Dumpster Diving, Processing and Cashing Out - How Much?

What a day! Dumpster diving to kick things off, found all sorts of great scrap metal scores to recycle, then met up with a friend and continued the treasure hunt. Finally brought all the material home for processing and cashed it all out at the end. Made out surprisingly well for two days digging in the trash!
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[@AlexHools]

What I really respect about this person is that he cleans up his mess after scrapping and searching for metal!

[@timnavarrette6932]

He’s real kind hearted nothing but respect

[@AlexHools]

@@timnavarrette6932 Yea!

[@TIMUR-ASKET]

👍

[@jimmyhoneycutt1]

Working to fix up the vehicle adds a pretty cool twist to your videos. That being said, I'll be glad when you get your dang truck back.

[@richavic4520]

Did I miss any updates for the truck?

[@boysonlyparty]

Came to the comments to say this!

[@vincedibona4687]

So, I got my buddy's truck. Made money with it immediately. Then the alternator went out, had to wait 3 days for it to come in (!!!), and now have to wait for tomorrow to change it out. Jeeze! But it is nice being able to load things without a (reasonable) height restriction. Now off to watch the video!

[@dianarea1808]

I love love love watching you take stuff apart. Your commentary is so good.

[@patriciapines587]

I learn so much from your videos- your enthusiasm, attitude and identification of 'what's good" are all so valuable!

[@richavic4520]

I'd pick up a $10 bill off the ground. That's a great return for the time you invested in those bottles and cans.

[@afineliner740]

Always enjoy the ride along with Thub. That first dumpster was fantastic. 👍

[@ysplann9973]

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[@Gambiartes]

Sim,foi fantástica,mas deixou muita coisa para trás.

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

ooo yay, Fresh upload right after my premier, sweet, I can watch at time of release for a change👍

[@williammeeks1283]

I really wish all the lower 48s would offer money for bottles, maybe then people would stop throwing them on our roadsides.

[@joesmith-es1zy]

Most of America is woefully behind in recycling efforts, including offering deposits for bottles and cans.

[@Kenthis15]

Right when your steel hauler needs a vacation you are suddenly blessed with an abundence of the poor mans gold. Out there somewhere,someone is looking out for you, life is good.

[@mollynakamori]

My day started out kind of crummy, but an hour hanging with Thub brightened it right up. Thanks, Thub. (Glad you got the clippers. After all this time, the old ones were just too dull.)

[@thubprint]

Thanks again molly! Don’t think for a second I’m throwing the other ones out 😆

[@unchained20000000]

hell yea give your friend a purple bag. i watch your adds the whole way through to give you larger ad revenue. it's about giving. when we give we receive blessings.

[@RobbieBeswick]

Seeing you process the scrap reminds me of spending Saturday’s at my dads yard cleaning copper, cutting off joints and soldering to make into clean copper with bolt cutters, I was about 8 at the time😂 also if he got any strippable wire he would give it to me to strip and scrap and I got the money, it’s crazy how young I was but great memories

[@darthrooster1]

Stumbled onto your channel. Great The Office reference. Keep up the good work.

[@adamdaley8090]

Have a great weekend Thub! Love that wire. I just hauled in a bunch of ali wire.

[@aaronhoyes1781]

Watching this right now at home, at 12 AM. My Pontiac Vibe is in my buddies garage overnight. We're replacing the fuel injectors tomorrow because gas had been spewing out of the engine and collecting in boiling gas pools on top of the engine... NOT GOOD! Anyways, I'm without the Vibe tonight, but there just so happens to be an open top less than a mile from me right now that over the last 6 months has produced Hundreds of kilograms of non-ferous metal. I have a large backpack, I do believe I'll go for a walk right about now...🚶‍♂️

[@daleh645]

Great day(s) scrapping! Entertaining to watch as always, keep doing the thing! 👍 God bless 🙏🏼🇺🇸🇨🇦

[@SankirumiGamers]

Glad to see you again! Now waiting for the next video 🕺🏻

[@sandradunaway3923]

Very interesting to watch. Thanks.

[@jonathanhege5029]

Thank you for taking us along on the dumpster diving.

[@stephensmith3708]

Crazy Canadian Bohemian Cousin, you need your truck back. A lot of good junk you are finding!!!! I guess that maple leaf bottom plate turned out to be a good luck charm after all....

[@patrikstjert]

The wheelweights in the bucket you skipped there are a special cathegory at the yard, and pay decent!

[@williamturner7313]

I thought they were wheel weights too at first. Its actually cigarette butts.

[@patrikstjert]

Oh, well they don’t pay equally good! 😂

[@killjoy987987]

Every little bit adds up

[@alanwilliams2452]

That was a great 2 day ride with you and friend made good cash awesome time

[@AndreasLarsson95]

Yeah you should get the mazda truck back. Its the heart of the channel :)

[@trevortillotson5067]

Hey there Thub! Another great video, like always!! 😀🙂😎

[@jeannielanham2956]

You always have the best luck finding scrap!!! Awesome 👍

[@sticksandstones1885]

📌Four wheels in a heartbeat 💓 should be your opening line to all your scrap run videos.

[@ariesmariano4592]

Awesome videos

[@jrae6608]

Great scrap runs. Interesting to see what’s inside and if worth scrapping more Thanks

[@Speedydiaries]

I’m having hernia surgery Wednesday next week I’m wire hunting hard because I just bought a stripmeister to keep me busy while I heal. Thanks for the great videos happy hunting hopefully shorts weather is around the corner for you

[@elong6160]

Thanks for what you do😊 Hi from New Zealand

[@scrapyardengines9741]

Can’t wait till you get the truck back

[@bestest7239]

that was a great break of my sufjan stevens songs, my dog thought it sounded cute

[@gravitybear]

Those were some great dumpster dives! Never 'pshaw' the wire, though. It's easy to deal with and can add up fast.

[@ScrapPalletMan]

Mission: "trash picking to find some great stuff" Thub 2023

[@Gbienek1]

I remember when I was a kiddo and my cousins and I would go around collecting bottles for 10-15 cents each in Texas. Back in 80’s. Would take them to local HEB grocery store to customer service in a drop bin and that was nice and convenient! Unfortunately most states here in US no longer pay like they do I guess in Canada 🍁. They just rely on people to throw them in recycling bin placed at the curb. Great vid as always brother! I’ve actually been inspired by you, Mike the Scavenger as well as Scrap and pallet Man to start my own scavenging business with KZbin channel coming soon!!! Blessings to you and yours brother!

[@madlinerose5038]

Cadmium? Watch Our Every Day Living, Tim is quite resourceful with his wife, June working right beside him. Am not sure where they are actually located in Australia. Poly Prophet, Melbourne, does a great job of scrapping. He has the best scrap piles that are nicely located in front of residences. Be safe out there.

[@andyweins]

DAMN! Good day of diving.

[@hellebettinanielsen6913]

Great trip along you and a good payday ❤

[@bread-gz3rl]

30:50 giant shop vac lol

[@lukecleaver7462]

Just started collecting worthwhile metal wires etc its fun watching your content

[@iffy9776]

I've done scrapping for several years. I find the taps you have in Canada made very cheap. I have never come across taps like that in the UK. They are always solid brass.

[@ktbk912]

Great Job..hello from Croatia 🇭🇷👋

[@bigcountryscrapper6885]

Great video

[@trench124]

First 😊 A hole hour. Man perfect way to wind down with a beer a a special cigarette after a long week. All hail Thub

[@spideypwns]

gottem

[@MrShekoexile]

A hole hour? That sounds like something to be avoided 😅

[@trench124]

Yet you still went to the effort of making a comment. Nothing better to do with your time?

[@Ydnar1155]

Old water heaters and high end have ones have copper tanks. In any case check the name plate. It indicates the tank metal.

[@gretchenniles8748]

Good info! Thanks 😊

[@ProjectShopFl]

Nice score! I wish we got paid for plastic bottles here in south FL

[@joeigneczi2524]

in califrornia u get between $125 to $300 every other month for my cans and bottles

[@timnavarrette6932]

Same here in New Orleans

[@ProjectShopFl]

@@joeigneczi2524 Nice!

[@joeigneczi2524]

@@ProjectShopFl I made $220 from can and bottles and $180 from my scrap metal

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

haha neatly bundled up poles, it's almost as if they knew you were coming 🙂👍 I got literally a vehicle full of light fittings last dive and it turned into a nice weigh in after a little processing too, I think that we will get more and more as people switch over to the more energy efficient LED ones. Right place at the right time indeed, I'd start singing with cable scores like that! Oh man, you threw the board back in with all the relays with silver contacts in, that makes micro scrappers like me cry 😜Wow 10 and 25cents each for bottles and cans is amazing, I so wish they did that in the UK!! I know what it is like scrapping in a smaller vehicle 😉Nice payday 👍 (I really thought we were going to witness some super claw action when he was trying to get that mixing bowl out but alas no, shame 😂)

[@Kreygore]

Appreciate your videos Thub

[@alanpranke3299]

'We got 4 wheels and a heartbeat' , yeeup, life is good! ❤

[@wild-west-willexplores7855]

Seeing Calgary scrap prices at the end of the video is getting me excited to bring my stock pile in! Awesome video as always sir👍

[@Wreck-Gar]

A whole hour with Thub? YES!!!!! 👍🙂

[@randyseidell1665]

I do hope you succeed in getting both autos completely fixed by the end of your snow season, which is coming up. It will have you sitting in good shape for warmer weather

[@jmyazzie08]

If you like dumpster diving at home renovations then you should go to your local building department. They usually have a list of building permits with address and type of construction happening, also a good place to see where electrical work is happening. Then you will know where to go in the future

[@madlinerose5038]

Some scrappers haven't learned their trade well!

[@larrybuckles5180]

Looks like a wire dance is better exercise than a pole dance.

[@nzjatz]

Why do I find someone scratching around in a dumpster such compelling viewing ? Keep up the good work

[@ConcernedCitizenPPCA]

BTW those boxes of wire are probably for Cat5 or Cat6 Ethernet. You can probably sell it for more than it's scrap value given a full box is worth around $300ish for a 1000' of wire.

[@kimaningure254]

In Nairobi Kenya, were currently doing 10 bucks a pound for copper so yeah. its a sweet deal

[@trevormcshane4986]

That's good $$$$$ for 2Day,s ,,,,Weldone

[@ilikechamp3086]

The road to becoming a KZbinr is long and arduous but you have to keep working hard go for it

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

Man I could have spent an hour or more cleaning that first dumpster out! Bummin right now because I broke my leg (ironically while packing the truck to take to the scrap yard, as a donation for the local Historical Society) and now I'm stuck sitting on my ass, using crutches to get around...

[@madlinerose5038]

Guess it is better than some other countries burn tires to process metals.

[@Connie777]

Omg. @ the fan and flashlight part. I can't watch anymore. That's was crazy.

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

You could have taken the handles off those night stands and sold them on Ebay.

[@carmenpittman8842]

Some of them are actually brass

[@digitalbowser]

Fact: bears eat beets. Beets, bears, Battlestar Galactica.

[@thebancfamily8645]

Holy hell lots of good stuff!!

[@kave9482]

Great pickings, especially with the prices high

[@canadiankrispybacon1450]

Dude remember your PPE inhaling all those particles will catch up with you down the road. Amazon you can pick yourself up a hand crank wire stripper for $80 and drill powered for around $100

[@thebeardofgaming81]

Thats cool that you all get paid for plastic bottles. I could make a living off that alone. Lol

[@georgecuthbertson7076]

I recycle on foot I carry snips and screwdriver but the channel locks great idea thanks

[@prospectorpete]

Thats a nice haul. Ya gotta love all that wire. That circuit board you threw back in had a bunch of relays on it and they have silver contacts inside

[@alanwilliams2452]

Was watching non farrius Jeff from Florida he has a guy that scraps with a bike and small trailer does very good

[@Gbienek1]

Great haul buddy! I had a “wire type of night” last night. Every once in a while, I’ll find stashes of it like it comes in waves, lol. Last week I found 4 brand new 2000 ft spools of cat-6 sitting right on top as I opened a dumpster! It’s amazing how much valuable stuff gets thrown out!!

[@eveengineer4147]

When some people don't take the time to process any of their scrap, you wonder if they should really be scrapping at all. I going to guess that it frowned upon to pull things out of the sherd pile that are worth much more than sherd, process it then sell it back to the scrap yard for profit. Aren't those motor casing are higher grade of steel?

[@jasonlaguardia468]

If you weigh out with the stuff you take in your vehicle, some yards will let you.

[@williamstockdale4833]

💜💜💜💜LOVE

[@christinamarie4054]

Great video fellow panda ! 🎉

[@davidbolton184]

They just let rummage through the dumpsters just like that.I always get run off

[@michaelwillcutt2619]

Take the good with the bad

[@Kreacher1974]

I went out today and picked up 4 vacuum cleaners, 2 box fans and an AC. I don't have the space to keep magnetic metal and it would cost me more in gas than I would make per trip so I give it all away.

[@christinamarie4054]

Save the cords up break down the radiator, cut out compressors and copper and motors is what I’d do to make that worth it

[@Kreacher1974]

@@christinamarie4054 I keep the motors, cords, copper, and brass. I just give the bulky magnetic metals away.

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

Your yards are different than those down here. Ours don't really make as many distinctions between materials, ie, the ferrous stuff.

[@joehickman4823]

The heavy duty greenish hardend polystyrene looks like what fits into an ammo box. 1 or 2 large rounds used to be stored within usually brownish well built ammo boxes

[@JFDhater]

good day sir. water heaters. depending on the tech used for control, if it has a programmable electronic board on it, then there will be sensors and wire under the insulation. usually 12-14 gauge. the tank itself may be valuable to some scrappers, if they are into chemistry. in my town, we have a huge manganese problem in our water supply, resulting in massive deposits in aged water heater tanks. I have recovered over 50 lbs in a single tank.

[@E-BikingAdventures]

When you're stripping the romex with the knife, you should anchor one end in your vice and pull tight as you cut.

[@jackherbert2876]

Bro please hold the grinder with two hands at all times, you need to invest in a bench vice so you can always cut safely, just don’t want to see you cop a cutting disk to the apposite arm ❤ stay scrapping

[@mikegore5840]

Need to make a friend at the trash bin company, they maybe could tip you off to where there bins are at. Save some driving around, maybe, good video thummer. Good day all God bless

[@4squarebeast554]

Hay their thumb. I a couple of weeks ago bought this one bad blade for my angle grinder that is carbide tipped. I would recommend it to you for when you have to cut the copper/aluminum of the ends of radiators. I would recommend you try one for yourself. Only downside is it has bigger chips. Keep working hard and making money.

[@williamstockman9867]

Bushmills good Northern Ireland whisky

[@williamstockman9867]

It's a whisky that costs alot here in Northern Ireland I would say its more in Canada

[@peterbrooker1258]

FYI The filament in those flurescent lightbulbs is pure silver ..makes a mess but good money

[@colincrane4835]

So personal questions what is your full time job then? Scrapping is the hobby I get that and with the amount of snow u get scrapping in the shop is something to do.

[@davidgarratt5754]

where is your truck

[@wnytrashtrucks]

at the shop, has been

[@Kreacher1974]

I have the set of those side cutters, pliers and needle nose. Unfortunately the side cutters froze up on me a few weeks ago bit they worked great while they lasted.

[@robwaterfiled6168]

we have similar bottle/can deposit, but its 10 for everything, 2 or more sets of tools definately makes things easier

[@Richard-px3se]

As someone who does this alongside of salvage i can tell you that if you can monopolize an area or town even if you have only a bicycle you can rake in some real good money. Speaking from experience I earned 60k in 6 months as i couldnt complete the year due to emergency move away from my monopoly but had i continued and done a whole year i likely would have earned 120k in a year. You gotta memorize a lot of details even locatioms and times they put stuff out. Though in my case i have a sort of sixth sense like radar and have benefitted from that gift. Still trying to sell my rare $5000 iron forged helm and this rate boardgame with only as many as 10-20 copies floating around the globe worth as much as whatever i choose as good lick finding a copy though! i salvaged both items with as little as 2-4 hrs invested timewise on the days i salvaged said items but once they do sell ill have made $5000+ and i havent invested to much time either. You just gotta know your stuff and the ammount of money you can earn is just massive.

[@44davewright]

It always hurts my brain when I see people throw stuff away that is worth so much more if they put in the time😢😢😢

[@aisurksoowl]

i heard him hit the battlestar galactica, had to like and sub for that one😂

[@tomokovlog8567]

I like how you collect the cans, here in LA they also pay $110 a ton for cardboard, I wonder if they do that there too

[@guyrobertson2606]

I wanna ship u all my bottles lol

[@johnhubbard6262]

Having multiple dumpsters on multiple apartment complexes I have several connections with scrappers I pay to haul away the treasure. Street scrappers get upset but not enough to procure simple insurance so I can allow them in the dumpsters or better the apartment cleanouts.

[@thubprint]

That’s an interesting idea, registering a business and getting insurance could really expand the opportunities