@@thubprint agreed definitely having my two favourite channels on the same board maded my day. Have a good one brother looking forward to your next episode stay safe
Please never get rid of your “free ghetto music” it’s nostalgic and love when it comes on. Reminds me of when I first found your channel! How far we have come since then!
We're talking "tonnage" Hahaha. Congrats on the record ticket. Btw, I like the pizza pointer LoL. I didn't know what to look at.. the ticket or that pizza. I'm Hungry.. Damn!!
Derek that's a fantastic few day's working and hauling . I remember when I was hauling 6061T CNC 3 times a week with 1600 pounds each load and as soon as they unloaded me they were loading their big van trailers to their melting foundry 40 miles from here . Several trailer loads a day and their foundry was working 24 hours a day . Lots of money constantly going out and coming in . Extremely busy recycling facility that also has a monster steel shredder that sorts vehicles and other merchandise into 11 different types of material . Great video Derek .
your videos always keep me wanting more you have the best scraping videos about copper i watch ,your honesest about your prices and dont try to get over on your costemers either thats what i like about watching your videos too keep up the great work keep the faith and god bless
Holy crap, Derek!! Glad the transformer wrecker springs didn't catch you!!! That was a MASSIVE amount of wire in just a few days!! Reminded me of the job I did at Kraft a year and a half ago. Did $12K gross, $6K net, with just a drill powered Stripmeister, but that was a GREAT month!!
30:52 I am so loving this. Gotta be one of my favorite vids you've posted. It's so chill sitting here with a beer after a long day of computer work on the couch. Too bad I'll make less this week than you made this morning. ha!
Cool video.. I made 1500 English pounds in a month. But I got the wire free. I scrap as a side hustle as I have a full-time job. You are definitely copper King.
Sideline hustle: Take the buss bar and punch circles or cut rectangles laser engrave your logo and sell as merch. Might boost your per pound return. And the laser engraver can be running in the background.
I work for a large underground utility company and we pulled out old phone lines for AT&T. The phone lines are called a (1600 pair) so each little colorful wire is 1 pair. So 1,600 lines wrap really tight. it’s roughly 3” round of solid copper! We pulled out over 2 miles of it. Filled a couple 20 yard dumpsters full. That’s BIG $$$$
@@dglass411 3 times a month. Yes not 1 dumpster but 2-3 dumpsters. We take concrete chop saw and zip threw the cables in seconds and start cutting them in 2-3ft junks. Because after that there like 50lbs
Man I tell you what. I’ve ran a scale in Orlando Florida for 11 years and there nothing like getting that poor man’s gold. I miss the Recycle game badly. And your not helping. lol . East Colonial recycling. Yep those was the days. My hat goes totally off for you. One man show. Killing it.
I wish could make this happen. I only seem to pick up small copper amounts like $60 here and there from copper pipe and wire. It's too bad i could help you stripping the wire to speed this up and cut the time in half to process it to sell.
Nice chunk of copper, think you need some hidraulic pallet lifter or a special pallet to lift your cable at your hand level, I think it's to physical for your back to get every piece buy leaning to it... Keep up the good work, Shoutout from Romania, EU
Is Miami the closest yard to you?the difference between yards around me and the one you go to is my yard will give me #2 for all that since it is thin individual strands that make the big piece. My yard wants a single strand to be a certain size to be bare bright.
Hi Derek, You're having way to much fun stripping by yourself!! With all the heavy-duty plastic insulation you generate - have you checked into any local companies that could use it to make other products?? Companies that do plastic injection molding or something similar. Just thinking out-loud - better to sell it than throw it away. Love these longer videos! Looking forward to the next one! Stay safe! Thumbs up! Jim
Sounds like your back could use a pallet with jacks to go up and down to waist level so your not bending over all the time to get stuff off the floor. I have a dislike for stairs as well. Awesome haul of a video.
If * I ever get another thousand pound load of copper? I definitely need the JAWS because I had triple zero wire and cutting it by hand is not fun! can only imagine 500 and 600 MCM
@@ProjectShopFl Derek, are there any plastics mills in the area that you could possibly sell the diced coating to in order to keep it out of the landfill ?
Awesome work bro. Love watching your vids. You should have 48 hours to the day...or a helping hand or three. ....and someone who could edit your vids. Most satisfying parts is when you organize or clean your shop. Least satisfying is when you talk about all you are going to do to the copper-king. Either fix it, witch would be a really good vid, or leave it out. Another good thing is when you film stuff in fast mode, that is also satisfying. Please see it as positive "critics". (i do watch your vids anyway so). lol Keep up the good work! / Mickey (fellow scrapper/ ex USMC / Sweden)
Have you ever tried cutting with the broken part of jaw on top? It looks like you grab wire easier that way. Also the rear tire on trailer drivers side is getting ready to throw that retread from what I saw after first delivery. Also what's the width and length to rear roller on the Copper King? I'm thinking of making a wood mockup for your V notches. Yes it won't last long but you would be able to cut and adjust the wood to dial in notch design. 😊 💖 from Minnesota
I'm not sure what you mean "cut with the broken part of the Jaw" I use the hole blade, or at least what's left of them. lol I actually smoked a hub & bering on the passenger side last week. lol I'm in Orlando at the moment so remind me next week about the measurements on the wire stripper. Thanks for watching
Me and you do the same thing that small wire killed me I process 50k lb a month for scrap yards I bought a granulator I do 1500 to 2 000 lb in a shift now
@@ProjectShopFl nos they no longer buy condencer coil they will buy the evaperater coil the compresor the copper from outside unit the sheet metal the fan motor but not the coil . So i guess now you have to esperar the alluminum from the copper tubing or alluminum tubing witch alot of them are now .
Fellow Floridaman, young gun, machinist. Buying my own machine tool is still out of reach for me and the corporate trade was a huge disappointment, dei management, HR pussyfootin, incompetence allround. Would be nice to have my own shop like this to process if the work's there, build up to better tooling. Never owned a business or rented out space to work on my own, could I ask a general range of overhead for a space this size? Also if you have specs on that motor you use to run the stripper rig or have shown a build video I'd be interested in that. Little bit south of Tampa area so you don't have to worry about me steppin on your toes. Overall interested in small/medium foundry work to pump out material to machine, have scrapped and stripped my chunk of found and discarded, but tensions about the garage space are getting tedious so it's about time I carved out my own. Pops had a heart scare so he's retired a little early, he's a woodworker, but actually had a welder he said I could have, so I'll need to learn that along the way. Thanks for the content, I understand it's not all green eyes, not afraid to work just tired of working too hard for less takehome. Really dig that turtlebeak you got there, though I'm not sure I'll need one for a while, cheers m8, be well eat well. 😁
I show them my tickets so they know.. Honesty is always the best policy.. Exactly why they'll keep working with you. I'll transport all yall shit ...Lmfao..
59:00 - the shitty part about all this money coming in is that at the end of the year, yes, you did make a shit ton of money, but you're paying a bunch of tax on it, because the govmnt sees that 14,000 as 'income'...
Hey there I’m from ontario Canada doing the same type of thing wondering how you go about talking to contractors and business about buying their scrap copper etc,
Have you ever tried buying your copper from any auctions I've been thinking about trying it out what are your thoughts on it. Also found an app that has auctions
@ProjectShopFl nice, just curious as every summer up here I live in my forest cabin and leave the computer and shit at home for 3 months. Just curious was all. What a load of 600!!!!! Fuck me. Safe travels friend. Peace from Canada
Ok I’m gonna make a tutorial video on how to manage your excess straps! Learned an amazing technique so you don’t have a mile of extra stuff to wrap and wrap and unwrap and unwrap. Or it gets loose and you got a monkey tail 30 ft behind the trailer lol
Me and you do the same thing that small wire killed me I process 50k lb a month for scrap yards I bought a granulator I do 1500 to 2 lb in a shift now 1:20
@@ProjectShopFl that's hard is it worth the investment time money buying or building a granulater sluice I think not thanks for your time and reply stay safe
I wonder if the people you get that stuff from has ever verified if the stuff they are getting is not stolen from a job site. Because if you put all that 600 mcm back together it will be a whole roll. I just pray that if it is you don’t get caught up in it because we like you as a friend and you putout great videos.
I buy it from the electricians that pulled it off the job. lol I only buy from the electrical contractors that pull in new wire and have leftovers or are pulling out burned up wire. It's %100 percent not stolen. I would not be involved with it if it was and I would definitely not post it on the internet.
Yes a few, I live in south Florida and its hot during the day, I pick up the wire during the day and don't like sitting on that much wire so I turn it over by the next day if possible so the price don't drop, I don't like working when all my neighbors are open with all the random customers ( People I don't know ) seeing the amount of copper I have sometimes, and I make TH-cam videos and don't want random people coming by and distracting me. If I have my bay door open during the day people will just walk in thinking I open to the public which I'm not.
You sir are a hustler. Hard work pays off
Thanks! 👊
It always did.
The wire is always crazy but I love those bus bars! I can’t bring myself to scrap them, they just stack so nicely 😊
I saw you stacking them in a video a while back and i started to the same. Its just a form of art i say.
Wait till you see the next load. lol Thanks for stopping by. 👊
@thubprint wow project shop fl fan who would of thought it. I thought you would have little time making your awesome channel brother
@@empirefinds ohhh I definitely stay busy, but my man over here is always showing how to stack real money scrapping!
@@thubprint agreed definitely having my two favourite channels on the same board maded my day. Have a good one brother looking forward to your next episode stay safe
I think it’s absolutely crazy the amount of copper u process. No other channel on here comes close lol
Thanks!
Love the security guard sitting on the box!! Instead of eatin" powdered and glazed donuts, it watches copper donuts being made!!
Thanks, I'm all about safety. lol
Please never get rid of your “free ghetto music” it’s nostalgic and love when it comes on. Reminds me of when I first found your channel! How far we have come since then!
Ok, I will keep them but will also inject some new tunes from time to time.
This is satisfying to watch
Glad you enjoyed it.
awesome load of copper copper
Thanks!
Thanks for your hard work and honesty 😊
Thanks! 👊
We're talking "tonnage" Hahaha. Congrats on the record ticket. Btw, I like the pizza pointer LoL. I didn't know what to look at.. the ticket or that pizza. I'm Hungry.. Damn!!
Thanks! 😂😂😂
Thanks! 😂😂😂
Thanks! 😂😂😂
That's awesome. I enjoy scrapping as well.
Thanks! 👍
@@ProjectShopFl You're welcome! 😁
great looking copper great load good job and video
Thanks 👍
That was fun to watch, just waiting to see you get your forklift up and running and save you hurting your back, take care😊
Thanks, me too! lol
Thanks, see too. lol
Great work getting all that processed
Thanks 👊
12:10 yessir! Easy eating right there.
😂😂😂 👊👍
Derek that's a fantastic few day's working and hauling . I remember when I was hauling 6061T CNC 3 times a week with 1600 pounds each load and as soon as they unloaded me they were loading their big van trailers to their melting foundry 40 miles from here . Several trailer loads a day and their foundry was working 24 hours a day . Lots of money constantly going out and coming in . Extremely busy recycling facility that also has a monster steel shredder that sorts vehicles and other merchandise into 11 different types of material . Great video Derek .
Awesome thanks for sharing
Another awesome video...
Thanks
I appreciate the fact you drive in any traffic much less Miami with the "train" you drive! Also, nice haul!
😂😂😂 Thanks!
WOW!!!!! U the man!!!
Thanks!
your videos always keep me wanting more you have the best scraping videos about copper i watch ,your honesest about your prices and dont try to get over on your costemers either thats what i like about watching your videos too keep up the great work keep the faith and god bless
Thanks! I appreciate your kind words. 👍
Holy crap, Derek!! Glad the transformer wrecker springs didn't catch you!!! That was a MASSIVE amount of wire in just a few days!! Reminded me of the job I did at Kraft a year and a half ago. Did $12K gross, $6K net, with just a drill powered Stripmeister, but that was a GREAT month!!
Thanks, I had a few issues with the transformer press that day. lol
❤❤❤ awesome scores bud the busbars yummy yummy 😋🤤
Thanks 👊
Bro, you got the big money copper laugh 😅
😂😂😂
30:52 I am so loving this. Gotta be one of my favorite vids you've posted. It's so chill sitting here with a beer after a long day of computer work on the couch. Too bad I'll make less this week than you made this morning. ha!
Thanks!
@@ProjectShopFl Dude, Derek, if I were young, I'd come down and help triple your business. But, alas... Edit: Say 'Hi' to Steve!
amazing nice few grand profit is always a good day lol or 12 months for me
Thanks, My ridiculous rend sucked that right up. lol
Good chunk of buzz bars 👌
I just turned some that were 5’ long, 4.5” wide and 1/2”-5/8” thick! Monster buss bars!!!
Sub fitter?
Thanks, I just picked up 3k more the other day. lol
Amazing video! keep up the great work and the enjoying content
Thanks!
This guy is bashful but there is no one running more copper than him! He’s the copper king!
Thanks!
and hes not even on meth! impressive!
just imagine if he *_was_* on meth. he'd be 4x more impressive then.@@impv1se
That's some high quality h2o
😂😂😂
Cool video.. I made 1500 English pounds in a month. But I got the wire free. I scrap as a side hustle as I have a full-time job. You are definitely copper King.
How’d you get all that wire for free?
@6980869 I go skip diving and know many builders and electricians. I don't get the lot in one go.
Free you say .. How's that possible
I wish I got wire for free. lol
Sideline hustle: Take the buss bar and punch circles or cut rectangles laser engrave your logo and sell as merch. Might boost your per pound return. And the laser engraver can be running in the background.
Thanks I am looking to get a laser engraver.
Making bullion bars with your logo would be cool
Good job
Thanks
Thanks! 👊
Thanks!
I work for a large underground utility company and we pulled out old phone lines for AT&T. The phone lines are called a (1600 pair) so each little colorful wire is 1 pair. So 1,600 lines wrap really tight. it’s roughly 3” round of solid copper! We pulled out over 2 miles of it. Filled a couple 20 yard dumpsters full. That’s BIG $$$$
Wow, Thats awesome!
Do you still do jobs like that?? I'd hate to see all that go in a dumpster! Lol
@@dglass411 3 times a month. Yes not 1 dumpster but 2-3 dumpsters. We take concrete chop saw and zip threw the cables in seconds and start cutting them in 2-3ft junks. Because after that there like 50lbs
Man I tell you what. I’ve ran a scale in Orlando Florida for 11 years and there nothing like getting that poor man’s gold. I miss the Recycle game badly. And your not helping. lol . East Colonial recycling. Yep those was the days. My hat goes totally off for you. One man show. Killing it.
Thank you! 👊
I wish could make this happen. I only seem to pick up small copper amounts like $60 here and there from copper pipe and wire. It's too bad i could help you stripping the wire to speed this up and cut the time in half to process it to sell.
Err you buying copper from electrical contractors & are you in south FL?
Nice chunk of copper, think you need some hidraulic pallet lifter or a special pallet to lift your cable at your hand level, I think it's to physical for your back to get every piece buy leaning to it... Keep up the good work, Shoutout from Romania, EU
Thanks, I have something in the works to save my back.
Awesome video good job
Thank you! 👊👍
love it
Thanks! 👊
True what you say can't sit around or you loose $$$
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You really don't have enough room.👍
I know hopefully one day
Is Miami the closest yard to you?the difference between yards around me and the one you go to is my yard will give me #2 for all that since it is thin individual strands that make the big piece. My yard wants a single strand to be a certain size to be bare bright.
There are yards closer but this place has the best prices and I have work in Miami.
Hi Derek, You're having way to much fun stripping by yourself!! With all the heavy-duty plastic insulation you generate - have you checked into any local companies that could use it to make other products?? Companies that do plastic injection molding or something similar. Just thinking out-loud - better to sell it than throw it away. Love these longer videos! Looking forward to the next one! Stay safe! Thumbs up! Jim
Thanks, I will see if we have local companies that could use it.
Awesome episode brother absolutely beautiful shotgun. Just keep near leave the doors open. That was definitely a drug deal going down.
😂😂😂 Thanks!
nice pumpgun... :-) i also have a mossberg in germany...for hunting
Thanks, It's a 500 flex, everything is designed to be quickly switched out, I can make it a hunting gun in about 1 minute. lol
nice... :-) i have a M590A1 @@ProjectShopFl
I like your style. Hows that big Merc running? The algorithm hasn't fed you to my feed in a minute.
The Merc is running good. Just did a ABC DIY fix. TH-cam must be shadow banning me. lol
@@ProjectShopFl possibly. I watch, comment and like but it’s been a few months since you popped up.
Pizza pointer . And I thought I knew all
The possible uses for pizza. 🤯
😂😂😂 👊 👍 🍕
Great video bro
Thank you. 👊
Sounds like your back could use a pallet with jacks to go up and down to waist level so your not bending over all the time to get stuff off the floor. I have a dislike for stairs as well. Awesome haul of a video.
I am trying to get to my forklift and it will solve many problems.
Have to ever thought about buying a house with a garage. Make it your shop with less overhead.
I've worked from home a few times, The noise is always an issue. I'd have to be out in the middle of nowhere.
@@ProjectShopFl I agree. I wait till my kids are asleep. But my machine makes to much noise, hints fall….can’t use a hammer. 😂😂 so my pile get huge
@1:06:35 Nice insurance policy! ;2)
😂😂😂 Thanks! Over here at Project Shop FL we are all about safety and PPE. lol 👍
If * I ever get another thousand pound load of copper? I definitely need the JAWS because I had triple zero wire and cutting it by hand is not fun! can only imagine 500 and 600 MCM
Keep hustling and it will come your way. 👊
Copper train! 😂
Love your vids
Thanks!
Have you thought about a dicer for the coating on the copper wire so you could get more in a trash bag ?
Yes but it will add a process and I just through it in the dumpster.
@@ProjectShopFl Derek, are there any plastics mills in the area that you could possibly sell the diced coating to in order to keep it out of the landfill ?
You need to wrap your hydraulic lines with yellow tape so you don’t cut them.
Good idea!
Awesome work bro. Love watching your vids. You should have 48 hours to the day...or a helping hand or three. ....and someone who could edit your vids. Most satisfying parts is when you organize or clean your shop. Least satisfying is when you talk about all you are going to do to the copper-king. Either fix it, witch would be a really good vid, or leave it out. Another good thing is when you film stuff in fast mode, that is also satisfying.
Please see it as positive "critics". (i do watch your vids anyway so). lol
Keep up the good work! / Mickey (fellow scrapper/ ex USMC / Sweden)
Thanks
Have you ever tried cutting with the broken part of jaw on top? It looks like you grab wire easier that way. Also the rear tire on trailer drivers side is getting ready to throw that retread from what I saw after first delivery. Also what's the width and length to rear roller on the Copper King? I'm thinking of making a wood mockup for your V notches. Yes it won't last long but you would be able to cut and adjust the wood to dial in notch design. 😊 💖 from Minnesota
I'm not sure what you mean "cut with the broken part of the Jaw" I use the hole blade, or at least what's left of them. lol I actually smoked a hub & bering on the passenger side last week. lol I'm in Orlando at the moment so remind me next week about the measurements on the wire stripper. Thanks for watching
Now that is a hole
What hole? lol
@@ProjectShopFl Is what a Hall
Me and you do the same thing that small wire killed me I process 50k lb a month for scrap yards I bought a granulator I do 1500 to 2 000 lb in a shift now
Wow! That's awesome
Down to 30c per lbs for #2 Cooper in Tampa today . Im not messing with it anymore . Not enough to even cover gas
No way copper is that low I just got 2.85
@@ProjectShopFl nos they no longer buy condencer coil they will buy the evaperater coil the compresor the copper from outside unit the sheet metal the fan motor but not the coil . So i guess now you have to esperar the alluminum from the copper tubing or alluminum tubing witch alot of them are now .
Fellow Floridaman, young gun, machinist. Buying my own machine tool is still out of reach for me and the corporate trade was a huge disappointment, dei management, HR pussyfootin, incompetence allround. Would be nice to have my own shop like this to process if the work's there, build up to better tooling. Never owned a business or rented out space to work on my own, could I ask a general range of overhead for a space this size? Also if you have specs on that motor you use to run the stripper rig or have shown a build video I'd be interested in that. Little bit south of Tampa area so you don't have to worry about me steppin on your toes.
Overall interested in small/medium foundry work to pump out material to machine, have scrapped and stripped my chunk of found and discarded, but tensions about the garage space are getting tedious so it's about time I carved out my own. Pops had a heart scare so he's retired a little early, he's a woodworker, but actually had a welder he said I could have, so I'll need to learn that along the way. Thanks for the content, I understand it's not all green eyes, not afraid to work just tired of working too hard for less takehome. Really dig that turtlebeak you got there, though I'm not sure I'll need one for a while, cheers m8, be well eat well. 😁
My shop is 5k month and I have many videos on the stripping machine just go through the videos and look for stripper rebuild videos.
Lock aka latch
Ok. 👍
hey you need a biger shop i would go crazy in that shop
I can't afford a bigger one unless I move way out in the country
Where in the world do you find a stripper machine that actually pulls the insulation off??
I got mine used but you can buy them online from blue rock and copper mine
Time for a table to stack wire for stripping
Thanks for the suggestion
I show them my tickets so they know.. Honesty is always the best policy..
Exactly why they'll keep working with you.
I'll transport all yall shit ...Lmfao..
👊👍
i missed your videos ;-)
I should have more coming.
Hard to believe a company would give it away instead of processing it themselves
No one gave anything away, If you watched till the end you would know how much I paid for everything.
Dude, the wire stripper is the heart of your operation-time for a rebuild!!!Stop talking about it do it.
I've got some mods in the works.
Man you have some killer volume running through your shop,have you ever looked into becoming a whole seller and cut the scrap yards out?
I already sell to an exporter but selling to a mill would be awesome.
59:00 - the shitty part about all this money coming in is that at the end of the year, yes, you did make a shit ton of money, but you're paying a bunch of tax on it, because the govmnt sees that 14,000 as 'income'...
As far as I know there is no tax on scrap
57:12 I’ll call you the copper courier dude how’s about that
😂😂😂 I'll take that. lol 👊
Do you recital the plastics too
No one buys it so I usually take it to the local dump and they sort it out.
want to see mor of you at scrap yard
Ok 👍
Ok I will get more footage.
time to look into a stake body truck with a knuckle boom crane
Been wanting one for a while now. 👊👍
Someone buy this man a pointer. He's using a slice of pizza as a pointer! Are you ever gonna take a bite of that?
😂😂😂 I did and it was delicious. lol
Hey there I’m from ontario Canada doing the same type of thing wondering how you go about talking to contractors and business about buying their scrap copper etc,
Watch the live streams I did lots of good info
Have you ever tried buying your copper from any auctions I've been thinking about trying it out what are your thoughts on it. Also found an app that has auctions
No, but I might have to look in to it. Thanks for the suggestion. Good luck let me know if it works for you.
First, lol. Always a great watch
Thanks!
😂 using pizza as the pointer that was funny
😂😂😂 Glad you enjoyed the video.
Your 5HP motor did its job on that 600.
I think the old 110v 3 hp would have been crying. lol
E&h in Orlando got 12 k of bus bars
I'm in Orlando doing a big lighting job. lol
Hey Derek did you get your sluice working??? Peace from Canada
Not yet but I just got some more material for it.
@ProjectShopFl nice, just curious as every summer up here I live in my forest cabin and leave the computer and shit at home for 3 months. Just curious was all. What a load of 600!!!!! Fuck me. Safe travels friend. Peace from Canada
@@chrismarsden8958 Thanks
I’ll be I. Miami in about a week or two . My uncle passed away. But you can put me to work. I’m willing and able!
Sorry to hear that, keep me posted when you come.
@@ProjectShopFl thanks brother 🤜 keep up the awesome work!
I would be ecstatic if I could find just 1% of that.
Keep putting the energy out there, some think your thoughts create your reality
Ok I’m gonna make a tutorial video on how to manage your excess straps! Learned an amazing technique so you don’t have a mile of extra stuff to wrap and wrap and unwrap and unwrap. Or it gets loose and you got a monkey tail 30 ft behind the trailer lol
Funny I was gonna do the same thing I see people all the time doing it so wrong. lol I also have a great way to wind up hose and electric cords.
@@ProjectShopFl I would love to see for electrical cords I’ve tried many ways never works for me hahahaha
@@ScrapFatherScrapSon I've got 2 ways that will help you out. lol
Me and you do the same thing that small wire killed me I process 50k lb a month for scrap yards I bought a granulator I do 1500 to 2 lb in a shift now 1:20
Is granulated copper worth less or same amount as stripped one in your area?
In mine it's less so stripping wire is the way.
Damn that's like 25 tons of copper per month? That's crazy 👍
F
I got inveteted with arubis and my copper chop is same as bare bright clean
Nice!
Don’t like leaving the door open when you are by yourself… only a fool would mess with you seeing that friend you had sitting on that box!
There are a lot of fools in south FL. lol
How do you verify the weight when you are buying?
Scales
It seems you generate alot of scrap insulation. Is it recycled or do you just pitch it ( you never talk about it )
I just take it to the dump.
Where do the bus cars come from
It came from a court house.
Just wondering do you strip romex wire usually?
Sometimes if it's the thicker stuff but usually I throw it in the #1 insulated.
Might seem like a dumb question but why wouldn’t they just sell it directly to the scrap yard?
Because I pay more than the scrap yards.
Derek a question do you get more or less for granule copper ?
Less than bare bright copper.
@@ProjectShopFl that's hard is it worth the investment time money buying or building a granulater sluice I think not thanks for your time and reply stay safe
How often do you need to change the blades on your stripper?
I've had the machine for 5 years and never changed them just sharpened them once.
Brilliant machines them little strippers for the price they give the big boys a run for their money.
Why don't you clean the wirestripper machine with a good blow from the compressor?
I guess I could, It needs a good over haul.
Price is rubish here in England, how do u dispose of all the plastic sheath ?
I through it in the trash no one wants it.
you could make plastic bricks with it. lol
@@ProjectShopFl
@@thepolyman9698 I'd like to do something with it. I was wondering if I could make diesel with it. lol
I wonder if the people you get that stuff from has ever verified if the stuff they are getting is not stolen from a job site. Because if you put all that 600 mcm back together it will be a whole roll. I just pray that if it is you don’t get caught up in it because we like you as a friend and you putout great videos.
I buy it from the electricians that pulled it off the job. lol I only buy from the electrical contractors that pull in new wire and have leftovers or are pulling out burned up wire. It's %100 percent not stolen. I would not be involved with it if it was and I would definitely not post it on the internet.
Just found your channel. Is there a reason you do the stripping at night?
Yes a few, I live in south Florida and its hot during the day, I pick up the wire during the day and don't like sitting on that much wire so I turn it over by the next day if possible so the price don't drop, I don't like working when all my neighbors are open with all the random customers ( People I don't know ) seeing the amount of copper I have sometimes, and I make TH-cam videos and don't want random people coming by and distracting me. If I have my bay door open during the day people will just walk in thinking I open to the public which I'm not.
@@ProjectShopFl Thanks for the full on reply. I've also had the issue of customers consuming my time. Re temp. don't have that issue here in the UK.
can the wire plastic be recycled?
I was thinking the same. Seems as though that material could be processed and reused somehow.
Probably cost prohibitive tho
Probably but no one takes it in south Florida
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Hey Derek May I Know Approx How Many Tons Of Copper You Accumulate After Stripping Every Month ???
I have no idea, Its very sporadic.
I have no idea it's very sporadic