Hey man, years ago I found your channel. You made a few videos about how to find rural property. 4yrs ago I moved from Reno to Alabama and all these years later I still find value in your videos. Thanks.
Scrap all the time. I sort and stockpile the various metals until i have a load or the price/pound is where I want it. Fortunately for me there are 3 scrapyards within a 30min drive so I can be choosy. An older gentleman who lives down the road got me started. His scrap cash per year is larger than his social security retirement. Separating the metals is key.
It's funny, you did the add for the fancy trailer hitch but the next morning you had the old hitch in the receiver. Must have felt good to get the old scrap off the property! I love doing those projects.
Old hitch has a 2 1/8 ball on it for the dump trailer. New hitch is 2” for all my other trailers. The “commercial” was videoed after all of that work too.
As I watched you collecting your junk. It reminded me of just how useful chains are. Back in the day, my "homestead" of 8 acres had been a dump site and I had to get rid of all sorts of junk, including a 38 Ford. Also there were lots of dead trees and stumps. So I wound up with short chains, long chains, and all kinds of hooks, rings, and other chain accouterments. My tractor and loader were the same size as yours. The chains made the tractor earn its keep. I enjoyed the video.
Gems indeed. I've found two horseshoes and a coke bottle in the field next to me that got planted in winter rye. There used to be a barn and house and it was a separate property from the farm where I lend a hand. There were and still are a reasonable number of stones along the old driveway, but the fresh one's will have to wait. So will the truck frame on the finger ridge directly behind the house. The trees are all around it, so it's been there long enough to get comfy. Also, never ever buy residential grade ladders.
I cleaned up my hunting property about 15 years ago. If I remember correctly, the rate for scrap was about the same. Like you, I felt good about the spare change I generated, and improved my property as the same time. I think I spent my "profit" on deer feed. I currently have a bent aluminum ladder in the barn I need to recycle. I don't plan to climb it first!😂
If you have batteries and save them up to where you have several, taylor-blackburn in Hernshaw pays (or did) $10 each for car batteries. Also peerless has a stone yard and is cheaper than shamblins
The last time i scraped anything it was $10 a ton...not sure what that is per lb...great to have that just nk off the property & some things that are more valuable to the property on the property ❤ Bonnie
Man I have plenty of junk laying around. Good thought. I'm probably always in too much of a hurry, and I'm constantly swapping hitches for different ball sizes etc. Not gonna lie, that hitch looked way too slow for me and I feel like that knob could get damaged or something. I think I'd be more confident in a pin through the pin hole and secured with a clip.
I relate steel prices to gas prices. When gas price is down then steel is down. If gas prices are up then steel prices are up. When gas was over 4 dollars a gallon the recyclers were paying 12 cents a pound.
You have a nice metal recycling facility. If I come with an appliance they charge me for every appliance I drop off and a squished appliance is still a appliance to them and will not pay me for the appliance metal. Those loads would have been negative dollars for me not including fuel.
They did not extend out side of the holes but did extend flush. The tundra actually has what looks like a double sleeve too. Conventional pins will barely fit and extend enough to get the retaining pin in. It is kinda weird.
Hey man, years ago I found your channel. You made a few videos about how to find rural property. 4yrs ago I moved from Reno to Alabama and all these years later I still find value in your videos. Thanks.
That trailer could use some white oak side boards.
How about a quick video from the church. I’d like to see the chicken fence in operation 👍
Interesting video. I think you won because you cleaned up some junk, I’m sure Kelly would agree with me on that alone!
Scrap all the time. I sort and stockpile the various metals until i have a load or the price/pound is where I want it. Fortunately for me there are 3 scrapyards within a 30min drive so I can be choosy.
An older gentleman who lives down the road got me started. His scrap cash per year is larger than his social security retirement.
Separating the metals is key.
It's funny, you did the add for the fancy trailer hitch but the next morning you had the old hitch in the receiver. Must have felt good to get the old scrap off the property! I love doing those projects.
Old hitch has a 2 1/8 ball on it for the dump trailer. New hitch is 2” for all my other trailers. The “commercial” was videoed after all of that work too.
As I watched you collecting your junk. It reminded me of just how useful chains are. Back in the day, my "homestead" of 8 acres had been a dump site and I had to get rid of all sorts of junk, including a 38 Ford. Also there were lots of dead trees and stumps. So I wound up with short chains, long chains, and all kinds of hooks, rings, and other chain accouterments. My tractor and loader were the same size as yours. The chains made the tractor earn its keep. I enjoyed the video.
Nice hitch, I like that. Gary pocketing that 44 cents 😂
Was the ball even tightened on the hitch?
@@DRP-zy6sl Of course, or it is not safe.
Very good! Thanks for sharing your experience. It gave me some ideas on things I can do out on the back 40!
Good to see all that stuff gone. Now what are we building?
Gems indeed. I've found two horseshoes and a coke bottle in the field next to me that got planted in winter rye. There used to be a barn and house and it was a separate property from the farm where I lend a hand. There were and still are a reasonable number of stones along the old driveway, but the fresh one's will have to wait. So will the truck frame on the finger ridge directly behind the house. The trees are all around it, so it's been there long enough to get comfy.
Also, never ever buy residential grade ladders.
Agree completely with the ladder. It was given to me and I had no business being on it. Learned the hard way
Cleaning up the junk is worth it
That rattle has been driving me and my UA-cam channel crazy too! 😎 Tim in northern TN
Buy a hitch silencer for $10.
Our Navigator never had that problem.
Get a portable bandsaw for those gas lines saves on cutting wheels and new tools are always a plus
I cleaned up my hunting property about 15 years ago. If I remember correctly, the rate for scrap was about the same. Like you, I felt good about the spare change I generated, and improved my property as the same time. I think I spent my "profit" on deer feed. I currently have a bent aluminum ladder in the barn I need to recycle. I don't plan to climb it first!😂
$3 a gallon for gas! Holy cow our gas is really high at just under $6 per gallon here in California
Almost skipped the add but that hitch is really nice I like that a lot
If you have batteries and save them up to where you have several, taylor-blackburn in Hernshaw pays (or did) $10 each for car batteries. Also peerless has a stone yard and is cheaper than shamblins
The last time i scraped anything it was $10 a ton...not sure what that is per lb...great to have that just nk off the property & some things that are more valuable to the property on the property ❤ Bonnie
Man I have plenty of junk laying around. Good thought. I'm probably always in too much of a hurry, and I'm constantly swapping hitches for different ball sizes etc. Not gonna lie, that hitch looked way too slow for me and I feel like that knob could get damaged or something. I think I'd be more confident in a pin through the pin hole and secured with a clip.
I relate steel prices to gas prices. When gas price is down then steel is down. If gas prices are up then steel prices are up. When gas was over 4 dollars a gallon the recyclers were paying 12 cents a pound.
In 2022 when gas was over $4 here in VA, scrap prices were down near 7 cents/pound. Otherwise I had always thought the same as you.
You have a nice metal recycling facility. If I come with an appliance they charge me for every appliance I drop off and a squished appliance is still a appliance to them and will not pay me for the appliance metal. Those loads would have been negative dollars for me not including fuel.
Your quarry looks just like my quarry
😂
Lots of rocks in yours too?
If you had separated the stainless steal you might have broke even :)
my only question and i know it wasn’t a lot, but wasn’t that grill stainless? which pays a little more than metal shred.
Non magnetic steel pays about $0.55/lb. here. If you dont charge yourself too much per hour it's worth separating it.
"Blanks" or voids?
The price you get for batterys is really low I sell them $10 each
@@FrostyThundertrod they weren’t car batteries. They were small backup batteries
The hitch didn’t look like the pins came out the holes?
They did not extend out side of the holes but did extend flush. The tundra actually has what looks like a double sleeve too. Conventional pins will barely fit and extend enough to get the retaining pin in. It is kinda weird.
@@RedToolHouse don’t think I would like that setup
That woman that is always watching your hair length, wants you to fix your soffit that is hanging down.
That gas line is worth more for fencing so don’t scrap it. We pay good money for that stuff. What diameter is it?
2inch ID
How much they paying you to show off a hitch that's no better than any other? Come on man👎
I have never seen a hitch like this before. Who else makes this?
Didn’t hurt to show it to us 🤷🏻♂️
I have to laugh every time you complain about the garbage that was on your property. That’s part of the reason you stole it from the previous owners.
Stole it?!? Really! They jumped on my first offer. If anything I left money on the table.