Dumpster Diving With a Special Mission!

What a great day dumpster diving and scrapping! Today we had a specific scrap goal in mind, and aimed to complete it by the end of the day. A nice scrap metal pickup from a friend to start things off was a great help, and we continued with a bunch of great finds as our adventure carried on. But was the goal a success? No spoilers!
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[@michaelsinclair8279]

A noble quest, a trusty steed, loyal side kick, side missions and no breaking of glass! Nice one!

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

So nice to see if not the knly one that brings my kids scrap hunting. Ones 8 and other is 3 but the 3 year old knows what copper is lol she lets me know!

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Haha awesome! I'm so glad you found a microwave that works! 👍👍😁😁

[@ebikescrapper3925]

The way electricity prices are going, the wood in the first dumpster will be worth collecting more than the metal soon.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Lol no doubt. Cut some trees down last year and splitting them now. A Rick of wood last year cost as much as 120$ I live in Tennessee. Crazy high not many people selling it and a lot of people want it

[@randyseidell1665]

Area rugs, large ones, do sell well. Take them to the car wash and wash them first. Then lay out in garage and do a deep clean! Very worth the time. Wool or not

[@MrRoscojones1]

That reminds me of when my daughter was little and she would go with me to ride through the alley ways with me when I would search for junk

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

Hey Thub, find yourself a long garden tool handle (hoe, shovel, etc) and drive a nail through the end of it at an angle. You can use it to root around and not get into the dumpster, or to pick most stuff out of it. Sometimes things will be too heavy or too buried for that, but this still saves you some diving.

[@BushDogScrapper]

A old paint roller works if you brake the roller cage off it and bend a hook into the rod and put it on a long pole!

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

@@BushDogScrapper Yep! I like the simple nail/spike, as I use it to stab aluminum cans so I don't have to get in the dumpster or crawl into a bramble thicket to get a can. Just whack it and pull it out. :) I like talking to other scrappers, just to see how inventive we are!

[@BushDogScrapper]

@@unclejohnbulleit2671 same and the scrapping community is so awesome and helpful here on KZbin!

[@wozzajayscrapping9056]

12:50 looks like the outer chamber of Large truck air suspension. Nice finds keep it up👍♻️✌

[@iffy9776]

I look forward to your videos. Keep on scraping.

[@tiggidyty]

I remember that microwave (the broken one). It served me well for many many years. It sounds like it died doing what it loved. Goodnight sweet prince.

[@davidchelson8069]

“Don’t want to get to close to the broken glass “ as he grabs the glass and rips the frame off of it! Lol. The “I don’t know what it is” thing is an airbag for a tractor trailer.

[@omar_padilla]

Lol! Huh.... Who knew a microwave could end itself lol,"the microwave microwaved itself" lol i will never forget that. Great job guys i really enjoyed this adventure can't wait until the next one .

[@BushDogScrapper]

Cheers Thub and Wubb it's awesome to see the next generation scrapper hard at working helping dear old Dad! Hope you both have awesome September long weekend! ♻😎👍

[@matthewmiller4797]

That orange sheet you found behind the dumpster is for grills. It's supposed to be so you can grill and not get your grill dirty. They don't work that well.

[@joshmallon]

We used to use sheets like that at McD's on our clamshell grills. They worked (pretty good) for about a day worth of cooking.

[@boysonlyparty]

I believe that plastic rubber looking thing in the dumpster with what looked like auto stuff is an air suspension bag.

[@goodtimeeric]

16:10 sniff test before handing to the Mrs. 😆 Wise move.

[@FogartyAvenue]

Magnificent.

[@livvyweimar7362]

Wow he's getting so big! Great last minute score so you can keep the money and wifey stays happy 😁

[@richardmclean7973]

Cracking thanks for sharing!

[@afineliner740]

Mission completed. Nothing better than a free working microwave when you need one. 👍

[@shellyouellette1724]

awesome...!!!

[@roadiez1]

@ 12:48 What you don’t know is… A car airbag. For suspension. Good aluminum ring if you can cut it.

[@its_marc]

The ‘port hole’ was also a part of it 👍

[@allfather5150]

The rubber cylinder you find at 12:50 is part of an air bag suspension for a commercial truck. Specifically the air bag. They wear out over time and need to be replaced. The one you found is a little one, probably from a box truck.

[@bigredbullion3883]

Great video

[@eddiejensen5783]

Love taking my i D's scraping they have so much fun and are always learning asking questions and when I'm with the kids security never bothers me lol.....

[@twisted2291]

12:48. "Another one of those" They are the rubber boots to an air spring for tractor-trailers.

[@its_marc]

Haha mission accomplished. Awesome.

[@user-qe4zw9kx9l]

축복입니다 행운을 빌어요 🇰🇷👍💖🙏

[@MB-bt9km]

no on the ironing board?

[@MrTds1986]

Awesome video! more sourcing videos please!!

[@curttaverner5857]

Great video drake

[@jxavier3876]

I never knew not to do that with microwaves. Good to know. Hey Thub I was wondering if scrapyards in Calgary offer refrigerant disposal and if you know how that might work. I have an ice machine I want to scrap.

[@bread-gz3rl]

12:51 suspension airbags

[@ryanclefford3127]

I feel like thub would be such a cool dude to meet. He seems so genuine

[@perditionkid]

The rubber thing is an airbag for an inflatable suspension system. They usually are in large semi trucks or dump trucks and such.

[@killjoy987987]

Like walking through the yellow mist in Elden Ring

[@MB-bt9km]

geez, that first dumpster was the most tightly packed mess I've seen lol

[@cronicmanagergames42069]

did not know not to use a empty microwave that saved me some problems thanks

[@josephegon6058]

Those big rubber things with the metal ends are vehicle airbags

[@rosenasser5943]

Have you ever found a live skunk in a dumpster? I have! Scared the beejeebees out of me.

[@kalobhunt9001]

The thing you said I don’t know what that is still I believe that’s an air ride shock absorber from a larger truck.

[@kimphillips8354]

The paper you found was parchment paper for cooking on ., kim

[@benhumphregys3087]

Great video as always, I loved that it was a mission 😂

[@BushDogScrapper]

My cousin had a issue with putting forks and spoons in the microwave when he was young haha seen a few good light shows and a very upset aunty 💥💥💥😂

[@robw505]

Was anyone else confused by the wife leaving joke? I wasn't sure whether to chuckle or not

[@daleh645]

You found a thing while doing a thing and that’s a thing, I think! God bless 🙏🏼🇺🇸🇨🇦

[@cocopufer5667]

its an airbag for suspensions

[@floridadude6983]

I sure hope you take that back outside and open it up and clean it because it could have bugs in it

[@magthemagnificent8437]

Those are airbags for the air ride suspension on semi trucks and trailers.

[@richavic4520]

Nice haul, nice score on the microwave.

[@eugene251]

Your videos are always awesome m8,keep making more

[@biohaz360]

You should always hit stop before opening the door on your microwave. The door contacts will go bad if you open it before it's off, at least that's what others have said.

[@thebadgeofshame3994]

16:40 nonstick copper grill mats to cook on

[@hummerfan9360]

I think that stuff is to use on the grill, so your food won't slip through the grates. I have some, and I hate to wash it after. That was the plastic looking stuff I am talking about.

[@williamstockdale4833]

❤❤❤❤

[@DavidGS66]

As a picker, I could supply you with fans, microwaves, etc; however, it would take even months to find one. You'd have to take the microwave I find 4 you has a 2nd spare microwave long before you need one.

[@fernandomantovani2998]

Love your vídeos! Hello from Brazil!!!

[@mollynakamori]

Nooo - Thubbie! That rug WAS for you. Most likely wool, and amazingly easy to clean. Spray it with some rug cleaner, hang it over a rail or fence, and hose the daylights out of it. Let it dry - Bob's yer uncle. Good to see Wubb. I've been rewatching old videos with little Wubb, and it's amazing to see the difference.

[@DavidGS66]

He jumped in bin when a picker stick could have done the job. I use $25 Unger picker stick ("Nifty Nabber") from Home Depot, good for reaching in locked bins, under fences, etc.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

I’m pretty sure that non stick copper colored mat is just what it looks like. It’s a job stick material woven with copper . Not scrappable I wouldn’t think but interesting nonetheless

[@RealTC16]

12:56 that’s an airbag for trailers such as gas or any other trailer such as that.

[@Mad-Caddy]

(12:50) I" still don't know what these are still" They are air bags for trucks, if you want to carry more weight in your truck you should get a set of these they will probably be called bag helpers for your application, you can get them in strut/shock form as well. A little air compressor action and next thing you know you can throw another 1,000 pound in. I could tell you all the nice things they do but I'll leave online for that 😜

[@kalobhunt9001]

I also love transformers but the robot kind from the 80s. Lol

[@ashtonsseries6968]

You didn't pick up the ironing board 👍♻️

[@williammeeks1283]

Great video as usual and a big congratulations on the completed quest. I was wondering how the scrap prices are doing there? As for the prices here in west virginia they have fallen so bad the only Scrapping I'm doing is with you and your channel.

[@matt2244]

for @12:53 that looks to be a air bag my guess is for a truck. Think at that wire @13:20 was from a cars wiring harness.

[@wopwop420]

13:18 wiring harness for cars or trucks.

[@wopwop420]

At 12:55 I'm pretty sire those are air bags for semis

[@666slayerules]

THUB! You should put advertising on your vehicle that you collect scrap and put your number down!

[@Mad-Caddy]

Should I be avoiding capacitors I see you put the one back made me very curious as to why.

[@billstreet39]

You have one of the best attitudes ever….. get video

[@jesusfreak1284]

@12:54 that is a airbag for a semi truck. @thubprint

[@ryanmeyer1166]

The thing you found in the dumpster and you didn’t know what it was is a airbag the hold and release air for air breaks on a semi

[@russl3632]

There’s no way I can ever pay for another microwave again. So many of them being dumped at recycling centres, alleys, etc

[@huckstirred7112]

Those poles are going for $80 .each.I often make them.and I pay 85 for the steel to make them .The guardrail sell that .If I lived with in a hundred miles of you I would be your best friend

[@fortnite_gaming_incdoesrob5205]

You don’t pick up can redemptions anymore?

[@unchained20000000]

Watch out for the dumpster pandas. AKA racoons.

[@spangdeez498]

Hey Thub! Was just watching an older video of yours (security guard caught you 😂) but when you were at the yard - you saw a bunch of already fired bullets - but there’s a shooting range near where I live and I go there and pick up all the brass casings - It’s honestly a really quick way to make some cash .. was gonna say idk if there’s any ranges near where you live, but it’s the only place I know where there’s a bunch of brass just laying around waiting to get picked up .. and where I live they actually promote it so the place doesn’t get all trashed up, so nobody cares if you take it, they just sweep it up and throw it in the trash can … but sorry off topic comment on this video, just wanted to throw ideas at you on where to maybe find some good metal to take in - just recently bought a smelter, I’m thinking of making some brass bricks w/ them instead of taking in to see how that works out #LeaveItBetterThanYouFoundIt

[@andrewcannon587]

i heard some scrap yard pay less for brass cartridges than regular brass. Is that true and why? brass is brass unless ammo brass contain less copper than regular brass

[@spangdeez498]

@@andrewcannon587 not my yard.. getting 1.70/lb for yellow right now, just turned in 12lbs of shell casings a few days ago

[@thadofalltrades]

Does Canada have shooting ranges?

[@spangdeez498]

@@thadofalltrades haha well yeah .. Canada has guns too

[@thadofalltrades]

@@spangdeez498 Lol I was joking btw did Trudeaus recent gun stuff affect using ranges?

[@bearginther1782]

Air bag rubber

[@fredself7846]

I don't think I would get a microwave off the street and take it to my kitchen.

[@stephensmith3708]

Okay, my Crazy Canadian Cousin, I have sent it this day as I am texting this. 10 business days, not counting the up coming holiday, Labor day Monday. So, I guess 2wks. Make it a family heirloom! Hope you like it! THINK PANDA shirts! Cute, cuddly Trash Pandas as you greet your viewers! LUCEO NON URO! And please open the envelope!!!!! SEMPER FI! Editing time, feel free to share it on vid, and fid out what happened to my favorite Canadian Couple, freeisbetter86, will ya? I miss there happy-go-lucky excited minded adventures!

[@marill485]

Whenever you say leave it better than you found it, what do you mean

[@hummerfan9360]

Since she broke the microwave, I think she should scrub this one.

[@lorieakins2843]

Kids would be sooo much cheaper if you didn't have to feed them, house them, dress them, get medical insurance for them or educate them and all the other misc.

[@chrisveejay]

Thub, I want to support the channel, but I can't afford buying merch..does it make any difference if I watch all the ads fully? And to click share n then copy link? Just wondering....

[@henkynl007]

16:55 leave it better than you find it You complain about the mattresses on the ground but still it's too to drop that paper inside of dumpster

[@trench124]

Yay First Always a highlight of the week watching your vids @thubprint

[@cindyhopkins3989]

Great video