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  • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
    @ScrappingwithGrandpa  2 роки тому +1

    Buy me a Coffee at PayPal.Me/scrappingwithgrandpa

  • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
    @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +4

    Help me please. I need less then 40 subs. To make. # 1000 subscriber gets a 2 pound copper ingot from Scrapping With Grandpa 👴

  • @saulsscrappersdelight8875
    @saulsscrappersdelight8875 3 роки тому +1

    New sub
    I used to separate ballasts, no more, toss in shred after clipping wires! Good luck Grandpa.

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      Thank you my friend I appreciate that and I’m with you I won’t be Scrap and balest anymore

  • @Lhifeeq
    @Lhifeeq 3 роки тому +2

    YT Algorhythem put you on my radar today, you got a new sub. I stopped messing with ballast a few years ago when some of the ballast paid only half of scrap shred and some paid only 2 cents more. I smiled at the guy and he asked if the lower price made me happy, and I said, 'Yep, this means that you get to separate it from now on because I'm not gonna mess with it.'

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      From now on I will never ever take one off again they’re not worth it

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for stopping bye glad to have you

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      What video was it? Or was it just my channel?

    • @Lhifeeq
      @Lhifeeq 3 роки тому +1

      @@ScrappingwithGrandpa It was this video. This one is the first time I had seen/heard of you.

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      Awesome thank you for stopping bye

  • @GeneCenora
    @GeneCenora 3 місяці тому +1

    Hello I’m from the Pittsburgh pa area and have been have been looking for a sideline to help with income & have been wanting to go into scraping, I have been watching the Iscrape channel and that’s how I found out about you, I love your videos and I’m learning a lot, rt now I just have a 2011 f150 like yours and a 1 car garage to work out of , I’m forced into retirement and will be 70 in December. Anyway keep up your great videos your a very good teacher and it’s very enjoyable to watch you go through how to do this work in a step by step way. Thanks. Gene

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 місяці тому +1

      Thank you for watching and I really enjoyed my trip to IScrap I also watched his channel. If you have a truck, you can make money Scrapping thank you for your kind comments. Good luck with your retirement Scrapping With Grandpa what’s next?

  • @garywhelton9304
    @garywhelton9304 3 роки тому +2

    Hard to understand almost 2000 viewers and I am # 100 to give thumbs up . COME ON PEOPLE !!!! Hitting the button will really help his channel .

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      Thank you so much that thumbs up makes all the difference in the world at 100 thumbs up with 2000 views gives me about a 5% ratio that’s not very good I was hoping to do better

  • @charlesmanfredo4963
    @charlesmanfredo4963 2 роки тому +1

    My scrap yard in NJ pays .99 cents a pound with the newer electronic ballast there is not as much copper as before but if you can save them up it’s still money. I enjoy watching both your channels

  • @TheDumpsterCats
    @TheDumpsterCats 3 роки тому +1

    Have a great week. Can't wait to watch the travelers and you 😻😽💜

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      Be watching won’t be long. Just Downloading my newest shamong and NewJersey video now that came from my GoPro

  • @tomlim4406
    @tomlim4406 3 роки тому +1

    Wow good evening.
    Long video l love it my friend.For me coffee first thing in the morning is a must. someone going to remember to put coffee powder in my coffin when I'm dead that will be great hahaha.
    Have a good one buddy. ❤️👍

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      I didn’t want to break up the video into two videos so I figured I’d make a long one and do from beginning to end

  • @roadhog1987
    @roadhog1987 2 роки тому

    It turned out to be another great video and no shaking

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you my friend it’s hard to not make the camera shake sometimes It’s all according to where you’re wearing it

    • @roadhog1987
      @roadhog1987 2 роки тому

      @@ScrappingwithGrandpa I'm really realizing that myself so I try to find spots to sit it down not saying if I had a chest mount that would probably be used all the time for videos although I like the tripod to I just need to go get the bigger one so it will hold on to the dumpsters a little better

  • @TheDumpsterCats
    @TheDumpsterCats 3 роки тому +1

    I like the pink scrap sticker on the #scrapyards window

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      I have one of them on my red truck and I have one of them on my black truck they sell them at the scrapyard for five dollars each

  • @tomlim4406
    @tomlim4406 3 роки тому +1

    Hard day work my friend.
    Thanks for the great video.
    I'm ready for the next video.
    CHEERS my friend. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @pederlindstrom3132
    @pederlindstrom3132 2 роки тому +1

    Hello Grandpa.
    I get lightfixtures from time to time but they don't have the ballast like you do,, here it's more of a transformer. Older lights they are welded but the newer ones are just laminated steel with a copper coil. I did get a modern lughfixture a few years ago and it just had a circuitboard in it.

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  2 роки тому +1

      I can kind of picture it in my mind but very difficult to figure out I’ve never heard of that kind of light fixture. So I take it that is something in the UK because it’s definitely not United States that I can think of. Even our LED light fixtures have ballast

  • @SilverScorpion
    @SilverScorpion 3 роки тому +4

    Can't beat free

  • @TheDumpsterCats
    @TheDumpsterCats 3 роки тому +1

    Not bad #scrappays #nicepayday

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      I guess $100 is $100 I was only working about three hours for it so not too bad

  • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
    @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

    If you like mobile home repair
    Check out my other channel
    ua-cam.com/users/Drewsroofingandhomerepair

  • @chrislessig5277
    @chrislessig5277 3 роки тому +2

    Call your scrap yard and ask if they pay separately for ballast if not just clip wires throw in as sherd

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      They do stay separate from Alice but they only get four more cents per pound making it almost not worth it taking the time to remove them. I only got five dollars for all them Balis took me an hour to take them all off so not worth it

  • @TheDumpsterCats
    @TheDumpsterCats 3 роки тому +1

    All that wire & copper goodness 🙀 #wire #copper #worthit

  • @direwolf_z1
    @direwolf_z1 3 роки тому +2

    Hey brother! I usually knock mine out with a hammer and the scrap yard gives me $1 per ballast. Thanks for the video you sent. Look forward to talking soon!

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      A dollar per Balis holy shit that’s crazy my Scrap Yard gives me $.13 a pound

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      Videos like that if you watch UA-cam will help you a lot

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      No music in the background and no vulgar language. Unless it’s UA-cam music that is allowed to be montage. You can’t monetize a video with Aerosmith playing in the background or AC/DC your fall cat or Ted Nugent or any of them bands

    • @direwolf_z1
      @direwolf_z1 3 роки тому +1

      @@ScrappingwithGrandpa Heck yeah send me all your ballasts and I'll split it with you 😂

    • @direwolf_z1
      @direwolf_z1 3 роки тому +1

      @@ScrappingwithGrandpa You're almost to a thousand subscribers! Get those 4,000 watch hours and your monetized! I've been watching videos about it. I got 949 subscribers to go. How long did it take you to get where you are on this channel?

  • @timfindeis4469
    @timfindeis4469 9 місяців тому +1

    I made the mistake of not calling My yard. I had just shy of 800lbs of the heavy ballasts and they said they don't take them. no other yard within 50 miles

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  9 місяців тому

      No way. Wow. My yard takes them but only pays about 10 cents a pound

  • @larryshumakerhihvv5294
    @larryshumakerhihvv5294 3 роки тому +2

    How far are you from your house to the junkyard

  • @donnajohnson2604
    @donnajohnson2604 2 роки тому +1

    Not sure if you know but the ends that hold the lights in have brass. I just see you sending to scrap and missing out. Have you watched Canadian Treasure Hunter. He is awesome.

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  2 роки тому +1

      I watch Canadian treasure hunter always a lot actually and that’s how I found out about them items it’s according to how hard they are to get for me personally. If they come out really easy I’ll take them but it can make a mess smashing them to get it out sometimes if you have a lot of scrap it’s just not worth the small things but I do like his channel I have his sticker on my truck

  • @TheDumpsterCats
    @TheDumpsterCats 3 роки тому +2

    No shot fur me

  • @davidlocke258
    @davidlocke258 7 місяців тому +1

    I have a suggestion
    Have a screw bucket so they don't get in the yard and possibly get in your tires

  • @TheDumpsterCats
    @TheDumpsterCats 3 роки тому +1

    I hate it when I miss place my wire cutters 😹😹 but even better when they are right in front of me 😹😹😻😽💜

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      Tell me about it I looked all over the place for them trust me I took some of it out of the video it took me five minutes to find them and they were sitting right in front of me

  • @grannyandthebearscrappers1633
    @grannyandthebearscrappers1633 3 роки тому +1

    Just found your channel , what is the name of your travellers channel

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      Drew’s Roofing And Home Repair the travelers. If you type that in you’ll find it

  • @patrickwilliams4613
    @patrickwilliams4613 9 місяців тому +1

    Yes worth scrapping ballast I have them on my channel scrapped with prices

  • @duckncover3567
    @duckncover3567 3 роки тому +2

    """SOMEBODY SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP GRAN PA .....""" THEN SEND THEM TO HELP ME FOR WATCHIN THIS CLOWN....JEEEEZE COME ON...

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      What? Really. I’m a clown 🤡 If you’re pointing fingers at me don’t forget three fingers are always pointing back at you

  • @wayneday3916
    @wayneday3916 3 роки тому +2

    I'm new to your channel I just wish I could remember who told me about you. As for the ballist call you scrap yard see what they pay for them the decide if it pays to keep or to throw in with scrap steel.

    • @TheDumpsterCats
      @TheDumpsterCats 3 роки тому +1

      We throw them in with sheet Iron here

    • @andrewcaron5285
      @andrewcaron5285 3 роки тому +1

      Put in with light iron

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +2

      Scrap steel is nine cents Balis are $.13 but to be honest with you for the time it takes to take it out it’s not worth it. I spent an hour doing that for less than five dollars.

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks for stopping by and being a new subscriber I appreciate you I hope you like my contacts and I miss interesting for you. You got that right $.13 a pound and it took me an hour to get them out so I need five dollars for an hour

    • @TheDumpsterCats
      @TheDumpsterCats 3 роки тому

      @@ScrappingwithGrandpa glad you get different prices fur them that's awesome

  • @keithmueller9685
    @keithmueller9685 3 роки тому +1

    You need side cutters for the wire and a hammer for the ballast come right out takes the long how you doing

  • @glimpsesofmylife7133
    @glimpsesofmylife7133 2 роки тому +1

    Laughing about your cutters 😂😂

  • @cherylwhitten5746
    @cherylwhitten5746 2 роки тому +1

    Cutters are over on the other Fender of the other trailer

  • @tomahawkisfc2129
    @tomahawkisfc2129 3 роки тому +1

    Sell the ballast as ballast in Scrapyard. Only BIG ballast you take apart for copper. Stay safe and have fun in life.

  • @sandrabaker7152
    @sandrabaker7152 3 роки тому +2

    Don't some of those have a hidden copper wire running the length of it?

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      The only copper wire they have is the ones you see me take out of it nothing hitting besides a couple little small pieces at the end

  • @wayneday3916
    @wayneday3916 3 роки тому +5

    Oh forgot there are different types of ballist some are worth more than others.

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      You got that right $.13 a pound and it took me an hour to get them out so I need five dollars for an hour

    • @MrShekoexile
      @MrShekoexile 3 роки тому +1

      @@ScrappingwithGrandpa they're up a penny to $0.13 / pound here in Albuquerque.

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      Is that Albuquerque New Mexico

  • @howarddavis2193
    @howarddavis2193 3 роки тому +1

    My guess is the Heavy ballasts Are the old style with more copper in them the lighter ones are solid state most likley not much value

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      I found that out quickly when I brought them in only 30 skews me only $.13 a pound It definitely wasn’t worth it

  • @tommymadden9746
    @tommymadden9746 6 місяців тому +1

    I love lights. I separate everything on them. There not that hard. Take those little plastic light sockets and put them in a towel and beat them with a hammer to get the brass.

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  6 місяців тому

      Well, that sounds interesting to me as you know I love beating things with hammers so if that makes it easier than thank you for the tip

  • @TheDumpsterCats
    @TheDumpsterCats 3 роки тому +2

    #cutters #haha #funny #lostitems

  • @TheDumpsterCats
    @TheDumpsterCats 3 роки тому +1

    Run it 😹😹 #scrapyard still 👀 nice #ride

  • @eagleeyes5638
    @eagleeyes5638 3 роки тому +1

    Greetings Scrapping with grandpa. You have AWESOME treasures. With great skills, you belong to the Macgyver club indeed. #1000 12706 GRIFFING Ave., Cleveland Ohio 44120. Stay hydrated, humble and kind always. Be safe,healthy &blessed always family

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      Karen we did a job in Ohio and I took my crew on a trip to see rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame we did a rubber roof in Ohio about six years ago or so.
      ua-cam.com/video/S_O4_mRFyEs/v-deo.html

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/44J8dTbF9BA/v-deo.html
      Our cleavland job

  • @MrScrappity
    @MrScrappity 3 роки тому +1

    1 hammer
    Removal.....complete 😁
    Might as well toss them into shred. They're not worth the time. Here at least.

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      I agree

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      I definitely found that out quick. What are you tuber told me they give him a dollar apiece for them at Scrap Yard.

    • @MrScrappity
      @MrScrappity 3 роки тому +1

      @@ScrappingwithGrandpa that seems a bit far fetched 😁
      Most of the older ballasts yards won't even touch because of the PCB's inside them.

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      Agreed but if you look at the comment on my last video I’m pretty sure that’s what he said

  • @duckncover3567
    @duckncover3567 3 роки тому +1

    OH MY.....OH MY...

  • @moondog4313
    @moondog4313 3 роки тому +2

    If it was me I wouldn't take them apart just take wire off

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      I learned that lesson yesterday took me an hour to do all them hours for $4.50 from now on straight to Scrap

  • @williamjohnson2105
    @williamjohnson2105 2 роки тому +1

    my scrap yard takes ballasts as is for around electric motors price

  • @sandrabaker7152
    @sandrabaker7152 3 роки тому +1

    Check out Canadian Treasure Hunter. He easily separates them and sells them separately.

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      I didn’t open them up and carry them all down and take the little bits of copper out I really didn’t feel like spending the time micro scrapping

  • @laurabutton506
    @laurabutton506 3 роки тому +1

    Over on your Black trailer

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you. Lol. It took me forever to find them. Thanks for watching if I would’ve watched back I might’ve seen that but I didn’t I did eventually find them after about 10 minutes

  • @CaptKirk1701
    @CaptKirk1701 3 роки тому +2

    Electric motor price usually

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      I got $.13 a pound I don’t think that’s even as good as electric motors

  • @Paulie1232
    @Paulie1232 3 роки тому +3

    The ballasts are worth nothing, everyone is switching to LEDs

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      You got that right $.13 a pound and it took me an hour to get them out so I need five dollars for an hour

  • @jamescates9771
    @jamescates9771 3 роки тому +1

    DDDAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
    You started out with saying what you needed, size even, to take it off. Then you get tools and must have forgotten what you were doing on that short walk to get tools. You started beating the thing apart. Use the tools you mentioned and take them off, clip the wires and then you will have a pile of wire, a pile of ballasts and a pile of light iron or tin shred.
    Cash each pile in and cha ching, you have a pay day.
    A little more easy work, just time, and you have cast aluminum and bare bright to add to your separate piles for more money.

  • @richardgautney4375
    @richardgautney4375 3 роки тому +1

    Those balusters depends on your yard some yards don't pay more than Shred some dude

  • @duckncover3567
    @duckncover3567 3 роки тому +1

    OHHH THOSE POOOOR NEIGHBORS.....

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      Lol. I’m noisy for sure. I’m an early bird. I hate sitting still so I get up early and try not to make too much noise you know how steel is clashing together as you throw it over the fence LOL

  • @timfindeis4469
    @timfindeis4469 9 місяців тому +1

    Oh by the way I haven't touched one sence!!!!

  • @buckhensley4421
    @buckhensley4421 2 місяці тому +1

    Take them off and seal them separate

  • @alanwilliams2452
    @alanwilliams2452 9 місяців тому +1

    Leave the balist on take to scrap yard see what they say

  • @gloriamccarthy4800
    @gloriamccarthy4800 3 роки тому +1

    Put your seat belt on!

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      Ding ding 🛎

    • @gloriamccarthy4800
      @gloriamccarthy4800 3 роки тому +2

      @@ScrappingwithGrandpa for safety! New subscriber. Stay sage, I'm a Nana x2!

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      What

    • @gloriamccarthy4800
      @gloriamccarthy4800 3 роки тому +1

      @@ScrappingwithGrandpa what do you mean WHAT? STAY SAFE!

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому +1

      I wasn’t sure if you heard my seatbelt going off or what it was you were talking about. Now I think you had my seatbelt and I wasn’t buckled in

  • @geraldduncan8954
    @geraldduncan8954 5 місяців тому +1

    Ballasts 15 cents an pound Grandpa

  • @jamespatterson8512
    @jamespatterson8512 3 роки тому +1

    Electronic ballast aren’t worth anything, just leave them and scrap the wires.

  • @donaldwatts1806
    @donaldwatts1806 3 роки тому +1

    Cut the wire and leave the rest on it

    • @ScrappingwithGrandpa
      @ScrappingwithGrandpa  3 роки тому

      I agree 100% I will never take them off again it’s not worth my time

  • @cherylwhitten5746
    @cherylwhitten5746 2 роки тому +1

    Cutters are over on the other Fender of the other trailer