Scrapping Massive HID Lights For Copper & Aluminum

In this video I show where I get large light fixtures and how to recover the transformers for copper & aluminum.
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[@iffy9776]

Eventually all the old light will be changed. As they say early bird catches the worm. There will be thousands in your state that will change. I'm taking all the wire they are pulling out with the traffic lights being changed in my city. The piles do build up. Enjoying your videos...your videos encourages me to go out and find scrap.

[@mrk9295]

How did you get the contact to get that wire?

[@iffy9776]

@@mrk9295 I went up to the contractors. I get more wire from electrical workers they earn enough and just asked them and once month get what they save for me. Some turned me away and said no.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@WhatsthePOINT_EDC]

Hey man I just wanted to say thanks for the videos. Your content helps people like me who are kind of new/newer to the scrapping world. I took your advice and stoped in and spoke to the owners of a few companys in my local area to ask them about removing metal scraps of whatever fourm. i explained to them i can help cut back on dumpster removal fees by giving them a 50 gallon drum for smaller stuff and the bigger stuff can sit somewhere of their choosing. Now ive got a plumbing company, hvac and electrician company. Thanks for giving me the tips to the trade. on a side note i think you need some help man. its clear you can do it on your own but from what i can see you are a man who likes to do thing smarter not harder. Get a helper so you dont have to do ALL the work in that hot Florida sun alone. All you need is one hard working trustworthy guy as your helper and second hand. Thanks for all the good content and we look forward to all the stuff you have coming up in the next few days.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, Finding a hard working trustworthy helper has eluded me for years. lol

[@WhatsthePOINT_EDC]

@@ProjectShopFl That sucks man. Good help is def hard to come by. i live in maryland unfortunatly or i would offer my help. Working for you seems like it would be a good gig if you ask me.

[@user-tx6pq8rs2r]

LAIK!!! FROM GREECE!!!

[@silverlicious2086]

"something oddly satisfying watching my money come out of the sky" LoL. That was funny. That forklift driver at the yard is a rookie. LoL. I enjoyed watching how you went out to the job site and processing the lights in the parking lot.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks, That guy should not be on any machine. lol

[@offwithhishead2556]

You sure needed the magnet bloke at the yard!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, I know.

[@CHOCKO895]

Here is a tip for moving something heavy like that 55 drum. Put a garbage bag or two underneath it before you fill it up and you can pull it out of there with 1 hand. That tip goes for electricians also if your rolling big spools of wire to make turns. Easy peezy

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@tinathompson2877]

In your trailer, you should put a couple of metal lockable cabinets up towards the top, that way you can store your tools that you'll be using for the job and they'll be right in the trailer and up off the floor, and you'll have more floor room!!! Just an ideal

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@brentonmcclean3647]

Truly enjoy your content man...makes me want to come work for you !!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, thanks

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Hope you have another video mid week! I think you need to hire a video editor to save you time and keep the uploads coming!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, That would be awesome. lol

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

Thanks for the marathon video my friend!

[@ProjectShopFl]

👊

[@warbirdwf]

I love your work ethic and hussle! Good job!

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@famousamoso7]

For your blue barrel pallet jack loading- same concept, but get yourself a 3" thick 12x12 block of wood. Tip the barrel up and on the wood then you can slide the pallet jack under the barrel and dont even have to use energy to slide it all the way back if you're loading multiple barrels.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Great idea thanks

[@bigcountryscrapper6885]

Great video bro and sweet pickups

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@SkullerMetals]

Great job! Fun one to watch.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@user-tx6pq8rs2r]

ΦΗΛΕ ΜΟΥ!!!! ΠΟΛΎ ΚΑΛΌΣ!!! ΛΑΙΚ!!!!

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍👍

[@robertlivingstone3947]

You can never have a nuff tools To bad you could not figure out a head of time what tools you need for a job like this and keep them all together. But all in all a great video

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks. I try and bring a good assortment based on other lights I've done.

[@paulcoenen7918]

It's hotter than all get out said the guy with 6 years of beard growth on his face😄 Don't know how you do it in that heat bro but great video. That wet rag around the neck works great for me also. I ad some ice to the inside of some rags and put that around my neck. Ice last about 2 hours and keeps me 10 degrees cooler at least. 👍

[@ProjectShopFl]

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[@joshp6061]

53:25 this reminds me of a while back when you talked about taking stuff for free. It seems awesome at the time, but you never know when they’ll call you back and say “hey I want money for that thing I gave you for free” or some sh$t, but the way you did it you gave him money (42 bucks lmao) so you can just say hey I paid you for it so it’s kind like you sold it to me so it really belongs to me. Good way to make sure it doesn’t come back and bite you in the ass

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂👊

[@tinathompson2877]

That fella needs someone to teach him how to work that thing lol

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, I don't know how he got the job. lol

[@JoeMarvino-xx6lm]

Just subbed again from a new account. I have 7 months of vids to catch up on due to a little 7 month visit to the county slammer. Something light.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Glad you are ok and back in the free world. Thanks for coming back to the channel. 👊

[@JoeMarvino-xx6lm]

@@ProjectShopFl thanks dude. I'll sub your channel till the end of the road. Good stuff.

[@greekgods3399]

love it

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@robinjeffryes2575]

Go brother go.

[@ProjectShopFl]

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[@georgezesner4]

Have you ever thought about using a hydrolic dump trailer?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Yes all the time. lol I might have one in the works

[@georgezesner4]

@@ProjectShopFl we have a place right here in ocala that builds them called u-dump, im not sure how expensive they are or how good they are i just know of them because i get their pallets.

[@badbadgerz]

I've not driven a forklift for 5 years now but I know I could still do an damned better and quicker job than that guy!!! How the hell did he get his licence?

[@SkullerMetals]

Ha! Was thinking the same thing.

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, I don't know how they let him operate that thing. lol

[@joshp6061]

Any issues with your contact since you disassembled the lights they took down so they couldn’t put them back up?

[@ProjectShopFl]

no, they had some new ones they put up and I have a big job I'm doing for them here next week

[@davidchelson8069]

Why do you not cherry pick the barrels off of the pallet jack?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Sometimes I do.

[@todamnbad]

Do you have contracts with your suppliers? Curious how you get your scrap

[@ProjectShopFl]

No contracts, I just get it from electrical contractors.

[@jr-a-cat]

You could buy them a good bottle of hot sauce to go with the "cost" of new lights

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂

[@kamnapavon4638]

Nice Greenhouse Grow Enclosure.... For a Small Garden of Greens or something?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I wish I could have a garden.

[@kamnapavon4638]

@@ProjectShopFl Those Boxes and Lenses would be Perfect for Winter Gardening.... Might use them for a 'Sun Cooker' down there in Florida? Some Ice Tea in a Pickle Jar?

[@markavargosr36]

so did you give him the lens?

[@ProjectShopFl]

I offered but he said he had enough projects. lol I can relate to that.

[@justincredible1724]

Man you need a compactor to crush them boxes and loose copper wire etc

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks for the suggestion

[@itz_lexiii_]

Sounds like someone's trying to get out of paying for new lights maybe. Seeing how much those plastic drums were crumpling at the scrapyard I wonder if upgrading to some 55 gal steel drums would be worth it, there were 6 shell rotella drums laying around on my parents property when they bought it so you could prob find some for free/cheap on crasigslist or something. But hell who knows that dude on the forklift might end up crushing them anyways xD

[@ProjectShopFl]

The plastic drums come back no problem but steel ones will get destroyed. lol

[@MrShekoexile]

A Chemist in an RV, eh? Was his name Heisenberg?

[@ProjectShopFl]

Haha, maybe.

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

New video today or tomorrow I hope?!

[@ProjectShopFl]

👍

[@kyronwagner9015]

I have never seen a fork lift have the option of spinning the forks.

[@ProjectShopFl]

I actually have one I am rebuilding. lol

[@michaelpaton7127]

Why don't you use aStihl saw to do this type of stuff it would be a lot quicker Mate.👍👍✌👊👊

[@ProjectShopFl]

I'm not sure what that is. lol

[@joeyallen7927]

That poor old forklift driver needs more training.

[@ProjectShopFl]

😂😂😂

[@jimmydickson8854]

Come on mate get organised with your tools ,good free scrap for you

[@ProjectShopFl]

Thanks

[@markavargosr36]

pay it forward

[@ProjectShopFl]

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[@michaelpaton7127]

Thats a stupid way of doing it mate just get straight in and get them then worry about stripping them later or your going to loss out on the rest they take down from other places.All the best ftom Dundee Scotland.👍👍✌👊👊

[@ProjectShopFl]

If I had the space I could do that but I would have filled the truck and trailer if I did not break them down.

[@tommytom5650]

Hey don’t diss on those fluorescent lights. I’ve done over 10,000 this year alone.

[@ProjectShopFl]

wow. lol

[@tommytom5650]

Wish I could put pics in the comments

[@tommytom5650]

Just picked 97 of them two hours ago. Lol. These are money they are 2’x4’ with the thick 4 inch aluminum light diffusers. I do get 17 cents a pound for the Ballasts and harness wire prices for the wires uncut out of them though.