, I honestly never recognized how often I’m surrounded by it during work until I watch your how to identify videos and needless to say I’m always looking in dumpsters and grabbing treasures out of the trash! I still have a hard time understanding stainless and the different types of it, the guys at my scrap yard have given me the run down but it never seems to stick.
I started working at a scrap yard buying metal from customers and now i am very interested in scrapping and how people find metal to bring in
I wonder the same thing, sometimes I see people with their huge trailers piled up and wish they had videos so I could see where they got it all too 😊
I watch these vlogs and love them even though I have no interest in scrapping because you make them so interesting to watch. Another great vlog 👍🏼
18:15 sounds like something the band Autobahn would make
Great cashout and your question answered about which scrap yard give the most stay safe Thub !
It was funny, I was expecting it to make more of a difference in the end! Still, it’s nice to be confident in going to the right place
dude i learned so much about metals from watching your videos. I made 270.00 yesterday scrapping WHOHOOO
Nice work bud! That’s a super decent stack from a bit of recycling 👍
me yesterday ;i m not procrastinating sweet heart,
i m learning the "how to"!
Lol, exactly!
Nice haul and thanks for taking us on a journey and I love bigstackd and his dogs
Those radiators at 18:30 gave me flashbacks on volume 1
Volume 2? ,,, i have been away far too long ,,, good to see thub looking so damn good ,, thanx for putting a smile on 2 our faces : }
Well welcome back, haha! I’m just happy to be here, thanks so much for all the support 😊
Not all yards offer same price ,live an learn best ones 👍👍
Great video and payday
I love videos liks this one. Was great.
Fun video
Those coats are great
I found your channel in mike the scavenger comments section couple days ago and I subscribed.
You should try to use liquid wrench for those rusted bolts.bodyshops use it so it will do the trick.
Greetings Thubprint. What a fantastic video adventure. Thank you for always taking the time/care of sharing,passing knowledge/blessings forward yippee. Just keep being/doing you always. PLEASE be CAREFUL. Stay humble and kind. Be safe,healthy &blessed always family
Always a pleasure Carren, thank you for the support! Blessings to you and yours always 😊
25:30 those look exactle like my disc sander discs. the adhesive is likely from the sandpaper that was on it.
Ohh yeah could be!
Sweet
You mentioned both of some of my other favorite youtubers lol. Watched you for a long time now, nice to see you getting some UA-cam revenue!
Another good thing about taking in big loads, is that the more product u bring in at one time, the more per pound you get paid.
Oh yes that’s true!
Always gotta vanish off something lol, gos with the life
Boardsort pays $22 a lb on ram. You can take the shield off the other ram it's sheet aluminum.
6:25 only some persuasion you say ? *Bam bam bam*
😁
Good vid mate
In my country 1537 cad is about 18.5 k .Wow that's impressive.scrap not bad indeed. 🤩
It was a rare treat for sure, but I’m pretty happy with the numbers!!
Awesome video! Thank you
Thumbs UP
Nice work there! Great payout too.
If you have the room I'd suggest using the table top and stainless with the holes as a work station and make it so buckets can sit under those two holes. Make through brass in one, copper in another. Or if you cut ends off wires then wire in one cords in another. Just depends on what you're doing at the time
That’s a great plan! I wouldn’t want to cut holes in the stainless though, but I could just use the block
Have you tried using a recip to cut the copper off the transformers? Much cleaner than a grinder and less dust and the blades last pretty good on soft metals. Great payday 😁👍🦊
I meant to try that! I’ll give it a go, still have a few left. I don’t have a corded one so we’ll see how the cordless goes
Nice work Thub! It's pure joy when you get a good scrap payout huh? 😁😁😁😁
Oh man, the combination of “I have all this free space!” and “I have a stack of cash!” Is so freeing, feels like you can do anything 😁
Great video man, I love hearing that you follow the same channels as I do and I look forward to seeing what you do with the dust!!! Like so many others I would dig more videos like this where you're processing your bins; I watch it as I do the same and often it's in them that I learn better more efficient techniques.
I wanted to make a request for an instructional video. You seem to know a ton of different places for comparing prices and for selling scrap. Would you please do a video on how you find these places? What you look for, what and how you search. In my area I know of 2 scrap yards and that's it and I'm stumped as to how to find more beyond word of mouth with other scrappers; plus I think it would be quite rude to directly ask the yard, with whom I've built a good relationship, for a list of their competitors LOL.
That’s actually a great idea for a vid, I’ll do my best to put it together! It’ll be a bit though, I’m gonna focus on the treasure hunt for the next little while
@@thubprint can't wait!!
Another great video Thub. Because I live in Calgary makes it even better. I am always excited to see a new video popup from you as well as a couple other UA-camrs I follow.
Oh well hello from a fellow Calgarian!
The pieces of copper you got from the transformers - how would they be graded by the yard? As dirty no.2 copper?
Well at the yard ‘dirty’ means there’s steel parts stuck on it, so yes it would all be #2. The burned stuff is #2 and the stuff with glue on it is #2, so there’s no quick and easy way to upgrade the value. That’s a lot if the reason I wouldn’t bother burning the transformers, it doesn’t improve the payout on its own
You need to invest in a impact gun and some sockets. Save you tons of time instead of wrenching everything by hand. The electric ones are pretty decent.
Hey man I live in Drumheller Alberta I use federal metals to. I was literally just there a couple weeks ago.
Hey Thub, just a suggestion as I'm in Hvac. Easy way to get motors out of blower housings, a quick squirt of penetrating oil on the hub where it meets the shaft, wait 2 minutes and undo the set screw. Turn the whole thing upside-down and let gravity do its thing. Almost never gives me a problem. Also a cheap hub puller would not be a bad idea
Oh penetrating oil! I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of that, that would make it much easier. I do think the method I found has the advantage of the motor already being partially broken down, but if a person wasn’t going to pull the copper out of the motor it would be better to keep it as big and heavy as possible 👍
@@thubprint absolutely, I agree. I myself have found trying to pry the copper out of the steel is too much work, so I will generally just take a heap of motors in together for motor price
Every time I heard your facebook and discord notifications go off I had to check if it was me lol. Another great vid, see you again soon hopefully!
I’m trying to keep those out of the audio! 😆
Great video as always!!! Top notch.
I took #2 copper in today for $3.30 per pound
In USD I hope?
@@thubprint it's usd I cashed in at a yard in fargo north Dakota
@@thubprint oh also #2 house hold wire usd $1.45 per pound
Great turn in buddy! Gonna post this in community tab! Project Shop Fl, my buddy Derrick, and I love some transformers!
Project Shop Fl is such a bro, you’re saying he’s a bud of yours? That’s awesome! Tell him I say hi 😁
@@thubprint Will do I'll txt him this video link
Fantastic !!!. You've got quite a good hoard of quality e-waste there, should sell easy when you're ready to. 👍
Gonna keep stacking it for now, I’m waiting for a good buyer for Canadians 👌
@26:42 OY!!! Don't shake the processors in a bucket like that!! It's rare to hit a truly big score with them, especially in a pile of old stuff, but some of them do have resale value if they're still operable. I've had two the were $70 apiece out of scrap computers. Many are 2/3/4 bucks apiece wholesale.
Drake! A propane torch on those seized bolts would have helped you remove them faster. Also a cheap corded impact gun and the right socket could help make it go faster and not a bad little investment for future processing and projects. Just my two cents, Take it easy homie!
The impact gun I can get behind, I really need to buy one of my own! I’ve used the torch trick before but it’s more for stuck on bolts on cars for me
@@thubprint Yeah man, the torch trick is a good one. It does work quite well on steel bolts in aluminum because the aluminum transfer the heat much faster than steel so it helps.
However just like you said.. Even I choose to forego the extra mile at times because efficiency is the name of the game and a few dollars lost to breakage or dirty prices is worth it when processing is too time consuming.
Oct 22 post date? Was my B-Day. Thanks for the present of posting for me. Haha. Enjoyed watching all the processing. Congrats on the huge $$ score. I agree that you should stay with your current yard. Not to mention the extra gas to drive to the new place. I watch Big Stack D also. He uses a vacuum system to whisk away all the dust when polishing. Made me think of that when you used the respirator. Boardsort, here in Ohio, buys all that eWaste, but probably too far for you to ship. Have a good week.
7hrs and some change late but I made it.
Nice haul and a great pay day.
I just scored 35lbs of extruded aluminum but I haven't scrapped anything yet.
Extruded aluminium is so good right now!! I kinda wish I saved up that truckload from earlier this year lol
@@thubprint remember I was telling you recently that extruded aluminum was up?
That was a rev hot water tank. If it was still working you could have gotten around 150 for it.
Id be interested in buying the Ram sticks and processors.
Fav yt channel
Great video as always, keep up the good work!
I don't do ferrous just non ferrous and leave all the metal on the curb, but watching you makes me think it might be worth doing. Also if I can use a grinder I do. I love to see the thought process in using five different Alan screw size. Here in the UK they give you one price for all aluminium which is 90p per kg . You guys have your weight in pounds. I think if you have a large volume of a Certain type of aluminium then they might give u a different price.
90p per kilo? Hmm… that would actually be alright if you had a reasonable mix, but I’d be kinda upset if that’s all they gave me for a truckload of extrusion 🤔
Hello Thub.
That smoker you had for your brother, here's an idea for him.
Fillets of arctic charr (salvelinus alpinus) sea salt flakes, mix lemon zest with salt and and rub the Fillets and top off with chili flakes.
Prefably use Bradley bourbon bricettes for the smoker.
Bon apetite.
That sounds so good!!! Idk how common Arctic char is gonna be but we could give it a go with any white fish I suppose
@@thubprint arctic charr is a fish that belongs in the group of salmon fish,, does that make sense?
It has red-pinkish meat just like a salmon.
I guess you can substitute the charr for rainbow trout, easier to find in the shops and similar texture in the meat.
You were right! This was a really great one. Is it as much fun knocking all these bits apart as it looks, or is it tedious? Congrats on the big score. I love the whole estate sale process - this is a good direction, and I wish there were a lot more of these opportunities.
I’m gonna jump on any estate sale I hear about for sure, those videos are super fun! Picking things apart, I wouldn’t call it tedious as it can be fun and cathartic. It’s a challenge for me though because I put a lot of pressure on myself to spend my time making videos, so a heap like this one is stressful to me. I spent the whole time wishing I was out dumpster diving, I could’ve done three vids in the time it took to do this one 😂😭 stack of cash at the end definitely eases the pain tho lol
Great Job! I love your scrapping adventures!
ill buy anymore boards like that in the future, im local
Sweet payout
So good 😁
Damn i wish i had a vehicle to start scrapping. It looks very fun kind of like treasure hunting! Nice video very enticing and engaging showing every detail love the video!
It’s definitely a better system to use a vehicle, if I didn’t have wheels I’d have to do something else.. I mean it’s still worth it to pick up aluminium bars or copper pipe/wire but I’d never get big payouts with a bike and a backpack
Nice haul homie! Time is definitley worth alot. I too have spent too much time on items and end up quitting on them. All i did was take weight off the dirty price! So i feel you on that. I discovered you @ 2 years ago. You've stepped your game up buddy! NICE. Keep doing the thing from Sacramento, CA USA.
Thanks Jadrew! And I guess you’re right, kinda on a different level since I stopped focusing on bottles? I think the value of one’s time is the most important thing to a scrapper, and best to figure it out early, like you said! If you’re gonna bail, bail early 👍
I love the bottle picking! Especially how you respond to the neighborhood watch types. I was always more visibly irritated. Lol. I mean youve stepped up as far as amount of $$ recycling and amount of subs. I can see that because scrap is worth $$ everywhere. Cans and bottles (CRV here in California) not so much so that may be more regional. Anyway keep it up Master Panda. Lol
I also will still save and pick up CRV but no longer street/apt pick for them. I got the plug working at a plumbing supply co where we allow plumbers to throw away their trash. 🤫
u could try contacting yards a bit further away and finding our their prices. then contact your nearest yard and tell them that since youre a regular face there, they should at least match the better prices offered at those other yards. some guys have done it and it works. Many yards KNOW they ought to pay more but they also know they can get away with paying peanuts since most ppl dont care as long as they get a few dollars in their hands for their metal.
OK - after having watched the entire video, u could also just save up your copper and brass for Federal- go when u have a GOOD amount and then sell the stuff that they pay more for to the nearer yard.
i think its best if you post your RAM & CPUs to Boardsort in Ohio- even with all the costs involved u will still make much more than selling them locally.
I think your suggestion is basically the right way to go, I did save up all my copper and brass to try the new place out and it was just a $20 improvement, so a better way would be to use that to get a better price at my regular shop
@@thubprint let us know how it goes- whether they give you the same prices as Federal for copper, brass etc
Awesome vid Thub:) really enjoyed it and wow what a payday...but then you put in the work so deserve it :)
Thank you!
Hey thub...
Scrap yards here won't even touch anything copper wire that's been burned. Is it the same in Canada? Love the helpful videos and can't wait for my stripper. I have been collecting electrical cords at work for almost 2 years. A few pounds at a time and can't wait. Thanks again
Well I can’t speak for all of Canada but I know here in Calgary they are definitely wise to the burned copper situation. It just makes the seller look like a criminal, so if it’s the first time they’ve ever met you, your info is definitely going in a file, and they are 100% willing to lock the gate on you and call the cops if they feel it’s justified. For a regular customer like myself they’d still buy it but the price is gonna be dropped down to the point where burning it off feels like a big waste of time
Yewwww big stack d.