5 Things You Didn't Know You Could Make Good Money Scrapping!

Don't pass up these items when recycling scrap metal! After scrapping all sorts of things for a few years I've discovered a couple items that are actually better money than you might think, and here they are. Don't skip them!

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[MrLakers]

Liked your explanation on steel being so important, I came about things differently. I started magnet fishing last summer and getting only steel of course. Then started seeing stuff dumped on shore and picked that up. Eventually, I start picking up along side roads and now dumpsters and I’m now sorting things and getting more cash for my effort. Come spring my bread and butter with be steel from magnet fishing. There is so much steel in the waterways

[bfosilver]

Great videos! I have broadened my scrap metal knowledge off these and have actually made it where each truck load is now $150+ per trip rather than $60-80 that I used to average

[johnchristie]

In Winnipeg one plant offers 35 cents on stove elements before the current copper increase. They have steel rollers that break the wire off. Very good clip with a 25% thumbs up.

[Max-lmvh]

Came looking for quality information on scrapping and this is goes above and beyond

[onewheellank]

"Leave it better than you found it" is really the best piece of advice you give in these videos, and I think it's a bit of knowledge that alot of scrappers at least in my area could use.
Keep doing the thing Thub 👍

[runningmangray]

Your "leave it better then you found it!" message is awesome, your entire ethos is encouraging, im not much of a "scrap pander" but i recon you can apply your rules to almost everyday thinking. Fair play to ya.

[tomtroy]

I'm watching this because I'm short on money I'd rather be watching adult movies

[ScrapFatherScrapSon]

I’ve got a few jiffy lubes and other car repair places that sit them by the dumpster for scrappers to pick up

[robertrollins]

I use to scrap an I picked up everything you talked about. I'm disable in a wheelchair and I haven't scrapped in awhile. I have picked up some bed frames over time an I drilled out the rivets and piled up the angle iron next to my work bench. I use to scrap them.
I keep them for angle iron now

[trevorthompson]

You lost me when you said melt down the lead….

[mattberry]

I get your point about cherry picking scrap and I am well aware that the real money is in the steel. Now as I am better off financially and own a vehicle as well as a trailer scrapping steel isnt a impossiblity nor is collecting the cherries. However, if your honest as a scrapper most of us didn't exactly get into it because we liked it better than being a doctor. Usually people start scraping for lack of a better option and if they hoof it long enough tying shopping carts together, talking and helping other scrapers they soon learn the ins and outs finding in the interm that there can be real money in it. However, when said scrapper lives on the streets or is poor with no vehicle, living hand to mouth just trying to stay out of trouble I say chery pick away, when you ain't got nothing what the heck else can you do? If your lucky and you work hard and save perhaps you can get to the point where you just bid on scrap piles at demos, cleanups etc.. hire yourself a couple cash hands sit ass and collect the cheddar.

[Irishjay-gupb]

I like how you referenced food! Classic!

[RandyZimmerman-ppwj]

I was a kid back in the 60 -70 we scraps everything don't throw anything out without taking it apart

[livvyweimar]

I'm feeling the wet hair down, dry hair up lol. I do it every day. I use my car vents to act like a blow dryer on my way to work everyday and I just toss it up when I get there. That was interesting. I didn't even think about heating elements as potential scrap. Frankly I didn't realize they were metal. I always thought they were some type of ceramic or something like that. Another really informative one. Thanks Thub for leaving my day better than you found it!!!

[StrawberryShawtcake]

Here in the states the heating elements that are on stove tops are call Incanite and they pay better for it. It's also consider dirty stainless steel in some places

[docr]

For knife makers - most bed frames are very high carbon steel

[debow]

What I do. Let me start at the beginning I work for exscaving company and I dig basements. Then after week or so concrete guys are down and I backfill the basements now next step is for carpenters come in that's when the dumpsters start lining up. So I look for neighborhoods being built and I am mainly going after Romex wire and siding. I bought a drill powered wire stripper and idk I enjoy it in week and half of free time I got full solid 5g pale fells like 75lbs and I think just opposite as you that's my bread and butter and whatever else comes are bonuses

[ascension]

I myself scoop up any worthy metal whenever I can, over the years I've done so . I remember one time I came across massive electric motors.. literally weighed atleast 200lbs each. I pulled the passenger seat out of my little car and piled them up. I never broke them down and removed the copper so I know I lost out on ALOT of money. All I got was weight price for bulk scrap. I think was a set price for electric motors. It really pays to bring in clean organized metals. Otherwise you lose out big time. But copper and brass are like my gold lol. The best is that inch thick copper bare bright electric cable. But it's very hard to come by... Also not easy to strip unless you have a machine that strips it.

[averywebb]

Steel or tin is the bread and butter. But I enjoy processing things on a cold winter day in the shop to get the more precious metals. It can be calming and I get to learn how things are made and how they work. And it's a nice little bonus at the end of the year when you've built up enough of those metals to actually bring in and not get laughed at. I've actually made a significant amount of money on insulated wire! Love your videos Thub!

[HidingFromStupid]

I have been scrapping for over 30 years. Used to make videos trying to teach people how to start with nothing but a knive . Made 1 video a day for 1 year . Every video had 5 views ( my friends ) . Now I delete videos after my friends watch.