Scrapping a Kitchen - Fridge Stove and Dishwasher - How Much Are They Worth in Scrap Metal?

[@thubprint]

The merch store is finally here!! thubstore.com/ thanks for your patience, check it out and tell me what you think! Be sure to use OPEN15 at checkout for 15% off, this weekend only. Keep doing the thing!

[@Kenthis15]

Cool designs. Was hoping for one of those purple custom bags though. Probably tough to source. Edit: I was dumb and commented before the video was over. I am definitely in line for those bottle bags!

[@justincrowchild230]

Thanks for the inspiration

[@justinb6393]

I Got my merch on the way! Your store worked seamlessly! Thank you for not destroying us on shipping costs, glad to support the channel, been watching since day one! Keep doing the thing!

[@JohnnySemor]

I ordered a sweatshirt Thub and the ease of ordering was incredible. I found my enjoyment of scrapping really went up when I bought a Odge Grand Caravan (the D was missing). Being able to take steel and larger loads/items made a huge difference.

[@adamdaley8090]

This is what I look forward to every Friday after work. Thanks broski. Keep it up.

[@gussuperman7565]

Thub I'm so hoppy to see your usage of the best tool for a scrapper the speed wrench also known as a hammer. Keep up the good work. God bless y'all.

[@Austinexplores]

Destructive=speedy

[@paulcoenen7918]

Speed wrench. Too Funny.😂

[@OrangeJeep852]

I like to call it, THE PERSUADER

[@moonridern5736]

I have a truck and trailer and I just got into scraping for a couple months and so surprised on how well it is very crazy

[@paulcoenen7918]

And now you have a second full time job. You will be busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. Your wallet will be fat tho.

[@silverlicious2086]

Nice payout for the kitchen set. The snow/ice makes it easy to drag the heavy stuff around. Living up north has its advantages. Ha! Have a good weekend.

[@kobrasmp9562]

The heating elements on the stove are stainless but they normally give you dirty stainless for them

[@paulcoenen7918]

Thank you I didn't know that.

[@thubprint]

I didn’t know that either!

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

@@thubprint The elements are certainly not stainless. They're thin tube of soft iron around a chalky white insulator around a nichrome core. NIchrome is what any resistive heater element is made out of. However the decorative rings around the burner elements, those are stainless.

[@TiborRoussou]

The dishwashers make great bins: durable and stackable.

[@jerryjennyc5352]

Merry Christmas thub and wubb

[@scrappingadventures290]

Awesome, always a good evening with some great scrapping videos 👍👍😊

[@colinpritchard8555]

Customer number 4! Congrats on the store Thub

[@ironangel667]

Refridgerator's have an aluminum reefer behind a panel on the inside. A little bit more copper too.

[@irenelacour3486]

You found some heavy treasure today. Keep on pushing

[@mollynakamori]

YAY Thubstore! Well done. I was just about to ask about those great purple bags I've been coveting all this time. Can't wait to see more. I love that you used some of the same graphics that are on the channel. You rock, Thub!

[@trench124]

Check inside dishwashers. The internal shell can be stainless and worth separating

[@paulcoenen7918]

Good tip. I have been passing on those, next time I check.

[@trench124]

@@paulcoenen7918 do you know about the trick with a magnetron from a microwave? Peel off the aluminium fins Check the donut shaped thing in the middle That's often a fairly solid lump of copper

[@paulcoenen7918]

@@trench124 I'm not sure what part you are referring to. I slide off the magnets then the fins then I clip the small copper coils off that connect to the magnatron. I can't think of anything left except the magnatron itself which I throw in the shred pile. Am I missing something?

[@trench124]

@@paulcoenen7918 yeah the actual magnetron often find it's copper.makes up for cheaper microwaves with the transformer being aluminium windings rather than copper.

[@paulcoenen7918]

@@trench124 Oh okay I got it now, I don't have one in front of me so I could not see what I was missing. Another little goodie inside of microwaves to add to the list. I get a lot of them. I'm getting to where I can strip them of goodies in about 15 minutes or less. My problem is I have to do it fairly quietly. 😄

[@ericprater4017]

Great Job Thub, I'm looking forward to perusing your store! Keep workin it!

[@omar_padilla]

I'm going to go check it out!

[@antman3525]

Reminds me of stripping the In-laws Kitchen before a redo. All the metal scrap paid for the next trip to the tip. Put me in the good books.

[@carl6073]

One more great video...ty for doing the thing !!

[@teddytaylor5566]

I got a dishwasher and a front face opening washer with a stainless steel drum and a whole bunch of what I think is like Tesla coil things with like lights circuitry and nobs on then and wires coming out n there really heavy it's like something from a Frankenstein movie

[@stevenbergstrom3308]

My yards give stainless steel for the stovetop elements

[@saltyassassins5816]

Another great video thubprint

[@wnytrashtrucks]

I ordered a shirt and will be waiting for bottle bags.

[@golftownpro999]

Those hoses on the portal dishwashers are expensive new I also resell them if they still work

[@jadrewscrapper8081]

Got a shirt on the way. Nice and easy.

[@thubprint]

Thanks bud! Hope you’re really happy with the printing too, I’ve done a bit of testing and I’m pretty confident they should all look great

[@enayes21]

been a while thub wuts crackin buddy glad 2 see ya doin tha thang

[@thubprint]

Heyyyy we’re just out here doing the thing! Hope all’s been well for you!

[@richavic4520]

We gotta move these Refrigerators We gotta move these color TVs

[@aaronhoyes1781]

That's the way you do it!

[@AeosDrop]

money for nothin

[@billkusnierz9134]

A bigger truck would be nice!😂

[@dr.a006]

Ahhhh, scrapping in the snow. I just got all my bins of wire and junk covered with 5” of snow😒. It’s still worth money though! And hey! $50 for appliances! Nice!

[@thubprint]

Honestly more than I thought for those three. And I just call that buried treasure 😆

[@thomascurtiss1226]

Nice Milwaukee grinder, I also get a lot of use out of the little m12 bandsaw when scrapping

[@benhumphregys3087]

Great video thanks man !!!

[@Kenthis15]

I only have a small Honda and my backpack to scrap with. So I can only snag wires and chonky brass/copper as I’m usually on foot. Tiny apartment and no truck leaves me with hardly any room to store scrap. To other scrappers I look weird leaving the bread and butter behind. Just got nowhere to put it.

[@thubprint]

Oh I totally get it, I did the same thing even when bottle picking

[@RobbieBeswick]

You can scrap fridges? Here in the UK there’s so many left out on the streets because scrap yard don’t accept them..

[@Carcrusher1998]

You go to scrap yard here in the united states every pickup truck and trailer has a couple of them. All of the scrap yards here take them

[@aradawg]

Here in South Aus, my local takes them at 20c/kg as mixed steel

[@dukctape]

my local yard doesn't take them because they dont like how much foam is inside them. thankfully i'll be moving soon so I wont have to deal with their pickiness.

[@Carcrusher1998]

@@dukctape yeah I live in Orlando and trademark metal takes them not a problem. But they have their own shredder that separates all that foam from the metal

[@dr.a006]

I have a yard that does and a yard that doesn’t. The one yard responsibly drains the refrigerant in a separate area. No charge either, they just give you tin shred price for it.

[@austinhernandez2716]

I picked a stove up out of a dumpster by myself. Felt like I broke my back. I placed in the car trunk and strapped it down. I've even picked up refrigerators with the car, found 6 of them in one week. Looks sketchy af lol. But I needed the money at the time.

[@lilal8848]

Nothing I won't do lol

[@toddvoter4172]

You should know all appliances are 30 inches deep and 30 inches wide (washing machines, dryers, stoves, dish washers, refrigerators) except of course high-end fancy refrig's and stoves which are extra wide but same 30" depth. The heating elements on stove tops are usually stainless steel but have a baked on black coating.

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

Nice job on the merch Thub! Love the designs 👍😊

[@thubprint]

Thanks friend! Took a long time but I’m happy with how they turned out 😄

[@michaelsinclair8279]

thubstore? Bottle of good Malt?... hmm... Thubstore it is! Ok, easy experience shopping wise laddie. And, hat doffed and glass of whisky raised - damned finest kind shipping price to Scotland!!

[@01thehookster]

heating elements are stainless.

[@MissCanadian]

I have a pile of appliances in my yard right now to clean and cash in

[@agustinpestana1113]

The heating elements are made of stainless steel

[@BROutdoorz]

The burner elements on the stoves are currently at $0.35/pound at some Ontario scrap yards👍🏻

[@drewscraps1384]

Maaaannnnn I need that Hoodie!! Badass man!

[@cdcVintage]

Hi. It is me, college debt circus. This is my new name for now on. Also you forgot to call us a trash panda :))))

[@thubprint]

Oh cool! I appreciate you informing us of the change 😄

[@SilverScorpion]

Great video

[@Leovinus76]

I wanted a hoodie, but am i the only one seeing the svastika in the print??!

[@teddytaylor5566]

Lol I filled my whole like 20 feet by 15 feet townhome yard up with like all kinds of stuff a house heater unit and rear diff 3 ac units a treadmill and a whole bunch of like little stuff and pipes n what not and I'm already kind of doing it again I would make a KZbin channel but it would be so hard to record snd ride a bike lol

[@kevink.2719]

Awesome stuff

[@murraygiles3191]

A tiny bit of copper and 2 blocks of concrete

[@ApartmentMaintenance]

Great channel bro 👍

[@woodguy76]

Heating elements are nickel alloy.

[@trevorturner8755]

It’s not good to let the fridge gas into the atmosphere against the law here in uk our scrapyards doesn’t even take fridge or freezers as they have to be de gases first

[@thubprint]

Of course! I was going to leave the fridge but when I saw the lines were already broken I was more than happy to bring it along

[@trevorturner8755]

@@thubprint I heard the gases coming out when you cut it 🤔😡

[@Saxutin]

You could have taken off that brass just by cutting that piece of steel sheet with your pliers

[@JohnDisque]

The heating elements are nickel but if you're cutting off the ends to clean them you have to plug them because they're filled with a white powder that make a serious mess.

[@killjoy987987]

Snow day

[@alfredlamothe5268]

You need a dollie I keep a two wheeler & 4 wheeler in my truck. Of course your truck is much smaller than mine so you probably don't have the room. At least a two wheeler though sir instead of dragging the appliances.

[@ferguson8143]

No most of its not worth the trouble for the most part if your not hurting for money but with scrape I found it all adds up at some point or another where I'm at here they give you 1.35 for scrap wires and cords

[@laurabennettyoutube]

$47 CAD

[@vincenthoran6209]

got same grinder and drill 😎 lot of copper in refrigerator compressor, probably best to use band saw instead of killing grinder blade. not sure if i seen you open one new to me, check it out if didnt already.

[@thubprint]

I did one in the AC compressor video, so yup they are pretty worth doin for sure

[@vincenthoran6209]

@@thubprint ok was probably was busy in summer, milwaukee has a nice chainsaw battery operated. dont know if you burn wood, dont recommend milwaukee 6 in. Diagonal Cutting Pliers broke 2 pairs. thanks for the lead melt video got me interested in melting metal, bought a devil forged furnace. did a few melts enjoy it might be right up youre ally. ty good luck

[@tylermader2713]

How did you remove the compressor in the refrigerator so easily? Those large bolts ALWAYS give me a hard time; new to this so can you possible explain? thanks! - LOVE the vids

[@thubprint]

Oh it was just an easy one, they didn’t have bolts at all. It was just four of those spring clip retainer things.

[@ale.g.x.667]

Maybe the dude actually needed the heating elements.

[@davea5150]

What do you think about the freon in the fridge?

[@RoeMantic]

I heard the wonder pets ref... lol

[@2HighNoon]

Wonder Pets!

[@stuartstone6359]

Maybe he scrapping in a small vehicle so takes the copper the wire and small but heavier pieces like the heating elements and grill grates

[@johnnydillard9953]

I have been thinking about those elements. It's like the the computers I think. The older ones probably had a larger nickel content. Like the.old computers had more silver and gold. You know these days you likely get dirty aluminum for it.

[@keithhunter6607]

Hey thub love ur videos what do u do with the washing machine motors etc do u cash them in or strip the copper out them

[@curtispederson9390]

Heating elements are stainless

[@perryhanson7878]

They must pay better there i did two refrigerators washer dryer two furnaces sink pots and pans forks and knifes and any other metal had a 12 foot trailer full and only got 18 dollars

[@davea5150]

Hey Mr. Thub what do you recommend for cutting through metal. I use a 4.5" electric high speed cutoff tool. Any ideas where to find a used truck not a 8 cylinder. Been looking for a 4-6 cylinder automatic extended bed Chevy S-10, GMC Sonoma, Toyota,Nissan. There just not around. Tried Craigslist and Facebook marketplace. Nothing but junk. It's tuff being disabled to try and make ends meat. Thank you for your time. Dave

[@Jedi_Scowen]

We can't scrap fridges or freezers in the U.K. due to the gases. 😫

[@scrappingwithbillyj2523]

The heating elements are $0.35/lb or higher, depending on your scrap yard

[@01thehookster]

i can get 8 appliances in my 1500 silverado. and i have the 4.3 v6 , its a workhorse.

[@paulcoenen7918]

How is the gas mileage for putting around scrapping?

[@01thehookster]

@@paulcoenen7918 about 18 / 20 mpg. not bad at all.

[@paulcoenen7918]

@@01thehookster Not bad at all, that's about what I get with a 4Runner in town. I could probably fit twice the crap in a regular pickup, I have to be a bit fussy right now, I'm like the guy who took everything off the oven and left the rest for the guy with a truck. 😁

[@thubprint]

That sounds like a fantastic setup!

[@01thehookster]

@@thubprint i really like you videos, thanks for leaving it better than you found it. you are a real stand up guy.

[@zachhalvorson9386]

How do you approach the Freon still inside fridges, freezers and ac units?

[@thubprint]

Tbh I don’t know enough about them to know which ones are the old nasty ones and which ones are fairly minor so my approach is to avoid them. The big AC units I get are drained by the tech when uninstalled and the little ones aren’t actually worth very much. I would like to do a video on proper disposal of the stuff but I have no idea what things are like in other places

[@zachhalvorson9386]

​@@thubprint Ok, because I've been hauling away random appliances for homeowners for money, and then breaking them down to scrap and am always worried about the appliances with freon like if it's going to blow up in my face or not when I'm breaking it down lol. So any advice on what to be aware of on those appliances would be appreciated. thanks man!

[@curtispederson9390]

Heating elemamts are stainless steel

[@scrappinbig2239]

Just f.y.i. the coils off the stove are stainless steel . That's why the person took them when he took the copper and what ever else was missing . Enjoy your new opening of your you tube logo outerwear items! Hope you do well !

[@l.mcmanus3983]

I’ve cut the power cord off a stove... 😂 I don’t drive so can’t take the whole thing. Glad to know that whoever did get the stove probably was happy anyway.

[@agustinpestana1113]

$65

[@brianhenwood4364]

You need a hand dolly

[@thubprint]

True, maybe one of those strap ones they sell at uhaul

[@brianhenwood4364]

@@thubprint the best one I have used of the many years of scraping is a heavy duty green one from home Depot.

[@30AndHatingIt]

Bring in scrap, make $55. Cut a tire in filthy scrap yard, lose $85.

[@billhuman-ss5zd]

stove be ugh

[@tlegrow11]

Wish we had your steel prices , 1 cent per pound here . Not fit .

[@zone4garlicfarm]

1,000 pound minimum here if you want to get paid for it.

[@helfarkmar5043]

Hey thub, love the video's and am on my way to look at the store. As a true believer in better than you found it maybe try not to smash up the plastic parts, it doesn't degrade and gets into everything including the ocean. Keep doing the thing and merry x-mas to you and Wub.

[@thubprint]

I was being a bit ignorant of that, I appreciate you pointing it out 👍

[@davea5150]

And gas wear and tare on the truck,you lol. GAS$$$$

[@KillerKolt44]

Bro fuck renting a trailer get a truck with a 8 foot bed I recommend a 97-02 ford 150 with 4.6 v8 engine

[@bdub96u99]

You know you could have just put the stove in first like you had it the dishwasher on top of it and then the fridge in front of it and none of it probably would have moved just saying you're overworking yourself

[@mnforager]

These videos are entertaining and the idea of scrapping seems fun until you tell me how much you get paid in Canadian Dollars lol. Accounting for wear and tear on my truck, gas, and time, I feel like you'd make more money at McDonald's let alone an actual job or career. I'll stick with my cans and the occasional battery I guess and supporting you with views and likes!

[@thubprint]

Unfortunately you’re absolutely right, it isn’t easy making a living with scrap 😂