Scrap Metal Recycling - Biggest Water Heater Ever!

Had a truck full of appliances from the house to scrap today, so we got rid of those quick and easy to make space for a small gift from a friend: the biggest hot water heater I've ever had for scrapping!
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[@thubprint]

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[@stevesrt8]

i thought you were gonna put it in reverse and hit the brakes lol. would have been a perfect unload. Cheers Thub

[@thubprint]

Ohhh that’s a much better idea! Next time 😉

[@saltyassassins5816]

I would have laughed so hard if thubprint would have done it. I think I would have pissed myself.

[@angryblacksmith7675]

@@saltyassassins5816 let's the salt flow Reeeeeeeeee

[@stevesrt8]

@@angryblacksmith7675 Hello Angry. lol

[@benhumphregys3087]

Wow that was a big boy !

[@yorkshiremonkey7576]

Thought you were gonna have to get the crane to lift that heater off the truck 😂😂 As ever , hi to Wub and greetings to you all from Yorkshire, England .

[@kevink.2719]

Yes another video

[@madelinerose5326]

Scrapping with Grandpa is a great resource. He recycles everything now except TVs. Be safe

[@trasieinkersole491]

That was fun. Thanks. ❤️

[@laurabennettyoutube]

$ 81 total. Nice! I'm glad there was a forklift. It's neat to see how your process evolves.

[@jonathanlee5026]

I love you thub

[@thubprint]

😆💙 thx John

[@ansehorste5974]

grüsse aussem ruhrpott. and late but not to late. happy new year.

[@dr.a006]

Haha! Describing that video game made me laugh. Reminded me of the Monty Python movie, “…She’s got HUGE…tracts of land!”

[@thubprint]

That was basically what I had in mind lol

[@deniecebyrd7960]

Thank you. Have a great day.

[@bigredbullion3883]

Great video

[@scrappingadventures290]

Awesome, this is going to be great, water heaters have good value 👍👍😃

[@thubprint]

I was pretty happy with what that single one ended up being!

[@adamdaley8090]

What??? A Saturday morning video? Is it my bday?...no. What a treat to enjoy with my coffee and attitude adjuster.

[@thubprint]

😆👍

[@mollynakamori]

I love the short videos, and this one isn't a disappointment at all. Each one doesn't have to be a cinematic achievement, Mr. Director. Weird Al's, "Livin' with a Hernia," came to mind there. Thanks for the Saturday morning treat!

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

I'm quite happy with the shorter format Thub! 👍😊 We get quite a few older electric hot water units in country Australia with copper cylinders - usually from old house renovations where the original units were left in the roof space when they were replaced. They are great payers as you'd imagine! 😁

[@marthashipman9010]

I was excited to see a Saturday video. This old woman enjoys your stuff long or short.

[@thubprint]

Thank you! I’m just doing my best over here lol

[@trench124]

Short.. sweet what more do you need? You coming up with regular good content even if it's not 45 minutes long. It takes you time to edit and post so that's less time you're out collecting and making money. No complaints here keep up the good work bud. Even had some motor and wire goodie bits 👍

[@thubprint]

Thanks for understanding! I’m aiming to get all my housekeeping in order at the start of the year and that takes time of course

[@darrenshields1522]

Keep some small pipes in truck and use them as rollers under tank. I do that for the heavy stuff

[@thubprint]

Ooo that would work great! I’d still need to be clever to get the thing into the truck by myself

[@benhumphregys3087]

At the game scene you say “ I’ll be fast I promise! “ why I like seeing you in different aspects your entertaining dude it’s not all about the scrap it’s cool to see into your life your really interesting!

[@thubprint]

Thanks Ben! I wouldn’t even mention things like that if I didn’t think it would be fun for a couple people (myself included heh) but I do have to remember what brings people to my channel and not go too far into left field 😆👌

[@johnchristie1423]

When I have had those big ones to move, you roll them onto pallets and raise one level at a time on two different pallet stacks; till level with the tailgate. Use your head not your back. Short is good

[@coyotecustoms1316]

any time you get really old hot water heaters or just any old plumbing stuff always check the brass part no matter how small for red brass it's worth saving it up.

[@michaelsinclair8279]

Huge goodie bit!

[@jimmyhoneycutt1]

Nice video Thub, as usual. I keep wanting to say I admire your work ethic, but if you are having so much fun scrapping, (and so do I), is it really work? I guess I admire your having fun ethic.

[@johnchristie1423]

Ratch straps to cinch them out of the truck as well

[@lukelegg9915]

dragons crown is super fun! you'll love it! and short videos are great too, its always a fun time no matter the length

[@thubprint]

It’s been on my list for awhile 😊 I love vanillaware titles, muramasa and Odin sphere are absolute bangers

[@lukelegg9915]

@@thubprint most of them are super fun, hopefully you can find some more for such a nice price

[@muriaticacid7004]

Thumbs UP

[@ThePentadecagon]

im so sick of not getting your notifs man =.=

[@lorrainemcdonald7332]

Looks cold there. -12 in St John's Newfoundland today.

[@thubprint]

That’s not bad! It’s wet out there though so it always feels worse

[@lornekerzner5718]

I’m surprised, at our yard we have an entire area for ACs and Fridges, because by law we have to drain them. One of our employees is registered to do so. So customers bring them in undrained all the time but we ensure we drain them

[@gargalash9191]

the water heaters that have thermostats to set temps if they got a switch there's some nice silver contacts

[@thubprint]

Ooo, nice tip!

[@CruiserMac]

That was a behemoth of a hot water tank !

[@CopperKing]

as always very interesting, thanks for the video my friend🤗 I also recently mined 10 kilograms of copper, there is a video on my channel.

[@StellanLarsson]

I really want that cool Toyota fork lifter! For me scrappong all the way to the bottom of things. Water heaters can take half a day to get the isolation off. So they mosty make me feel stupid since just like you say, mostly steel. Perhaps som small hose but ofcause on the outside to see. You are wice just to let them go as scrap metal!

[@stevethescrounger6683]

Thub! Keep doing the Thing Bro, you're content is Awesome. Looks frosty up there in The Great White North! Have a good one Man

[@thubprint]

Thanks Steve! All the best to you too 👍

[@stevethescrounger6683]

@@thubprint thanks man, peace...

[@iffy9776]

Here in the UK we have copper storage heater which are slowly being replaced by combi boilers.

[@trench124]

UK here too. Finding a copper tank would be all you're Christmases come at once.Do you strip old combis? Ok not as good but still brings in the coin.

[@iffy9776]

@@trench124 yeah I have just stripped an old Worcester combi bolier. The new combi boiler more plastic that really tuff plastic and not much copper or brass, but i still like finding the combi boliers. There are still many houses with the copper storage unit about but with copper prices this good it hard to find a plumber willing to throw it away...

[@trench124]

@@iffy9776 yeah I know a couple of plumbers and sparkles been told it's not worth them cashing in as they have to have a waste carrier licence.

[@thubprint]

Never gotten my hands on one of those! They look conveniently small though, and must have a little bit of copper and brass involved

[@trench124]

@@thubprint they do but usually not much. More often its just pipe connections and values that are brass with a copper heating matrix inside

[@andrewcannon587]

I came for scrap video, i got a video game documentary :P J/K thub, it's all good :)

[@thubprint]

😆 I was pretty fast tho!

[@benhumphregys3087]

Daily uploads sounds like a good idea😉???????????

[@jonathanlee5026]

I don't think it could happen

[@thubprint]

I wish buddy haha 😆 I did that once, for a month. My personal life suffered big time, made no time for family and the video quality went way down by the end as well. I could probably do a better job these days with streamlining it but 7 days a week is a pretty tough thing to balance

[@jonathanlee5026]

@@thubprint completely understandable

[@tomitstube]

gonna have to start checking water heaters for copper coils, i broke my first one open to find steal, and have been doing the same thing as you ever since, taking them in just like i find them, well i do bang the brass fitting off the top, or any copper tubing still attached, like you said, not much to them.

[@vincedibona4687]

*steel

[@thubprint]

Exactly, if I find a super old looking one I’ll cut it open and have a look but for the most part I like them because they’re simple

[@tomitstube]

@@vincedibona4687 fixed it.

[@counterstrike2A]

oh man when i saw your title i had my fingers crossed that you found the golden goose of water heaters like i did the one that i found was made in 1971 and it was a commercial water heater so i think that's why i lucked out and pulled out over $500 of copper out of the inside of it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWmoo5WsmbRoiZY Heres the link if any of ur viewers/trash pandas wanna see what the holy grail of water heaters looks like! Keep up the great content THUB!! i still watch every video you put out keep doing the thing!! and hope you have a healthy and prosperous new year!!

[@thubprint]

Thanks my guy, I still have dreams about finding one of those myself haha!

[@counterstrike2A]

@@thubprint I got my fingers crossed for u it was a crazy coincidence I found it and tbh it was from that point on that I was transformed into a lifelong scrapper it's like an addiction now lol gotta scrap scrap scrap! . But hey that's okay at least it's an addiction that helps the environment and keeps trash that would otherwise end up in a landfill get recycled and reused. And any hobby that helps me justify an excuse to buy new power tools is fine by me LOL

[@CanadianTreasureHunter]

My biggest tank was 2200 pounds

[@thubprint]

Okay, WOW

[@ericprater4017]

When in doubt break the hammer/pry bar out! You have a very bad game addiction... says the guy with 3 piles of 79rpm records 3 feet high...I'm going to do something with them someday. I keep telling myself.

[@thubprint]

😆🤣 hey! Those records are an *investment!*

[@vincedibona4687]

Drake: “I need to set a good example…” Also Drake: _spends all profits on video games_ 🤣😂🤣

[@thubprint]

Hey I can sell them when I’m done!

[@ThePentadecagon]

also would highly suggest playing doom eternal and the latest dlc man! if you can handle the gore that is lol

[@thubprint]

I picked that one up on clearance for $10! Haven’t played it yet but I loved the 2016 one.

[@ikessul1429]

Steal can be the bread and butter some times

[@vincedibona4687]

*steel Steel is the meal!

[@thubprint]

I’ve definitely converted to appreciating the steel 😎

[@ikessul1429]

@@thubprint it definitely helps me I use to over look it till I did a clean up job and it was a eye opener too see... it helps well really any metal helps great video by the way buddy

[@LangSauce93]

Was that a 75gal? I hate pulling those out, so heavy

[@thubprint]

I have no idea what the capacity normally is but it sure was a beast! I imagine they make gigantic ones for some applications but this was certainly large by my standards

[@4squarebeast554]

Question how do you get the gas out of the system.

[@thubprint]

I’ve never had to do that, I just assume since the lines are open it’s empty

[@4squarebeast554]

@@thubprint o ya if they are already cut open then ya comment Spence would be that the gas is out. Did Not know that. Just curious.

[@kimphillips8354]

HelloThub, have you ever played runecape

[@thubprint]

I did play that back in the day! Didn’t really grab me, progression seemed too slow

[@davea5150]

Curious Thub? Do you scrap full time?

[@thubprint]

I wouldn’t call it full time, no. It is a significant portion of my income though

[@cdcVintage]

Hi. I was wondering how old you are because you look the same age as me!

[@thubprint]

Mid 30s!

[@curtispederson9390]

You just thru alot of copper away woth the wter heatr as much as 50 to 70 dollars

[@davea5150]

Forget large appliances. All work no money and take away too much room up in the truck or whatever.

[@Khodazmoon]

I wish I could understand what you are talking about video games. I have no clue

[@thubprint]

I thought I did a pretty fair job explaining why those two were appealing without using esoteric language? Nbd, not for everyone

[@davea5150]

Hot water heaters another waste of time!!!