Top 10 things to ALWAYS get when scrapping!!

Hello scrappers and planet lovers. In this video, I will show you the top 10 things that I like to ALWAYS get when scrapping. I will show you how to identify and separate the metals in order to help maximize you profit and divert as much of the material away from the landfill as possible.
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[ScrapFatherScrapSon]

It always amazes me how clean this part of your garage is

[steveherr]

What I do what other local scrappers don't in my area is I watch the recall lists before cutting certain items open. Like dehumidifiers. If you get the right one in, you just need to cut the cord WITH the tag still attached and peel the inside model label off and you still have the rest to scrap except that cord end. I have found 5 good ones so far that when I returned the cord end and label they sent me $170-$180 so far for each 6-8 weeks later. Not bad for an item going to scrap anyway. I could of had 1 more but some other scrapper beat me to it and just cut the cord off that I needed the tag from. I would like to see his face if he ever realizes he saved the copper cord but threw over a hundred $ away.

[jamalkhiari]

Very good resumé! Good information right from experience. Thank you

[CandSMINING]

Good stuff brother, all of ur tips are either new information of a good reminder of what we knew.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

[ChestyMcdaniels]

A thorough and we'll put together informational video thank you my friend for taking the time to do such videos as this very nice

[jasonrickus]

I don't have a truck so I only deal with non ferrous metals. Also I have a hand held wire stripper which paid for itself in no time. Just in my spare time I scrap but the money is great. Always a Benjamin in my pocket when I leave the yard

[holisticheritagehomestead]

Great video! Informative. I am looking to start scrapping. Did it when I was younger, and could use the money now. New subscriber here! Be well.

[Schnippedi]

Hey Tin man I follow you a good while you gave me a lot of tips, now I have a good tip for you mate. Instead opening the Fridge compressors with an anglegrinder, mate, use a plasmacutter. They are not that expansive at all and it is totally worth to buy one. You safe so much time it opens on seconds. Really 20 seconds and it is open. Opens like butter. Safes so much time and efford. Thank you a lot for your videos, your tips helped me so much. xoxo

[jamesshelton]

I do realize you’re in Canada and not sure about the strap handling of CRTs in Canada but haven’t been in the scrap business here in America for 37 years. I have never found enough value in the CRTs to make it worth time because it is nearly impossible to get rid of the leaded glass here. One thing you might take note of as I have never found any red brass on any water heaters, all water type fittings and yes, I have done Plumbing in my life as well are all made of yellow brass, and all gas type fittings are made of red brass, now I do know there’s other things out there where they use different types of components it made up of either yellow or red brass. That is neither gas or water. Besides red and yellow brass being made differently for identification purposes for its use it is also got a different thread Between water and gas gas is always a left-handed thread. Well yellow brass is always a right handed thread. By the time you do all the work to break down a valve, pressure valve here it would be on top of the tank to get that spring out of there You’ve just taken your four dollar a pound brass and made it about $.80 plus the loss of copper you get from cutting it and the time it takes you to cut it you couldn’t afford to pay somebody to break all that down for you. What do I mean break it down for you You’ve collected it you’ve done the work of getting it now if you paid yourself minimum wage to break that apart, you would not make very much money by the time you take your wages out of that and therefore it’s better to sell it as breakage yes you could make more clean per pound But by the time you do the labor to clean it, you’ve lost money. You can also get a higher volume of turnover by just sorting it into the brass breakage, and that can be yellow or red combined. Something you’ve never mentioned or talked about is white brass it is out there. It is very rare and if you find it, the scrapyard gonna tell you any different I’ll just say it’s yellow brass but white brass is worth about $15 a pound to your standard scrapyard and worth about $100 a pound on the international market.

[endfedinctaxonindividuals]

Carefull sometimes the copper spools are actually aluminum. You can scratch it with a metal tool to see if it really is copper.

[starlightengramA]

Hook up with electronics rehabs for parts. 😮
It's good to melt and cope and drag your own goodies.😊

[steveherr]

I pick all the same stuff up too. So many scrappers will bypass the little stuff, not me, it all adds up.

[lelandlewis]

I like scrapping nukes because I get lots of limit switches for electronics projects. Since I melt metals now, I don't care if the wire in the transformer is aluminium or copper. Also, there is always the capacitor and motors, which I can scrap or sell as-is.

[teamSHTF]

How much on an average week do you spend scrapping?

[cuscrapping]

Why does everyone discount aluminum wound transformers and motors?? I get $0.80/lb for aluminum wire, which is $0.30/lb more than clean aluminum. Strip the wire, throw it in a bucket instead of settling for shred price!!

[jimcatanzaro]

You can clean all your old copper and brass with cheap muratic acid bath for 5-10 min and hose it off it will look brand new

[deborahclark]

At my scrap yard, motors and transformers that are aluminum are aluminum breakage which is about .05 more than shred.

[SirDexus]

I have 102 pounds of clean aluminum wire. Still eaiting on the price to go up. It is 52cents a pound atm, waiting for it to hit 80cents!

[cachepat]

Is there any kind of review on various Southern Ontario Scrap Yards for best price ? OR flexibility on what they take ?

I just started digging for cash in scrap and use Gerdau in Guelph, just because they were the 1st I tried, and so far they are friendly to this lowly household scrapper.

[familydogg]

Copper #2 is $2.90 here in Upstate NY. I know Canadian money and US differ. Brass went down 35 cents. Empty Microwaves make cool Cans for screws, bolts and small metal for scrapping quickly.