1400kg of bright copper cable best load I'll ever get how much money did we make

[@buckerooney2247]

I worked In Portsmouth dockyard in 2009 and they asked me to clear out a compound. I noticed 27 solid copper bars which were about 5 foot long and weighed 105kgs each.i got £9450.thst was my best one especially for a freebie

[@thescraphunter6811]

Mate that's a lovely little touch

[@robertcourtney7649]

🤔😲😯😮👍👍👍

[@martypegg6711]

Imagine that now… you’d of got 18k!!

[@thescraphunter6811]

@@martypegg6711 this was 3 weeks ago mate it's gone down since then it's about 5900 a ton we got 6100

[@AAtonyAA]

the real question is wtf did they need that much coper for lmao

[@rickyroaster]

I remember stripping out an entire Data centre UPS system and lead batteries. There was 550 40kg batteries, and miles of 1200mm2 single armoured cable, UPS systems and transformers that was about 10 years ago, and we got 48k, split it equally between all my staff, even the admin staff that never helped, as we are all one team

[@thescraphunter6811]

Nice

[@infamouspain]

love that

[@DeanMosley-gr4zf]

@@thescraphunter6811 just seen the beach cable find vid.scales shithot,door knocker shithot(I'd pay 15),bench ends I pay 20,cast iron fire places I pay 30 but I just live so far from ya unless you can drop on your next trip fishing to Hants/Dorset way!oh and by the way any cast iron benches,tables,seats or fireplaces check for foundary mark.if you find the name Colbrookdale your laughing,top foundry antique buyers/reclaimation yards love it,propa money bruv.

[@thescraphunter6811]

@DeanMosley-gr4zf cheers dude ill keep an eye out

[@DeanMosley-gr4zf]

@@thescraphunter6811 my bro had a plaice and two bream at Ferrybridge end yesterday afternoon,early or what?+the usual dog and straps!!I need to get on your fishing channel I've been binge watching your steptoe videos.hope there's some sea fishing.im not a big lake/freshwater fan.im a steptoer too so I ain't taking piss by saying that fella.Dorset Dean

[@martinclark7122]

i worked at a small family printers many years ago, they changed over from photographic film to digital so all the pipework was ripped out as they did not need chemical processing. The boss knew there was money in the copper, so he got a crew in to rip it all out, the tanks and pipes were heavy guage copper. I took the lot in the company truck to the scrap yard owned by his brother. He didnt want to pay copper price because most of the pipe was filled with 30 years of deposits which was heavier than the copper. He asked me to hand around while they tested the deposits and came back laughing, he said the money was not in the copper it was in the deposits inside. It was oxidised silver bromide which needed to be processed but was basically solid silver, my boss was straight on the phone when i got back to work to his brother. Never knew how much it was but it was a good staff cash bonus and great company Christmas party that year!!!

[@mrc7478]

I have no idea why I enjoyed this video so much.

[@tookhertotheo7803]

Great score mate. Had me mouth watering whilst watching. Holy grail of copper wire scores!!

[@alangood8190]

I suggest you invest in a decent pair of steel toe cap working boots, Rhys. That brass fitting you dropped was a near miss and a wake up call.

[@isleofwhites9845]

I had a brass drop on me hard and took my entire load and it was a costly mistake and a wakeup call

[@wescald]

You don’t need toes

[@mikewebber5171]

I once stayed in a hotel..and got a…wake-up….call.

[@magnumxlpi]

I am here to do a wake up call for someone..

[@DaShcati]

I used to have an aunt that would help me come too in the mornings, she would scream "wake up paul"

[@SMOOVKILL1]

Thankyou for not clickbaiting and showing the return you received. Keep scraping. 👍🏾from Toronto 🇨🇦

[@thescraphunter6811]

Thanks dude

[@howardchambers9679]

Please, it's "scrapping" not scraping.

[@SMOOVKILL1]

@@howardchambers9679 o.c.d.? Who cares I'm just typing quickly. It's just youtube not an essay.

[@howardchambers9679]

@@SMOOVKILL1 well slow down then. No I don't have OCD but I think you might suffer from stupidity. You have a spell checker, use it

[@SMOOVKILL1]

@@howardchambers9679 Stupidity? That's what spell checking is for. Lmfao. Do you need a calculator to do your math for you too?

[@ianevans3619]

What a lovely load , you hit the jack pot there , all the very best 👍

[@youropionmattersnot]

19:05 thank you for the metric conversion for us yanks! 🇺🇸 I never knew it was that easy!

[@Billy2011C]

Yes, it's roughly 2lb = 1kg

[@ciaranharrington4141]

2.2 lb to a kilo

[@wonton8983]

Good haul. Reminds me of the time I did an electrical job for a government owned enterprise, we had to use tinned copper multicore cables, the only available source for the cable was themselves from deep storage, so we wrote them a cheque for 20,000 which we had allowed for in the tender. The cheque never got processed, when we enquired they informed us that they were not permitted to accept revenue from hidden assets and that the 20, 000 was ours. Boy did we have a party.

[@cashking8056]

to brighten copper thats burnt like that put it in a cement mixer with some sand. shines right up

[@thubprint]

Holy cow what a haul!! Lot of folks would be hyped to get a heap like that, myself included! Definitely pays for a cable stripper at the very least 😁

[@thescraphunter6811]

Nice one bud thank you buzzing to see a comment from you I love your channel its taught me to strip a lot more scrap out than what I did before

[@stevendale7658]

Thub sure a nice haul EH

[@connectlogic]

probably gone on pepper

[@SKINNY531]

Oh man I miss those days, my dad was a scrapoligist , we did a job in fort McMurray alberta Canada, oil company abandoned a plant and built a new one a few miles away, my dad picked up the job for a song , they took all the moters etc...but left miles of #1 copper in the ground, we hook up a loader and pulled and pulled, 22tons of wire that was in the eighties so we got about 75cents a pound not burned....in today's world wow...I literally burned 100's of tons of copper back in the day.

[@jamesnoonan7450]

Amazing haul was the best part of the month when I served my time as a service engineer getting the left over copper scrap in your wage packet.

[@Pun1sher4u]

The bloke who sold you that must be shaking he’s head watching this video 🤣

[@deborahgould5695]

Mega score scrap hunter! It would be nice to see you guys strip the wires out ! That's the fun part of it and watching you pole it into the van. Congrats!

[@Hoxton66]

Nice one, I stripped out all the old telephone exchanges in the late 70s 80s loads of platinum points the metal that tap with each other when people was dailing there phone at home, hundreds of hours smashing copper out of old phones, but now the old phones are worth more, great old days I was only a teenager at the time but my friend dad was scrapping and we took all the old led window sashes waits out of the old houses in shoreditch were we live best days of my teens.

[@koont666]

I did Battersea mate 👍🍀🇬🇧

[@gemmamudd7167]

Love the story thanks for sharing

[@kingxenomorph3056]

WOW Glad you shared this video that's not just a payday that's payday&vacation..!i!

[@naveedmohammed4023]

Mate I’ve subscribe to your video and love them all…I like your honesty eg you dispose of the waste correctly and equally and you show all your receipts…you deserve this good fortune more of it pal…Naveed from Bradford

[@SkullerMetals]

Congrats! Absolutely INSANE score!! What a dream.

[@shaunhart5402]

Over the moon for yous been watching the channel for a few weeks now nd it's one of the best av come across keep the video coming

[@kentsjoberg7085]

A tip for you, is old switchgear, its all coppar bars and the heavier the ampere is the heavier the bars is. To change those old is gold, for the one who do that waste thing, When we use to replace those old bigger switchgears we always told keep the cooper, and they did that for free, and earned the dollars anyway, I used to pay anyway in the day but the cooppar is youres, see the oppertonity Now because everything needs to be modernized, cool to see that and good job , best wishes! Rock on

[@LatinosOver40]

Got any job openings amigo? ... LOL... you made a killing ..... well done ... Javier from Houston, Texas , USA

[@thescraphunter6811]

Lol nice one thank you Javier but I think your morning commute might be a long one 😉

[@kylebrown728]

Probably one of the best scrap videos Ive seen by fare on KZbin keep up the good work mate👍

[@thescraphunter6811]

Thanks dude

[@stephenwilliamson1491]

When a did scrap back in the day always kept the little stuff like your eye lets huge big fuses motors and stripped them at a later date seen at stuff as rainny day money when it was worth the time cause nothing else lying around sort of thing lol

[@glennsmallwood2130]

Yes I watch that guys video also that’s in Florida too he’s awesome set up

[@yungdego]

Them 4 cores remind me when we took down 4 sets of high rise flats and i wont disclose what we got but it got split between 2-3 people!!!

[@thewarchannel1735]

There’s something about copper, one of most beautiful metals out there, worth a lot think that’s why people like itb

[@0...00..19]

Cuz people like the way it looks? HAHA its cuz copper is the cheapest and best conducting material for electrical, and the supply isnt infinite... Sheesh . Sheesh

[@MichaelCarroll]

Legend -- fantastic score! Well done!

[@jamienorris007]

Arthur Daley would be proud 😂😂😂

[@nickoldfield4032]

Would you pick up from Allington, Maidstone ? Cast iron metal work lathe( in pieces) and stand, some Aluminium and light stuff?

[@thescraphunter6811]

Yes bud can do that today if it helps mate [e-mail] send me an email bud ill send you my number

[@BTurner.]

I was a cable puller for eighteen years, that’s peanuts to what we were given as the Engineers on site didn’t want their superiors to know they’d overestimated what was needed. 630mm2 single core was the best.

[@thescraphunter6811]

That dose sound amazing that lol

[@kingdavid414]

how much was you getting length wise a foot length weighs like 5kg on its own ive got some where im working as well as some 400mm and 300mm earth plus 300/240mm 4 core

[@BTurner.]

@@kingdavid414 It was years ago and we got whatever price copper was per ton with a deduction if the pvc, swa, pvc was left on. We’d sometimes strip it ourselves to get a better price.

[@Yz4Life]

Holy shit. My man you give me some inspiration lol there’s money to be made just about everywhere.. working a dead end job at a grocery store trying to get through school right now I’ve been having to get creative lmao this is just the inspiration I need good shit lads!!

[@leebradley418]

Nice one lads

[@kenjewell5619]

That's a good haul, a lot of work to process but good never the less.

[@JakeFifield-t2f]

I did this with my neighbors cans when aluminium was doing all kinds of funny business in the covid lockdown. Easiest 200 quid I ever made. Gave everyone who helped me out free eggs.

[@nobodysperfect1049]

That’s a good day at the office …nice one ..my wife asked me what I was watching I said Rhys’s big load …that got her attention …she even walked over ..well waddled over ..she had a look …not what she expected …then went back to the couch to eat wotsits

[@thescraphunter6811]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 they all love my big load 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wayneanderson1230]

Lmao!!! Waddled.

[@LatinosOver40]

Love watching folks hustling making a dollar (Pound) the honest way. Subscribing to your channel amigo … It’s 7:30pm over here so …Cheers !!! (while taking down a few shots of whiskey) … P.S. Much luck with your KZbin channel …

[@thescraphunter6811]

Thank you buddy means a lot

[@monthefish3113]

Less hassle going shoplifting 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@themod7181]

Great stuff. Big brucey

[@DS1-1a]

Cable was already cut and ready to be stripped by someone else. You’ve pinched it.

[@thescraphunter6811]

Yep that's exactly what iv done then plastered it all over the Internet you absolute fool it had to be cut to move it them lengths were about 20kg each 🙄

[@outtayardstudio]

I remember back in the getting a carrier bag full....burning it off...smoking the fuckin neighborhood out...an getting 15 notes...lol 🤣🤣👌

[@yeldarb4848]

If your gonna start doing shed/garage clearance hit me up with any vintage tools you get. Im based kent.

[@guygfm4243]

Proper job love the copper

[@kurl1237]

WoW that's a nice haul thanks for putting it in pounds for us Americans who watch 👍

[@rickarnoud5770]

I do take stripping job's on recently closed factories a lot with my building company but's its more a side thing where i put some other workers on, i always strip the cables you get a much higher price but i bet you know that already, i do own a very expensive automatic cable stripping machine, oh men back in the day, i did this all by hand, never again lol way to much work so after a while i just sell it not stripped and did keep all that money on the side to buy a custom build machine for that best purchase i ever did, after 2 jobs it did pay its self already back, its insane what i was spending on employee working hours before the machine... its a good business but a lot of people do not know how much hours of work there going in to this, to make a good profit on it.. nice amount you got there my friend keep up the good work...

[@scrapitjc]

Mocopper momoney. Awesome score

[@waynewiggins4674]

Great vid Rhys. No wonder you have not been fishing. Well done!!!

[@CuriousGamer022]

Copper gold

[@GutiFrags]

Now I see why craclheads in my area are tweakin for some copper scrap.

[@supersparks9466]

Blimey, I had to knock one out when I saw the amount of bright copper there.

[@danpeters5028]

Fair play lads probably the most i have ever seen at once in one haul definitely

[@YNWA-oq5uf]

We luv a bit of Rory delap

[@drankfrebin]

Gypsies gold, well done keeping it under wraps

[@iffy9776]

Mate that's a pile and a half ...Good for you.

[@MultiBthompson]

Great video 👍👍

[@bobwilkinson4377]

best deal ever keep it going not every day is a payday like that

[@TheDanielb554]

Quality, to you Americans it's alot! . Good vid fellas.

[@kjm-ch7jc]

What do you do with the plastic sheathing.

[@thescraphunter6811]

Had to pay yo get rid of it 90 quid it cost

[@davidjamesboyd2808]

When I first started working in recycling depot in Kendle the guys there did not share with new recruits They took all the scrap to Morecombe metals ,I reckon they pulled in a couple grand a month ,And the months before Christmas when people done up kitchens and bathrooms there loads and loads of copper piping ,,, Yeah nice little earner

[@thomascargill3474]

YEAH , AN IRISH GUY WENT LOOKING FOR COPPER WITH A METAL DETECTOR AND WAS 7 FEET DOWN IN A BIG HOLE BEFORE HE REALISED HE WAS WEARING STEEL TOECAP BOOTS.

[@tomshaw1386]

You will never get that ever again … unbelievable well done 👍🏻

[@standup4urrights438]

How do you strip large wire ?

[@thescraphunter6811]

With a Stanley knife bud

[@zachmcgrail2440]

@@thescraphunter6811 fucking he’ll must off been a long day or two😂

[@vogtfamily8971]

In Alberta Canada they steal copper wire from job sites too

[@leelaird1544]

Great job

[@420Farmer7]

Nice touch lads there’s a nice bit of cash there, What was your fishing channel I couldn’t find it mate

[@Discover-Ireland]

Your ex boss if watching this might be saying ,,,hmmm next time I’ll take it to the scrap yard myself. I don’t think I’ll be advertising how much I made if I’m in the business of buying the copper. But anyways well done 👍

[@DMANNstar]

I’m new to the copper thing. How do I get loads of it? Can someone tell me the best places to go? And also what has copper in it I bet my roof and drain pipes has copper in it I’m going to strip my own house

[@lostcause210]

Were do u get all the scrap from

[@andybigchief]

Pretty ace mate , keep it up

[@bruce2104]

Congradulatins great score.

[@fishslayer8533]

The sun is shining good score

[@scraprodriguez]

Copper, copper, copper ♻️💪🏻

[@RPLAsmodeus]

My local scrapyard is paying £5k a ton rn for copper I just got a nice couple of hundred quid trading in all the crap from mine and my old mans sheds

[@garybrown5448]

Omg Bless ya,,,,what a payday,,,av a good hol mate

[@noxiousl6922]

How do you strip the cable? I normally do it with a stanley knife... But you guys would be there forever if you did it by hand?

[@thescraphunter6811]

We brought a stripper mate

[@LykeArgy]

Why the hell do you get less for stranded copper? Is it not pure copper in there compared to solid wire ?

[@thescraphunter6811]

@LykeArgy no idea mate

[@LykeArgy]

@@thescraphunter6811 lmao, it's one of that kilogram of steel that is heavier than kilogram of feathers

[@peteramberley9952]

Nice touch rhys

[@milky9306]

Lovely lil early Christmas present 👏 now a nice earned weeks fishing trip!

[@lukeframpton3671]

Done well chavie

[@whoisme678]

Guessing all has to be cleared of pvc cover ? 🔥

[@martinlennox3311]

Boom my boy!🎉

[@Jamie-wu1ic]

Thats a fat profit! Best of luck lads 👌♻️💷

[@Salty_Groot]

....to some people that's just a pile of "metal" but to people like me/us, see dollar signs all day long, its a beautiful thing man scrap on!

[@angerskarin9222]

and its better to recycle them then throw them out to rust.

[@jamos5952]

There’s me slamming the brakes on for a couple batteries on the side of the road but fair play mate

[@devilish2345]

Ahh tin plated copper ive been had a few times on the especially when it has the thick rubber xouting in between if you have a good razor you can cut all of that off,then you have like a but of 0 guage barw bright otherwise its a pain in the aas,but damn nice haul inseed 👍

[@howardchambers9679]

That's always been my dream, to get a ton of copper. One day maybe...

[@RobertoRodriguez-cz7lm]

How much would you get for rad valves mate?

[@thescraphunter6811]

There brass mate so 3.50 a kg ish

[@RobertoRodriguez-cz7lm]

@@thescraphunter6811 oh sound mate,cheers👍🏼

[@leighmonty13]

Well done

[@49CCHRIS]

Found a skip with £1000 quids worth of chunky copper pipes & brass bits!

[@chrisheath5209]

What’s your fishing channel pal? Fishing fanatic myself, with a bit of scraping from my job waste

[@thescraphunter6811]

Fish hunter uk bud

[@c.h.fieldsports9876]

Good result, nice one 👍👍🤠

[@effoffu]

LOL USE TO STRIP THIS IN THE BARRL SCRAP SHOP BACK IN THE DAY

[@chris-w4n9w]

Looks like you'll be having Turkey again this Christmas

[@jackw9920]

Amazing payday there.

[@abe9946]

Damn. I need to get into scrapping

[@peterrobbins2862]

Good on you

[@mr.meseeks2037]

Always money in muck ❤

[@nateuk2542]

I’m not getting the train to work tomorrow! Keep up the good work lad 👊

[@ProjectShopFl]

Nice score! Thanks for the shoutout. You should show it being stripped

[@thescraphunter6811]

I was trying to keep it a little bit secret bud i didn't want to give my location away if I could thanks for commenting made my day

[@ProjectShopFl]

@@thescraphunter6811 I got you, I always work with the doors closed so people don't see all the copper. lol

[@alanwilliams2452]

When you get dark wire try cleaning with CLR brass cleaner or silver cleaner cause it's worth a try to get the better orice

[@TheCod3r]

Congrats! Absolutely insane score, once in a lifetime! Now get down the pub and spend it before the tax man gets ya 😉 🤣

[@theequalizer3330]

Fuck the tax man, he didn’t offer to strip the cables.