Copper Thieves Ruin it for Minnesota Scrappers

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  • @Williamxmr
    @Williamxmr 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +58

    Imagine an entire regulated industry for a product due to criminals, and the criminals don’t follow the laws just the rest of us do.
    Welcome to the gun world.

    • @nozzledrich
      @nozzledrich 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      PERFECT analogy!!

    • @36terraplane57
      @36terraplane57 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@nozzledrich God & Guns F*ck everything else.

    • @KevinHarvey-qw5mj
      @KevinHarvey-qw5mj 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Williamxmr I know e carry everywhere I go didn't before but do now cousin are federal agents so have a federal and state permit to carry but hope never have to use them my sister was murdered in 1968 so messed me up a little bit but back to about normal went to classes to get both my permits to carry no on line stuff for me

  • @LadyBits2023
    @LadyBits2023 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +89

    if I was living in Minnesota, I would be a lot less concerned about scrapping, copper and a lot more concerned about getting out of Minnesota....

    • @middleway5271
      @middleway5271 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well, we are glad you are not here. MN is a great state with great people. We certainly dont need people here who dont want to be here.

    • @delawarepro3539
      @delawarepro3539 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Amen 🙏

  • @scrapahaulik5893
    @scrapahaulik5893 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +40

    Make the cops do their jobs stopping the guys stealing instead of demonizing the hard working honest scrap guy

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Exactly!!!

    • @scrapahaulik5893
      @scrapahaulik5893 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @TurbineGuy if I think something's funny I leave it come back and ask later sometimes it's gone but better than ending up in the back of a squad car

    • @mattcintosh2
      @mattcintosh2 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      The problem is that penalties don't mean anything to the guys stealing stuff. Fines? Just ignore them. Jail time? meh, a warm bed and 3 meals a day.

    • @markb2007
      @markb2007 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      “To protect and serve” is a slogan on a car and nothing more.

    • @TomLuka-t9p
      @TomLuka-t9p 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Allow Law Enforcement Officers to do their job. If there is a law on the books then Law Enforcement should be allowed to arrest criminals who do not follow the law!

  • @newguy2794
    @newguy2794 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    Once again, good guys are penalized for the crimes of bad guys. It happens all the time!

    • @charlesyates6687
      @charlesyates6687 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@newguy2794 its a money grab by the government they want in on the action

  • @Well_I_am_just_saying
    @Well_I_am_just_saying 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    It will probably just create a new middle man black market where one scrapper buys copper wire from people like you at a lower price and they haul it to a neighboring state.

  • @peterbecker8815
    @peterbecker8815 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +31

    St. Paul police catch 3 people stealing wire from city streetlights. Goes to court, and guess what? 3 years probation, no jail time. WTF.

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      That is the problem, not us

    • @justinzago1536
      @justinzago1536 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      And that's the real problem! Our liberal state has its priorities all screwed up!

    • @jerwur39l94
      @jerwur39l94 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      ​@justinzago1536 exactly regulations solves nothing

  • @robl4079
    @robl4079 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Hey Turbine Guy, look up the new painting licenses going into effect this year for MN. Im a residential remodeler and can’t paint someone’s house that I just finished remodeling without getting training and buying a license for something I’ve been doing on my own for 30 years.

  • @BRICSlayer
    @BRICSlayer 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +50

    Its sucks. But I'm just gonna save up my copper, and drive once a year to Hudson, Wisconsin.

    • @Denpachii
      @Denpachii 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Best choice.

    • @JackStraw1961
      @JackStraw1961 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      If you're close enough that's great.

    • @middleway5271
      @middleway5271 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Seems like an easy fix to me.

    • @ralphyboy3636
      @ralphyboy3636 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@BRICSlayer we used to make the drive for beer every Sunday.

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@ralphyboy3636 beer is a necessity, it's different

  • @captzoom1778
    @captzoom1778 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    The copper won't end up in the garbage what will happen is one person will get the license and then start buying scrap copper illegally from people and then he'll take it in obviously you'll pay The scrappers less than they would get if they would take it in so they just created a black market for copper now

    • @shaystern2453
      @shaystern2453 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      exactly. and the money the little guy used to make will now be split 3 ways

  • @SteveRichards-y8v
    @SteveRichards-y8v 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    Bordering states recyclers are gonna get busier!

    • @paranoid9419
      @paranoid9419 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes I am!!! Thank you minnesota

  • @thewisecracker-rq1pu
    @thewisecracker-rq1pu 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    *Please note* There are exceptions to this new law for people in the trades such as an EPA certification/refrigeration certification that HVAC guys already have, and certain state licenses that other tradesmen already have for doing business in MN. This info can be seen on the MN department of commerce website.

  • @Shawn_RHVAC
    @Shawn_RHVAC 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    What a joke. Let’s penalize the good guys and the bad guys will still find a way to scam

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      As if laws ever stopped anybody from doing what they want to

  • @JamesonThe1
    @JamesonThe1 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Certain contractor licenses will allow a person to scrap copper. Plumber and electrician are the obvious ones, and I believe ship captain is also one of them. You might already be licensed to sell copper. Check the laws.

  • @garygrose6351
    @garygrose6351 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    That's Democrats for you! Enjoy your state management

  • @godspeedglen
    @godspeedglen 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

    Tampon Tim is hard at work!

  • @michaelmacgeorge1082
    @michaelmacgeorge1082 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Looks like copper scrap buyers in the Dakotas, Wisconsin and Iowa will be seeing a lot more business.

  • @donniebrown2896
    @donniebrown2896 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    In Australia, they no longer pay with cash or check. A scrapper has to have a bank account that a direct deposit can be made.
    Hello revenue department

  • @bukboefidun9096
    @bukboefidun9096 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    Mostly peaceful copper thieves in Somalisota

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      lolololol!!!

  • @LuisLuis-vk5ez
    @LuisLuis-vk5ez 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +37

    Why.... not accumulate the copper. And go to another state....

    • @JackStraw1961
      @JackStraw1961 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      I just sold what I had collected over the past five years, on 12/30/24, It got me $68., taking it out of state would cost half of that, and a $250 licence is out of the question. So I guess any copper I have in the future will be used as fill in the old barn basement I'm filling in.
      I think they want us to just put into recycling so the city/county can profit from it.
      I'd rather burry it than give it away.

    • @markb2007
      @markb2007 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Why should residents roll over and accept this? These worthless lawmakers don’t actually care about theft, this is just their way to collect more $ and also give the illusion they did something about the thieves.

    • @steveherr450
      @steveherr450 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@JackStraw1961 For someone like you, yes it wouldn't pay to get a license but to sell it to someone at a cheaper price that does hold a license. for me i took in over $10,000 of copper last year legally collected but i do remove it out of everything so if i lived in that state i would pay that fee to continue on. That might chase the price up in that state if less turn it in,maybe?

    • @JackStraw1961
      @JackStraw1961 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@steveherr450 I'm at the point I'd rather bury it than take less than full value.

  • @rgarito
    @rgarito 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    In Florida, we just have to present our ID and sign and give a thumb print. They also take a picture of what you recycle. Recyclers, gold buyers, and pawn shops must make the databases of these records available to law enforcement. (I used to write software for a gold buyer here). I regularly recycle copper, aluminum, ferrous metals, brass, and circuit boards and have no problems. No license fees needed. Only thing I can think of with higher restrictions is catalytic converters.

    • @knightowl5729
      @knightowl5729 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It’s the same here in California

    • @knightowl5729
      @knightowl5729 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It’s the same here in California

  • @paulkurilecz4209
    @paulkurilecz4209 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    It was a great idea! It was done with the best of intentions! What could possibly go wrong?
    Let us know if copper thefts in MN go down. Tia

  • @jeffreyyankee9714
    @jeffreyyankee9714 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    Get the license, then just advertise that you buy copper from those without the license.

    • @andygilbertson8925
      @andygilbertson8925 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Living in Minnesota, It would take alot of copper to re-coup the $250 license fee.

    • @nebulousvoid
      @nebulousvoid 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Less than a hundred pounds...

    • @justinzago1536
      @justinzago1536 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@andygilbertson8925 I usually get $50 for a 3/4 full 5-gallon bucket. But still... they're all just frickin commies here in MN!

  • @jagdpanther9
    @jagdpanther9 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I have no words for how bad minnesota has become. We are stuck with idiots making laws that have no effect on them making our lives miserable. Thanks Tim. What a disappointment you are.

  • @8AD858D8
    @8AD858D8 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    Walz needs the money to by himself Tampons.

    • @freddaniali
      @freddaniali 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      lolol!!!

  • @MarlinOlson
    @MarlinOlson 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Minnesota land of 10,000 lakes.No 10,000 regulations!Perfect words for a licence plate.

  • @ManMountainMetals
    @ManMountainMetals 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I've been scrapping since the 80s. I quit in 2011 when the Scrapyard said they needed my picture for me to be able to sell my scrap copper. While I was doing that, they took a bucket of scrap brass off my truck that I was never paid for. 😮 I turn my recycling into the county place now.

  • @qwer123211
    @qwer123211 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Focus on the silver lining: Folks decide not to scrap, thus the supply goes down, demand continues to increase, thus more money for those scrappers that stay in business.

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      and more scrap hits the garbage instead of being recycled

  • @brian56
    @brian56 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Also, some thieves might actually get the license ( paid for with stolen copper),and the steal even more. A literal license to steal!

  • @sharkscrapper
    @sharkscrapper 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I'll be asking my viewers to comment on this law during my live stream this Sunday at 2 PM. Feel free to join us.

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Love to participate!!

    • @Denpachii
      @Denpachii 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      My opinion, save your copper. Buy others copper at lower prices if possible. When it is worth it, jump the border and sell out of state. You may have to go into the other state a ways though, there will be a lot of other people doing the same, and prices near the border might be a bit low.

  • @LearningSpanishwithDrL
    @LearningSpanishwithDrL 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Great video!

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks!

  • @Partimepeasant
    @Partimepeasant 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Take it out of state!

  • @r.m.3020
    @r.m.3020 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Good luck enforcing that law. A high percentage of scrap yards are crooked and will accept copper from anyone. Catalytic converters are a fine example. 2 guys show up with a bmw with trunk full of convertors. Seem legit? No.

  • @Fbarts
    @Fbarts 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    When I hear these things that MN does it just reaffirms why I got out of the state I was born and raised in. I don't miss it.

  • @brian56
    @brian56 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    No, all that scrap copper is going to go to the neighboring states!

  • @unclemarksdiyauto
    @unclemarksdiyauto 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I can see some places taking it without a licence. Just pay less. Criminals always seem to find a way. This just harms the honest folks.

  • @ranger178
    @ranger178 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    yeah government making thing worst everyday

  • @allenlampman8493
    @allenlampman8493 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Again government not being able to figure out how to solve a problem!!

  • @RodgerMudd
    @RodgerMudd 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This is one of the reasons for star link. The 3rd world nations would steal the equipment and wires.

  • @jeffryan590
    @jeffryan590 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    May have to stock up the copper & then drive it to another state

  • @paranoid9419
    @paranoid9419 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Anyone surprised? Who was the presidential candidate Minnesota voted for.

    • @jpoppinga8417
      @jpoppinga8417 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That not entirely true. Minnesota is ran by the Shitties. The rest of the state is fairly red. It's worth noting Tampon Timmy only won 51% of the vote.

  • @pauljanssen7594
    @pauljanssen7594 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    What pisses me off when I go to the scrap yard that's when I see these professional plumbers selling off the copper fittings that cost hundreds of dollars excess copper fittings that they should return back to their employer after doing a big construction site.

    • @shaystern2453
      @shaystern2453 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      you have no idea what the deal really is.

  • @amatomic257
    @amatomic257 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    So we just let petty thieves dictate our laws now?

    • @ralphyboy3636
      @ralphyboy3636 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@amatomic257 politicians aren't petty thieves. They're professionals

    • @amatomic257
      @amatomic257 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ralphyboy3636 good point.

  • @BadWolf1958
    @BadWolf1958 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Hutson Wi--DRJ Scrap Metal. South of Prescott on Wi 35---River City Metals. Stupid law.

    • @oldgrumpytools98
      @oldgrumpytools98 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      thank you, that's where I'll head when my buckets full.

  • @paulvolk5446
    @paulvolk5446 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    At the scrap buying business near me here in Nebraska, I'm required to enter my drivers license, turn the picture side face down on the reader and then give a finger print. Pain in the ass, but considering how careful the scrap business must be, it's understandable. I'm not a big time scrapper, but if I had to buy a license to sell my scrap, I'd quit.

    • @kahlernygard809
      @kahlernygard809 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You would think that would be enough for them to figure out who the ones ripping the stuff out illegally are

  • @steveherr450
    @steveherr450 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    is that yard owned by Alter? Our Alter yard here pays the same way, you get the money out of the atm. I had to wait 1 morning when the brinks truck was still there loading up the machine, running late. no one was allowed in the building when they were there. the other yards just hand you the cash. oh, the atm at alter rounds up or down too so if your change amount is under.50,rounds down but if you have change over .51 then it rounds up so you never get change there, just green cash. it evens out.

  • @garywhelton9304
    @garywhelton9304 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Here in New Brunswick CANADA We get 10cents per aluminum can at the redemption center

    • @patrickwilliams4613
      @patrickwilliams4613 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      We get 15 cents per can

    • @JackStraw1961
      @JackStraw1961 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That's deposit, not scrap.

    • @garywhelton9304
      @garywhelton9304 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@JackStraw1961 Deposit here for anything that you can drink either plastic or aluminum and some paper

  • @toddpowell6313
    @toddpowell6313 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Isn’t the definition of a free country more regulations more government and oh wait no that’s not it

  • @SE-me2pt
    @SE-me2pt 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    In Ohio the criminal lovers made it illegal for scrapyards to buy certain copper items several years back . Recycling is considered self employment and I always paid income tax on this activity. Hardly worth it.

  • @loadblock4995
    @loadblock4995 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What about red brass and how much is it going for per pound?Clean

    • @JackStraw1961
      @JackStraw1961 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Last week I got $2.89 lb for red brass.

  • @_DB.COOPER
    @_DB.COOPER 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It won’t end up in the garbage, it will be transported and sold to neighboring States. Smh…

  • @stephenschmidt7862
    @stephenschmidt7862 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Are you close to IA, WI, and N/S Dakota?

  • @RickRaddatz-g6v
    @RickRaddatz-g6v 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The criminals will just get together and buy one license and keep stealing.

  • @oderusurungus4438
    @oderusurungus4438 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    It's just another way for the state to take our money. How about registering, and the permit is FREE. In fact, reward those that do recycle. Tax breaks on your income.
    There is no reason the whole registration process couldn't be handled electronically. No humans needed, no funding needed. It's your job to SERVE the very citizenry that you are governing.
    Get the AI programs going and start slashing the paper pusher jobs for starters. Enough is enough.

    • @kahlernygard809
      @kahlernygard809 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I really like this comment. You are correct that's how it should work

  • @wandahelmer1038
    @wandahelmer1038 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    #FK MINNESOTA

  • @MarthaTorres-gu7vd
    @MarthaTorres-gu7vd 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Michigan already has this. You cant scrap anything without id and paperwork.

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      nut a license you have to pay for?

    • @justinzago1536
      @justinzago1536 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's because MI is already communist!

    • @airplaneengine
      @airplaneengine 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This is an additional license that one needs to qualify and pay extra for. Those who already hold a license in the trades (electrician, plumber, etc.) can use that license as a license to scrap copper.

  • @robopaul9
    @robopaul9 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    It's the Democrat strategy to charge more taxes and fees instead of fixing the actual problem

  • @tomstiel7576
    @tomstiel7576 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

    Tampon Tim,,,you voted for him

    • @JackStraw1961
      @JackStraw1961 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Grow up.

    • @rollingacresfarmstead206
      @rollingacresfarmstead206 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I did not vote for the clown

    • @mnstates
      @mnstates 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      no we didn't. the rigged electronic voting machines voted for him automatically without our permission. you need to exit your fantasy land you live in, thinking these people are voted in by the public in a fair election. Re. biden 2020 as a larger example of this process.

    • @tomstiel7576
      @tomstiel7576 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@JackStraw1961 i did,,,,voted for the convicted felon,,,,pretty sad when he is better than the duo who pissed away a BILLION dollars and still lost,,,lmfao

    • @jpoppinga8417
      @jpoppinga8417 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not my governor....

  • @rogerlayne8623
    @rogerlayne8623 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Yep one can ruin it for many

  • @LarryLuoma
    @LarryLuoma 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Somebody has to pay for replacing wire from the streetlights!🤬

    • @jpoppinga8417
      @jpoppinga8417 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Aluminum wire.... But Minn. Govt. Is not that smart. Not only would aluminum wire be undesirable for copper thieves it would cost the taxpayers far less to replace. But again, that would make too much sense...

  • @michaelhofer954
    @michaelhofer954 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    How about taking it to North Dakota?

  • @GrampaGrizzle
    @GrampaGrizzle 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Take it to Wisconsin

  • @backyardforgingandcasting3438
    @backyardforgingandcasting3438 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great we have an EMR around here, just a matter of time before they make it company wide

  • @half_time
    @half_time 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    That absolutely sucks and is a terrible move by the state. Tone deaf. Fortunately with the value of copper, you can hoard it and transport to another state.

  • @MrNigel1340
    @MrNigel1340 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Go out of state to sell it.

    • @kahlernygard809
      @kahlernygard809 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      I have a feeling that will happen alot.

  • @lothean2099
    @lothean2099 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Nope, ill just recycle it in another state.

  • @johnschulz4979
    @johnschulz4979 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    All states should regulate catalectic converters

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They are regulated into every car, then regulated when disposed of

  • @ArmMm7d
    @ArmMm7d 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ey got a loicense for that copper?

  • @kdscrapping4452
    @kdscrapping4452 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Money grab !!

  • @ericglasgow1616
    @ericglasgow1616 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Most people i no do this for money to live and they dont have the money to pay to do it maybe the state should do more to the people who still it

  • @MikeBaxterABC
    @MikeBaxterABC 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Even if it does end up in the garbage dump?? It will e mined out some day in the future. I am confident all existing dumps will be mined for scrap metal (and even paper) in the not so distant future

  • @charlesyates6687
    @charlesyates6687 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    Man you are sitting on a gold mine with this new copper regulations . I'd get the license and buy all copper at half from those wthout a license

    • @BadWolf1958
      @BadWolf1958 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Wrong. I worked as an electrician. I have copper that I can turn in. I will be crossing state lines before I have you pennies on the dollar.

  • @shaystern2453
    @shaystern2453 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    two things: what I think will occur is there will be black market buyers who will buy copper wire at 1/2 the price from little guys. they will pay the 250 a year. 2nd thing, the govt you voted for gets their hand in the till.

  • @jerwur39l94
    @jerwur39l94 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Regulations solve nothing

  • @christophero1969
    @christophero1969 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I did not hear where you acquired the copper wire from. How about an answer to that question?

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Solar/wind turbine construction projects I have installed. You worried my little bucket is stolen for some meth?

    • @matgaragepaul
      @matgaragepaul 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I had more copper wire than that from just rewiring my garage and basement.

    • @oldgrumpytools98
      @oldgrumpytools98 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I get mine at garage sales, people sell their leftover romex and wire, also copper & brass trinkets really cheap.

  • @brucejedwabny3473
    @brucejedwabny3473 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Hello scrap yard just over the border.

  •  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Arizona regulated the sale of scrap copper over a decade ago silly !!

  • @user-Docterofdemo1978
    @user-Docterofdemo1978 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    F in Govt. I would've expected this from Ca. Before Mn. Its ashame thinks are becoming this way. Ive been in the demolition business 25 years now. When i started signs kept people out ...now we have full time security at some of the jobs to stop thefts.

  • @markridenour4047
    @markridenour4047 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    save it up haul to iowa

  • @JesseR-p6j
    @JesseR-p6j 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Well it is worth enough to just drive to a neighboring state if you can!

  • @whathappened2230
    @whathappened2230 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ya, is sucks. My bet is a few people will comer the market.. (Politicians and their friends) Keep voting for your own demise folks. Some of you just won't stop till' you f everything.

  • @Dave-eu3ib
    @Dave-eu3ib 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Best thing I did was move to WI then to Mexico for more freedom

  • @sharkscrapper
    @sharkscrapper 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    First let me say that I'm not a fan of punishing everyone, especially those who try to follow the rules because of the bad apples in our society. I scrap/recycle full time in North Carolina and would be very much against such a law. As a full time recycler, I understand how hard it is to stop scrap theft: AC compressors, car batteries, CATs, and copper. I hope there was spirited debate in MN about this law and other alternatives. When I was in FL we had to get a secondary metal recycler's certificate in order to sell what the state classified as "controlled" materials. The SMR certificate cost $60/year and you had complete a one time criminal background investigate which cost around $100. This seemed like a reasonable compromise solution. But it also did not include ICW or other copper scrap. It's easy to say, catch the criminals and throw them in jail. But that is much harder in practice. The police are already very busy and I'm guessing most copper thieves wouldn't cross the threshold for grand theft. I know REMA pushed back against this law but lost the fight. Bottom line is that thieves are to blame and have made it made more expensive and harder for law abiding citizens to help keep copper scrap out of landfills.

  • @lonebikeroftheapocalypse9527
    @lonebikeroftheapocalypse9527 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thank your local tweaker.

  • @42069SWAG
    @42069SWAG 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Nah this makes sense. Some of those wires like the car chargers can be stolen in just a few minutes and cost hundreds if not thousands to repair and the light poles across the cities are thousands to repair and replace as well

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Regulating the innocent never makes sense

    • @42069SWAG
      @42069SWAG 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @ should we get rid of drivers licenses too?

  • @enigma51ted
    @enigma51ted 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    bring it to wisconson = good plan

  • @robrobitaille4235
    @robrobitaille4235 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I used to love living in Minnesota until Tampon Tim and his woke cronnies wrecked it. Unreal.

  • @patrickwilliams4613
    @patrickwilliams4613 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I have subscribed to you channel its a help

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Thank you!!

  • @aaronkuntze7494
    @aaronkuntze7494 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's like trump says, "If you don't like it here, get out. "
    They are doing a GREAT job of preventing criminals, and you know it.

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      lolol

    • @jpoppinga8417
      @jpoppinga8417 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah the Shitties are such a great place to live....
      Yes that was sarcasm

  • @ralphyboy3636
    @ralphyboy3636 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Save it up and go to Wisconsin

  • @steveherr450
    @steveherr450 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    wonder if it is a way to track people? not just looking for thieves but people that don't pay taxes on their scrap. if you pay that fee and don't report it on your taxes they might go hmmm, something isn't adding up here. around here they have me on file because i went to the yards too many times a year. if you go more than 4 times i think it is they make you put your driver license number on file and gave me a scrap number to use that matches up to it. didn't know when the one yard took my drivers license and i was in there 2 days later and they handed me my own scrap number. back in my hayday i was in there3 times a week during the summer months every monday, wednesday and friday.
    oh i agree it is a way for them to get more money out of you but i think there is another motive and not just that extra $250 from everyone.

    • @papapsych2746
      @papapsych2746 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Why would anyone ever pay taxes on scrap?
      If anything they should be claiming a deduction for how much they lost on its value scrapping it in the first place.

    • @steveherr450
      @steveherr450 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@papapsych2746 yeah i can understand the person that drives a car for a few years and decides to take it in for scrap, they don't really care about that person. . The ones they want to go after are the people making a living scrappng and not paying uncle sam his cut.

    • @papapsych2746
      @papapsych2746 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@steveherr450 Scrapping isn't a Trade Or Business as defined in the internal revenue code in 26 usc 7702 (a) 26, or anywhere else in title 26. Nobody cares about scrappers paying taxes, they want to bankrupt family farms and convert them into corporate farms.

  • @ToeCutter454
    @ToeCutter454 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i mean while it is bad for the small people in the long run you could make a more lucrative business out of it by collecting that copper scrap from others and using that license to cash in. if people don't want to pay for the license but want to get rid of it they'd likely pay you to take it because most dumps and landfills charge for that kind of waste and for what it's worth they'd rather give someone like $5-10 to deal with it for them! i'd rethink the whole thing as an opportunity instead.

  • @KevinHarvey-qw5mj
    @KevinHarvey-qw5mj 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Here we had same problem just show i d and address where it came from lasted a little while then went back to normal but new houses had wire and plumbing taken out over a weekend and had to replace cops didn't do anything hell they would catch them and release them no problem i caught some people stealing from the sand company and called the guy running the place he was responsible for it they arrested them and told him to go figure an amount so they would know what level the charge would be he did his part and went to court and they already released them before being charged never heard what happened but got caught stealing big job and went to prison don't know for how long and i go down to burn the coating off my copper and he comes and says take are stuff said ok we will split it the commercial stuff big thick heavy stuff got a good chunk of change and went to give him his half said get me a case of beer said I was going to anyway but said all he wants is a case of beer so I did ok on that one but he told me im the only one he trusts to give him the right answers when it came to what we got felt good knowing that 😊

  • @franksespool8150
    @franksespool8150 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Keep voting Democrat

  • @ShawnShoen
    @ShawnShoen 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    😂thank your government

  • @kensweetser6901
    @kensweetser6901 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It's a easy fix just vote the dems out

  • @natewoi4119
    @natewoi4119 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    so is it now tax free on earnings then hell yea

  • @craigstephen3216
    @craigstephen3216 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Or pay 200 get your licence. Then set up in a garage somewhere buying copper illegally from those shady types. For less than market of course then resell it to actuall scrap yard.

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And now you are a criminal thanks to the gov

  • @Denpachii
    @Denpachii 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Minnesota, an ancient Native word for a small, carbonated beverage.

    • @pasinen
      @pasinen 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      🤣

  • @charlietanner6211
    @charlietanner6211 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    you all voted in a great govenor

    • @TurbineGuy
      @TurbineGuy  14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Not me, I do not vote for communists

    • @kahlernygard809
      @kahlernygard809 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Yes jesse ventura was the best governor of all time

    • @jpoppinga8417
      @jpoppinga8417 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I didn't vote for him

  • @AndyGenova-jr9ol
    @AndyGenova-jr9ol 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Whynot get a part x job problem solved everybody wants something 4 free nowadays good luck is it worth dying for lazyness should be a crime