Stripping copper wire? HOW MUCH CAN WE MAKE?

[@Zappy1210]

Working as an industrial electrician, I get literally tons of copper wire ranging from #2 to 500 MCM. I have the same wire stripper and I loosely make about $800 to $1000 an hour on average. I fill 25 gallon barrels at approx 1000 to 1100 lbs each when packed full. I will generally fill 4 barrels before taking them to the scrap yard. Takes about 4 months to fill the 4 barrels as I just strip wire in my spare time, maybe 3 or 4 five to eight hour days a month. I make about 40k a year and generally pays for Holiday/Birthday gifts for all my kids/spouse, any trips or vacations away from home through out the year and I generally put 5k to 10k in savings per year. And no, I do not steal the wire... I work in the mining industry which is ever changing for conveyors etc and none of the wire can be reused. If I did not scrap it, it would be tossed in the dumpster.

[@Analog_money]

Nice dude, glad to hear it! Yeah much easier to make a lot when stripping bigger shit than Romex. But also you’re probably not taking into account the value before hand as I did here. Regardless if you buy it or get it free, it still has value at the scrap yard unstripped so I subtracted that.

[@HumilityListens]

​@@Analog_money where do you get all this wire?

[@oreonsam]

From my time stocking shelves overnight in a large retail store i learned the best way to be efficient is to not switch between tasks. A task being opening a box, stocking the shelf, or any 1 single action. I cant tell, but if youre running it through and then peeling it might be faster to run everything, then peel everything. Just a thought from my own experience.

[@Analog_money]

Yeah that was my initial thoughts too and that’s what I did. Problem is it gets tangled up and hard to get apart after. It almost like knots up.

[@jawbone3910]

Cool idea, love the channel btw

[@Analog_money]

Thank you very much!

[@atomgonuclear]

I made a killing stripping wire back in the day. These strippers used to be thousands. One 2x4 later with every size hole drilled in it and an attached razor blade I could strip several hundred feet as fast as I could pull.

[@Analog_money]

Haha yeah they used to be super expensive. I had something similar about 10 years ago, it was a hand pull metal stripper but even that was like $100 back then. Now this was like $300 delivered so can’t complain

[@PixelArtGamergirl]

Very nice! Didn't know there were big machines for big wires but it makes sense. Hoping you can do it long term! I wonder if eventually you'll settle for buying and selling items or wire stripping?

[@Analog_money]

Probably both! No need to choose

[@shrils]

The video length, great video 😆

[@Analog_money]

Thank you

[@PT-yb6ho]

Great content, you have a new subscriber

[@Analog_money]

I really appreciate that thanks for watching

[@DailyPancakeArt]

Where do get your wire from ?

[@Analog_money]

Electricians. Just pay them the same as the scrap yard for insulated and make the money stripping it.

[@DailyPancakeArt]

@@Analog_money thank you love the channel can't wait for a new video !

[@Analog_money]

Thanks dude I appreciate it!

[@DailyPancakeArt]

@@Analog_money you're welcome 😊

[@The_high_slime]

Hay where do people get wire from?

[@Analog_money]

Electricians

[@Iliketochopwood]

So question lets just say for ease of numbers a roll of romex you would pay an electrician 10 bucks for to strip which in our scenario is the same thing the scrap yard would pay them for it. Then you strip it are you saying the copper by itself is worth more at the scrap yard than the 10 bucks?

[@Analog_money]

Yeah the numbers are at the end are ONLY how much the VALUE INCREASES after stripping. So that accounts for how much more it is worth but also how much weight is lost due to insulation. Hope that makes sense!

[@Iliketochopwood]

Yes that makes perfect sense thank you@@Analog_money

[@scbane]

It's all about timesaving steps. I built a device that strips the insulation off for me immediately after the stripmeister.

[@Analog_money]

Cool dude I’d like to check that out, because that’s definitely a huge time waster

[@JaebertonSantos]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Analog_money]

Thanks dude!

[@MiserKustoms]

asbestos coatings not worth it!!!

[@Analog_money]

Nothing is asbestos until it’s tested. But yes, if you’re unsure or have any doubts don’t do it

[@MiserKustoms]

@@Analog_money fiber glass is more dangerous they just never do studies on it!!!

[@Analog_money]

Hahahahahaha so funny you say that, I’m actually super aware of that and have informed countless people of it IRL. But I’m not an expert so I choose wisely what I share as fact on here. ( But regardless being outside as I was should reduce risk (possibly eliminate, once again not an expert). And really when asbestos studies were done the form that it was in played a huge roll.