Scrapping a Dryer for Copper and Aluminum

[@adamthomas3935]

I love the recycled motor mount bracket idea! I'm going to try it out. Thanks for sharing your tips 😊

[@Okiescrapper]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for stopping by

[@huckstirred7112]

I just discovered the holy grail of scrap .A scrap yard 20 minutes from my house went out of business during covid . .They hauled of 90 percent of it but took a dozer and covered a large percentage of it with a dozer .Just walk around and pick up .money .I had a truck full , bed level . All clean no steel cast aluminum loaded like gravel . .Wire looms and copper sticking out of the ground ..I just hauled home a transformer "aluminum "so heavy i could only roll it over . Pieces of stainless steel 50 pound pieces .if not ran over by a dozer would be worth a lot . Damn there is a lot there and been working it over for over 3 months ," truck load 1-2 times a month " and haven't touched half of it

[@Okiescrapper]

nice and it is close

[@gaildeckant267]

Met a gardener a while back that uses a concrete mixer to make compost. Makes turning over easy.

[@Okiescrapper]

a woman down the road from me had a aquatic plant greenhouse and she would use a cement mixer to mix her soil for potting plants

[@rakuoanelabanelawrence1504]

I like it when the pump is copper and the motors obviously 😂😂😂

[@BushDogScrapper]

like #50 Cheers Okie that dryer was loaded with goodies I got 1 to tear down I like that they make for a great place to fill with shred after to!

[@Okiescrapper]

I have found a gold neckless in one dryer and a gold ring in another, and sometimes you get a jackpot of change

[@BushDogScrapper]

@@Okiescrapper nice score Okie

[@bryan4204U]

I very much enjoy watching/learning from your videos. I never have "scrapped" but do have access to old equipment here and there and think id enjoy it. Id love a tutorial on deciphering different metals. I can tell copper and aluminum for the most part but is there tin, brass or other metals worth scrapping and to find out what these metals are visually, by a magnet or ? would be really interesting. Have a great day! And again...great videos 🙂.

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks for stopping by Bryan, I may have to do a video on that soon

[@bigcountryscrapper6885]

Great video

[@Okiescrapper]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Nice, video love the donkey baying in background. 😎😎

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks, that is the neighbors donkey

[@johnkranz4004]

Nice job

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks!

[@saturdaynightbobchannel]

Will you be scrapping out the old cars on your channel Al? Would be good to watch even if it's over a few episodes on here would be great to watch!

[@Okiescrapper]

yes, I can do that.

[@saturdaynightbobchannel]

Thank you

[@christopherzweerink176]

Soke the rinch in viniger over nite the rust will go away. Then coat in light oil like wd40 .

[@josephcormier5974]

Yes sir that's the Way I do them also have you found a dryer or washer motor that is copper I have never found one excellent video great content thank you for sharing five stars brother

[@Okiescrapper]

some of the old dryer motors were copper, and I just did a washer motor video that is copper with the yellow stripes on the motor label. some of the new washers have copper motors. but not many

[@edchlarson4547]

i like your channel, i have learned a lot thank you. another question please. i have a lot of vintage chromed car parts, i think they are zinc, but they are chrome plated. any problem melting with the chrome? thank you for your quick responses.

[@Okiescrapper]

I am not sure about melting chrome, may have to google that one, I use copper sulfate to test for zinc, get some zep root killer at home depot, it is copper sulfate, take one tsp. per spray bottle, grind the aluminum if it turns dark it is zinc, if no reaction it it cast aluminum. Thanks for the sub

[@edchlarson4547]

i see your video on melting aluminum, can you melt aluminum with a coating like the dryer aluminum?

[@Okiescrapper]

yes I have melted motors with aluminum wire in them

[@edchlarson4547]

have you melted the white coated aluminum panels like the dryer panels

[@Okiescrapper]

no I just sell them as is, I mainly melt dirty cast aluminum breakage

[@maeflorogario3733]

Hello again🥰🥰🥰

[@Okiescrapper]

Hello, thanks for stopping by

[@richardroyles1423]

God bless

[@Okiescrapper]

Thank you Richard

[@OkieEntrepreneur]

Do you know of any scrap yards that pay more than shred for brake rotor’s?

[@Okiescrapper]

brake rotors should go for short iron price, unless they have a category for them, but should still pay more then shred, I would call around, they may have a minimum weight

[@lawrencelipon8673]

👍👍

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks for stopping by

[@peterdidonato1590]

Have you ever thought of stripping it from the bottom up? Cut the four corners of the sides from the bottom up and work with it that way question mark

[@Okiescrapper]

haven't thought about doing it that way, it may work well.

[@oreesama22]

that's one old dryer machine, i can tell lol. just opened a samsung the other day and the way to open it was from the front

[@Okiescrapper]

some of them are very different. it may make it easier for the repair man to work on it

[@SilverScorpion]

Great video

[@Okiescrapper]

Thanks for the visit