Trash Day 2006 - The Mother Load (HQ)

This is it - the biggest one ever. Watch, listen, and perhaps even salivate as 1.5 tons worth of TV's, VCR's, and more get crushed to bits. It took 3 trash guys almost 15 minutes to load it all, but I have compressed it into 10 minutes by using time-lapse on some segments. The result is something I'm sure you will enjoy!
Originally part of the Junkpile DVD, I'm now publishing this for free viewing as a gift to my many fans. Enjoy.
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Jan. 2017:
To those who have criticized me for supposedly throwing out "valuable antiques"; I can assure you there was nothing here of any monetary value whatsoever. I recycle any copper and aluminum, and sell any collectible items on eBay. If something collectible was thrown out, it must have been broken and worthless. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PLEASE NOTE : AS OF 2017, ALL OF MY E-WASTE IS NOW RECYCLED!
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At the time this video was recorded, e-waste recycling facilities did not exist in my area.

[@Biddyjohno]

Felt sorry for the guy at the side pressing that heavy button whilst the other 2 guys had the easy job of loading 1.5 tonnes of crap

[@packrat79]

Electronics is a hobby of mine, and at one time I repaired a lot of TVs etc. for people. Which meant I had a lot of stuff in storage, and every spring I'd round up the junk units, strip the copper & aluminum and some components, and pile them up on the big trash pickup date. In '06 I was clearing out a lot of stuff to make room for more. Now business has slowed so I don't have as much trash anymore.... I'm glad I videotaped this so I can have a memory!

[@senorinajaimedominguez7452]

Disponible para

[@thatonelonelyeagle5398]

If I saw that, they would be gone within a heartbeat! Man I freaking love collecting vintage TV's and electronics!

[@DJdoppIer]

This is so satisfying to watch. The one concern I have though is the mercury vapor in those CRTs. I didn't even think people were allowed to throw those things into the trash.

[@recycleman975]

all of this TVs had a huge value they shouldn't be crushed in a garbage truck they should be loaded a normal truck and sent to a recycling center

[@brianmccall9705]

we wouldn't have picked it up. because televisions and most electronic devices aren't allowed in our landfill.

[@chaddentandt9868]

Same here about 5 years ago I think it is when this was banned from dumps.

[@shyy87]

Yea people used to leave them in random places around the city but now there is a hefty fine for dumping. I haven’t seen many lately. I guess with cameras everywhere now people have stopped doing it.

[@Gmoney6422]

if i saw that on the side of the road i would have said "jackpot!"

[@springbonnie2382]

Well you wouldnt cuz this world is full of asses that dont even give a frick to homeless pepole

[@texasgarbagetrucks6206]

@@springbonnie2382 Most homeless have buddies, They sit on the road asking for money. They switch off. Get the money and split it then go buy cigarettes and beer along with their drugs

[@KronosGaming2015]

You could have made HUGE dollars selling all this junk what a waste

[@packrat79]

the copper and aluminum were removed and recycled - I got about $200 worth out of this stuff....

[@nickhouck4309]

Man I wish there was a pile of electronics like that for me to dig through

[@EDT278]

Same here

[@eier3252]

This is how the German postal service delivers packages

[@Thug-12Na]

Back in the 90's i used to b a garbageman too but the press was 1 big / and on the top u had the side shift n the pull back. If the truck was full the loader would go \ so we played with the buttons to keep it straight as much as possible. We loaded 10-12T those times are priceless n never comning back. Im glad i still have pics of that time😃

[@packrat79]

Unlikely - by this point I was stripping 99% of the copper, aluminum, and brass from these sets.

[@packrat79]

I still have about 75+ other sets I kept for my collection, ranging from the late 40's to mid 80's. They'll probably end up in the landfill too, unless I find someone who wants them.

[@packrat79]

As I said before, recyclables like copper and aluminum were already removed. Old microwaves are by far the best source of copper, if you have a way to cut the transformers apart and remove it.

[@Famegame7]

All of that alone is going to make that truck hit the landfill 😂

[@tomee4453]

UPS TRAINING DAY!

[@kaylebself6865]

ez dealz cat in back grond

[@packrat79]

Bingo. This was a weird set because the chassis was made by Mitsubishi, and it had that infamous problem with the electrolytic caps leaking onto the board. I had fixed this for a customer but he never picked it up, and since it had no resale value (the CRT might have lasted another year at most), I decided to give it a starring role in this video instead.

[@packrat79]

I'm managing, can't lift anything heavy anymore but it doesn't matter, I don't go rounding up old TVs like I used to. I do strip the copper out of these before junking them BTW..

[@packrat79]

Considering what it would cost to ship these things, I couldn't even give them away on eBay. But I kept most of the best sets for my collection... see my other vids for a tour of them.

[@Larre500]

Indeed... Where I live there is a recycling facility near the transfer station, so much gets recycled around here.

[@packrat79]

I repair/refurbish used electronics, or at least I used to before the market collapsed, and the stuff in these videos were the rejects. I strip the recyclables (copper, aluminum, etc.) and some other components before discarding them.... so nothing of value ever gets wasted.

[@packrat79]

More like 500-700 cents. This stuff was mostly plastic, glass, and wood... it wouldn't have been worth the time to recycle the steel. I did, however, remove most of the copper and aluminum.

[@2right4words]

clearly, this is somebody who's running a business out of his home, & I bet he didn't even give the men a tip for cleaning up all of this crap! if I'd been on the truck, I would have just called a supervisor before going ahead and picking this up

[@TrampledUnderFeet]

How do you know he didn't make arrangements to get this picked up? Maybe he called ahead of time and paid up front.

[@daveykoper]

@packrat79 There is about 5 dollars worth of copper in each one of those tv's. Big or small, they still have about the same amount. I used to work at a scrapyard, and older tv's like those are like gold to us.

[@HillbillyRednecking]

Televisions especially shouldn't go in land fills, any appliance for that matter, the short term impact will hardly be noticed but in the long run with all those heavy metals and contaminates it's one of the worst things we're doing to our planet

[@TrampledUnderFeet]

This company has a recycling center where they take this before it goes to a landfill.

[@CrazyCanuck91]

im a garbage man myself and was silently thanking my lucky stars throughout this video that you arent on my trash route. cool video

[@ethan_nerfwarz2246]

2.00£ For Your Paycheck

[@jackdavies5148]

In England you would take the electronics, excluding televisions, to a scrap yard where you would get something similar to the same rate as for 'dirty' metal (anything containing iron). The televisions would be difficult to dispose of in that quantity.

[@vintageceilingfans]

Quit A few Antiques on these videos that should have been put on ebay instead of the junk pile

[@youpooper18]

I'm glad to hear that! Thanks for the offer but I have a shop that sells refurbished TV's for $5.00-$20.00. They're that cheap because they're the old Wooden ones or the plastic wood grain ones.

[@shiteposter4916]

This scared WALL-E

[@cagarbagetrucks]

+Robert Kessel LoL. This would give WALL-E a run for his money.

[@EDT278]

This load has more scrap value than you realize. Some scrapper would be 😢 or itching to take this stuff apart .

[@furbyone1]

..many thanks for that real great video... and merry christmas!!!

[@TheSwords99]

Makes more sense to use a bulldozer than to manually pick up each item by hand

[@eviltrucks101]

i would die for alll of those elctronics lots of value still with copper and metal.

[@michaelfarrell8962]

Satisfaction compaction.

[@epiccarguy892]

nice action

[@John-oy7ig]

i recognize this video...... if im not mistaken it was taken at a Canadian Target the day they shut down....although it's hard to tell because i dont remember my store having this much merchandise on its shelves at any point. if you look carefully you can see my broken dreams next to a box of UP and UP tissues.... *WAH WAH*

[@austingloin2076]

These old guys work faster than some younger guys in other videos

[@DateTime69]

to see a video like this and the reckless disregard for the environment with the incorrect disposal and /or recycling of hazardous materials such as lead and phosphorous to name a few from the televisions at least only drives home the point the need for responsible handling of E-waste.along with other hazardous materials . What landfill did this wind up in? there will be a Bugger price to pay for this !!

[@JonnyBlueChair]

DateTime69 couldn't agree more mate

[@julianpuzzo6559]

You're right.

[@andynorvell4953]

The Eco geeks are loving this..

[@terasestHammasratas]

I agree

[@zazajackson9926]

No no no no no no no

[@sterlingarcher7101]

Wtf most of that could've been scrapped/recycled. Unless if there's a station to sort things out, it makes us Americans look bad...

[@JonnyBlueChair]

Michael Dodge Trump is doing a good job of that mate!

[@remotecontrolcentral4928]

He said he salvaged what he could sell and got rid of the rest

[@rsturbolad26]

@@JonnyBlueChair lazy comment, probably from a Brit.

[@Kiyoko504]

Hey so thats were the 90s ended up you can take all of it with you but Give Us Back Our Cartoons

[@mackhopper]

DAMN!!! Did a television studio close operations? What’s with all the frickin TV’s???

[@RODALCO2007]

Amazing amount of old TV's. excellent video. I subbed. Keep those video's coming.

[@billysmith5721]

the guy on the crush button has a racket

[@Gordon302]

packrat79, I would that the biggest part you forgot about, was the leaded glass and all of that phospor that covers the front inside of these tubes.

[@loveaviation]

Hopefully the guys didn't breathe in the phosphorus that coats the inside of the tubes as they were crushed. I'm not sure how toxic it is but it cant be too healthy.

[@packrat79]

Actually I could have fixed 95% of this stuff, but I didn't because NOBODY WANTS TO BUY IT! Everyone would rather buy the latest Chinese junk instead, putting people like me out of business, so they're the ones to blame. At least I bother to remove the recyclables, which is more than the average consumer who tosses stuff to the curb without a second thought. BTW I'm Canadian, though I realize we're no better than the USA when it comes to things like this.

[@vondakayissweet]

that was surprisingly intense and very interesting to watch. :)

[@soulblaser]

cooper 2.80$ per pound tv ciurcuit board 0.75$ per pound computer board 1.50$-3.00$ per pound metal 0.55$ per pound plastic 0.35$ per pound total value (estimate 700 1.000$)

[@packrat79]

No, I would never throw out a video game console. I've still got lots of old CRT TV's if you want to buy one....

[@user-py8xw5bk1s]

incredible crushing power

[@AussieGarbo]

I am amazed, I thought I've seen some nasty clean-up piles... but this officialy beats them all! Where did all that come from?! After all the compaction that occured, this must've filled at least a 1/3 of the truck?! You have some awesome clean-up videos, keep them coming =]

[@crisishelp1120]

Reminds me of mighty machines.

[@zazajackson9926]

Mighty Machines mega mighty machines working for you doing mighty things there mighty machines

[@laurencecope6677]

Ups collection lorry!! ups we lost it again.

[@garbagemaster1234567]

Alright thanks man.

[@bdmcneilusmsl]

That is ALOT! Great job!

[@arkansastrash320]

Wow thats a lot of stuff nice video!I know myself i sure would love to have looked throught that stuff for the metals and copper and even a vcr that mite still work...

[@onemanarmy916]

All that e-waste!!!! Mercury an etc omg!!!

[@Aetrion]

I think garbage men are actually forbidden from taking anything they find on their run because it would slow down the work if they checked everything for whether or not they can use it...

[@bryan1282]

i would love to have a pile like that to pickup, i love when the tvs explode when you pack them up. a big tv would shake the truck and blast you with a burst of air.

[@trashratt]

Merry Christmas KZbin buddy! Hopper New Year.

[@fect900]

This looks illegal.

[@2right4words]

it is, because of the lead that CRT screens contain

[@THEtechknight]

Once upon a time this used to be legal. all the way up through the 90s, early 2000s you could dump electronics like this. it was mid to late 2000s when alot of states started clamping down on e-waste. I remember dumpster diving at computer shops and finding treasures. Cant anymore.

[@brandonallen5930]

This is one thing that got my local landfill SHUT DOWN for quite a while !!!!!

[@packrat79]

The only people who ever took TVs from the pile were young punks, taking them to throw off a nearby bridge....

[@christopherhale1975_]

This would piss me off if I was a trash guy.

[@madasonmarietuggle6222]

Just pick up the TV's like they weigh nothing.

[@StephaneRestemoiMeme]

Crushing all stuff small pieces and with Tv's very nice sound yeah :😁

[@jeffhanson1]

Breathing in all that picture tube glass dust was not a good idea.

[@RODALCO2007]

Awesome video.

[@bryan1282]

some areas of the country dont recycle certain things. my town only accepts 1 and 2 plastic, paper, and metal food cans. but no cardboard. the town next to me recycles 1-7 plastics, cardboard, even plastic toys, and electronics, but cant recycle black plastic, but my town does. its a state to state, town to town programs.

[@cartman4885]

That was crazy............

[@savagenomore]

thats a scrap man's dream right there

[@packrat79]

No, they just moved the truck so they wouldn't have to carry stuff so far. The pile was about 30 feet long after all....

[@jeffcarpenter7721]

id scrap everything

[@windlockatc]

PCBs have value, But it's time consuming to prepare it all.

[@bigmouthbillybass7]

In the beginning I hear a stray cat meowing

[@BedfordMarcus]

Woh! That was pretty cool! never knew a dustcart was capable of crushing stuff like this, I like it when they leave the packer up, load the hopper to the brim then bring down the crusher and it's history! Anyway, where does all this go? BTW, The value of that must have been $2,000,000+ when new!

[@realname3538]

first video I ever saw on KZbin.

[@smashingstuff09]

Well, For ex, If you're like me and you're good with computers,stereos and fans, Once you see one that looks worth it, Then just set it in the truck it only takes a split secound xP

[@packrat79]

I don't put out piles like this anymore, I don't do nearly as much with electronics now, plus there have since been some disputes with the trash company (not related to this, believe it or not)

[@mikhaelbrilliant1248]

packrat79 Bendera Negera ? A.Kanada B.Amerika Serikit C.Brazil

[@youpooper18]

I would have taken one of those TV's for my video games! I'm sure there was some video game console hidden in there!

[@LudwigChapman]

Someone was a hoarder.

[@danwat1234]

Yeah a lot of that could have been RECYCLED

[@kaylebself6865]

danwat1234 yeah recylc

[@danwat1234]

Kayleb Self yup

[@TrampledUnderFeet]

This company does recycle it's garbage. That is their specialty.

[@danwat1234]

I doubt that pile was recycled. How do you know?

[@TrampledUnderFeet]

How do you know that it wasn't?

[@packrat79]

you'd have been disappointed... everything useful or recyclable was stripped from this stuff.

[@MrSmartass89]

Those gentlemen deserve a pay raise for picking up all that crap. Who lives on that block? The Salvation Army?

[@heiltruckfan]

This Heil 5000 packer does a better job of crushing the bulk than the EZ-Pack I've seen in your other vids. All the EZ-Pack does is push the trash out of the hopper.

[@Teddybear46324]

Damn, you totally killed the resale value on any of that.

[@springbonnie2382]

You know these pepole are dicks

[@springbonnie2382]

Those two guys

[@mraiwa1000]

Oh.....sweet!

[@jackyclaiborne2142]

This stuff should have been recycled, not trashed! In North Carolina, it's supposedly illegal to trash electronics. Such things are supposed to be recycled. Also, many such things are made to not last as long as they should. I think that the Federal Government should put their foot down on planned obsolecense.

[@paverop]

There was alot of copper going into the back of that truck

[@ElAlegreHombre]

That was someone who was running a home based business, and sticking it to the trashman; no way is that residential...

[@arkansastrash320]

Oh ok so i guess the copper was got too?

[@scottcarson1973]

they actually took all that shit didnt tell you to rent a roll off bin

[@MrPegman02011]

it would be a good idea

[@user-li8uv1tr6y]

that better be recycling

[@johnyeaiknow5821]

All through out the video I'm watching greenboards, wires, metal, etc thrown in the truck. What a waste. Could have easily squeezed another $500.00 out of that crap.

[@autobahnman6869]

Dam it'll been great if you had a front end loader around!

[@gordonmarsh3175]

Leave the blade up, put more in the hopper

[@nathancruz9172]

3:20 😎

[@bachaddict]

He collects the TVs for copper.

[@robertshirley49]

lots of scrap metal and copper