Dumpster Diving "THE MOTHER LOAD!!!"
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Howdy, y'all! My name is Mike and I absolutely love scavenging for free stuff, random treasures, lost valuables and other interesting artifacts. I mainly rock the dumpster diving scene but can be found digging through trash curbside as well as scavenging the river bottoms for lost treasures in the summer months. Join me on my epic voyages!
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In a nutshell, I ‘m an avid dumpster diver, scrapper, picker, treasure hunter and underwater connoisseur. I prowl the city streets in search of dumpster loot, curbside treasures & scrap metal as well as scour the river bottoms for lost valuables during the summer months. Be sure to stay subscribed to stay up to date with my latest expeditions, y'all!
Them links are for digger booms bud.
Worth a fortune.
Them yellow ones about £2000 each
Them red plates are cutting edges for digger buckets £500 each
Them bolts are £20 each
Them roller skate things are pin guides for the boom pins on diggers £100 each😊
Them valves are non return valves for digger booms £2000 each
I was going to point out that Mike could have taken those parts to a Big Equipment repair shop and worked out a deal that could have made him more money for the parts than scrap price!
@@comictrio It may be that those parts were made to the wrong measurements and links Could be bad castings with internal defects. Or for models that are very uncommon. On the other hand it's America so that could be thousands of $ in the trash, all we know is Mike got there first 😁
so in other words that opentop contained an entire bucket loader in pieces
What a great job
What a great job
It blows my mind on the value of parts being thrown out ! !
thank thats exactly what im sitting here thinking how can they afford to just throw away so many brand new parts instead of selling them or just scrapping them themselves!
Probably went out of business, easier to just walk away and let the landlord deal with them. But it made me want to cry watching all that cash being left behind! The curved yellow pieces were ripper shanks, they are worth around 2000 each, that big pin was a Jack hammer point 2-3 thousand, the two yellow “H” links in the crate were 5-10 thousand, even the parts he took to the scrap yard were worth about 10-15 thousand retail, what a shame!!
Gotta be strong Mike, get it all lol
I was thinking that looking at reselling those parts to those that use them might have been worth the investigation
Probably 100k worth of dozer parts in that dumpster.
I was the warehouse manager for a John Deere dealership, those are track hoe parts and belly scraper parts, you've put close to $10K at retail in your truck.
10k or more, the question I ask is why did they throw it out? And the bin was full of other parts ?
I think the business must have gone under or something. Truly don’t know why the owner didn’t try to sell them! That’s a lot of freaking money! And that one steel “pole” looked like a brand new jack hammer head. There’s a lot of money left in that dumpster but absolutely no way anyone is picking that up
china@@BrassMtn I thought that at first, but Mike keeps gleaning this open dumpster, last video I watch I saw him pull 6 hydro motors, and a few hydro-cylinders ... all heavy stuff. Now I think it's just crappy china built large equipment with high failure rates.
I think it was a lot more than 10k more like 50k
Hi from Montréal, you are right all those parts eere brand new, I don t understand why they were sold as scrap. There was a fortune in parts. Take care,..Signed Jim
Brand new stuff just thrown away! I will never understand that. So glad there are people out there saving it! Amazing job!
So glad UA-cam suggested this video. This is epic
Unreal the amount of money was thrown away with those track chain links, bolts and blade cutting edges. And all of those track pads and pins??Crazy!
right and he just scrapped it an didnt try to re-sell >.< , make way more selling stuff sometimes than just scrapping it
YA wow $$$$$$ so much.
It seems someone wasted a lot of money, on a under carriage for a trackhoe, and or dozer
@@jonbeaulieu8863 Except he lives in a suburban house.
@@dirtysouthcreeker I wonder if they were substandard imported Chinese goods?
Texas sure wastes a lot of stuff!
I think that's the biggest scrap load ANY scrapper ever found in a dumpster. And how many tons were still left? Crazy. Good job, Mike. You're a legend for a reason. :)
Mike , could you pull a swing arm wench or motor lift for the truck?
My brother had a 8k copper haul years ago old electronics factory and they hired day laborers. And they threw everything out rolls of copper sheeting crazy. He took loads of 2k for weeks whenever he needed extra money. This was over ten years ago he added all his slips up for the year over 28k crazy.
Scripted what contractor would toss that 😊
And there was still a lot more left, I’d go back til it was all gone lol. What he could lift at least
All excavating machine parts
What a score on heavy iron.Excavator or dozer tracks linkages and rollers
The welder/woodworker/carpenter/craftsman in me would of saved every piece of scrap metal for projects!! And I absolutely would of risked blowing out my back trying to get those bigger pieces, holy SHIT. I've watched 20-30+ of your videos from over a year ago until just a few weeks ago, and this is still the king of all scrap videos I've seen so far.
Omg, I was thinking the same thing.
The red steel plates would make awesome base plates for DIY belt grinders, or other homemade tools. Unbelievable haul!!
I like how you take an educated guess in what you find. Usually you are right.
Mike I’ve seen you move a lot of stuff but this one would have killed a lesser man. You loaded 5540 pounds by hand and then touched every scrap again throwing it out. Over 11,000 pounds. What an amazing feat. You are the top scrapper of all time.
Thank you for sharing it with us. ❤
Yeeessss this part
No truer statement I would have gotten a splitting migraine from the high blood pressure. That's a lot of lifting!
Not to mention that he moved them three or four times.
All those parts are for an excavator
Well said, this is how we all see Mike I bet.
it's so heartbreaking to see so much waste. thanks for saving some of it from the landfill, man. hope you had yourself a nice rest after all this.
I live in Cali and do not see this kind of waste. We try to recycle things. Not like Texas. Man, you are going to need some kind of electric hoist after this!
I just love your cheeky little jokes, I wonder how many people realize your sense of humor ? That is fairly wicked in a good way !!!
Mike my name is Mickey from the U.K. I love your films this brings back such great memories of when I dumpster dived for a living selling stuff for scrap and on our market store , the military saved me ha ha way too old now and heavily regulated in U.K. good look buddy
Mike, WOW, I am speechless. Good job my friend. Keep on scavenging...
I love watching him find stuff like this, he has a great sense of humor makes me laugh
The waste is so disheartening. I’m thankful that you are keeping it out of the landfill.
Agreed, what a potential waste. So glad Mike is keeping all that out of the landfill!
@@erneststanford2245all that money,the company just throwing away,what a waste.
You are one hell of a good man…..I am in awe of you. Mike is da. Man
Man i recall old school Mike working as a waiter, picking up every loose screw in the bottom of a dumpster. Remember (allegedly) ol' Mike tipping over a dumpster trying to pull something heavy out. Man how far you have come, oh Scrap Sensei.
The 🐐 GOAT!
I saw the dumpster that got overturned! I always wondered if he had to tell someone or just left..?! 🧐😱🤣
Thank you so much for showing how much you earned for all your hard work.
Watching you for 5 yrs x that's in my opinion your best haul yet. Don't scrap, find out what and who wants..... Alf. Uk
The cost of the stuff in that skip... insanity... at least Mike was able to save it from complete waste... amazing !!
No he won't he is going to weigh it in for scrap !!!!! The man is an animal
Each one of those master links costs around $300. Each one of those red plates cost around $90. Each one of those bolts costs $10, and the nuts $3 apiece.
How about the giant pointed chisel piece... this dumpster has to be from a mining company
That’s why everything is marked up 100%
EVERYTHING. even groceries.
The exact reason of your post. EVERYTHING. It’s an APPRAISAL VALUE. For an insurance company somewhere.
hell even the US is made up 100% from its REAL value.
Dude stumbled on a mafia con game running
Ebay?
This is all Chicom aftermarket crap. Soft steel, probably just slightly out of spec.
I bet you wish you had some kind of lift system that would allow you to pick up a bunch instead of one piece at a time... way to go Mike. You deserve all the credit. Makes my arthritic elbows hurt. WOW... great scrap day. I would seriously be out of commission for a month after all that.
Yeah my back twinged in sympathy as well man’s a grafter no doubt
@@neilyb4590what’s a grafter?
I thought the same but Betty wouldn't be able to stand it 😵
@@Manhandle730 some one who works hard for there money 💰
Prob a typo. I'm guessing crafter. And yes, MTS is a crafter.
😮😮😮Bro, go back with a friend and drag that heavy stuff out! LOL! You are the scrap master.
My God, Mike, you are the King of Scrap. I like how you showed us the paper of the weight and how much you got. Keep up the good work. Save the metal from getting to the landfill. I'll always be a fan. No pun intended, haha.
You are one tough SOB, I don't care if you took hour long breaks and didn't show us! That took some strength and stamina. Good on you brother. HOLY SHHHH..
Watching him throw those red plates around is killing my back! 😂 He-Man!
I enjoy waiting on your videos because I'll tell you you make me laugh I'm 60 years old and I swear I need enjoyment and you do that Mike keep up the good work cuz I laugh all the time
Oh man, you started picking up those plates and I thought "Mikey is gonna feel that tomorrow!"
Gets me that this stuff is all brand new!
Might be in the dumpster because it failed QA. I can tell you that one part of my company outsourced a part to China and had a 50% failure rate.
That was an excellent example of hard work!!! Mike… you killed it!!! Great job… hard to believe such waste but I’m glad you got it!!! The Old Army Scout…
Wow wow wow!!! That was the mother, father and grandparents load!!
Good work mike
The number one scrapper in Texas at it agin great job Mike you never disappoint.
Love that Cat bin. Excavator parts. Worth an absolute fortune!
The money that is just tossed away is mind-blowing.
Massive amount of coin just thrown to the wind! Awesome find Mike! You got a good workout there!
Mike I think tomorrow you will feel it on your muscles. That was the mother load of metal. You are blessed that that ford truck got to the dump yard. You are very strong.
THAT IS LITERALLY AN ENTIRE BULLDOZER IN THE GARBAGE 👍👍🤣🤣👍👍💪💪🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️👍🤣😋
Hi from Montréal, yes and it was sold as scrap. Hope the scrap yard noticed the value.Signed Jim
How in the world can any company afford to throw away so much gear? One and done today. Keep fighting your war against waste, Mike the scAvenger!
Probably going for a tax write off
Way more companies do this than you will ever know. I work in a factory and some of the stuff they toss.They will fire us if we take it and it's worth thousands and they're just scrapping it, oh and they will not let us buy it for the price of scrap.
Probably because it costs more to store something that may never be sold. A quick googler search turns up that your average skid is 48"x40". which equals 13.33 square feet.
Warehouse costs average $8.22 per square foot in 2023
Your average skid costs $109.60 per month to store. If the product isn't moving for one reason or another, it costs way more to store it than to toss it and buy new when the item is needed....
Lot of times the parts become obsolete
I see brand-new parts and think what a waste, but I am hoping there was some flaw in them to justify that waste. The company most likely took a tax right off for them so they didn't lose money. The real hero is Mike. At least an honest hardworking guy will get paid for them and they will all get melted down into new parts again. Thanks for showing what you got for the haul.
You are the ultimate saver/ recycler.😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤
The cylindrical bars are the wrist pins for the chain links.
What a score Mike . Some of that stuff was worth a lot of money. The things that get thrown out are just wild. Hope you were able to go back and get more . Be safe and careful . I really enjoyed the video.
All I can say is wow what a scrap haul you have there Mr Scrappy scrap master Mike. Betty is going to be squatty like ol Dottie.
Good LORD what a haul!!! Outstanding!!!
glad you shared the receipt at the end !
As a Roll Off Driver and a scrapper myself, I say to you....
1- thanks for removing the majority of the weight...
2- jelly.....wishing to find a bin like that.....
Keep up the good work and don't forget the snippets.......
Working with these parts is what I done for 20+ years. Excavator / Dozer linkages, Track pads, etc. This was no easy task and I know personally after 7 hernia surgeries, spinal surgery, and the rest of me wore completely out.
You got a workout and a paycheck but please remember to be careful with that big of items. Those huge yellow pieces are ripper shanks by the way.
One back, one chance! Take care of yourself.
I still can't believe they threw it all in the dumpster. You figured the dealership or garage would've offered an employee to take it as scrap. Surprised he didn't find an excavator bucket the way he was going.😂
What would you guestimate the retail value of those parts? Including the ones he left in dumpster?
@famousamoso7 he said he saw Chinese writing so probably in the lower end of construction equipment prices. But you're still looking at probably 20k plus. Maybe more.
Please be careful around those kind of parts. Reaching under them gave me a scare. One slip and it would shear parts off of you
Mike, you work so hard, it's incredible.
Probably going for a tax write off
Dude I bet you were sore after this one.. I. Sore just watching you.. this is why you’re the man..
I can hear Andrew Camarata muttering under his breath... so many good parts.
He should have got in touch with Andrew!
oh no!! not yet Mike ...madw me cry seeing you take it to the dump
Yeah he could have made a better profit selling to heavy machine repair shops
WOW mike that’s crazy you and your wife deserve a vacation !!👍🏻😎😇🙏🇺🇸🦅
That was about 2 and a 1/2 metric TONS of steel in Betty. That means you moved about 5 1/2 metric TONS of weight. That is a New World Record !!! You’re not just a scrapper, you are THE SCRAPPER !!♥️♥️♥️🇬🇧🇨🇦
Tonnes
Wow!! Poor Betty White ! Thanks for taking us along.
Wow that was crazy! Neat camera angle you had of Betty bouncing back up from all the weight being lifted back out! Quite the motherload for sure!
I can't believe that company didn't recycle that obvious loss. Irregardless, Awesome for you!
companies that big look at a thousand dollars like you and i might look at a 1 cent piece. sad but true
This may have been a roll off contracted to recycle this stuff. Not uncommon.
Sometimes others see this as an opportunity to capitalize on that.
I can feel this in my back just watching it.
Do you understand how many tens of thousands of dollars worth of excavator/dozer parts were in that dumpster. Mind blown
This is granny talk now, please keep water in your rig and some power bars or something. I could not believe how much you loaded. I love watching your show and want to see you around a lot longer. I was saying watch your fingers watch your fingers. Okay. Love ya Mike , take care
You're the man Mike I been watching you for a long time god bless keep up the good work we need more people like you in the world
Yep! That about 20,000 dollars worth of products 🤔🤫🤑
Mike, take those equipment parts to an auction house that caters to heavy equipment sales, you’ll get best price with least effort. Those parts are worth thousands of dollars, even if they are off shore knockoffs.
A lot of issues have been popping up with Chinese steel, it turns out a lot of the steel mills in China are cutting corners.
Almost wonder if they were Komatsu parts.
@@austinduvall2422 I thought the same initially but Komatsu paint is typically a shade or two darker. If they were knock offs then it’s a very good possibility. But who knows, color wise they could have been Hitachi or any other brand. Nice catch though.
😂
“Nuts, for your momma.” Is crazy 🤣🤣🤣
happy I found his channel again i couldnt find it for a while
Mike never misses arm day.
Wow what a haul.
Thankyou for keeping it out of landfills and helping save the planet!
BAHAHAHAHA, COME ON MATE, ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, HE WOULD NEVER HAVE GRABBED IT IF WASNT, BTW WHERE DO YOU THINK STEEL COMES FROM? THE GROUND!!
That steel came from the ground originally so I'm fairly sure it would not hurt the Earth one bit at all
@philipbottrill8450 yes but he puts time in to clean it and strip off any plastic on it of course he makes money but at the same time it's staying out of the landfills too.
@keithsutton9538 I know that but they process the steel it's iron ore that makes steel but they add stuff to it to make it what it is . Also keeping it out of landfills is important I wouldnt want to live next to a dump or near one but it could happen if they run out of room in the landfills.
You not only got the MOTHERLOAD today, but a FREE gym workout too. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Don't let the IRS find out - they'll want to tax it.
not free Gym...he got paid 😏 People are paying to go to Gym..He didn't need to pay for gym 😅
@@badeadrianHence the IRS being interested.
It was a STEEL of a Deal.I wonder if he went back for more and took a friend to get some of those extra heavy pieces?
The reds plates are cutting edges from contruction equipment like a bull dozer and the track shoes and master links are from the catapiller tracks.
I'm guessing the pins are track link pins, what a waste.
@@bigteddy66 i think so also,imagine the cost of all those parts,sad
Oh my gosh, it was just never-ending . And stuff you had leave behind. Crazy the waste 😮
Just watched this for second time. Absolutely incredible. Good on ya, Mike!!
Worth a second visit
DUDE! Does it blow anyone else's mind that Mike just moved 2 and a half TONS of scrap...by hand....at one dumpster?!?
You seem to have a workout gym that pays you. Hat's off to ya!
And he moved it couple times also!
Yesss!!!
when I make wood, felling trees, cutting, storage etc: we do much more!
quand je fais du bois, abattage d'arbre, débitage, stockage etc : on en fait bien plus !
Hi Mike those big red pieces are blade edges for a dozer and the grey pieces are dozer or excavator tracks 😊
He doesn't care. He'd rather sell it at $100 a ton. SMH.
I saw a bunch of money in there. Especially with tags that had part numbers on them.
Short sighted.
Still a waste to scrap yard would still like to know what the hell those long yellow steel parts was from
That was great. Love ya mike
That's unreal, Congratulations on a terrific find. Good Money
Man that was such a great find! Painful to watch you sell that expensive heavy machinery stuff for scrap value though... A couple of those blades alone go for about $100-500 depending on size and manufacturer. Those track master links go for around $300-1500 a piece, track pads are roughly $50 depending on size... I get that it's a quick 600 bucks but you've missed out on literally a load of money right there especially considering that those parts aren't that hard to resell. In the most respectful way possible I hope you educate yourself on these sorts of things for your own benefit. Stay safe out there and don't get poked by some sharp metal!
I love this guy God bless him
Hard to imagine all that steel going to a landfill. Awesome work Mike.
That was a rental dumpster and would have been checked and picked through before it was sent to the landfill. In most places, what he just did was a violation of the law.
You’re doing all of the working and sweating and I’m having all the fun watching👍👍👍
WOW that track stuff is worth a whole lot more than scrap!!!!! I bet there was 20,000 dollar worth of stuff in there11 Who in there right mind would throw all that stuff away??
Hi from Montréal, there are a lot of mindless people in this world,,,.Signed Jim
Can’t believe you don’t have a couple five gallon buckets in your truck to pick up all the small stuff out of a dumpster
Those red blocks would make a good patio base. Wow! That’s a good morning in profit.
With half a million views on this video, that's a good profit too from ad revenue.
0:10🇺🇲Hawaii🤙
No1 fan.. I don't know why, but your videos are so therapeutic 😂
I'm exhausted just watching you unload that dumpster. WTG.
Thousands of dollars worth of parts just thrown out.
Proud of ya! I haven,t seen this in awhle! That was a bunch of scrap!
That's a hell of a workout bud VERY NICE!
Blessings come in many forms, but they don't come knocking on your door, You got to go out and get what yours. ❤🙏❤
الرزق نوعان رزق ياتيك بدون عمل على شكل ميراث أو ما شابه ذالك ورزق تسعى إليه عن طريق العمل
Kudos to🎉 you for keeping all that metal out of the landfill!💗
What a score. That’s one of the best dumpsters I’ve ever seen. As far as heavy steel goes.
Incredible!!
Hey Mike.
Truly the money load. Lots of money right there! Tip..if you have something with foreign language, press on the Google Lens icon, choose translate and take photo of the text. Google lens will translate it to your language of choice.
If it weren't for you, they would have never moved that rolloff from that spot...
They still may not! Keep up the good vids. I watch you all the time👍👍👍
I'll have what ure having!! Sweatin' right along with u Mike ! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
OMG!! You Mike are Monsters. You scraping tons of steel by your hands!!
Great Hall Mike keep up the good work brother
Hi Mike, great content, very glad, your fingers got caught with those iron plates 👍
Mike, you were just like Aladdin in the Treasure Cave...))))))
This is the kinda salvage job where a pickup bed crane is a life (and back) saver!
Here I thought me pulling ~3200lbs from a bin was a score. You indeed hit the lode!