$14,000 Worth Of Copper Wire Stripped With The Copper King

[@brandonGCHACHU]

I had forgotten how heavy copper was. I used to scrap back in 2006 to support my one year old Daughter. She lived alone with me and scrapping was the one way I could make money without having to pay a daycare. She would ride with me everywhere, picking up scrap, going to the scrap yard etc. Did what I had to do to make sure she had diapers and formula lol. Good times and I will forever have respect when I see a scrapper at their hustle.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thats awesome! 👊

[@dougboudreau1227]

You are the man. I was exited for my largest scrap run ever at 2400. 550 lbs of #2. Then I watch your videos and it puts me back in my place. Keep em coming always learn stuff watching your content.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, Keep hustling and you will get some big scores 👍👊

[@GAZ87YORKSHIRESALT]

Hey, it's not the quality that matters it's the si............ It was worth a try! To be fair, not many can compete with their shop but Keep doing what you're doing big fella.

[@Eggugat]

im getting all my scrap together now. got a pile of wire the size of a 2 door tahoe, and 15 barrels of brass copper and dirty copper. expecting 25k+ cant wait. gonna buy myself a low mileage OBS

[@FunFiction704]

where do you find this

[@dougboudreau1227]

@@FunFiction704 purchased transformers from an electrician.

[@cijil169]

Nothing like starting the day with coffee and the Copper King shredding through thousands of pounds of copper. Awesome!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👍

[@tubesocktv69]

He probably pinched off a turd while watching this

[@russiachinanorthkoreastatetv]

Yea especially at 1am…that’s really starting the day!

[@جميلدنيف]

Hello, I work in copper, how much is a kilo of copper in blackmail?

[@جميلدنيف]

​@@ProjectShopFlHello I work in the copper field how many kilos of copper in your country

[@beegekhaos3171]

I wanted to diversify my my subscription feed and recommended feed. I grew up across the street from a scrap yard and found it fascinating. So that's how I found my way here. This is frickin cool to watch. I appreciate you sharing it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👊

[@winfordnettles3292]

Almost made me cry, seeing you chop up that big wire! I stripped out some 2000 mcm by hand a while back. Was a lot of work, but, the return on my investment of time and labor was appreciated.

[@ProjectShopFl]

It was damaged wire.

[@theshawdows]

Man I've been scraping for about 15 yrs this is so cool

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@davidblevins9513]

Remember the show Scrappers?

[@ako5bcv]

That machine is worth it weight in gold 💪🙏

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes! I love that machine. 👊👍

[@richardstevens8509]

Sorry I've been hitting Miss with comments but glad to be back and glad to see you kicking ass till

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@TimberTramp]

Good for you for helping!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@theonewhowas7709]

hard work ALWAYS pays off in the end

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! All I do is work hard. lol

[@bbzecker5921]

wow! That's pretty satisfying to watch! :)

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@jeanlawson9133]

I used to strip the cable that ran the equipment in the Coal Mine back in the 70's up in the hills of Virginia... Love too have some of that now with today's price...we would squat a Chevy ton truck....

[@ProjectShopFl]

Nice!

[@goldhunter9641]

Here in southern WV our copper right now that is bare bright copper prices are $4.07 a pound the last time I was there a month ago and vehicles with engines and transmissions and without tires and a hole in the gas tank is only paying eight dollars on 100 pounds but appliances have dropped down to seven dollars per hundred pounds and number one copper is $3.87 a pound, Along with yellow brass paying two dollars a pound and red brass pays $2.20 a pound which is normal Pricing on both types of brass over the past three years here

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for sharing

[@markrice3502]

its great too see the copper king at work making that money ha ha ha i enjoy all the great videos you post thanks for shareing and will watch the live feed too

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 👍

[@l6n_540]

I don't know how it is in the USA, but in Germany there are several types of copper at the scrap dealer. The dark/burnt copper is “Kupfer Kanal” for 4-5€ a kilo and the shiny, almost new copper is Kupfer Millberry for 7-8€ a kilo. We sort it very carefully to make more profit.

[@l6n_540]

Is it exactly the same in the USA?

[@ProjectShopFl]

It is supposed to be separated but I get away with a lot at my yard. Also the price would only be .10 cents difference not dollars

[@rallyefilmer]

the burnt stuff is mostly lightly oxidiced Copper, its a shame they pay so much less for it in germany, because its just on the top, its protects the deeper copper from oxidicing.

[@craigdutton6072]

That’s some serious scrapping ❤

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@BlackSheep_216]

That wire stripper is awesome!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you It is highly modded from the original machine

[@charliezxi]

Just as an observation, the piece that was scraped up was maybe installed that way, as you can see that copper has a lot of oxidation,turning the copper dark. You can see it at 12:12 as it comes through the stripper.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@jacobhiatt3307]

Damn, starting to strip it at 1AM, dude putting in some damn hard work!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@AndrewBrown-g4i]

He was geeked off meth. 1 am is usually when a tweaker does his best work 😂😂

[@gcr1]

No sleeping in the metals game. 😂

[@barrylangstaff5727]

Awesome video tons of copper 🙏👍🏻

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👍

[@danielson101]

Very Cool!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👊

[@EricScrapping4Dinidog]

Man you’re big time! Good stuff!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@noneyabeeswax3200]

I was going to save this content til tomorrow because I’m getting tired but then I saw Steve was going to be the special guest this week so I just had to watch😊 I think me and you have the same sleep thing going on,I stay awake until I’m tired then I go to sleep then wake up like whenever then do the same thing again,my sleep schedule is constantly in flux I don’t do alarms or hardly even clocks unless I need to get to the scrapyard

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for watching. I need to get on a regular scedual I have too much work to do. lol

[@MLUTHE75]

Why is this so satisfying lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

Copper is always satisfying. lol

[@manuelparrondo8715]

Good work for inspiring ,

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@leechjim8023]

You got the jaws of life!!!😮

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes! They are awesome for scrapping.

[@cappaman2058]

Sweet score CK

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👊

[@Harry-gb2tr]

Great video Derek. Steve was such an old woman about lifting the donut lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

He did not like the creaking sounds coming from the lift. lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

@Couchtripper Definitely got to stay on your toes around here.

[@jessieorr7321]

Great video 😀have a great weekend 😀

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks same to you! 👍

[@Peter-c8z]

Respect to u my man £400 double to £800 that money will do a lot of good stuff for the church & community my man

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@stephenlittle7534]

Wow. As an old ex electrician. In my younger day. I have stripped a few by hand. On many many building sites. 😅😅😊😊. Looking at your machine. All i could see was money money money. Flashing passed my eyes. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 Thanks for watching

[@Jack_of_1_Trade]

That machine is a beast!! I have so much wire, but nothing close to that size. The largest I have right now is 2awg. And a ton of 12 & 14 gauge

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, sounds like a nice haul.

[@Jack_of_1_Trade]

@@ProjectShopFl it’s very tedious work. All the little wires. I see you ripping through finger sized wires. I feel like a 🦧, buts it’s free money from work scraps.

[@russiachinanorthkoreastatetv]

@@Jack_of_1_Tradepay some kid to do all that & tell him you’ll give him a cut of the money . Also if it’s small hold onto it until prices are at highs then haul it in. Copper prices are going to go up ALOT the next 1_3 years

[@tpp4007]

Dang, that’s good money

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👍

[@robertross2219]

good work guys

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@bcboyy]

nice copper score!!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@BlackSheep_216]

Bruh that was a lick😮You are a G!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@gammerr82]

I solar panel I had 90 of them I got good money for them with all the number two copper was a quick. Best thing I got ever was the copper shiper

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍👍👍

[@desertweasel6965]

I've got a lot, a LOT of scrap wire so much that I haven't even messed with it. I've got scrap in every room from 750 down to #12 THHN. I saw one of these big strippers at a foundry I put high bay lights in. It stopped working and they wanted me to fix it, but the motor was gone. I offered to buy it and they didn't want to sell instead they scraped the entire machine.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow! That's kinda how I got my machine it was broke I paid $250 for it and had it fixed in 30 minutes,.

[@desertweasel6965]

@@ProjectShopFl awesome, the guy was almost going to sell it to me I don't know why he changed his mind. I have a motor here I could have used, but with no reverse option which you really kind of need.

[@laurentlelouer7341]

Nice video, it makes me dream of stripping cable like that but I only have small ones to do.

[@GAZ87YORKSHIRESALT]

You and I both, I'm having to start stripping due to Bidenflation/Bidenomics but In a Club that has stripper pole signs out front............. 😂😂😂

[@ProjectShopFl]

Heep hustling.

[@paulcoenen7918]

Gotta love it when you're neighbors star t leaving you surprise scrap metal 😅 My neighbor left me some lastweek including about 10 pounds of solid clean brass.👍

[@ProjectShopFl]

Nice! Some of the mechanic neighbors leave me scrap all the time.

[@faraway3032]

"This thing will pick up 4000 pounds". "No it wont". Lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍👍👍

[@Motorizedstuff]

We used to go in a power plant and cut the cables and weigh them in we used to get £14000 a night 3 nights a week done it for like 2 months straight shared between 3or us was easy money

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow!

[@Motorizedstuff]

​@ProjectShopFl I won't do it again naughty lmao 🤣

[@RyanMurphy-sp6gd]

It's good money lol

[@sonnyjs15]

Strippin aint easy 💃🏻

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@HardKnocksTime]

What a beautiful problem to have! Lucky as hell bro!!! I wish man!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👍👊

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Projects Shop FL & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool Project Shop & Friends Randy

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks Randy 👍

[@rickstewart9716]

Great video.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@greekgods3399]

love it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👍

[@mackieent3100]

damn that's a nice pull

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@hubertanderson7044]

I believe if my Copper King was making me that kind of money I would keep it in great working order . I’ve got 2 ton of clean copper right now and I’d say 40 loads of scrap but way too cheap to be hauling it in . I’m not giving it to them ro hard to get and come by but when prices do go back up I’ve got the mother load

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow!

[@RyanMurphy-sp6gd]

What's your address lol 😂

[@martynielsen55]

Get an electric chain fall and use/make trolley system to got outside to load and unload

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@gerryjamieson1861]

First time viewer. Decent video. I'd have to say that you definitely need to rethink the space, or lack of space, you have to do the work efficiently. Always ways to improve what we have how we work. Work smarter, not harder.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@murlbailer3755]

Always an adventure brother ✌️.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👊

[@mdouglaswray]

The Copper King RULES. Damn. That thing's a monstah

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👍

[@Erick_The_Green]

lol watching you cut those cables for scrap when my company just spent thousands on new cables.

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂 The wire was damaged. They pulled it in and it failed the ring test so they pulled it out 2 times. lol

[@johnnorris1227]

Why you mixing the bare bright with the burnt??? Unless your yard is different than mine they are 2 different prices.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Makes no difference at my yard.

[@righttobeararmsetc.8492]

Is it really that heavy wow

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes!

[@randywissler9923]

Damn that is one killer stripper!!! Ive got the bottom end Stripmeister that uses a cordless drill as the power. But i would live to have a setup like yours.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@ElectronicWasteExplorers]

Nice payday brother 👍😉

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks 👍

[@midnightmarauder5178]

You're partner as fast as a lightning bolt😂

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@jumpinjojo]

*Your

[@samarhmin3747]

Each cut of those thick coppers are worth 24 case of beer

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@gdsstudio974]

Could use a rolling gantry to drive the trailer under. Overall easier to manage as well.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes that would work well.

[@davidjohnkillingback8803]

im not sure if you mentioned it but at 14 mins into the video you have a big pile of plastic sheathing , have you tried putting it through a garden chipper..? is it recyclible,,?

[@ProjectShopFl]

It goes right in a dumpster.

[@АлександрТекутьев-к6и]

Greetings from Moscow, Russia. Your workshop is very well equipped technically. The Nuxs and the machine are impressive. I also do a little bit of copper. At prices in Moscow, you would get $15,500. You guys are handsome, you earn hard work, and you don't steal like niggas. Glory to the working people all over the world!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow! Thanks! 👍

[@pincheguerro]

this man had me drooling, my dream is to open a recycling plant and a free animal hospital.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Nice! lol

[@chrisbuhneing3194]

I watched a guy that used a wire stripper pretty close to this one, only thing is I also watched the thing strip the skin from his finger tip to his collar bone.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Dang!

[@marctodd8531]

Hi Derek. I just love watching you tweak the Copper King machine. Something about watching the donuts get huge. I can't wait for you to rebuild the Copper King and get your forklift up and running. Then you will be moving at Mach 1. Steve looks like a dwarf next to the second donut. Not a cut. I know he is pretty tall. You guys get more accomplished between midnight and 5:00 AM than people working all day. Favorite channel ever. I miss it when you aren't on. Regards, Marc P.S. What happened to the Estwing "transformer" hammer?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, I still have the transformer hammer in the shop somewhere. lol

[@meesbiemond3800]

That beard is awesome!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@bettymorgan4909]

Oooh that railing would have looked good in a garden.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I made a bunch of them

[@Crimetvuk]

10:41 how comes you cut them up? Wouldn’t it be easier and faster to run them through as is?

[@ProjectShopFl]

It would be faster to run through the machine but would be a nightmare handling long lengths on the back side. It makes life easier for the guy on the back side. That wire is really heavy.

[@jfeezee]

Who needs sleep when you got wire😉

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@LeonHawkins-w3x]

Honestly, your the boss...but I just want to know how and where I can get....maybe buy some of those highly qualified copper wiring. I'm pretty sure it takes money.....just to make money. Anyways, I'm all for it....making money is my priority

[@ProjectShopFl]

I buy it from electrical contractors.

[@beerandbrat]

@@ProjectShopFl i just found this post so you can ignore my earlier comment. thanks for the video

[@PhilipRomeo69]

Awesome job bro great payday

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thank you!

[@ogreunderbridge5204]

The heap of insulations (mostly PVC?) ought to be perfectly reuseable remelting material. Will anyone pay you for it ?

[@ProjectShopFl]

No one will buy it in flo8

[@Casual-Gambler]

Where do you get a shredder machine like that?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Online. I got this one used but I've modded it.

[@DeanG55]

Is there something wrong with me? I can sit here and watch you strip copper out of the wire, all day long!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Nope! Perfectly normal. lol Thanks for watching.

[@D4m4g3d]

i wish i could find 20-30ft of that stuff. oh the fun i could have making things.

[@ProjectShopFl]

The 600 mcm is hard to come by

[@ryanjohnson8340]

With how much time you are spending handling material it really seems like you should probably just get your own forklift. Right now the market is kinda saturated with them from the yellow freight auctions. You can probably pick one up right now for fairly cheap

[@bettymorgan4909]

He has one that needs to be put back together. I think he has all the parts?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks I will keep an eye out.

[@dariajordan4541]

I'm searching for a industrial stripper, been looking at Coppermine 520, Blue dog 100, and CSX-2010 and suggestions?

[@ProjectShopFl]

The scrap yard I sell to has a new Blue Dog it work great. I have not seen the others but I like the Coppermine

[@JohnnyBuck-c6o]

Where did u get all of this it looks like some would be useable

[@ProjectShopFl]

I got it from an electrical contractor. It was damaged and failed a ring test so they had to pull it out.

[@davidbofin2658]

Sorry I don't have the means to be able to donate but i really appricate your content, viewing from County SLIGO Ireland 🇮🇪 🇺🇦🤠🚲📷✍

[@ProjectShopFl]

All good my friend I appreciate you just watching 👍👊

[@ericstrunck3611]

red gold

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍👍👍

[@fuzzytrukpy1224]

where do you go to buy those wires you picked up? the ones youre stripping

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractor.

[@collinp4607]

For all the copper I used to throw out years ago .. I'd be rich lol.. I don't throw it out no more

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thats funny I was a concrete cutter for 10 years before I started recycling and I cut so much cable and copper pipe and never knew how much it was worth.

[@Brexyt_F]

Do you get less for burnt copper than bright and shiny?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Some places will give you less my place usually takes it.

[@ralofamgoon6752]

Mcm is going for 2.70 a pound in Colorado

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow! 3.60 in Miami this week

[@RyanMurphy-sp6gd]

Awesome pay day

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks!

[@samarhmin3747]

That’s a lot of separation lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍👍👍👍

[@chrisgoodrich8987]

Where in the world do you buy this wire? From municipalities? Tradesmen?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractors.

[@shop2247]

Nice!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks! 👍👊

[@BuiltToLast98]

How do you even acquire this kind of wire

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractors. This particular wire was pulled in and got chafed then failed inspection and had to be pulled out.

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

@@ProjectShopFl They sold all that for the $130 you got for the steel? That's like winning the lottery!

[@AdamW-tx]

I bet this video hits 400k views.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I hope so. Thanks for stopping by the live stream. 👊

[@JamesSampson-n3r]

I learned that my yard paid 0.60 for 1,000 feet pure copper coax insulated so I’m stripping the other on I have

[@ProjectShopFl]

Wow!

[@anthonyrusso6975]

How did you estimate the wires wieght so you make money how did you know how much to pay them that's where really where you make your money is the estimation and how long will it take you to get your money out of it. Because you can end up losing money if you paid too much but I guess it comes with experience. Very interesting to watch. I also scrap but on a much smaller scale than you. God bless you. Keep doing the videos

[@ProjectShopFl]

I buy by the LB going off local market pricing.

[@richarddiaz9008]

Hey I was wondering did you buy the wire from a private seller or was it a place to get it?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractor

[@luisfernando-mm3jt]

Nice work...where do you get that

[@ProjectShopFl]

Electrical contractors.

[@Famy-bc4ri]

How did you get these wires ? Did you buy them or recycled them?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I buy them from electrical contractors.

[@Famy-bc4ri]

@@ProjectShopFl Thanks nice work

[@michaelwillcutt2619]

Be nice to get a few loads like that an should be able to in Huntsville Alabama

[@ProjectShopFl]

Good luck! 👍

[@PR-nq4dt]

Do you get paid the same for the darker copper than the shiny one?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes I get the same. But technically its #1 copper and should be separated

[@dwaynefowler7093]

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START FIXING YOUR FORK LIFT ? OR ARE YOU GOING TO BUY ONE?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Soon.

[@EPICC0MAND0]

I gotta ask where do you even buy that much wire and still turn a profit like that?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I buy from electrical contractors and sell to an exporter.