Dumpster Diving - Scrap Metal Consultant?

Big day flipping trash and dumpster diving! So nice to have the snow gone, and we started with a ridiculous win in the form of many many dvd movies. Went on to help some pals with their own scrap hauls, and even made some time for some excellent dumpster finds of our own! Spectacular day to be a scrap metal dumpster diver.
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[@rickyhammers1873]

Dude,you are a natural at explaining and instructing as well as demonstrating things on video. I am a new subscriber who loves your channel,your personality. Any career in teaching or instructing would benifit from your presence. Take care dude,be well and careful out there,hello to your friends as well.

[@sticksandstones1885]

📌Well I don't think I'm going to tell you again but obviously that last place is close to your home because you were able to run and get a broom real quick so I don't understand why you didn't leave them a flyer so this way you won't have to do all that work of digging. It's much easier to buy somebody lunch that will just give you a phone call and say hey come get those before I put it in the dumpster. You might be leaving it better than you found it but you're also working harder than You should 🤣

[@ScrapPalletMan]

That's a lot of DVDs. Oh my. You are so close to 100,000 subscribers. Good stuff

[@kartoffelplayz661]

Somebody once spent a lot of money on this collection😮

[@richardwarnock2789]

Night Stalker video collection nice!!!

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

Much as 50% the point of your channel is how we enjoy the highs and lows of the adventure of theorycrafting what we would've done with your haul instead of what you did... 200 in a bundle for all those DVDs is a huge win for you. 1 transaction and they're out the door. There is a gold star when you get something done in 1 single step. Even just the conversation you'd have to have to break it into just 2 transactions is a significant step up in hassle. But any time you can get rid of 400 things where the only conversation is "Yes or No?" instead of "What if, could I, how about, maybe I'll, I'll see if..." no. Yes or no, all of it. Yes? Then that's an A+ move.

[@thubprint]

Always nice to know some people get where I’m coming from! It was quick, it was clean, and I’m a big chunk better off than I was the day before. The fact that I could maybe have made a bunch more over the course of the week is irrelevant, I’m not trying to be a movie store lol

[@jrae6608]

Very well said. Totally agree

[@MB-bt9km]

Adaptation is lovely. Charlie Kaufman is a genius. Did you like Synecdoche New York?

[@thubprint]

Oh I haven’t seen that one! I actually haven’t explored his work at all, I’m just getting interested in who directed what and digging through what they’ve made. I’ll check it out, might have a new favourite director 👌

[@dr.a006]

Those dudes need to watch a bunch more KZbin scrapper vids to be efficient like Thub! No one should ruin a $5 blade to get out $1.50 steel rim or disassemble a furnace for an hour for 50¢ worth of brass and aluminum. Lots to learn! You were so kind and patient to help them, Thub!🙂👍

[@ScottOneil1970]

Maybe you can make an exoskeleton out of the extruded aluminum. Just a thought. Then you can be better than you were before. I like your content. I have five acres that I’m scrapping slowly. I’ve learned a lot about is it worth it

[@RobbieBeswick]

There’s so much scrap metal where you are, I’m a full time builder and collect scrap metal like steel, copper, stainless etc but here in the UK scrap metal gets taken within an 20 minutes of it getting put out😂

[@tryingtosurvive93]

me after realizing i didnt sub after years of watching your stuff

[@timcolgan2699]

Too bad it all goes to his insurance company.😮

[@emilyarchibald1900]

If I found those DVDs I probably would've kept all of them.

[@thubprint]

Oh I absolutely wanted to! It was a genuinely excellent collection that would take years to build. I just couldn’t see myself rearranging my living room to fit a wall of movies in lol

[@ronenyad2644]

Please wear a respirator for those dirty bins, treatment is a pain in the lungs.

[@cactus6090]

If ya come on more commercial sanke beer kegs in the future, it's fairly easy to pop out the valves (called a "spear") from the top without using up a griding wheel or two on the stainless! They're held in either as a screw in fitting which fits most prybar if you wedge it in and use it like a big screwdriver (old school), or on newer ones all use a spring clip you can pop out with a little fiddling with a small flat screwdriver and a pick. Slight tuen to line up the tabs with the sloy and out it comes! worked at a brewery without a sanke fitting keg washer or counterpressure keg filling equipment a few years back so got real good at taking kegs apart to clean em!

[@mollynakamori]

It's time for komments and kwestions from Kathryn. Where the hell is the truck?? Who's going to pay for the cat? What's the update on the kar project? What was the total number of DVDs? If you want to feel something - despair - watch Aniara. As great as last week was, this is my kind of Thub video. I am so envious of your fan person getting to meet the real Thub in real life. Where and how is Sydney? Hi, Sydney! How much did you get for that big pile o' aluminum? That's probably enough. Oh - no. I look forward to your closing and you missed it today. Have a great weekend, Thub!

[@thubprint]

Oh my that’s quite an update haha! The truck is in limbo, diagnosis is worse than initially expected and now I need to go rescue it, will update when I have more to share. I miss Sydney. I like doing these videos too, adventures are always fun! I’ll look that movie up, it could be my jam. Despair is part of the human experience and while not the most fun, it can bring comfort to us in darker times to not have to feel alone in that experience

[@tghepburn1390]

He's much taller in person!-)

[@mollynakamori]

@@tghepburn1390 --- Ohhhh - Rub it in! 😆

[@michaelwillcutt2619]

How do you scrap out of a car find you a truck or better a trailer to scrap with

[@bestest7239]

rewatching all of canada's worst driver, guess its better than most trilogies

[@tomokovlog8567]

Hate to be that guy but those lawn chairs cost over $100 each at the Home Depot

[@patriciahayashi3919]

I want buy the dvds in bulk name a price

[@jamesshelton1124]

Do a trade up situation and see what you can get for them of greater value

[@hughbaker7597]

And why isn't your truck fixed I could do it in a dsy

[@madlinerose5038]

Or, you might be told of more metal being put on the pile.

[@myvicariouslife4012]

#2 wire in more ways then one 🤣

[@thubprint]

Oh my GOD how did I not see that opportunity!? 🤣

[@cocopufer5667]

IDK i was kinda looking forward to seeing a Thub video rental store.........

[@OriginalNethead]

Goonies! Must! Rescue! Goonies! (LOL) Dude, you hit the motherlode. I figured Thub would sell those in bulk to someone who does fleas, probably for about .25 each. CND$200 sounds like a good payday on a zero investment.

[@dr.a006]

Ha! I saw that title too!

[@tkuebler9561]

That game he got sells for $100 or more on line, so he had a $300 pay day, plus a box of dvd's he kept for himself.

[@mazkaiventas8240]

Make solar panels out of them my man lol

[@ironangel667]

Beginner scrappers are so cute. Lol Reminds me a little of when you were new to the game. In my exp. those are the concepts new scrappers struggle with. Volume, time, storage, separation, etc.

[@RushMayhemIV]

this is how I envision a typical day in canada

[@bellwethertrucking3650]

Dvd and bluray are good to have! As I re-watch shows, I've noticed that a few scenes are edited and some are missing entirely from when I watched them a year or so ago. It occurred to me that as more and more things become "offensive", our purchased shows and movies from our streaming services and it's possible they will become more and more edited. So I've been ramping up my dvd/bluray collection. Also because I went looking for "Poolhall Junkies" and could only find between $50-120. NOW is the time to collect these!

[@thubprint]

It’s very true, streaming services can’t be relied on and between “updated” releases and titles being stuck in ownership purgatory, I think physical movies still have a future not unlike vinyl records today

[@ironangel667]

Lmao, try looking up Swamp Thing before it got censured.

[@markwinter8663]

Hi Thub, what's the music when you're sorfing the dad's...sounds Depeche Mode ish?

[@the03mach1]

Ive got about 250 😮😅

[@spangdeez498]

In my area - we’re getting about 13¢/pound for steel … $3.35 USD/pound for copper #1 .. and 55¢/pound for cans …. CONGRATULATIONS on the 93K!

[@myvicariouslife4012]

@8:55 I'm guessing 95$ canadian dollars...

[@thubprint]

🤣 it would be pretty close! I’m in Canada so everything I state a price on is always in CAD, but I should mention it more often

[@archedgeworth]

I bundle them based on reading their preferences and give them away to people who just had major surgery, because when it happened to me that’s one thing I do remember wanting.

[@MrRattymiller]

I remember when dvds and cds came along and everyone throw out the tapes and vhs tape. Next people will just be deleting files from the phones .

[@williamralph8613]

Good to see gloves on 👍👍

[@MegaDirtyberty]

A loo ma nim 🤣🤣🤣

[@afineliner740]

That was a great deal on those videos. I hope you got a fair rate for your consultancy time 😎. You sure worked for that last dumpster load. 👍

[@FatherVinyard88]

Ah man, that poop wire trap though, thats something else haha

[@robwaterfiled6168]

picked up 120 dvds a while back, thought i'd get maybe 50c each but best offer was 5c each, i donated them to a local opp shop. Cheers from Australia

[@derekelliott6098]

Ive been a ebay reseller for over 20 years. What you got is about what I found at an apartment complex where I lived years ago. I never sold disc media before that. I listed all the sealed ones and horror. They sold super fast in comparison to the "smalls" I usually sold. Many years later, average 3500 listings, 80% are disc media, 700 books, and the rest small items. I am in the US so shipping is $4 average on a disc media item (I do free shipping). Since that haul is why I went from $25K-ish p/y in gross to almost 10 times that amount (2023) - media sells fast.

[@PapercitySkills-je9hx]

Give up 10 movies for $5.00🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

[@VetvsWorld]

I dig your content bro! That said, being the ever fastidious one, I ask you, have you ever calculated your per hour profit? I’m guessing whatever you get from the yards, minus the time gathering and processing should get you pretty close. Do it for science if nothing else. Haha. I subbed homie. Lastly, you do an amazing job being extemporaneous.

[@chadfortman8098]

You know why plumbers make allot because people afraid of crap. 200 for free DVDs kick ass. Just watch mr Scrappy take cheep knife take off the tires. Should keep your spring bought monroe sruts

[@iffy9776]

They don't use beryllium oxide and have not for more than 20 years its too expensive. They use aluminium oxide, and yes, it becomes pink when heated.

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

BeO can also be pink. Typically its white. So color doesn't tell you anything. BeO is too expensive for commercial appliances, and it would be covered in warning stickers. I've heard various rumors that most microwaves before 2005 will have them, others say not a chance since the 1960s. Chromium-doped aluminum is typically used (its just a high temperature heatsink, outside of military applications you wouldn't need Beryllium).

[@iffy9776]

@MattsAwesomeStuff The reason why I said pink is because ppl always turn round and say but beryllium oxide is pink, but aluminium oxide is not . But yes, you are correct

[@thubprint]

I love and appreciate that you’re able to update my understanding of this stuff! It will obvs remain best practice to be really careful with the ceramic ring, but it’s always cool to learn a little more about what’s under the hood

[@madlinerose5038]

You are an inspiration. Big Country Scrapper inspires youthful scrappers to learn the trade.

[@jonglewongle3438]

That last dumpster. The way that it was loaded means they don't give a damn for the contents. Nothing which they were saving. But there were vehicles parked very close to that. Someone rummaging around on top of that and they'd be worried about their vehicles copping junk and dust. They won't know that it is not some irresponsible yahoo who does not give a damn.

[@michelevanwanghe2539]

Sacred fire at the beginning and then money arrives with videos and it becomes a bargain just to make videos. When it becomes difficult you give up.

[@LimeHax]

Drilldozer pretty pricey, nice trade!

[@thubprint]

It’s been on my want list for so long and it just keeps going up, I can’t justify spending that kinda cash on a little square of plastic! It felt like a pretty slick win to take that title home haha

[@damianstasek8946]

Thub you should try and get a bunch of general contractors numners so when they pull out metal of a project, they can set it aside for you. Instead of digging through thousands of pounds of trash it will be in a nice pile.

[@MySongboy]

Great video mate, I love how you see value in everything. Thanx for making it better than ya found it!!

[@qzf201]

I like that you help starting scrappers out....i enjoy watching your channel!

[@timcolgan2699]

You were set up like a bowling pin my boy. 😊

[@tkuebler9561]

Was that Norco bike frame bent / damaged? Those things can sell for hundreds of dollars, some into the thousands, just for the frame.

[@brianallison1913]

As soon as plastic becomes a lucratively profitable scrap business I call first dibs on the Pacific garbage patch.

[@brendansheehy5253]

Hey you could donate them to a senior home

[@tkuebler9561]

And then you send him $200, so he can buy groceries.

[@chrism-qk8jm]

I really should wait till the end to comment. No questing your mind for sure.

[@Kreygore]

Perfume is one of my favorite adaptations of a book, though the book did an amazing job with its imagery.

[@groovethief711]

7:30 the sound of those springs being unloaded actually made a riff.

[@robertpowell2680]

I would ebay the shit out of the entire pile, horror and sci fi are some decent sales items. Order a box of bubble mailers and spend a few hours listing and use stock photos.

[@WolleWip]

[Gets poop on his hands] "I don't want to talk about it." [Facepalms]

[@billd7829]

Bring the DVDs to ur local library

[@Tardxan]

I feel like you could prolly work out a deal to take their scrap from them since it reduces their trash a good amount (as long as you take all the scrap).

[@trench124]

I hope you're keeping the evil dead. Bruce Campbell is a legend

[@richavic4520]

At the risk of sounding like a snob, that's a sewage treatment facility. Water treatment plants are generally on the upstream side of a city, sewage plants downstream. Edit: that wasn't a legitimate sewage site on those wires. Additionally, this is a multifaceted video and I admire your perseverance with the mountain of debris atop the aluminium

[@LimeHax]

If Chris's stash goes missing blame Jordan!

[@drjebait5974]

Steel is only worth 5 cents a pound where im at. God im jealous lol

[@chrism-qk8jm]

What about trading them at a box store like game stop? Credit, not as good as cash, but better than an empty hand.

[@peterrobbins2862]

I know so many people who have alcohol interlock devices in their vehicles

[@derekelliott6098]

7:00 is that a spin off POTUSA - "Peaches"?

[@Geometrys]

Lol you’re way too humble to be hanging around these ex cons

[@williamkirkland2222]

does he really have the gonies in B-film sections. brah.

[@mayfieldmetalrecycling7012]

Awww buddy it makes me feel good to see you’re sharing the easy way to free the rims

[@martinc591]

After all these years newbies just get on my nerves 😂😂

[@mr.zardoz3344]

If you come across a copy of Dr. Strangelove, never ever sell it.

[@nicejunk666]

Send them to the auction

[@titodenino]

i livestream diing this can you help

[@matt2244]

If only you had a small winch for the frames.

[@jayc8180]

Hey bud. 200 bucks for all those extra dvds doesn’t sound bad. How many would you say you had roughly?

[@thubprint]

The starting total was roughly 1350. Quite a few for sure! But the actual volume wasn’t important to me, it was more about the rate at which I turned an opportunity over into a significant liquid asset, the volume just made it easier to do that

[@gravitybear]

I've not seen a roll-away with mesh sides before. Won't that leave a trail of small bits flowing out of there once they drive it away?

[@thubprint]

Well it definitely did when I was digging through it lol! I see them from time to time, does seem like they’d sprinkle a mess behind lots of the time

[@tkuebler9561]

Your seriously in a commercial parking garage, processing scrap metal, with a cutting wheel?

[@fleshbag7754]

Why not?

[@stevendale7658]

Thub hoose down the poop wire 🤣🤣🤣

[@LuftpolsterManu]

Did the DVDs sold? For how much?

[@alisongrimmett388]

ive seen how you like to pick up plastic bottles and if youget a decent ammount of money for them then i think you should just go in peoplesrecycling bins?

[@thubprint]

I’ve got a whole playlist of that haha! It was a valuable part of my journey but for various reasons I decided to move forward and leave bottle picking to other people with fewer opportunities than myself

[@jrae6608]

Great video

[@Speedydiaries]

Flea market 1 for $3 two for $5

[@simonkh7278]

It is accepted per kilo in europe.

[@selenerucobo2251]

Holy toledo batman, those are alot.

[@timg555]

Man I would be in trouble if I found a bunch of free media like that.

[@carolinegee1865]

Yeah go you working hard as ever 👍🏼

[@Atomic_Aegis45]

Missing out on the Goonies man.

[@jayhope615]

$2 each the pawn shop will give you here for them

[@killswitch489]

awesome collection. Dvd's are still the best way to go.

[@mr.g-sez]

i need the all the help i can get 😂

[@bigcountryscrapper6885]

Great video

[@spideypwns]

Any update on the truck!?

[@thubprint]

Yes! It’s worse than I thought! 🤣 (of course) I have a solution and I’ll update when I can show it. Probably next vid.

[@trasieinkersole491]

❤️💙

[@cloudiamadeuro2411]

Poop stuff 🤓

[@shellyouellette1724]

awesome...!!!