HUGE Scrap Pickup Had a Heap of Stainless! AND Something Even BETTER!

What an excellent surprise! A friend of mine introduced me to someone who needed a scrap guy and it turned out great! Not only did we make a new friend but we brought in the best haul of stainless steel I've ever seen. That's not all though! My enterprising eye spied something else in the warehouse and kindness, generosity and fortune combined forces today to give us an AMAZING deal! Overall, a very exciting morning.
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[@peakyparttimers9362]

You are so happy. So happy for you!🤩🤩🤩👍

[@yorkshiremonkey7576]

Eyup @ PPT , Great channel eh 😀

[@peakyparttimers9362]

@@yorkshiremonkey7576 sure is!🤩👍

[@jackpotdigger834]

gorgeous scale ....and piece of brass

[@thubprint]

I love this scale!

[@arthurivey2024]

This score couldn’t happen to a better guy with much more to come Goodluck my friend.

[@thubprint]

🥰 thank you!

[@MrKevincalgary]

awesome score

[@ziggystardog]

Wow! Knew what those were on sight. The quality home office chair market is through the roof with COVID-19. Most Herman Miller chairs have substantial warranties although they have been diluted of late. Such a great haul. Such good luck for an even better guy. You deserve it.

[@thubprint]

😊

[@kasthemaster7936]

That's an amazing run, great deal on the chairs too. Congrats man!

[@thubprint]

Thank you!

[@MrsMika]

Aw...I love the look of those cases...so sad they are going to scrap. I am happy for your win, but if I were you I would have wanted to keep them.

[@thubprint]

Oh I wanted to. The agreement we made was specifically to scrap them though, and nothing else. Even if I could’ve kept or sold them, they had funny organization pieces welded inside and I just don’t have space to let things pile up any worse than they already do 😆

[@lindalong2297]

You are soooo happy and should be. The Good Karma guy for The Win! Congrats and cheers and balloons and fireworks sent your way.✌🏻

[@thubprint]

Ty!

[@davidsantos2534]

Nice haul congrats!

[@thubprint]

I was STOKED.

[@DragonFlame0909]

you should make more videos..your really cool guy to watch..love your videos..PLS never stop :D greeting from Estonia .....

[@thubprint]

You got it Jan!

[@DragonFlame0909]

@@thubprint thnx brother

[@xenderlord892]

Hit the jackpot

[@chriswhite4678]

We’ll keep waiting patiently as long as you stay excited 😆 thanks for bringing us along!

[@glendajames4716]

Amazing to see you again 😎

[@MissCanadian]

That awesome pile of stuff

[@BushDogScrapper]

That's a awesome haul Thub 👍

[@tortoisetom1]

Good for you!It is really nice to see how much pride you have for what you do,almost contagious,lol.Could not have happened to a nicer person!

[@thubprint]

Thank you!! 😊

[@philipdewaart4053]

happy for you buddy. great find

[@paulbeddows6014]

Not bad for a freebee well done

[@thubprint]

Heck yeah!

[@dovem9601]

So happy for you. Love your excitement. Interesting new product

[@mythicpacks761]

Great video! Awesome haul!

[@ansehorste5974]

thats pretty awesome

[@gt4_latespec98]

Please take us with you on the next scrap run, they are always fun. Love your vids, and hi from the UK 🇬🇧

[@thubprint]

Done and done! 😁

[@stephensmith3708]

Great score! I just came across some inconel myself. And some low grade stainless.

[@kevink.2719]

Awesome stuff 👍

[@muriaticacid7004]

Thumbs Up

[@scottherridge9497]

I worked with all that equipment on a daily basis. It's used in the oilfield for testing drilling fluids mostly. There should not be anything toxic in there. Silver nitrate, sulfuric acid, potassium chromate, methylene blue, phenolphthalein, hydrogen peroxide, methyl orange/purple, and a few others!! Definitely worth more to a drilling fluids company than scrap..... Here in the States I imagine we are swimming with stacked equipment due to the lack of drilling.

[@thubprint]

Well I wasn’t licking my fingers after handling them lol! I generally wear gloves for everything regardless. I’m sure they were worth a ton at one point, but he explained the heavy brass bits need to be disposed of once they degrade past a certain size, and the cases were all pretty rough. I think they’re switching everything to plastic pelican cases. You clearly know a fair bit about this stuff! All I know is stainless steel = good. Lol.

[@joemammy3814]

Dude, nice score!

[@thubprint]

I was hyyyyped

[@digitalbowser]

I used to work for a office furniture moving company. Those chairs 👍👍👍👍 what a score.

[@mehowshorts]

Awesome Adventures

[@Vandal-Vlogs]

Nothing annoys me more than not getting a YT notification to say my favourite scrap youtuber has uploaded. I was thankful today when YT did notify me to let me know that E-waste Ben had indeed just uploaded..... Hi Thub 😜✌👍

[@thubprint]

The struggle! Happens a lot and I don’t know why 😩 but thank you, and hi!!

[@mr.smileyken6364]

Scrap wins are awesome, especially selling the finds. Love watching you Moyock, NC USA. Did a small scrap run myself, not a nice run like yours, but any scrap run is like finding money on the side of the road.

[@geofft3214]

Nice one Thub! I recognize most of that stuff and it was expensive scientific kit.

[@pneumatic00]

Those chairs are the shizzle. After spurious episodes of back problems, I bot one for $200 which was a flaming steal. They are easily sold for $300-$400, but if you sit at a desk for long periods, keep one or more for yourself. They will save you beaucoup back problems.

[@thubprint]

I do have one of my own now and after an adjustment period, I agree. SO much better.

[@randystone6781]

Wow, Thub. What a cool, awesome score! Can't beat word of mouth networking, my dude. Great video...

[@mollynakamori]

I recognized the Herman Millers right off. Well done! Your excitement is infectious, and I'm so happy for you!

[@thubprint]

Thx Molly! I knew somebody would have an eye for them 👌

[@JohnnySwedishScrapper]

woowo that cool ;) big load of awsome stuff ;)

[@thubprint]

So stoked!

[@dr.a006]

I’d probably keep a couple of those boxes for tools and whatnot or ammo. Stainless is quite resistant to caustic solutions and acids and chemicals in the lab. I’m excited for your score! I would be too!

[@thubprint]

I wanted to keep them, but I need to keep things flowing. I reeeeally don’t want to end up buried in stuff like in the last garage lol. If I can’t think of a use for it *right now* then it’s gotta go

[@dumpsterjerry3577]

That was a great adventure thubs looking forward to more like this ✌️

[@KeeleV]

It is weird to see some equipment I worked with being scrapped! Also very neat! Yeah, too bad he won't let you resell some of the boxes even afterwards. So cool! Great video.

[@thubprint]

Thank you! I was pretty stoked at the haul overall, and always surprised how much I can fit in the car lol. You must have an interesting job working with this kind of equipment!

[@ScrapPalletMan]

That x-ray beam device is awesome! Was the material mainly iron and nickel?

[@ScrapPalletMan]

I paused the video and looked up the elements. Totally cool.

[@thubprint]

I was hoping I got a clear enough pic! Could have been better, but the boss there is a busy man and it was kind of him to even bring it out to show me. I’m not sure what to call that alloy though, and I’m wondering if the heat coils from ovens and kettles and such are the same. If so, I’m gonna save the elements from ovens now too!

[@stephensmith3708]

@@ScrapPalletMan hey Paul! Still love the video, bro. Keep with the situation🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸!

[@yardmine]

Dude! I love seeing you so stoked about big wins like that. Just got back from a huge score myself and I'm right there with ya. Feels good. Keep em coming man

[@thubprint]

I’ll do my best! Congrats on your score btw, what did you get? Ewaste?

[@yardmine]

@@thubprint 4 mint condition vintage electronics that were NEVER used /assembled in their original boxes ... Couple grand in my pocket after eBay fees (hopefully)

[@thubprint]

Whoa, nice! Fingers crossed for you buddy 👌

[@k.mihalic8945]

You’re so adorable!

[@thubprint]

Thank you!! ☺️

[@numismaticstacker]

Your making big money now!

[@thubprint]

If only I could keep it going, haha!

[@numismaticstacker]

@@thubprint i want to kindly ask you if you have a day job and do this scraping on the side? I'm a paint contractor and I buy and sell coins on the side with a KZbin channel as well. Side money is always good.

[@numismaticstacker]

@@thubprint i also have my kid watch you because I like you don't swear and you show positive motivation. My son and I on occasion will scrap things and I take to the recycling center and give the cash to my son. Keep it up

[@pederlindstrom3132]

Hello Thub, Sweden here again. I also get some pickups with things that I have no Idea what it is,, a few weeks ago I got a Photospectrometer?? That was a good load for you anyway. Stay safe and take care.

[@thubprint]

You got a photospectrometer?? I’ve seen AvE use his a lot and I still don’t really know what it is lol. I think they’re expensive tho.

[@empireofpeaches]

What a great haul. I looked up those chairs, how cool they are so adjustable. No wonder people love them. The market should be good as so many people are working from home, right? Enjoy your burger

[@thubprint]

That’s what I’m hoping!! 😁

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

It's very exciting getting a new contact - you never know where it could lead! And well scored on the chairs man! 👏👏

[@thubprint]

Heck yeahhhhh 😁

[@jeffswartek7356]

Awesome haul!!!! That sounds like a great contact. Keep grinding.

[@thubprint]

You got it!

[@Wackedgaming]

Awesome haul!! That's one thing about oil and gas they almost never reuse stuff.

[@thubprint]

I’m pretty stoked overall 😊

[@ryantimmins9479]

I've actually had office chairs like that. Very ergonomic and high end. Great find, Thub and great new scrap contact.

[@chucklitecky2181]

Do move fast on the Herman Miller chairs, the Wall Street Journal had an article on them being much in demand but there is a big time used office furniture company with a warehouse full of them.

[@thubprint]

Hot tip, thank you!

[@wnytrashtrucks]

They do look like they would be useful boxes. But one of the things I don't have any use right this minute but they would be useful. But the Stainless is a better price than here my yard is 25 cents a pound and has been for a while.

[@thubprint]

I bet you run into the same problem all the time right? Stuff that could probably be useful someday, but right here right now all it does is take up space.

[@wnytrashtrucks]

@@thubprint Me not so much. My brother has kept a lot of different things we have found for projects.

[@yorkshiremonkey7576]

Great results Thub , but , what were the glow plug things made of and was there any value ?

[@thubprint]

Yeah, I tried to show it on the footage but I wasn’t sure. They were mostly iron but a small bit of copper and about 25% nickel. I wasn’t able to sell them right then because they were super busy but he offered a little over $1/lb for them.

[@holliday72889]

It's a nichrome alloy. They're used for a lot of heating elements, because they can be heated and cooled over and over without becoming brittle and breaking, even whenr eally thin.

[@josinora]

Hi fantastic scarp pile. At 8:16 it is a Isotherm "magneticic stirrer with integrated heating plate". At 0:56 in is a "ultrasound cleaner" The other was a scale that can weigt very percise uo to 4 digits after the comma. All this stuff was used in chemical laboratories. You should wear good chemical resistant gloves. - just in case - to avoid contermination, even all this is dry. Before sraprun may be it is better to remove the labes or make the labes unrecognizable. Blessings and stay safe

[@thubprint]

All excellent points, thank you for being here and pointing those out! I wish the scale and stirrer were functional, but I’ll buy one if I ever need them I suppose.

[@Thelostgoldhunters]

I used to be a showroom manager at Hermann Miller, nothing they sold was cheap...

[@maxsmith8196]

Chemistry youtubers jealous hehe

[@thubprint]

I bet lol! I feel like there’s a lot of things I could’ve done with these devices. Like I said though, the problem is space

[@KnifeDetector]

Careful bud, don't take home anything radioactive.

[@BraleJunior]

You mean like in the Goiania accident? :)

[@livvyweimar7362]

Just curious if they were able to identify the metal?

[@thubprint]

Yup! I thought I showed it? He didn’t have a name for it but it’s mostly nickel

[@lorand-edmondiszlai9416]

you can create a very nice mechanical furniture :D this are the drawers

[@thubprint]

Ohh, that would have been really cool!

[@johnmcdonald2090]

Nice, but since from a lab, is the any residue that could be harmful to you? Should you have ppe on?

[@thubprint]

I hope not lol The only thing I was wondering about was the silicon dust from the refractory material. I’m sure it isn’t good!

[@gregwelch389]

Nice windshield

[@thubprint]

😅

[@zartan7779]

So what happened with the glow plug item ?

[@isaiahwinter4617]

I just did my first scrap run and made like $12 but that wasn’t to bad

[@thubprint]

It’s a solid start! My first scrap run was an aluminium bumper bar, back when I was working in a body shop. Got me $7, lol

[@StevesMachines]

What was the deal with the heater element thingies?

[@thubprint]

Well the X-ray said they were about 25% nickel, and the boss estimated they could pay around $1/lb. the head office was closed at that point though so I wasn’t able to sell them that day.

[@StevesMachines]

@@thubprint Cool

[@stuartsmg1]

I would have been willing to buy several of those stainless cases for more than you scrapped them for

[@thubprint]

Oh I know, it’s such a bummer sometimes to destroy this stuff. He clearly said to scrap them though, so that’s what I said I’d do.

[@Zephieish]

What did you get for the little rod thingys?

[@thubprint]

I didn’t actually get to sell them because they’re an “exotic” material. They needed to call the big shop in Toronto to get a price and Toronto was already closed. The boss man said $1.something /lb before he went for lunch tho.

[@sarmak87]

8:33 looks like a external hdd.

[@joelbextermueller7148]

Keep some for ammo cans

[@coffeebuzzz]

Those stainless boxes are worth way more than scrap. Probably a grands worth at least.

[@thubprint]

Oh no doubt. Breaks my heart sometimes.

[@MissCanadian]

Happy Thanksgiving

[@thubprint]

You too! Guess I already said that lol. Happy thanksgiving to you in particular!

[@xw6968]

You make more money out of the things as they are, online then the metal of it. I think some makers would pay nice money for the boxes and for the blocks to make thing on a metal lathe of. Would look into that if you want to make a bit more money.

[@thubprint]

Very true. I don’t think the alu blocks were solid, but the boxes probably would have been great for a lot of things.

[@travisnichols2485]

Refractory matieral like fire bricks maybe? Definitely cud use them friend

[@sean45642]

nice scale

[@thubprint]

😁 it’s a great piece I’m happy to have!

[@jneutra1]

Were those plugs worth anything?

[@thubprint]

About $1/lb. didn’t sell them this trip though, so I’ll save them for a video on “exotics”

[@Red9GearHeads]

Those are great thermo electrical generators. 750milliamps likely.

[@thubprint]

What would I do with one?

[@Red9GearHeads]

thubprint. It’s called a thermopile. You add current and it heats up. So in reverse if you heat the end it outputs current to the leads. If you hooked several up in series?.... maybe parallel... anywho then used something like the sun, or a wood stove to heat the ends you could generate a usable current to charge a battery. So long and short. When the zombies take over you’ll be able to charge your phone with a small fire. One of few people who can still play candy crush during the apocalypse.

[@juschris7416]

Bro ,what about your friends,and fellow scrappers from the USA...We like to be shouted out too!

[@thubprint]

I’d never forget you guys!

[@jayclement8426]

Should have sold the cases on eBay, they are worth £70-£90 each.

[@thubprint]

Maybe, but I was asked not to

[@bane9263]

Ur scrap prices are close to mine weres ur scrap yard at

[@thubprint]

I’m in Calgary, so those are CAD prices

[@jameslavery6216]

Whenever offered warning about refuse as such, the first danger to consider is radiation, lead, etc.

[@johno1544]

Science teacher vibe, case with Meth Blue on it hmmmmm. Canada Walter White.

[@fredlal]

u ever though of having a geiger counter incase some of that stuff was radioative ?

[@thubprint]

That would be cool to have!

[@FireworksFreak8008]

The reason all the boxes are stainless is that the kits are for dealing with materials that are corrosive to normal steel and the boxes if there all complete there worth like $ 6200 amerikan dollars each in canadian idk but there expensive as fock

[@thubprint]

Oh they were definitely pricy, they were all custom fabricated! I had no idea the number was THAT high though, that’s crazy.

[@henryk1031]

Dang I only get .30 cents for stainless in the states.

[@thubprint]

Sure, but that’s 0.30 USD. I’m getting paid in Monopoly money out here 😆

[@PulseRELOADED]

Mr thub Are you on ig ? I need your help fixing a Ryobi pressure washer sir

[@thubprint]

I have no idea how to fix pressure washers lol! Mines spraying out of both ends, I think the cheap plastic ends are cracked.

[@killjoy987987]

275

[@pyrogreg07]

Bet it woulda costed him 40grand to dispose of it properly.. because trace potential elements or things in them 😂

[@thubprint]

Oooo, I wonder! I guess I’m saving him a lot of money while making a bit myself? Maybe.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

I had 40 pounds of extruded aluminum in truck step rails. And they gave me sheet because they were oversized

[@thubprint]

Yeah, I’ve been hit by that before too.. 40lbs is only a couple bucks difference but I’d probably chop them in half next time

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

@@thubprint Yeah it’s only a couple bucks on this run but they did it to me when I found the door tracks that were being replaced to the apartment complex near my house they have over 200 to 300 apartments and I ended up with 760 pounds of extruded and they put it as sheet which was an $l80-100$ difference

[@johnleinen9409]

Walter white and Jessie would know what these are for.

[@thubprint]

😄

[@bonniejolliffe9858]

You are not a dork!

[@stevendale7658]

Was it Walter white thub ??

[@ronisaarinen8526]

How did you get 3k worth of chairs for 150😳😳😳😳

[@thubprint]

Right place right time! 😁 After inspecting them closely though there were bits and pieces that needed replacement, when all was said and done I assembled and sold two good chairs. Still a big win!

[@josephrogers6010]

I am not a panda😁

[@thubprint]

Well hello to you as well then! 😊

[@jimothyblumberg3854]

There was no laser. There was an X Ray and you were standing in it's path

[@SaulGoodman926]

is ur client walter white 😭😭

[@sandrapeterson9356]

Do y’all have to pay sales tax and income tax

[@thubprint]

Of course! I keep a record of all my various income sources, but I also get to write off vehicle useage etc. Sales tax is pretty low here in Alberta tho.

[@ScienceFoundation]

You would've done better selling them as containers

[@thubprint]

Oh no doubt, those things are expensive as heck. Unfortunately that wasn’t the agreement I had with the outfit who gave them to me 👍

[@ScienceFoundation]

@@thubprint Yeah I posted that before I got to that part in the video.

[@glasshalfempty1984]

Oh god, overpriced chairs. I can't stand how much some of those chairs cost. There's no excuse at all. And idiots will pay so much money for them. That's a win for you at the expense of some moron. I know I sound very bitter but overpriced products is one is my pet peeves and an even bigger one is people that defend those overpriced products and say it's worth it. Smh. Anyway, that's an awesome find and happy for you!

[@thubprint]

I don’t disagree with you, there are way too many products that are expensive just for the sake of being expensive. I sold them at a pretty low price so I’m not losing any sleep! Though I kept one for myself and I gotta say, for someone who works at a desk a good chair is absolutely a worthwhile investment. The technology has been copied since they started though and you can definitely get the same results for a couple hundred bucks now. But the 12yr warranty was pretty cool, I had all the parts replaced and it’s basically brand new now! If I get to a point where I need money fast, I can sell it off pretty quickly for a decent chunk of cash.

[@Thatgaycoincollector]

Hi

[@thubprint]

Hello!