Copper Stripping. How To Salvage Valuable Metal From Air Conditioners

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2 ай бұрын

With copper prices on the rise to the highest level. They've been in years. You want to get as much copper as you can. stripping Air conditioners is easy way to get copper. I think you'll be surprised on how much money can be made by simply taking these apart. And separating them by grade.. So please like comment and subscribe. And if you have any questions about how to separate and make the most money, please leave a comment #scrap #metal #junk #scrapyard #hvac #recycling #work #copper #plumbing

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@CopperEyeJoe 2 ай бұрын

Lazy people will always hate on the man who is willing to hustle. My only regret is not getting into scrapping sooner.

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

That's exactly right. People have to s*** on how I make money. Because they don't want to believe that it's that easy that I can make so much money for working. Basically, part time and make more in a week than they make in a physical month

@martinbelzak5153 2 ай бұрын

God bless you my hard working American. Your Canadian friend from Oakville Ontario Canada.

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

Thank you..

@dewaynedeason5 2 ай бұрын

Good one !! I can tell you are a hard worker. People hating on you are jealous of how you grind and make it !!

@michiganhustler 2 ай бұрын

Nice video Mike! Keep up the hustling bro. Hope all is well keep bringing us content.

@ssweeps 2 күн бұрын

Lunchbox please wash those jeans. 😊 or hose them down. 😂

@user-eg8rv9fh3b 2 ай бұрын

Very very good job Mike like I said when my jobs come, I wish they were like that

@nachostuff 2 ай бұрын

Your prices are amazing. Way higher than what they are paying down south. Makes me jealous - happy hunting.

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

Don't be jealous.. My prices are pretty good. I was just talking with a guy who rented a u haul truck and filled it with all of his copper. Between the price difference and the amount he had. It was twelve thousand dollars extra for a two day run.. He found the buyer in Jersey. That bought everything he had and paid cash

@nachostuff 2 ай бұрын

@@Adventureswithmike1 Now that is what I am talking about! Happy scrappin my friend

@robertwetterhall3080 2 ай бұрын

Another great video!/ Robert from Sweden!

@marvinhobson 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your numbers

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

With copper prices going up every day.. There's some good money to be made

@bigcountryscrapper6885 2 ай бұрын

Great video my friend

@danielandrus2637 2 ай бұрын

We have two active conflicts that really don't look to be ending soon.

@user-eg8rv9fh3b 2 ай бұрын

Good job

@dennispollock5864 2 ай бұрын

You are a great scrap person and hard worker. i also go to weitsmans in allegany ny will be trying to go to stantons some day THANK YOU

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

All I do is work hard. That's how I've always been. And Some scrapyards are better than others

@troyweatherford9874 2 ай бұрын

Good job guys!

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

We're processing material as fast as we can. With copper prices rising every day It just feeds us more energy to get as much as possible done

@stevedyer13 2 ай бұрын

A/C units ,boilers with the big removable copper coils are my bread and butter. Today Saturday I did with my partner I did all the light iron that was around the units and as we pulling in a guy was leaving and offered us 2 older window units he knows we take them all apart he didn't have Time so the 2 units the 4 fin (aluminum copper condenser) the 2 sealed units the 2 electric motors the little bit of #2 copper and yes I take the ends off the cut offs plus little bit of none prepared wire we got 140 bucks. The light iron of the units I didn't do we save it for next week. Recycle ♻️ ♻️ ♻️ or Die 😂 keep on scrapping copper pipe #1 and bare bright keep on going up!!! We do a few HVAC companies that have fenced in areas they throw everything water heaters boilers the big outside a/c units duct work old tools wire ect. And don't cut open electric motors or sealed units 🤔 not worth it like they said but wire stripping with the machine and cutting off all soldering ends on copper pipe is worth it right now it's in the high 3 4 dollars range

@dwaynefowler7093 2 ай бұрын

ya i clean them all thats more money in my pocket not some one els pocket it isworth it when i take themi have a pickup load i havea place on my pallet rack just for all mya/c units window and outside i just try to max the money so i canbuild my shop im puting my concrete pad down this week im going to have8 loading docks and a leanoff the backso i cando some sand blasting have a both for power coating

@rtoadontheroad 2 ай бұрын

Great video! I wish I had a nice shop like you.

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

I took me a few years just to get it.. I used to be outside stripping everything. Apart, whether it was hot cold. Raining snowing.. I have the easy life now. L o l

@terrenclark4165 2 ай бұрын

Ole Lunchbox has me laughing. Thought it was a sheep

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@brianf4342 2 ай бұрын

Mike i think the difference is you have way more volume then alot of us. If i get 6 airconditors i scrap them all. But if you get 60 a week you don't need to.

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

I'll be honest with you when I first started doing scrap metal. I never even tore the air conditioners apart. I was just dump them at the scrapyard.. Probably for ten years I dumped off thousand of them.

@StephenMarks-yn1js 2 ай бұрын

Good haul , great video

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

Thanks

@rtoadontheroad 2 ай бұрын

$500 a day is a good day for. Blue collar worker here in my area!

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

If you're not afraid to work and you can make the connections. You can have some really good days

@hisandherscoins 2 ай бұрын

Around here if u don’t clean the rads u only get .75 cents cleaned up 1.70 lbs for clean rads

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, here there's not much difference between the two.. If it was that much here, I would definitely clean every one of them

@hisandherscoins 2 ай бұрын

@@Adventureswithmike1 that’s y I clean all mine if not u don’t make crap from it

@neohistoryfan1014 2 ай бұрын

I just made my first scrap run yesterday and I got $60 for it (the majority came from a bunch of sheet copper planters (which I never knew existed until now). I did it for earth week 2024. $3.25 for #1 copper in the rubber city. Slightly less for #2 how much are CRT TVs worth in scrap in your area? I know they have more value in scrap than sentiment.

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

Nobody locally buys them. They have no value. That's why we charge to take them.. But we found a whole sale buyer That only wants them by the 53 ft trailer load..

@neohistoryfan1014 2 ай бұрын

@@Adventureswithmike1 my local electronics recycler has a fee for CRT's as well. I bet the only part that has the most value is the yoke.

@victormorrow3000 2 ай бұрын

I'm guessing here, but the most value should be with the radiators. The copper will be good $$$ too.

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

If I watched a video to the end, I weigh everything up and give you a breakdown on the pricing, but you are correct.. There's not a lot of copper in these smaller air conditioners

@victormorrow3000 2 ай бұрын

@@Adventureswithmike1 yours are always great videos. I'm still learning and having fun I'm down south PA.

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

@@victormorrow3000 that's awesome

@jefferysmith5280 2 ай бұрын

Wish I got that much for non fereous here

@danh6746 2 ай бұрын

how do you recycle the refrigerant? one of our scrap yards wont take them anymore without receipt of refrigerant collection.

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

One of my hvac contractors Trains all the air conditioners..

@williamralph8613 2 ай бұрын

Bigger pay days better 👍 no pennies thanks 😂😂

@markridenour4047 2 ай бұрын

2,06 for clean aluminum copper rads here in iowa

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

That's a good price.. Prices have been changing so rapidly..

@ScrapWolf-4343 2 ай бұрын

How do you drain the free on out of air conditioners? And great videos bro

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

I Have someone who recovers it

@DavidSmith-yr9nw 2 ай бұрын

Copper price here where i live is half what yr price is

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's crazy how low some prices are in some states..

@Knast101 2 ай бұрын

What's your process for removing the freon?

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

I have someone that drains them for me..

@DavidGS66 2 ай бұрын

The big issue is it's illegal to release refrigerants, & only way to know if it's drained is to tap line, so ...

@Adventureswithmike1 2 ай бұрын

The big air conditioners I get from the hVac companies They have to drain them. Or I won't take Em now the little ones. Most of the time don't have anything in them at all. But my buddy comes and puts the gages on them. It's like a pinch peace that goes on the line and sucks out what he can.. But there's always a little bit that's left.. Which is just the way it is