Dumpster Diving Street Scrapping - WOOD You Look at That!

Nice to start the year with a good old fashioned dumpster dive treasure hunt! Today we head out to a new housing development to see what we can find, and there sure were a lot of dumpsters out there! After checking all of them we continue into the alleyways, and come across a different but certainly valuable type of treasure to finish the run.

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[TerryDeck]

Just a thought. Go back to that construction site bins and collect all that insulation they are throwing away and insulate your garage where you make your videos. Then when you’re done with the insulation go back and collect all the sheets of plywood and sheet the inside of your garage. Then if you’re really crazy find some paint and make your space really nice. Your viewers might like to see that you made a nice space just from scraping. Just thinking

[dougschache]

i confess.. I watch you on 2x and it sounds like you're out picking after 12 expressos. good fun. happy scrapping.

[MadelineRose-epfj]

Could use the insulation, assorted pieces of plywood for lining a shed for a cats' habitat. All the scrap wood for a nice wood stove, too. Suppose all that styrofoam would also be good for insulation and moisture barrier. Love seeing the beauty of clean snow--but don't relish driving in it! Time to weigh down the back of the pickup. Happy, fruitful and safe holidays to you and your family and friends. You're having way too much fun with the log splitter.😊

[davewright]

Order of operations on a build: once framing is done, roof is on, sometimes windows/doors then plumbing/electric/HVAC start. Once they're done; insulation, vapour barrier, drywall, paint and trim, flooring.

Happy new years, Thub!! Also I absolutely tune in for the social commentary, I find you and I agree on a lot of things

[MrSubliminalStudios]

Thub. I really hope you see this but in my experience here’s a few tips I have for trash picking the new construction job sites for wire and aluminum. This is actually my main source of income but in my area the amount of development is exploding.

There are two stages of building a house that I look for aluminum, and two stages for wire. This applies to residential builds of all sizes.

The first potential wire score is the biggest, but also the most infrequent. This occurs after the roofers are gone, and typically before the siding gets put on. The houses will typically not have a garage door yet so you will be able to see the new breaker panel, usually not filled with breakers and a whole bunch of wires hanging out above it.

Then once the siding is done, you can score their aluminum soffit scraps. Typically you want to see a bunch of it immediately for it to be worth your time.

Then when the finish electric work is done (this is when they install light fixtures, outlets, switches) the electricians are much less likely to care about this scrap because it’s difficult to keep the good bits separate from the empty bits and it will all be short pieces. Luckily, they’ll typically fill up a box or two of all their trash and it will be in the bin, most likely the closest side to the house ;) look for the good rolls of blue Ethernet around this time. Almost no electricians are scrapping that stuff.

Then when the deck and interior railings are done, you can scavenge those extruded bits you’re so fond of.

As a caveat, around the time the framing is done, it’s not uncommon to find a cut 100’ extension cord on top. Almost always the last thing to throw away. The framers think they will fix it, but then they get paid so they think they’re rich enough to just purchase a new one.

These are my tips.

[DavidGS]

I wonder if u should try collecting & selling firewood. Ideally, collect small pieces that fit into wood fireplace, no cutting. When I lived in trailer park, we had electric heaters & wood fireplace.

[danielzeigler]

Hey man just started watching your videos and I am a rookie. But I appreciate ur videos. Learned a lot. Thank you for making them. ❤

[pattonger]

Crazy the insulation they put in those bins. We are doing an addition later in the year. I started looking for insulation a week ago and already have a bag worth. 160 a bag ain't bad for free.

[karlosullings]

Cheers for another great video. Looking forward to seeing what cool ideas you come up with for 2025.

[jansonsynder]

I've been building a Well House on the cheap. Pallets and culled lumber from the new build's dumpsters. Been pulling metal if i can't find wood. I tell my son I've been doing a little "Thubbin'"😂
So far the WH has actually made me money now!

[Nas_Atlas]

Nice save on that furniture. People always want cool looking real wood dressers.

[stephengreen]

Well Thub, you may not have got as much metal as you wanted, but at least I have picked out the house I would like

[matthewelliott]

Looking forward to 2025 scrapping adventures, Thub!

[BOOT]

An automotive chan that I watch. Used a brake drum & bucket, to turn his wood stove into a waist oil heater.

[trasieinkersole]

Thanks for the ride along. Happy new year. ❤️💙

[maritimescrapper]

Lovin the diving! Awesome video my friend!

[connorkobus]

I worked in construction until a couple months ago when I got layed off. You showed me all the stuff worth keepi g so I have a couple hundred pounds of wire to process which I wanted to thank you for, but also I wantes to say I completely agree with you on your thinking of new builds. I saw first hand how houses are thrown together as cheap as possible to maximize the profit for the owners of the company. Happy new year bud!

[cocopufer]

When they do foundations sometimes theres extra rebar - then you gotta wait until framing and roofing and siding is over then comes most electrical and plumbing but after drywall and towards the finish stage you got finished electrical and finished plumbing might be more goodies then too. Also these builders hire folks to do cleanup etc, might be worth a phone call to see if they can tell you when to come get metal they might even pay you to get rid of some of it

[jaywalmsley]

Just got a stripmeister today can't wait to try it out had a rubbish one at first didn't do the job then watching your video in it I realised I needed one thanks thumbprint love your videos

[Stray_GM]

Man, you get lucky with the sheer number of bins in your new residential areas! Im lucky to find a single bin at a site being watched by an overzealous rent-a-cop.

I can't wait for bulk trash pickup day again...