Dumpster Diving (XL Edition) HUGEST LOAD!!! HUGEST PAYOUT!!!

[@Michael-ub6ob]

As a concrete man I can tell you it is tie wire for rebar. If I didn't live in Alabama I'd buy it all from you. It cost me a little over 80.00 a box here. The stuff people throw away is ridiculous.

[@Michael-ub6ob]

@@fnordhorn absolutely.

[@aarongrabowski3775]

Damn. Thats like the same weight as 2 64’ beetle’s!!!

[@carljones7168]

Amen brother. I could have took ten box just for fixing my fence. Lol

[@forgetaboutitwillya.2981]

@@fnordhorn Excatly.

[@americasfavoritehoarder]

Never throw anything away.

[@shadymaint1]

Nice haul from one stop. I used to work at a auto repair shop several years ago. Thier was an elderly gentleman that would stop by once a week or so. He would pic up all our scrap rotors and what not. He drove an old beat up truck that would barely stay on the road. Then one day he stopped showing up. Figured something happened to the old fella. One day out od the blue he shows up driving a brand new truck towing a brand new trailer. He said that he saved all his scrap money and went on a cruise for a couple months. Paid cash for his new truck and trailer with a bunch left over. He said that he was saving up to take a year long vacation somewhere exotic.

[@jaimz33]

And then the boss said I'm saving the rotors myself now?

[@shadymaint1]

@jaimz33 they did start saving them. We were supposed to pallet them up and send them back to corporate. Quickly got out of hand and we quit doing it. The old guy started showing up again.

[@born2soon]

Back in the early 60's had a man down the street who was a scrapper. He walked around town pushing a wooden cart with large steel wheels. He let me help him strip plumbing and window weights from houses doomed to be torn down for the freeway (I-70) coming through. His bed was in the living room and the mattress had a large lump in the middle. They found him dead one day in his back yard. He'd been sorting lead pipe to sell. Rumor had it there was $14,000 in his mattress.

[@dan71559]

I'm a scrapper and I know your joy. Excellent and inspiring video turning trash to cash! Also Bro you are good to the earth.

[@jamescox1805]

Only crackheads scrap. You spend how much in gas to get a little money. Losers.

[@k.y.6148]

Man, I got out of breath just watching! The dumpster gods were smiling on you and laughing at you at the same time!

[@Streetbob-si8yj]

Some people would think that this is staged. It might be but I can tell you honestly it’s amazing what gets thrown out. I used to work for a conservation company. And we cleaned up park’s and took stuff to the landfill. On a couple occasions I saw a Hiram walker compactor truck come in and dump its load. I told the guys I was there with to follow me. We went over and I told them to look for metal container’s. they were full of unopened whiskey bottles. And other liquor that they carry. Still had the seal’s on them. I ended up with a dozen bottles. 😁👍

[@chrisveejay]

I'm a scrapper too. Thats a nice haul, and the adrenaline keeps us going when we stumble upon such a load.. Happy for you man

[@EnterTheMatr1x1337]

It's infuriating to see how much perfectly fine stuff gets thrown away

[@stevencaskey8502]

Amen.

[@gilsonsoares-mz2lc]

o capitalismo de pais de primeiro mundo,se fosse aqui no Br não estaria no lixo.

[@wcares8062]

Look behind your grocery stores want to be sickened.

[@77Avadon77]

Especially the environmental and resource cost. Someone probably ordered the wrong thing and instead of selling it back to a scrap yard or taking the time to resale it, they just toss it in the dumpster. That's when you really don't care about the environment or money.

[@earlfultz8603]

He gets 10% of what it's worth and and he's bragging

[@djhi-flo]

Not sure why, but I love this channel. Keep rocking it Mike.

[@truenaturestormers2525]

He is so up beat and fun, it is crazy what he gets from the dumpster, and always fun to see. I love the videos also.

[@GladiatorCoachSully]

The personality draws you in. I would love to be this happy.

[@AnnDavis-mk7lz]

I know this is over a year old. But I enjoy every video you do. Love the commentary. You can make a person laugh.

[@russellmccown2529]

Notice the scrap magnet guy didn't throw them on top of the stack, he probably bought it back for the scrap weight and sold it and made about $5000.

[@joemanske3307]

That's what I was saying....

[@joemanske3307]

He's soo happy for 400

[@Shanethe_trashkid]

he ended up throwing it in the pile after he was done unloading Mike's truck

[@monicasehuprt3298]

I would have called around some businesses to ask them if they needed this instead of selling it to the recycling place. It would have been more money.

[@LoveStarRecords]

more money for everyone involved .

[@kareemebanks3785]

It's expensive wire. I'm a iron working here in N.Y. it's used to tie rebar

[@kareemebanks3785]

Home depot sells them for like 10 a roll

[@brianhart1245]

He lost money. Concrete workers would of paid lots more

[@TheGregWallace]

Yep....he should have called around. I had the same thing happen to me one time except with nails for a nail gun.. I was given 15 or 20 cases of nails for a certain nail gun that I did not have so I call around was able to swap them out for what I could use.

[@Lilyandmoomin]

It was this episode that I watch over Christmas 2021 that I was hooked on Mike the scavenger. 6 months on after watching this episode again wow I love watching this guy.

[@indicasmama]

Been praying God would bless you with a big lick!! Thank you God for blessing Mike& his family. Keep em coming God.

[@patrashdigger]

He missed the blessing by scrapping it, he could have sold the rebar wire at half price and had a easy $3000 payday

[@Lyle_918]

12:40 Glad to see where you cleared the area before leaving, so many wouldn't which sours the business attitude toward divers.

[@charlessmith3995]

Mike you earned every dollar fun watching you be safe

[@teresavonasek4816]

Unbelievable!! To think that would sit in a landfill forever!! Thank you for keeping it out if there! ❤️❤️

[@arronwhittenburg5477]

Thats what hurts , everything that gets by us

[@ryanglaser5336]

@@Enterchanne1name that was a trash dumpster

[@fusco210]

And this is why we need dumpsters divers to make sure stuff like that don't sit in the ground for a long time, it's sad we people trash just for a buck, I know of places that through lumber in the dumpsters this one place around me had 100 dumpsters filled with sawmill lumber/ 2.75"x4.5"x 23' and lots more put it the land fill sad I know people that could of used it for most anything 🙁✌️ And most all saw mill lumber is burnible which means you can use it in your fire place cause it has no chemicals at all in it 👍✌️

[@duckymeejs]

Mike does a Great service for Houston, TX! For sure! Bless him (his wifey, and his furr babies), Lord. Amen

[@madhousebaby]

The boys there would take it before my pal always comes homes with loads of stuff

[@jk3dad]

He left allot of money on the table, a little extra effort in selling the wire instead of scrap would have been well worth the effort. What a waste.

[@maryfalco9368]

I agree 100% . Some folks can't see the bigger picture. He cheated himself big time.

[@jk3dad]

@@maryfalco9368 My heart sank when he scrapped it all. He's lucky he didn't break anything on his truck too !

[@jk3dad]

@@billcarrier9622 he's lucky he didn't get a ticket for being overweight, or worse lose his brakes and cause an accident

[@sovietcomrade7733]

He does what he wants with his scrap

[@jk3dad]

@@sovietcomrade7733 obviously !

[@chrisrock5622]

I've been making aliving dumpster diving and scavenging for pallets for several years now and it's amazing what people throw away consistently.

[@gravitybear]

The time lapse of you emptying the boxes was great, and they used the big magnet to unload those spools! That was awesome.

[@marylousinger3489]

I don't know why you are so tired, I'm helping you as much as I can.

[@johnhiscott-walsh5198]

😂

[@funnyfarm5555]

Put some of the clean boxes in your cab; just like hauling another person and puts the weight on the front axle. 'words from the farm'.

[@johnready630]

Now that's what you call................. one stop shopping !!

[@shqa574]

LOL Single dumpster scrapping, too!

[@aarongrabowski3775]

Just drive to the nearest construction site and ask about it. It would sell for alot more than scrap pay!!!

[@victormayer8519]

In the late 70's a friend and I would dumpster dive for aluminum cans. It's amazing what people throw away, gold, jewlery, coin collections etc...even found a "scratch n sniff" edition of Penthouse magazine...lol.

[@danhalen2579]

Should have left the tailgate up and backed up flush. Less distance to throw

[@jk3dad]

I was thinking the same thing. Work smarter not harder

[@melissamayou4622]

Yeah but he would have had to throw it over the tailgate and dumpster wall

[@jk3dad]

@@melissamayou4622 he had to throw them over the dumpster wall no matter what. And by throwing it onto the tailgate he had to double handle quite a few of them. Plus if the gate had been up it would have been a shorter distance to heave them.

[@maryfalco9368]

@@melissamayou4622 do you know what you just said??😂 Tailgate is wayyyyy shorter than dumpster.😁😳

[@romanortega8051]

NO! NO! NO! Dude could have totally used that crate lumber as a slide or table and teetered them boxes into the truck bed. Like 1/3 the effort!👌

[@angeltripping]

You do what you want with the scrap. Its your channel. We love to watch and its good to see a good person get a really great haul like that. Well done Mike n Dottie 🙌

[@mickeylubben8710]

Your RIGHT ✅ The Hell what others think !!! If there so upset 😡 & concern they should go trash diving and see how hard it is ! You go Mike 😃

[@subtleusername5475]

yeah, everyone wants to make decisions for this guy as if they did the work. who cares? there's a million things we all do where someone else could figure out a way to make money.

[@freddieNyack]

I'm fascinated . reminds me of the baling wire on the farm .........hung around fenceposts. Tie wire always used for everything .........concrete rebar work myriad of uses in construction. lot of work Mike ! We impressed ! be safe.

[@tatchley3049]

Dottie and you deserve a spa day for that haul!

[@gordonfirth2334]

They arms be akeing

[@americasfavoritehoarder]

Good to see you cleaning up the area when you were done diving.

[@jcmoney4125]

I started scrapping about 1 month ago. I got the garbage routes for my town and neighboring towns. I managed to go 4 nights this week. The amount of stuff I’m getting is absolutely crazy and I’m keeping and giving stuff away to family. Perfectly good stuff and I don’t mean crap either. Like running lawn mowers, snowblowers, tools…it just doesn’t end. I can’t stop and luckily I have a large property to play with all this stuff. It just crazy what I’ve been finding and I’m addicted to it already lol.

[@toms.3977]

"Good Lord!" he says. I laughed. What a find. I'll bet Dottie is resting on her overloads about now.

[@brucepooley3623]

Not just strong in the arm and strong in the back, Mike. Strong in the head to say, "keep going baby, there's more"! A damned good find.

[@shqa574]

I watched the video a second time today. I was impressed with your strength and determination to empty the dumpster. Did you return to the dumpster to pick up the remaining 10 to 15 boxes at the bottom of the dumpster?

[@oyet72863]

This is exactly what money in the trash means👍👍I am happy for you Mike,your handwork pays off!

[@ingorondo4238]

Had to double check that your magnet was saved from the big one. Congrats from Germany for this great find!

[@davidohara392]

I was worried about his magnet too

[@fuzzy19111]

You got me itching to go to the yard! I've been saving aluminum for 2yrs got at least a few hundred lbs. I'm not a "scrapper" but i save all the bits and pieces of material i come across.

[@shermanbrown4012]

Your a scrapper ....sorry .

[@marylindsey4084]

That giant magnet makes it look easy for unloading! What a haul! Thanks for sharing

[@downtonviewer]

I was pretty short at 30 boxes plus about 100lbs for the "handful". Then I guessed .06 per lb. So...I was way short. That was amazing! Did the guy at the scales come out to see what the heck was weighing you down? Never saw that before, lol! Also, it was way cool of 'em to use the big magnet to unload for you. That was going to be a job in itself...and they made short work of it. AWESOME!!! Remember that dumpster!

[@moniquepowell9499]

I'm a scrapper in Connecticut and steel is only 0.7 cents a lb.

[@downtonviewer]

@@moniquepowell9499 What was the price in July last year? Price differs based on supply vs. demand. As you can see, when Mike sold this steel, he got .115 per pound. Pretty good!

[@moniquepowell9499]

In Connecticut scrap steel was 0.7 cents a lb last year. This year only 0.6

[@jacobotto9766]

You inspire me to be the best scrapper I can. Thank you.

[@l3eaver]

Holy crap!!!! I wish i had a box of those. Great for farmers home steading etc … we call it bailing wire on the prairies

[@donwatson8257]

You need retail connections to sell the good stuff

[@pauloconnor7951]

That's a work out man !. Happy for you !

[@donnahall7014]

$400 out of one dumpster, that is a score

[@forgetaboutitwillya.2981]

The score would of been if he didn't scrap that at all. He could of sold that to a Masonry supply and made 3 to 4 times what he made. SMH.

[@omahabigbill2789]

@@forgetaboutitwillya.2981 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush!

[@bushmaster2936]

@@omahabigbill2789 One in the bush beats two with the hand !!

[@omahabigbill2789]

@@bushmaster2936 Oh God yes, yes, yes!

[@bushmaster2936]

@@omahabigbill2789 LOL ; ) I was unloading a boxcar 20 years ago and saw that carefully written in cursive on the wall inside. It was surrounded by flowers and birds, also expertly drawn ....the memory still makes me laugh to this day. ; p

[@mayfieldmetalrecycling7012]

Firstly, nice payday. Awesome load. Gotta love all the “you could have made so much more” comments. If I took the time to categorize, list, take pictures and store everything I found scrapping, then I wouldn’t have time to scrap. Mike’s out there loading the truck, filming, editing and making content. He doesn’t have time to be a store as well.

[@charlesangell_bulmtl]

BS...YOU ALWAYS MAXIMIZE YOUR INCOME , don't you? SCRAP PRICES SUCK...I love buying stuff from these ne'er do wells...

[@MrPaulviles]

If you sold that stuff at 50% retail value to a concreter you would have got $40 a box……….$40 x 45……..$1800. He only needed to work 1 day and he earns his weeks income……….so yes he does have time.

[@mastakush4272]

I miss scrapping!! It was such a thrill to find a bunch of stuff!!

[@nihilbexstar8902]

Maximum Overload!!!! Mike you have 46 Full Boxes Load in your Truck. Thats more than 3220 Pounds... lol Gotta be strong!!! And that was a nice Workout too!!!!!

[@ChessIsJustAGame]

A ton and a half in a half ton pickup. Ouch! 😬

[@dennisjohnson5754]

Surprised that Ford's tires didn't fall off.

[@dennisjohnson5754]

@@ChessIsJustAGame crazy

[@markintexas9258]

Pretty cool they used the giant electro magnet !

[@shakeme3290]

Whooooooooooooo!! Mike getting them BIG loads, y’all.

[@stanleykeith6969]

I would have also taken those card board tubes for cement work. You got a great hall. Take them all. Very nice area you live in.

[@marywallace9243]

Love that you found all that wire. Impressive work out from you. I've been using some in place of screws or nails on lattice work. I'd have been thrilled to find that Wooden crate. I want an off ground garden box.

[@charlieb1613]

Holy snikies! You hit the mother load. Unbelievable that so much “good” material was just tossed into a dumpster. What people just recklessly dispose of boggles my mind.

[@troysayger3430]

What I can't believe is you throw $3,000 worth of wire in the damn jump pile and that was just a small I mean my God man the next time get some sense sell that s*** get the money you didn't get s*** for it ridiculous I'm not watching you anymore because of it anybody

[@danielhart7663]

At the price that stuff goes for if he'd have sold it for half price he could have made over 1600 bucks

[@rguy57]

Holly Cow! Mike, you are one dedicated scrapper! I was so glad to see the guys at the yard help you unload with the electromagnet. Bravo! Love your videos. I am of Czech Heritage! Tell your wife “Ahoj” from me. Tell her my name is “Pond Keeper” in Czech. That was amazing Sir, Respect, as always Respect!

[@toms.3977]

"Now I need some shocks and a chiropractor." Mike, you're a hoot. Love the channel. Take care.

[@cmmc3400]

I love it when men's undies match their personalities. Such a pretty ELECTRIC blue there bud! Mike rocks, even down to his skivvies.

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

Well I was way off, not even close! Great job buddy- lil tip AIR SHOCKS!

[@derekreed8251]

That was definitely a great find.

[@justinjohnson74]

The Metal God's left that for you Mike! There blessing you !

[@fredgillick3071]

Hey Mike, When you said 20 boxes, I said to myself, "no way double that" I was close. Good job and nice payday. See you soon muscle man.

[@danielhart7663]

Yeah 45 boxes 80 bucks a box new sell them to a cement company for half that and make $1,800 he made 450 dollars. Too much of a hurry

[@azplanner4546]

That was really cool watching them use the magnet to empty your truck. Dang! You did really well. I hope you find more of that!

[@cherylwhitten5746]

Love it that you added the recycling prices

[@denisekidder2261]

I have a new found respect for your strength my friend!! Great score!! I was way off but I loved the big magnet to use to empty it. Stay safe and healthy 🙏❤🙏

[@SuperUncleRyan]

I get so exited when they use the magnet to unload my stuff. I feel like a little kid watching. Most of the time they use the claw and that makes me nervous, because I worry they will send something flying and take out a window on my truck. Either way it beats unloading my trailer by hand.

[@scottedwards8380]

This dude is funny as hell I love how he beats the hell out of some of the dumpster's.. awesome

[@sebastiaanberg4321]

Just waiting for groucho to pop out of one

[@gumby5125]

One man's trash is another man's Treasure, which my Dad always said. I have done this kind of scrap work since I was 9 years old. But it is rare to get a find like that. Good luck with it.

[@jfrank9350]

I'm a 72 yr. old granny and I would have been excited to find that wire! And I might still be there loading it up!

[@pamelamcinnes5878]

70 yr old granny with copd. It would take me a month of sundays. I would have figured a way, get a lazy grandson to help

[@tedefinley4780]

My first comment, I enjoy everything about how you roll. Love it.

[@scrummydoo]

You deserve every penny you get,, you work hard for it,,,

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

That looked like bailing wire. A pallet full of it! Loved that they used the big electro magnet to remove it for you. Big dollars!

[@desireeschweizer7640]

That was Epic. Huge payday. Hope your not to sore. Steak Dinner for you and your family!!!! Yahoo!

[@TheTorkerman]

Gotta think about it not as tossing 70lbs a box, but tossing 7 or 8 DOLLARS into the truck each time, NOICE👍🏼👍🏼

[@frankforrest1597]

Awesome score Mike. You've more than earned that denaro/ steak dinner buddy! Awooooo Y'all! 👊👍✌️

[@CRUCIFi777]

Over a tonnage by the 7 minute mark, just a little perspective.

[@chinosts]

I am shocked to see that stuff like this gets thrown away.... What a waste..thank you Mike for saving this stuff

[@DavidOldenburg1]

Good for you! Its great to see people finding ways to make money!

[@stevethescrounger6683]

Bro...now if you found a dumpster full of duct tape you could fix anything! Nice haul man!

[@elainephleps4705]

Yup!!. I think he's going too need a nap after this one!!!

[@josephdougherty2399]

Dude...it might be worth paying shipping if he gives you a good price

[@stevethescrounger6683]

@@haydenmahaffey1556 yeah I know...it was a joke

[@marthacombs2434]

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[@maxcrit3481]

If you bought it from him at half price he would’ve got $1800.00 then??? Wow

[@wendywoodruff2871]

Some poor employee had to lift all those into the dumpster. Looks like they bought a pizza reward. Good job Mike.

[@geoffhickman6215]

It was mostlikly dumped with a forklift pallet and all

[@user-sr6qp6fg6k]

forklift

[@youdontknowme5969]

Dottie takes a beatin' but keeps on tickin'

[@samditto]

Oh damn my back hurts watching this

[@TheMrGavacho]

I saw they were selling these 10 to 15 bucks a roll online.. u imagine if u wouldve sold them online each! That wouldve been crazy money! Good job on ur treasure hunt! This was awesome mike!

[@kpkp42]

Shipping metal is expensive

[@garysoykin2783]

You’re the man to have around if any shit goes down. You are one strong dude

[@spalding9100]

You could have sold it for ALOT more to a concrete business!

[@codiwonkanobi9788]

That's usually the case but you have to consider the cost of storage for a scrapper you can't get more stuff with no space

[@mortimerjenkins6147]

$11-$12 a roll on Amazon and Staples websites

[@jasonlapointe1876]

I don't know why he doesn't rent a storage unit and put half the stuff he can sell in it till it sells big company's that build bridges and that does concrete would buy that stuff allday and a roll of that wire is like 25 to 30 bucks

[@nickhall9572]

When you think about it, he’s helping the environment AND the trash man, because the arms on the dumpster truck wouldn’t lift 3,000+ pounds. It has a limit of 500. So, he made a ton of money saving a few things

[@unbelievableerectionz3195]

The arms of a dumpster truck in Belgium are beter then bc i can haul 7k+ our trucks are heavier bc it has more hydrologics

[@chrissterling3225]

The dumpsters weigh more than 500 empty..they can easily dump that load..I would know..I was a mechanic at a trash company for 9 years

[@yomomaxxx18]

I work in the trash industry and the truck arms would definitely pick it up

[@rickguthridge4554]

0⁰ to ok no! N no

[@desertmulehunter]

Lol, you're full of sh..!

[@michaelaskay]

You should make a video scrapping out that compressor pump if you still got it

[@shazils832]

That’s $7 + a roll at the hardware store in 🇨🇦 you can sell that to a rebar installer Good score

[@AZone-xn3mj]

One man‘s trash is another man‘s treasure 👍

[@pickinforalivin]

great haul, great payout! and great save on the environment.

[@augustreil]

Congrats on that great find. Would be awesome to find that amount of cash every day !

[@melvinyoung3474]

It can also be used as electric fence wire. Each roll is about 1/4 miles long. Use the Western Union line splice where needed.

[@DIGOLOGIST]

Killer score man! You got me wanting to dumpster dive. I have a friend that scraps all the time. Thanks for the great video.

[@cristinagimpaya9813]

Following you from Italy...well done hard worker!

[@ScrappingwithGrandpa]

I cannot believe all the stuff you find in dumpsters. I want to find dumpsters like yours. I live in a small town but it is building up quick but I still don’t see the amount of stuff you find in dumpsters oh my God you are the king of dumpsters

[@topduk]

You could have got paid a whole lot more by selling it for what it is instead of recycling it.

[@paultennis9414]

$10/roll at Home Depot.

[@Tom-hz9oc]

Just checked their website and it’s $6.67/roll for 400 ft rolls like this.

[@GBOB68]

@@Tom-hz9oc So he sells for $3 a roll for a quick sale and he still only sells 5 boxes if he's lucky. He did the right thing.

[@Tom-hz9oc]

@@GBOB68 I agree, I was just stating the price. I’d have made one trip to a construction company on the way to the recycler. No use moving that crap again when they can unload it with an electromagnet.

[@abackimages5351]

What cost to the environment all that fuel and labor to make the wire and for what.

[@walterdominguez6287]

They use tie wire when installing rio rod reinforcement rod, for concrete structures.

[@cmmc3400]

To those of you who are negative, he likes the challenge of this type of work and the luck of the draw. He has a healthy body and a very astute mind. To the really rude people, I bet you don't even come close to what he makes a year because of his hard work ethic. Google says it is around $99,000 to $122,000 a year from KZbin alone. So chair surf all you want but be nice, please, life is tough enough now.

[@juliealbert9222]

Hey mike! The wire looks like the stuff they use to tie rebar up with

[@davycrockett3230]

It is I use to tie rebar.

[@iamrob840]

he said that more than once in the video what it was used for

[@bushmaster2936]

@@iamrob840 He also kept calling it 'tire' wire !

[@trainsandautomobiles2936]

I felt tired for you man. I swear I broke a sweat

[@karenearly-horne8210]

Right

[@mattp5991]

On the farm, that's bailing wire and "old tractor fixing" wire. On the ranch, that's fence-mending wire. No matter what you call it, it's a motherload! 💰💰💰

[@MatthewMcMillian]

What an awesome find my man! Love it!

[@PappyDan]

if your going to haul loads like this, time to upgrade the leaf springs

[@patrickmahoney9741]

Or add helper bags

[@christophercampbell1232]

Leafsprings my butt can you say airbags that way your ride stays smooth.

[@Davidandkacey]

Hey Mike just a quick hello and keep up the great work

[@barrywatson9884]

I got some freezer units from the store when they remodeled, to strip out. I made over $1200. But I worked for nearly 2 weeks while on vacation to get it ready to sell