This is what happens to YOUR copper after you RECYCLE it!

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2 ай бұрын

Check out the different types of copper we process and bale! After we process and bale the copper, its ready to be delivered to a copper mill to be melted and made into new products!

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@ptech88 2 ай бұрын

As a plumber i can tell you none of the copper i bring to scrap yards looks like that. That stuff was definitively stolen

@bluecat0132 2 ай бұрын

I believe he said the tubing was damaged. It looked dented and bent.

@thomassmigielski9033 2 ай бұрын

Did you have your volume up?

@markmatt9174 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely those 50' rolls of 1" & 3/4" copper was damaged. See what they looked like in bails!😅 Guessing some plumbers, city utilities are missing locks on the Van's & garages..

@ptech88 2 ай бұрын

Im confused by the “it looks damaged” comments. If there is a part that has damaged its very easy to cut it out and install a coupling. No one ever throws it out because its bent in a spot ot two.

@lonniehill3455 2 ай бұрын

Oh gosh, if I was stealing new copper pipe rolls, I would never in hundred years think of beating it up a little bit so IT IS THEN DAMAGED. thank goodness the thieves will never think of that.

@andrewcooper8980 2 ай бұрын

It would be cool if you could show the copper being processed at the mill

@Wheelloader__ 2 ай бұрын

You’ll never take me alive copper. 😁

@poweredbyford87 2 ай бұрын

That's about enough outta you 😁

@rossbrumby1957 2 ай бұрын

Come and get me copper!

@jimprescott8423 2 ай бұрын

How interesting, we chuck it in the recycling bin and know nothing of what happens next, so thank you for showing us the other side of the recycling bin,

@teacup8362 2 ай бұрын

If I took that lot round to a local scrap yard in Sheffield the police would be round in seconds. 😢

@philwhipple4557 2 ай бұрын

95% of that copper is stolen.

@sidcolwell7479 2 ай бұрын

All those coils looks a bit suspect.🤔😱

@shaystern2453 2 ай бұрын

my first thought exactly

@user-fx5pv5xs6l 2 ай бұрын

You won’t believe what contractors will bring in after building big plants. My friend owned a scrap yard and he said one company brought in thousands of pieces of unused rebar and conduit to get scrap prices. They were left over from building a huge chicken processing plant. So he paid pennies on the dollar for all of it. So just just because ppl scrap brand new stuff it doesn’t mean it’s stolen

@philwhipple4557 2 ай бұрын

Bullshit @@user-fx5pv5xs6l

@seansweet6593 2 ай бұрын

All the tweakers are drooling at the mouth at the sight of so much copper.

@brianadams6204 2 ай бұрын

I Drive a rubbish truck for a living and the amount of scrap metal I pull out of the trash on a daily basis is insane it help me pay for my Dodge Challenger. My boss just bought a scrap yard and now I sell it to him.

@d.sparkes346 2 ай бұрын

Pretty cool operation you’ve got there, interesting line of work, thanks for sharing!

@jerryrigsit5400 2 ай бұрын

That's a lot of nice copper.

@tymz-r-achangin 2 ай бұрын

Nicely presented video. Was no stupid music that covered up the actual sounds of the machinery, processes, etc. Easily got my thumbs up!

@25vrd48 2 ай бұрын

Scrap yards are very protective of who they buy their scrap from , especially the high dollar copper . They get your ID, drivers license number , picture and vehicle license number every time you go across their scales . That trailer load is worth a lot of money . Too bad it's not mine .

@timlee4204 2 ай бұрын

In Australia you need an ABN number to sell more than a small amount of Copper or Alloy to a scrap yard, but stuff still gets stolen.

@familydogg1234 2 ай бұрын

Not to mention Cameras everywhere

@oneofthosepeople2101 11 күн бұрын

Pawn shops take your I’d too. Both places buy from criminals on the regular

@shanemcdonald4956 2 ай бұрын

My cousins owns 3 yards.Whan we get copper thats new.The customer usually says it was in their grandfathers barn.Honest god I am not making this up.

@stropefarmsllc7630 2 ай бұрын

What happens if something gets missed when baling do you get docked great videos keep up the good work

@james6275 2 ай бұрын

Hi Michael where is your yard located? I work in a scrap yard down in Myrtle Beach always interesting and never a dull day. Stay safe

@TheTorkerman 2 ай бұрын

Do your workers not get hearing protection provided? Wow that would be so loud

@smithbrothers125 2 ай бұрын

That's some hot ass copper right there if you know what I mean.

@dewaynedeason5 Ай бұрын

Great video!! Thanks!!

@tomrogers9467 2 ай бұрын

All that new copper would make me very suspicious as to its origin! 🥷🏻🥷🏻🥷🏻

@scrandomsbiggestfan7420 2 ай бұрын

just shut up?

@dr.a006 2 ай бұрын

“Damaged” new coils. Ya right!😅

@joelumber320 2 ай бұрын

Only thing i can guess is that it was a damaged shipment and is part of an insurance claim. See that pretty often with trucking.

@andrewmeachum6731 2 ай бұрын

Worked in wholesale plumbing supply business, copper tubing is very soft and easily damaged. Not everyone is a criminal!

@johnpietros9439 2 ай бұрын

A lot is most likely from the manufacture. Rejected by quality control

@rixismetals 2 ай бұрын

Great video , would take me years micro scrapping to get enough copper to make one of those bails

@markmullins4222 2 ай бұрын

Hello just wondering do you have people show Up with Tote to recycle cans. And how do you recycle that way

@user-yl5kq3fc8d 2 ай бұрын

Interesting. Thanks 👍👍

@bigcountryscrapper6885 2 ай бұрын

Great video new subscriber

@godbluffvdgg 2 ай бұрын

Scrap cost about 2000 bucks; If used on jobs about 75K...

@thubprint 2 ай бұрын

3500lbs?! That’s more scrap copper than I’ve collected my whole life

@donames6941 2 ай бұрын

Its a shame to see the new copper in there

@tymz-r-achangin 2 ай бұрын

I agree with some other commenters here. Likely stolen when there's large partial rolls of new copper tubing. Probably taken from job sites. My neighbor had to bring his camper to sleep in when him n wife was having their house built. People were stealing rolls of 12/14-2 romex wiring, copper tubing, and fittings

@robwhite2282 2 ай бұрын

Pretty cool man

@christopherort2889 2 ай бұрын

Cool video

@shauncorless8965 2 ай бұрын

New copper tubing ,,were you got it i found it 😮

@fartsackjack7081 2 ай бұрын

THAT WAS SOME CLEAAAANN COPPA AND ALOT

@dr.a006 2 ай бұрын

Red gold! Copper!

@user-un5vw7hr9m Ай бұрын

How much does a truck load fetch money wise

@Zewestcoaster 2 ай бұрын

Wondering why you wouldn't consider running that copper tube through a metal shredder before packaging for transport? The bails would be denser, cutting down on trucking costs (Although, trucks can only carry so much weight...) Would the mill not pay more as it is smelter ready?

@DanielJohnson-ec8rk 2 ай бұрын

They don’t want it identifiable They protect their thieves

@BeachsideHank 2 ай бұрын

You would think culling through the stock you could bundle decent random lengths of pipe (not tube) and retail it to the trade for higher than scrap prices.

@aidanlynch1694 2 ай бұрын

No tradesman worth their salt would risk putting their name on a project using materials that didn't undergo quality control by an official retailer. A lot of this looks like soft drawn ACR which is used for refrigerants and doing anything neglectful that may cause a leak of refrigerant is a fine in the tens of thousands.

@BeachsideHank 2 ай бұрын

@@aidanlynch1694 All such sales are at buyer's risk, you either know what you are looking at or take a pass.

@shaystern2453 2 ай бұрын

there's no money in catering to the saturday morning plumbers who need 3 feet of tube

@BeachsideHank 2 ай бұрын

@@shaystern2453 I described a bundle, or a lot- you buy it all, not by the piece, this is how other scrapyards do it.

@BlueEyedColonizer 2 ай бұрын

You know how many moonshine stills I could make from just one of those bales😲😲😲

@BigWillie01 2 ай бұрын

None....it's all bent up.

@chrispascarella7622 Ай бұрын

Looks like a corporate builder finished a development.

@ChrisSmith-xc8mk 2 ай бұрын

And tell us more about the Coppermill

@Big2na Ай бұрын

A what box?

@zlatanmorrison8182 2 ай бұрын

I am sure I read somewhere that copper is quite a special metal, as it is infinitely recyclable? is that correct?

@MrChompy007 2 ай бұрын

Well it was made in a star so...we can probably get away with a couple passes through the refinery.

@shaystern2453 2 ай бұрын

that's aluminum

@whosaidthat5236 2 ай бұрын

Yes each smelt you lose very little metal because it has such a low melting point

@ChrisSmith-xc8mk 2 ай бұрын

What’s the opinion on homemade copper ingots and brass ingots?

@shaystern2453 2 ай бұрын

waste of fuel

@peterherrington3300 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the exciting commentary telling us exactly what is totally obvious by watching it . POINTLESS capitals ARE FUN too. Bailed early & blocked

@vindob8429 2 ай бұрын

Who scraps all of those coils of copper tubing,other than a thief???

@paulv2411 2 ай бұрын

A thief

@johnb9825 2 ай бұрын

Red Gold.

@slipstreamvids7422 2 ай бұрын

You would get much more to market it as it is in odd lots.

@andygilbertson8925 2 ай бұрын

Note to self.... Take all stolen stuff to Michael in rhe south!! Thank god I live in the North!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@sleepydoppy8516 2 ай бұрын

Lol

@user-ok8qu5mw9r 2 ай бұрын

beaucoup de rouleaux de cuivre neuf ou a t il etait trouver ou plutôt volé

@ScrapRushUK 2 ай бұрын

All that lovely copper, I look at copper like that and all I see is ££££

@ajhubbell3754 2 ай бұрын

Clean copper tubing is expensive. There is no way any plumber took that much good tubing to be recycled. A lot of that was stolen.

@bmunson76 2 ай бұрын

🤨Id say 90% of that copper was not “scrap”. Someone is definitely getting ripped off.

@tomrogers9467 2 ай бұрын

Who scraps coils and coils of new tubing????

@andrewmeachum6731 2 ай бұрын

Copper tubing is soft and easily damaged.

@metalmicky 2 ай бұрын

⁠@@tomrogers9467sometimes you get quantity surveyors ( guesses )who have over ordered on large contracts ( housing estates ,flats offices ) no one know what the correct amounts are required and consequently the surplus gets scrapped with no one being accountable but someone getting the financial benefit when it comes round to the end of the build, sometimes collaboration is involved but never detected…..

@markmatt9174 2 ай бұрын

Some city utilities are buying it and the workers are scrapping it.

@Ja.I.V.Y 2 ай бұрын

Your not police. Mind your own business is one of the best tools in life.

@zenithproject817 2 ай бұрын

They be like I’ll give 150 for your bailed copper 😂😂😂 not worth it

@jenniferwhite6089 6 күн бұрын

any smart copper thief would try and steal it again

@nakedluck11 2 ай бұрын

I thought the yards soaked the copper in something to get a higher value from the buyers. Like turning #1 into barebright.

@mikeyocum4743 2 ай бұрын

Burn it then spray with water??

@Utubegofukurself 2 ай бұрын

Let me show you what happens to your copper after its stolen. Fixed your title

@RicWithE-ve6tn 2 ай бұрын

Just demo’d a house Tossed the pieces of copper aside Dropped at scrap yard un-prepared Got a quick $830

@theshedder2017 Ай бұрын

Why are the lads not wearing protective gloves and eye shields , does anybody know they should to protect themselves

@peterjaniceforan3080 2 ай бұрын

👍

@DavidGS66 2 ай бұрын

I guess a asterisk goes besides someone's name when their Copper load is contaminated with cheaper metal.

@smo-guiver8315 2 ай бұрын

In CA (and maybe elsewhere), anything made from copper or brass that is used for potable water has to be "lead free". Wonder if that new tubing isn't pure enough? See "California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC): Requirements for Low Lead Plumbing Products in California"

@mikeyocum4743 2 ай бұрын

Did i see big rocks in the copper.

@danwaller5312 2 ай бұрын

No tarnish

@user-lc5fw8qm9q Ай бұрын

If my copper has green on it they consider it #2

@Zeus00515 2 ай бұрын

All I heard was Bailer??What’s a Bailer??😂

@oldmanx1234 2 ай бұрын

What they don't tell you id that almost all the copper is stolen.

@user-th6gv9jh6z 2 ай бұрын

You can’t think that isn’t partially stollen

@Cola64 2 ай бұрын

recycle perfectly good stolen copper pipe turn it back into perfectly good copper pipe than get it back again to recycle

@ocotillodavid2296 2 ай бұрын

You missed a piece

@mikspapa 2 ай бұрын

20+ years ago, it went as follows. Bare bright, #1, refinery #1, and #2. Don't know how it grades out now. With over 2 decades as a warehouse manager, I've baled enough of that stuff, anong other things, to make a sky scraper. It's not somoething I'll miss anytime soon. Our primary mill was Cerro, but sent a lot to Concorde trading as well. Now with Nucor owning most of the yards and mills, it's a whole different ballgame....

@kelsiewilson 2 ай бұрын

How much is stolen?

@paulv2411 2 ай бұрын

99.5%

@AzukaFelix-jz1eu Ай бұрын

I no the job

@greenbudkelly2820 2 ай бұрын

I don’t understand the purpose of the belt. Why don’t you you just dump directly into the baler?

@brianadams6204 2 ай бұрын

The belt is there so if something gets mixed in that is not copper they can stop the belt and pull it out.

@Paralyzed-rm6vc 4 күн бұрын

Those are brand new still full rolls shit was definitely stolen and sold

@fredgervinm.p.3315 2 ай бұрын

Thieves are now targeting EV charging stations...

@TEXAS-SMITH 2 ай бұрын

Is it going to China?

@seekingshot9337 2 ай бұрын

I see a lot of burden copper in your number 2

@guttasnipe4702 2 ай бұрын

Nu Coppa TOOBING

@dalemiller5893 2 ай бұрын

He sheriff why didn't you contact the law its obvious it's been stolen and turn the cap around propper 😂

@billphillips5006 2 ай бұрын

Ummm.....thats stolen copper

@tomokovlog8567 2 ай бұрын

If copper was like $20 a lb it probably be worth collecting

@rossbrumby1957 2 ай бұрын

At AU$12 a kilo it's well worth collecting. 2 years and so far I've collected about $3500 worth- not cashing in till I get a tonne so I'll have a decent payday of $10- 12k.

@user-gm3xn9hv5w 2 ай бұрын

Scrappers are so slow when it comes to money I understand they want to make $2 a pound fast I would have gave you $8 a pound for that coil boys put it up for sale before you scrap it I'm telling you

@williamheinrich4296 2 ай бұрын

We had to separate number 1 and 2 from 1 insulated 2 insulated and bare bright. A shredder is wonderful but Very cost prohibited

@thomassmigielski9033 2 ай бұрын

There is scrap inherent in metal processing. This could have come from a mill or a repackager. Or even from an industrial end user. The material could be out of spec. Any number of reasons that do not involve meth heads

@seetheforest 2 ай бұрын

Why would anyone need to "recycle" brand new copper tube still rooled up? This makes no senses at all. 99% chance every inch of that is stolen. Why would anyone sell new copper for scrap? Anyone in the trades would buy or use that. I would tell anyone scrapping full rolls of shiny brand new material to return it from where they got it. You are buying stolen material if you ask me. You have to know that.

@bvanderford 2 ай бұрын

Makes me think how many trades hire people knowing they have no documentation or legal right to work or live in the US. Yet somehow that gets a free pass. We get what we tolerate.

@trackjosh 2 ай бұрын

No reputable contractor would but the end of a roll or short pieces of pipe and install them as new. Also Could have been out of spec from a manufacturer or leftover pieces from some sort of factory, think bigger picture than a tweaker with a pick up truck.

@seetheforest 2 ай бұрын

@@trackjosh out of spec? Why would it not go back to the manufacturer instead of a scraper?

@seetheforest 2 ай бұрын

@@trackjosh I'm not talking about shorts. I'm talking about those 50' + and full new rolls of copper tube going on the conveyor. They don't even cut it up to look like scrap. Full uncut and shiny brand new rolls. Defective out of spec material would probably not be scrapped by the manufacturer for a loss. They would recycle it themselves. That is not scrap material.

@leechjim8023 2 ай бұрын

@@trackjoshMany people could use even short pieces for various things!