Dumpster Diving - More Where That Came From!

What an excellent day dumpster diving for scrap metal! Not only did we go on a good long run and fill the truck right up, but we came home with some treasures and even got some nice packages in the mail! Couldn't ask for better.
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[@ScrapPalletMan]

Tyler and Steven are awesome! 😃 And so is Drake!

[@stephensmith3708]

Bless you, Brother Paul. Just remember I'm that Ralph Hinkley that sent you that wire stripper.. Still haven't found the instructions papers, sorry, 😂

[@ScrapPalletMan]

@@stephensmith3708 was it the heavy wire stripper over a year ago?

[@atomicboomstick2543]

2 uploads in 2 days Didn't know canadian Christmas was celebrated in September 😁

[@BushDogScrapper]

I was going to say almost the same thing haha gotta love back to back videos from Thubprint! Cheers

[@daleh645]

🤣🇨🇦

[@clickclkboom]

You know Thub, your motto of "Leave it better than you found it" has made a HUGE impact on my life. I say it frequently and I am inspired to take extra initiative to live the motto as I go on walks. But, with the room that was in those first 2 dumpsters, and the stuff you left sitting outside of them...IDK...I feel like you took your foot off the pedal a little...

[@tinathompson2877]

Yeah, those 2 dumpsters were nasty inside and out. I know he says his motto in every video, but should be have to clean up someone else's trash like that? I mean, if he picked something up and decided it wasn't worth taking or whatever, he could have tossed it in the dumpster, but for him to clean up every piece isn't really his place. He does clean up most of the areas he dives, but those were really way to much!!!

[@selenerucobo2251]

i concur, those were exactly my same thoughts.

[@stephensmith3708]

Me again, as I was showing a workmates this video, he noticed how particular that plate was. He told me it must predate drum dives bottle machine. I'm guessing it's from an old G-50. That might be the only one left in existence. Again glad you like it and make it an family heirloom...

[@roadiez1]

Canadian brass piece looks like a “Doorknob “

[@stephensmith3708]

Second like, first response, good guess but no. That piece is used in bottle making, bottom plate.....

[@davidcraven2870]

You the man it's like I know you personally like you're get up and go attitude thanks for the videos

[@lisevivier1878]

It adds up

[@lukelegg9915]

I scap those water heaters for a company as my side job, man they pay SO well its crazy how good the scrap is, and turning in a few thousand pounds worth of compressors is always fun

[@benhumphregys3087]

I’m addicted to your videos by far my favourite KZbinr

[@adamdaley8090]

What have we done to deserve 2 awesome videos in 2 days? Thanks broski!

[@killjoy987987]

Big piece of brass

[@vincedibona4687]

I really liked that weirdly cut stump. Use that larger end and make a river-style cutting board out of it, using food-safe epoxy.

[@Nivasi]

Good JOB Thub!!

[@sticksandstones1885]

I don't know what that thing is but I do know on the water heater you did miss the thermometer which is made up of brass. It's part of the aluminum hunk that's on the side you unscrew it. And there's a hunk of brass on it. I like how you mentioned Mike the scavenger I'm very happy that you're able to get a nice gift. 👍

[@Nuf_Nivah]

Them golf clubs were worth a lot more money to sale than scrap. Old Callaway clubs are worth a good price

[@user-qe4zw9kx9l]

황금빛을 찾아서보물로 행운을찾는 모습이 아름다워요 오늘도 대박나길바랍니다🇰🇷👍🙏💖

[@stephensmith3708]

Yep, I was referring to that king scavenger, Mikey. Not my real cousin, it just fits in that region. Glad you like it! Make it a family heirloom.....

[@richavic4520]

So what is the piece?

[@stephensmith3708]

@@richavic4520 it's a bottom plate for bottle making machine. It's a bronze alloy that takes a beating of hot glass bottles... Minnox/mynoxx it's called. Don't know if I spelled this correctly, just bronze alloy.

[@mollynakamori]

Great video, Thub. I wish dumpster diving were as relaxing for you as it is for me.

[@afineliner740]

Good mixed load of goodies. 👍

[@ironangel667]

I love the melt videos. I hope you do one for the ac.

[@John-jl3ky]

I really like your channel and you do a great job. You remind me of Bob Vila back in the early days of This Old House show, your speech and your body language and the way you move it's just like him, it's pretty wild.

[@BushDogScrapper]

I was Just watching Shark Scrapper then I see Thub's 2 for 2 and I had to hold off filming and enjoy the show! Cheers Thub! 😎👍🏼

[@JDeWittDIY]

Spikeball! sweet

[@williamstockdale4833]

LIKE GIVING BIRTH SOME TIMES😄😄😄😄

[@frankbureau4472]

The gas reg on the water heater has copper and brass easy to get

[@madelinerose5326]

May be a ship component. Solid brass, beautiful. Glad you've met Mike the Scavenger and Paul, Scrap and Pallet Man. Any video you have put out is a valuable teaching guide helping all of us to learn about the value of scrapping and microscrapping. Be safe, wear those gloves, tetanus shot!

[@stephensmith3708]

NO! BLESS YOU SISTER CUZ!! OORAH SEMPER FI, it's just a piece of bronze. Glad you are watching after distant cousin, Thubby-boyee!

[@gguerrero9581]

Congratulations for such a good heavy hunting, (almost half a ton of metals? Wow!🤯 ) A big hug from Argentina!

[@anthonyneeley3876]

You forgot to mention the scrap farm. Burt does the same stuff we all do that watches the videos. Keep doing the thing thub!!!

[@dustinandrews7827]

I believe that is the top cap off of a flagpole or maybe a scooner mast

[@DavidGS66]

To pull out a bit of Cu wire from ballasts, use needlenose plyers instead of cutters.

[@fernandomantovani2998]

Great vídeo!

[@williammeeks1283]

Super awesome video brother. Keep doing your thing and I'll keep watching. On behalf of the planet thank you!

[@jaystevens3548]

You could sell those stumps to wood workers and make a NICE little profit

[@sandybruderer2084]

You are an amazing scraper to watch. So enjoyable!🇨🇦

[@benhumphregys3087]

Great video

[@mikeestes3450]

Youneeda magnet

[@RandomName-qy4pk]

Hey thub, just a tip. Give the light ballasts a swift heel kick, and they'll fall right off making your days much easier and brighter. You may already know this and just not feel like smashing things as it is much quieter to just remove the screws.

[@zackjohnson5247]

Thanks Thub! Have learned a lot from your channel! I really enjoy scraping… I work construction so I see dumpsters everyday.

[@scrapnjunk81]

Another great video. Thanks for sharing

[@barkstheman]

9:07 that's a stubborn dink!

[@InTheOpines]

Sweet haul Thub! Nice gifts too! Keep doing the thing 🦝

[@henrycarpenter9442]

That piece you had was minnox

[@mikeyoung5211]

😂Toronto's maple leaf , Canada

[@MrGzuggy813]

That piece almost looks like material post top cover maybe or a mini spaceship lol. Good video love your energy and your personality keep it up buddy!!!!

[@harrycuerden5266]

Golf clubs I believe are zinc. That's what I was told.

[@E-BikingAdventures]

It wouldn't make a difference. Cast is cast.

[@daleh645]

Question, you passed on two can lights, patio chair and a fan was this on purpose? Why? Just curious. 😎 Good scrap day! 👍 God bless 🙏🏼🇺🇸🇨🇦

[@terridionne7729]

So I also don't understand why he doesn't take all scrap even if it doesn't make him all the money he wants

[@daleh645]

@@terridionne7729 inquiring minds want to know. 🤣

[@iffy9776]

Did you ignore a CRT TV..? 2 vids in a week wooohoooo

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

Wild guess here, but that thing with the maple leaf on it looks a little like the things they use on naval guns to plug the bores and stop water going down them. I have a welder friend who makes wood stoves from steel wheels and gets a good price for them too.

[@jefferyshankles7870]

Looks like a top to a urn to me but just a thought, keep on keeping on .

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

@@jefferyshankles7870 Inquiring minds need to know 😉

[@stephensmith3708]

Oi you, are you my next of KIN? Good guess, but a no on Naval cannons or such. It's a bottom plate for bottle making. Funny you mentioned naval guns as if you must of known my father who was in the Navy, I insisted in the Marines, same department, kind of sucks. But, BLESS YOU, my next of KIN!!!!

[@stephensmith3708]

Cousin, be humb!!!

[@benjaminarmstrong7047]

Wow! I've been finding bubkiss recently. All those wheels and appliances too. And you are pulling a couple cents more per pound then down here in Missouri. Good for you!

[@E-BikingAdventures]

CAD vs USD

[@stephenmullen5301]

Being a scrap panda myself, I micro scap like yourself,, but when I'm out for the steel I take the lot,, you left a canny bit scrap when you picked up golf clubs 🤔

[@StellanLarsson]

I think it's from the back of a cannon. Canadian kind.

[@GeorgeRichardson-cv4xz]

It looks a Canadian border marker very illegal!

[@zinithin-8208]

My guess is that heavy brass “knob” with the maple leaf is from a boat or government building.

[@highspotharry5530]

Remind me why you always take the ballasts out of the lights? I know there’s a reason but I forget

[@roadiez1]

Usually lot’s of copper in them

[@jeffharder684]

How did you scrap the water cooler without venting the refrigerant into the atmosphere? I always walk away from those for this reason.

[@javajeff3772]

I would like to hear the answer to this question too. People look up to you, man. When people see you scrapping a water cooler, or worse an air conditioner without mentioning how important it is to reclaim the refrigerant, then they will do the same. It’s important that the scrapping community help protect the environment and take appliances that contain refrigerant to an appropriate location to have the refrigerant professionally reclaimed. Venting the refrigerant into the atmosphere to get a couple of dollars of scrap is never acceptable.

[@JDeWittDIY]

Cordless sawzall.... cut the aluminum extrusion in half and pull the 2 pieces out....

[@Puppybuns]

20:42 welches fruit snacks represent

[@TheUltimateRecycler]

You are certainly getting some good metal hauls lately Thub - and your truck sure is earning its keep! How's the scrap price going over there? Still holding, or dropping like here in Australia? How about fuel prices? I'm glad I cashed in my whole yard of scrap earlier this year! 😁😁

[@dianealaniz8332]

Clean around the area. Leave it cleaner than when you found it

[@johnmcdonald2090]

Thub, just a fyi today took a load in tin 0.70 heavy metal steel #1 0.13, just a heads up and I don't understand

[@stephensmith3708]

I v do!¡!!!

[@mikeyoung5211]

They really bury them

[@mikeyoung5211]

I had 5 frigs tore all plastic out , slot lighter

[@scomparri]

It’s a paper weight

[@thecomputertech]

Great video - how were you able to get a breakdown of the parts did you weigh each drop off point ?

[@thubprint]

Yes exactly. I don’t show it every video but you drive onto the scale when you get there, drop one material in the yard, then drive around back onto the scale and then drop another material, then a final tare weigh at the end

[@ceciliaatkinson5092]

Did you leave those first dumpsters better than you found them?

[@conceptofeverything8793]

You let them stumps go to waste, didnt ya.

[@emilyarchibald1900]

When someone tosses something in the scrap pile that has a bunch of different metals on it, does it just get mixed up and melted into one with the rest of the metals or does someone take it further and separate them like you do?

[@emilyarchibald1900]

@@E-hab thank you!

[@yorkshiremonkey7576]

Wonder what has happened to " Free is better 81. " Channel , no new videos for a long time 🥺

[@valveneul3958]

you seem cool, not much of a scrap guy but seen some stuff on the internet. how does the percentages work? dollar per hour, gas cost for the truck, gross profits and such. is it something you do on the side or does it pay well enough to be full time?

[@E-BikingAdventures]

7:00 a dink sink?

[@Kreacher1974]

What is the name brand of those gloves?

[@michaelquinones3572]

Hey kind off topic question. Do you think that it worth it taking apart a car and selling the reusable things and scraping the metal parts is worth? Or just selling it whole or the least profitable scraping the car while at the junkyard. This is for a late 90 pick up that has 200k and I don’t realistically see someone paying me more than $700 for.

[@paulcoenen7918]

I know one thing. Do not take apart a cat. Heard you won't get squat for a bag of brital dust.

[@zinithin-8208]

There’s all kinds of regulations and stuff that makes scrapping a car a nightmare. It’s to keep people from stealing stuff off of cars or stealing cars for a chop shop. Most newer catalytic converters have serial numbers for this reason.

[@StrawberryShawtcake]

Didn't u have a red truck ?? Am I losing it ??

[@chrisfrench2130]

That was a sex swing lmao😂

[@alialsubaie6155]

❤👍🌹🇰🇼

[@lisevivier1878]

Her

[@jaystevens3548]

Wasn't even that long, Doesn't matter, That's what she said, then you said

[@stephensmith3708]

Boy am I stupid, it suppose to read freeisbetter86. What a dumass I am!

[@terridionne7729]

To recycle and save the Earth but instead you throw metal pieces back in the dumpster, I don't understand.

[@bestest7239]

first

[@t7ank]

Why do you disassemble things on road, those screws can puncture someones tyres. Also breaking compressor lines emits a lot of dangerous gases into air. I support your work, but that was not really eco.

[@gargalash9191]

the reality of those water coolers is they end up releasing the gas anyways at the dumb or scrap yard. those water coolers are not like ac units they pretty much never have the gas recovered.

[@joshp6061]

Why do you use a ball peen hammer

[@ScrapMetalAndOutdoorsWithGiova]

Picking up scrap metal on garbage day is one thing but going thru people garbage like bro just get a side job or something

[@joesmith-es1zy]

So you believe perfectly good things should go to the dump instead? Don't care much for the planet do you?

[@thomasvail9914]

That is his side job

[@bigredbullion3883]

Great video