Dumpster Diving - Scrap Metal Don't Stop When It's Cold!
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2 жыл бұрынFirst dumpster diving scrap run of the year, and wow was it ever cold! Just have to layer up and keep moving though, because there is scrap metal to find as long as you don't give up!
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@robw505 2 жыл бұрын
I saw you left the humidifier pad in the first scene with the furnaces. Fun fact, the humidifier pads are made of aluminum
@MattsAwesomeStuff 2 жыл бұрын
Those big motorized fans are worth a fortune come summertime when everyone's sold out of fans. $100 apiece easy just as "build your own house fans". Put that in a window and it's a house-sized amount of airflow. Or for you, cool down a whole garage or a whole house in about 60 seconds. Even just on the floor, or, best, mount it into your attic access blowing into your attic. It creates a heat chimney where all the hottest air in the house rockets out the attic vent, and all the cold air sucks in through lower windows (ideally basement, which will be 13'c year round) and chills the whole house for a lot less than an A/C can. They'll have multiple wires, each one will be a different speed, so you don't need hurricane force all the time you can just toggle a lower speed.
@ChickenwithaHelmet Жыл бұрын
I'm a rookie scrapper here in the pelican state. So far all I've scrapped was tin house siding, copper wire and tubing, steel bike frames and frame sections and aluminum soda cans. I'm even scrapping a lot of parts from my old Pontiac Sunfire coupe. Anyway, love the videos, dude. 👍🏼
@thubprint Жыл бұрын
Well thanks for saying hi, and all the best on your treasure hunts!
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Here's to a great year everyone, always good to see ya! Find your trash panda merch here -> thubstore.com/
@nixd0rf356 2 жыл бұрын
Hiya thub! Be sure to keep warm out there
@gussuperman7565 2 жыл бұрын
M8 FYI minus 26 degrees is cold weather Celsius , Fahrenheit, or Kelvin. Keep up the good work. God bless y'all.
@brandonjenkins2836 2 жыл бұрын
Just made the biggest haul I have ever made price wise this past weekend, and it's all thanks to you and the information that you share on these videos. Glad I found your videos, they definitely have been extremely helpful in helping me sort and identify, thanks for the great content.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
So happy I could add some value to your adventures! I think it all comes down to not wasting time where it doesn’t belong. It’s a personal journey though, and I wish you great success however you find it 😊
@ericprater4017 2 жыл бұрын
Foam board to insulate your garage! at 16:09. Not that your truck wasn't full enough! Foam Board 2" thick some 2 1/4 drywall screws with a 1/4 inch washer stacked on em does good, since 2019 I'm using 400 gallons less propane to heat my 1890-1915 house! Used up 30+ 4 X 8 2" thick panels. Happy 2022!
@adamdaley8090 2 жыл бұрын
Keep warm Thub. It's getting down to where the temp don't care if you speak °C or °F. -26c is -15f. Cold makes you hearty and keeps the riff raff out haha
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way! Little cold can be good for ya 😜
@cocopufer5667 2 жыл бұрын
Im not a scrapper or know anything about that world, but watching your work is very calming so thank you!
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@paulcoenen7918 2 жыл бұрын
I also love hard work ,I can sit and watch it all day.
@dr.a006 2 жыл бұрын
According to the McKenzie Brothers, a good estimate for converting Celsius to Fahrenheit is to double it and add 30. So ya, it’s still well below 0°F🥶 if you do the math.
@trasieinkersole491 2 жыл бұрын
Omgoodness that’s what you call extreme dumpster diving! So cold yet little reward for all that work. 😔great video. Thanks for sharing. 👏👏👏💙
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
It was an adventure! Would be nice to make a little more of course but I can’t find the nice scores every time. Won’t ever find them if I’m not out looking tho!
@englishrugby1195 2 жыл бұрын
Keep it up! It’s cold in Calgary the last few weeks.
@heteroclite6567 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Thub! Thanks for the entertaining videos! Fellow scrapper here from Toronto, I was wondering if you could do like a long, realtime style dumpster diving day. So some viewers can get a feel for how long you have to actually drive before finding stuff, or how scrap-metal-rich Calgary is! Thanks thub!
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Oh that could be fun to try! I’d still have to edit it down I think, otherwise I’d worry it was getting boring. I could still do that while representing what the travel time and dumpster misses were like though 👍
@BushDogScrapper 2 жыл бұрын
That would be awesome if think people like the driving to and from the dumpsters even if you speed the driving scenes up 👌👍
@javajeff3772 2 жыл бұрын
And a horse … of course. If you can make it rhyme then you are doing fine. Blessings on the new year - don’t forget to spread the cheer.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
You’re on fire with the rhymes tonight! 😆
@scrappingadventures290 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, those fans have really good copper motors on them that are usually very easy to scrap, I would give that a go, might be worth it for you as well 😊👍👍
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Oh I’ve been piling up a decent collection 😉
@geofft3214 2 жыл бұрын
Chilly! Nice scores Thub!
@E-BikingAdventures Ай бұрын
Good Florida Scrapper impression. 29:44
@mollynakamori 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. That was about -15F. I had no idea the F stood for Freedom Units. Thanks for the education. And thanks for the nice long video. Well done, Thub!
@RGC-gn2nm 2 жыл бұрын
Love your hustle
@tatchley3049 2 жыл бұрын
Omg....it's in the 70s today in central Florida! Boy sure looks 🥶
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
I admit it’s not usually this cold already lol
@LL-sq8se 2 жыл бұрын
Another great scrapping video 🙂😊 👏🤗🙋
@madelinerose5326 2 жыл бұрын
I'm sitting in a heated house and I know I couldn't last outside like you do. Be safe. Looking for the next video.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
It’s tough to get out there sometimes! Just a few more cold weeks though 😉
@jadrewscrapper8081 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. -14 deg farenheit. Or freedom units. Lol. You go get it boy.
@saltyassassins5816 2 жыл бұрын
The area I live in has a population of 235,000 people. I would think even during winter it would be easy enough to come up with some kind of scrap material. All I get is the police called on me for suspicious behavior even though I'm dumpster diving. It's easier for me to get ewaste off people so I go that route to have something to do. Low and mid grade boards local to me are 25 cents per pound. I can't complain. I guess deep down I do complain a lot is depression related which I need prayer on that issue
@paulcoenen7918 2 жыл бұрын
There are mild medications that can help, I have seen them work wonders for some people. My prayers are to you and others that they find what works for them.
@saltyassassins5816 2 жыл бұрын
@@paulcoenen7918 I thank you for your prayers. I did neglect to say I haven't had a job since June of 2017 which I enjoy working 4 myself even though money isn't steady. I did have 17 years of a job that was toxic. It caused a lot of mental health problems. I'm bless I have a brother that talks me out of suicide when I feel it's the only way out. Brother finally has me on a path of working 4 myself even though he's investing money on my future to be successful. He's reaping the rewards yet I'm starting to feel that I belong do to the money he let's me keep let's me live a basic run of the mill life I enjoy living. It makes life worth living I feel
@dorisrougvie1793 2 жыл бұрын
That was good items ,love the snow ,snowing here in Scotland looks nice ,don't like the walking part ,
@StellanLarsson 2 жыл бұрын
Great work allthow the cold weather!
@bigredbullion3883 2 жыл бұрын
Great start to the new year
@richardwarnock2789 2 жыл бұрын
I was breaking a sweat watching you while in Florida Great two parter!!!; )
@DumpsterMarcus 2 жыл бұрын
Great day man
@mrcutestuff 2 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year!
@johnhughes3225 2 жыл бұрын
Good video in the snow hope you fill van up good start what you got uk
@BushDogScrapper 2 жыл бұрын
Another banger video Thub 👍 I always let the adds play so you get that extra revenue! On a side note ya need a stick with a hook on the end bro make digging in deep easier 👌
@fredpayne7581 2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always brother, all love ❤ from Connecticut in the u.s.a. stay safe and GOD bless you 🙏
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Blessings to yours as well!
@exait703 2 жыл бұрын
Your a really cool guy Thub, I like your outlook on life, I do a lot of scrap myself, love brass. Peace from SaltLakeCity. Much success to you.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, and hello from Calgary! I’m a bit of a brass man myself haha 😆
@jaffe28 2 жыл бұрын
"Freedom Units" heh heh
@georgekaler6479 2 жыл бұрын
The black thing you picked up was an inducer motor so you get money for that also
@alanpranke3299 2 жыл бұрын
One advantage to winter scrapping: $0.06/lb for snow, Ayuh? Glad to ride along with you in the comfort of a warm house.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the extra weight in the water heaters lol!
@vincedibona4687 2 жыл бұрын
I have, for the most part, successfully avoided most of the cold weather. Mainly due to my shoulder being f*^%#@ once again. But tomorrow night I will have to go out, and it’s going to be raining as well. Hello, sunshine! 🤣🤨😖 But, we do what we must. Thanks for another great video , Thub!
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for always saying hi Vince! It’s nice to be able to find something to do at home when it’s really cold. You gotta start being careful one of these days! Personally I’d love to see some rain this time of year haha
@fishersmurf846 Жыл бұрын
I think, the actor, his name is #KevinKline, in "The Fish Called Wanda". You remind me of when he was young, maybe half his present age, and less beard. Similar looks and personalty, with all the good energy, kindness & humor. Lol 8>)
@jasonkoch2413 2 жыл бұрын
very good vid i have been stripping copper and i have so much
@stanleygallman7800 2 жыл бұрын
Great little haul Thub, like most enjoyed this video ✌️
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
It was a good run!
@billhuman-ss5zd Жыл бұрын
a good find on the black item
@kevink.2719 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video
@Handlecleanstickynotes Жыл бұрын
Dang right! Hey thub awesome finds! I’m a scrapper myself and I really like how you explain everything, currently in Michigan organizing my haul I need more plastic bins! Haha You’re someone I look up to… and I need that in my life right now. Thanks thub
@ForeverEdsGirl 2 жыл бұрын
I always learn so much from your posts. Take care & God bless you.
@kphelps5431 2 жыл бұрын
Great finds, thanks for the inspiration. Just wish it wasn't so cold. Still on surgical boot.
@CruiserMac 2 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for you to forget the tools ....😂😂
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad I didn’t, I need those 😁
@servedarkness 2 жыл бұрын
Good finds and interesting video as always. Thanks!
@margaritagalarza3233 2 жыл бұрын
Happy New year.👍
@stevethewomble 2 жыл бұрын
Happy New year, if all the business' pay for their garbage removal by the weight removed, you getting in there and getting the metal out is infact saving them money. so a win-win for everyone 😎
@carl6073 2 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year !! U got a nice haul !! Ty for doing the thing mate
@muriaticacid7004 2 жыл бұрын
Thumbs UP
@carolinegee1865 2 жыл бұрын
Happy new year 🥳 wozzers you work hard and earn that cash 😆
@amandathescrapper2671 2 жыл бұрын
Great job 👍.God bless you all.
@AndreasLarsson95 2 жыл бұрын
Ooh i just feel like a popsicle, just by watching you work around in the snow..🥶
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
It’s pretty bad on the hands sometimes 😆
@maximedube-limon5632 2 жыл бұрын
I love your vibe . Frome Québec happy New years keep the good work. Inspirant
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Hope you have a great year too, and thanks for saying hello!
@JohnnySemor 2 жыл бұрын
When you were unloading the first time I saw some of the scrap I had dropped off earlier that the day.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
😂 wow lol! Normally I imagine they would have it crushed in minutes, but everyone was moving slow that morning heh
@luistrapal550 2 жыл бұрын
Happy new year
@nixd0rf356 2 жыл бұрын
Ayyy Thub back with another video in the new year! Keep it up buddy 👍
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Ay Dom! You know it 😜
@L3V1T8-84 2 жыл бұрын
5hrs off again so I guess one might say I'm right on time no thanks to KZfaq lol... anyways great start to the year for sure, I lucked out big time, my score so far this last week is 78 pounds of 8 gauge copper wire and I'm pretty stoked.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
That’s a decent bin of wire! Hope you’ve got a reasonably fast stripping system
@L3V1T8-84 2 жыл бұрын
@@thubprint I strip by hand, I also cut my wire into 4 inch pieces, the scrapyard allows me five cents more per pound for cutting it down.
@benhumphregys3087 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you had a good start to the year and I hope your luck continues throughout , most importantly I hope your content continues great vid ! 😁
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Oh I’ll be here making some kind of vids for sure!
@benhumphregys3087 2 жыл бұрын
@@thubprint thank you !
@stevesrt8 2 жыл бұрын
nice work! good job beating the competition lol.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Juuust barely apparently! He seemed like a sweet man actually, I hope he’s staying warm
@codiwonkanobi9788 2 жыл бұрын
It's really cold in freedom units as well. Where I live when someone walks up on your scrap find like that there could be trouble they usually try to intimidate me and run me off. It doesn't work. I always try to leave something for the next guy but I have a full time job.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Thankfully I almost never run into anyone trying to start a fight! I don’t think leaving something for the next guy would come across properly tbh. People who take the top part off a bbq or just clip the cord on a tv could say they’re “leaving something for the next guy”, but that’s just a lie to help them feel better about taking the easy part and leaving a useless piece of trash behind for someone else to clean up. My commitment is to the person who put something out for scrap, their generosity came with the assumption that the scrapper would make it disappear. That’s part of what I’m talking about, leaving it better than you found it 👍
@jeffreypelletier17 2 жыл бұрын
i been watching a-lot of your videos lately and i cant believe how much Cooper you find or get i never get so lucky good job. and i love the how to videos definitely learning how to take more scrap crap off for the bigger payout thank you
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Well thanks for watching! I’m not sure where it all comes from, I’ve learned of a few good bins behind businesses that work with copper but even so it’s surprising how often it appears. I’d probably find a lot less on average if I spread out and checked more new bins
@funnyfunkinmonkey 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for keeping me motivated buddy
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Hey it’s you folks that keep me motivated!
@mattmehtala7441 2 жыл бұрын
Lol I started my scrapping the first day it snowed this year.
@jeffswartek7356 2 жыл бұрын
It would be a cool video to get the copper out of those motors. Great vid.
@livvyweimar7362 2 жыл бұрын
Man, we're at 42F and I am aching, I can't imagine how you are doing this. Nice little haul.
@guabojones 2 жыл бұрын
It was -15F when brother here picked up all my scrap, Thub is the man
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Kinda jealous of that beautiful weather, but we gotta do what we gotta do!
@TheUltimateRecycler 2 жыл бұрын
I sometimes wonder how awful it would be dumpster diving in the extreme cold - but then I think about jumping in a hot dumpster with gross stinky decaying food and off milk and a cloud of blowflies... and think how good it would be for everything to be frozen solid! 🤣
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
It can be tough to force myself out of the house but ultimately (heh) the cold can be a blessing 👍
@TechCellfish 2 жыл бұрын
Halvway metal piece does have a sizable electric motor on it, the kind you will find in microwaves.
@bentleyalder5492 2 жыл бұрын
Happy to see you out and scrapping in the new year. Would you please please please make a video about how to fix/restore cordless tool batteries. Or find a link that explains it the way you know.
@vincedibona4687 2 жыл бұрын
You should check out AvE’s YT channel.
@TITSTODIEFOR 2 жыл бұрын
"Try to avoid the pokey bits" that's my wife moto too.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
😂
@georgekaler6479 2 жыл бұрын
Also in the furnaces that you threw out was also inducer motors which are the ones that are up top also if you take the four screws out where the gas comes out of the furnace are also for brass pieces on every furnace so if you take a few minutes to undo the screws do you get those brass pieces and you get motor price for that inducer motor so that something to think about
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Could be worthwhile if I learn how to do it quick! Didn’t realize there were the brass bits in all of them
@georgekaler6479 2 жыл бұрын
It is 4 screws and a 7/16 driver to take the four pieces of brass also the gas valve has copper and and cast aluminum
@1061shot 2 жыл бұрын
That stuff in the trailer was another scrappers stuff I garauntee
@westermanneric 9 ай бұрын
Hehe, freedom units :)
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@kaysay716 2 жыл бұрын
It is hard for me to believe that in all of Canada there is no place that buys e waste.
@lynnanir 2 жыл бұрын
Great start to 2022! Hope you keep a second pair of gloves in the truck to swap out the cold/wet ones.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Oh I have a whole glove collection in the truck hehe
@michaelsinclair8279 2 жыл бұрын
'Freedom units' - heehee....
@silverlicious2086 2 жыл бұрын
I take it you had the green light to take all that stuff at the very beginning of the video that was up against the building and not in an actual dumpster. Or were those big cardboard boxes their ""dumpsters""? I give you props for your tenacity in getting out in that bitter cold.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Yup, I know the people in that establishment and that stuff was there for scrappers. If I wasn’t trying to be a good example I’m not sure I would’ve left the house in that, haha!
@silverlicious2086 2 жыл бұрын
I know you're a very good example. I was not assuming that at all.. that's why I said "I take it". Those folks are very generous for scrappers. There was a good amount of metal there for the taking. That's a nice "honey hole" for you to check on time-to-time.
@wandrak 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, nice videos, I really like it! :) Unfortunately in our country (Slovakia) you will not find even a bolt. Everyone here knows, that all kinds metals are valuable. In my country is searching some bins wasting of time, because there are only material, that does not have any value. :( Also no one will throw any metail in front of his house, for someone to take it for free :(
@davidchelson8069 2 жыл бұрын
You don’t have a buyer for the zinc? I just put it in with the cast aluminum.
@yorkshiremonkey7576 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Thub , can you answer me a question I have pondered a while please ? Here in England , the water tank immersion heater type things are copper tanks on the inside , are those that you get there and many scrappers in USA not ?
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Yours are copper?? That’s so cool! I don’t think ours are, these ones just have a natural gas burner underneath the water reservoir so there’s just a teeny copper line and that’s it
@jamespatterson8512 2 жыл бұрын
Touch bed cover, dirty aluminum.
@golftownpro999 2 жыл бұрын
You're looking extra handsome in the new year bud 😉
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Oh hey thanks bud! The blue light on the snow compliments my pasty complexion 😆
@angryblacksmith7675 2 жыл бұрын
👍👍
@judderzm2252 2 жыл бұрын
The air conditioning unit also has plenty of copper inside
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Ac unit? I just had furnaces I think, mostly steel with a few bits and pieces of stainless and aluminum
@nachostuff 2 жыл бұрын
Scrapping in the snow and cold doesn't sound like fun to me. What was that first place you stopped? Never seen so much freebies laying around before. Happy Hunting
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Oh the first place is the HVAC shop that puts stuff aside for me, that wasn’t just a random find 👍
@benjaminarmstrong7047 2 жыл бұрын
Tin shred dropped 20% down here in Mo.
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Same for me, 20%. Not stoked but what can ya do
@ScienceFoundation 2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever gutted a water heater? I feel like there'd be a decent amount of copper in one.
@robw505 2 жыл бұрын
I don't believe there is any copper inside a hot water tank. Just a plastic dip tube and glass lining
@paulnorton7929 2 жыл бұрын
Nice and cold the uk in London is 7
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
I miss that above 0 weather!
@BOOT 2 жыл бұрын
Yah that last duct wasn't worth the time but otherwise a good haul.
@boysonlyparty 2 жыл бұрын
Hate to be that guy, but you left wire on those furnaces! Don't forget your non-ferrous roots
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
I mean you’re right, but I can’t be spending too much time fighting over teensy scraps of wire. I do my best to pull the big handfuls out but it doesn’t hurt my feelings leaving a bit
@ThePentadecagon 2 жыл бұрын
BRUH i didnt get your notification for almost an hour christ
@Lacerated_Heart 2 жыл бұрын
I'm just curious, when you dumped the stuff off of the truck, does it get weighed after that? Then they pay you? Do you have to tell them what stuff is yours in the pile? Or does it get weighed before you dump it?
@afineliner740 2 жыл бұрын
That's a great start !! Did you leave that piece of zinc ? 👍
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
I did, yes. I don’t get too excited about the zinc alloys, they never seem to pay out very well
@robertbedard2962 2 жыл бұрын
great haul kudo's to you working in those temps.
@raytalbot5890 2 жыл бұрын
Why stack the 1st thing so there is a big empty space at the bottom? Where you can’t get to it or fill it??? 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
You right haha, could’ve done that better for sure
@jerryjennyc5352 2 жыл бұрын
Hey thub. It's my bday 17th this month stay warm buddy
@thubprint 2 жыл бұрын
Oh cool! Well happy early one, and you stay warm too 😁
@riverboat28 11 ай бұрын
Maybe you can tell your fans just because it's outside on private property doesn't make it theirs to take. Huge problem with this while working for a non profit who actually benefits from their own scrap.
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