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You should be able to negotiate because of the volume

A laser rust remover would be great for turning that number 2 copper into number 1 copper

The most interesting thing here is just how out of whack the real estate prices are in Florida. But the reckoning is coming.

It's like playing Russian roulette with Mother Nature. Odds are; you lose, you lose, you lose.

You are all correct about scrapping and the yards cheating you on your scrap grades and breakage it’s more money for them less for you !!! They will rob you blind…..

Do y’all take the spiral stairs, cause some people like to buy those?

I scrapped for 50 years. Most of the time I was treated very fairly. I'd love to work with you when I'm in Florida this winter.

if you are comfortable with a yard that does you right stick with them....one or two by me are dirty f'ers

Dave you are a nice guy talking to some younger lads around you.👊🤝🤝

How long did it take you Dave to collect and sort all scrap materials?

Copper king!

Seems like a nice place to work. I like how yo educate the public on demolition. There’s more to it than destroying buildings.

First time watching one of your videos, I hope like heck you guys start dripping that wire. You're losing a lot of money. I know it costs money to make money, but that's an awful lot of money.😊

give back awesome…..

Happy to see credit given where it's do.

Dave, I don't know you and I don't like you, not one bit, you hide behind a camera and tell the RUclips world that the company they are thieves and that they stole from you and a lot of others, not having the gonads to say something to their face, If that had been me, you would have loaded the stuff up and taken it elsewhere CLOWN

There is 3 different scrap yards within 5 miles of where I live. I am just a dude that will stop and grab scrap metal and appliances on the curb while I'm out, break it down if I know its got enough copper or wire in it to be worth it. I throw the scrap steel in my back yard and will haul a load of it off as soon as I have enough to fill the truck up. I have a 3 card sized garage and use one part of it to store all wire, copper, aluminum so on. All my non ferris. I only take that stuff in when I really have a lot of something and the price is great. I will just hoard it when the price is low. The funny thing is of the 3 scrap yards so close to me. The one that is probably the easiest to get in and out of and moves the quickest also happens to be the one that pays the least amount always. Because of that I will only go there under certain circumstances because I hate getting 4 cents a pound for scrap shred steel when I can get double that few miles away. The scrap yard that pays the best happens to be the one that I would say is the hardest to get in and out of. They pay more but they have less room and everyone knows they pay more so they are always covered up it seems and a trip there can lead to a long wait time just to get to the scales. The one that is in the middle on price kinda also happens to be the closest to my house so I end up there a lot. The only thing I hate about them is they are really bad to try and screw you in every little way. If you dont watch they will charge you for the lowest grade copper on ever bare bright. I mean you better pay attention to what they are typing in their computer at the scale because I have had them throw clean aluminum down on their scales and instantly type in dirty aluminum. If you catch it and say something its a quick oh sorry about that and they change it but if you dont watch them and say something they will screw you in a second and they dont care how much you bring them or how often your bringing it they will screw anyone. Because of that I really hate it. All 3 scrap yards close to me have good points and bad points. Sadly all have a good reason I would say to never go back but I gotta go somewhere. There is a few much nicer ones if I wanted to drive another hour out of my way that honestly are much cleaner and have better reputations and pay about the same but when you start driving farther out of your way hauling a load of scrap you begin running up your fuel costs and that cuts into your profit even more. So I end up just taking what I can get close to home. The scrap steel at times is like a burden to me as it piles up so fast for a scrapper. It pays the least and I haul probably 30 truck loads of scrap steel for every one load of non ferris. But while its time consuming, its worth it to me as each year I been doing it the last decade it really has helped with the bills. My advice is if you can keep the copper, aluminum somewhere for awhile. Call ahead before you go, prices on copper so on go up and down just like gas. I mean seriously I have taken a load of wire in before only to see the price jump a dollar a pound a week later. But I also have seen the price bottom out plenty also. Commodities just always go up and down. But you for sure want the best price you can get. No one wants to get screwed and yes all scrap yards are bad to try and screw you. They train their employees often to do that very thing. I have even seen workers at some scrap yards trying to cheat little senior citizens out of a few dollars on their crushed soda cans they bring in by saying that since a few of the cans looked wet that they had to deduct money off the price because the cans were wet and it added weight to them, which is bull. Every soda or beer can might have just a drop of dried up soda so on inside the can but these scrap yards will use stuff like that often to screw people as much as they can especially seniors or women!

It's called capitalism. If you make zero effort at selling your product, just wander in and take whatever they offer, you get what you have coming (bend over). If you spend time doing your homework, and in this case clean it, sort it, and grade it, and make the effort to price it at more than one buyer and negotiate that with the final buyer, then you get respect and the better price. 9 out of 10 people who start a business, fail. The one that doesn't fail, does the homework, puts in the time and effort - way above just showing up for an 8 hour shift - understands the needs of the customer and gets the sale/best price, and so on. Now, don't think he just spent that 33 grand on good times. He has a payroll, payroll taxes, income tax and SS withholding for each employee, material/fuel/tools/hauling expenses/insurance (big $$), yadda yadda. I have operated my businesses for 50+ years and I KNOW.

There is no wine in the room, but there is cheese

I LOVE DEMO DAY

This is so beautiful. Amazing catch on camera

Looking at the bus bars could that be silver on them should be checked out

Yes it's good, & now the copper thieves are at it again. Stealing wire from traffic lights & street lights. They even caused blackout 's on portions of the highway .

Scrapyard sold it for 70.000 that's theft y'all

He said when they sell it they don't care about the bluing but there paying u number 2 for the bluing smh

WOW THATS UNBELIEVABLE!!! no wonder they don't want u recording all that number 1 u have and there telling y'all it's #2 yeah I definitely wouldn't want anyone seeing that either!!! No matter how ya look at it there stealing from y'all PERIOD you should do something about it until u do there going to keep doing that shit to ppl

These are always interesting to watch thanks for the content and time spent creating these

Slow down for Manatees. No Wake. Great Video!

In the UK we have clean copper or brazed , dirty painted cordded just goes under clean

Its lost all its beauty and will probably never be back to what it was. You give great updates for people around the world

I love the many options you are exposed too. Learning a little at a time. Out of work, I help a scrapping friend. We would process the easy stuff daily for cash flow. His step van was set up as he was driving, that I could strip wire on the way to the next pick up. Fun stuff. Learning at every age! Thanks

That sheet copper is #3 sheet. Not a number 2. #2 copper is pipe/tubing or very thin, stranded wire with paint, solder or hard tarnish. #1 is clean tubing, or clean wire. The difference between the sheet and tubing is that the sheet is pliable and easily bent probably has some other additives to downgrade it a bit, tubing has beryllium in it to make it rigid, hard and strong. Don’t just think because they bought it a certain way, they’re automatically trying to screw you over. If you don’t know ask questions.

Sanibel Island needs stay the way it is. The whole island smells like a waste dump.

First off that number 3 sheet copper is called ACR ends I’m getting .96 cents a pound for that where I am in NJ. The ACR rads that were dirty is not .10 cents they are yet again lying to you because they know you don’t know your metal. That’s only a downgrade from clean ACR to dirty ACR the price difference for me is 1.86 for clean and 1.56 for dirty I highly advise you try another yard out and try to find better prices in your area all around. The dirty corrosion, aluminum copper radiators were clean copper radiators don’t make a difference. Metal is metals. There is no difference between what your metal looks like. The prices should remain the same. I’m gonna watch the rest of your video, but these are just a small things I’ve noticed in the first eight minutes. All of the weight is on the can itself they’re making you do more work than it needs to be. I’ve never heard of a Scrap Yard giving someone this much trouble for giving them so much material my Scrap Yard would love you.

I’ve never been to a scrap yard where I felt I wasn’t being screwed. When I have a bunch which is nothing like this, I take it in in separate trips. When you don’t have it all organized already and in that quantity it’s so easy for them to screw you

BUS BAR DOES NOT GET GALVANIZED, IT IS SILVER PLATED TO INCREASE CONDUCTIVITY

Great vid.

We scrap at my job. I’m the store manager at a car audio store. Lots and lots of extra and used wire coming out of installs. Lunch money.

Manatees mating 😂 omg fish porn on RUclips 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Buzz bars are #2 copper that silver color is silver plating, Great payday also give it your hard working crew, stripping copper #1 14 gauge is not worth it 12 Gauge is a bit better but labor adds up fast

This scrap yard is scamming you guys by down grading you, The materials go out & get shredded & magnets remove the Ferrous metals, Copper # 2 only if it has paint or solder or bluing it still #2 + #1 can have corrosion but no paint or solder. Make sure you are listing all the karts by number + tare weights on a list with weights, One kart out your out $500 or more. Big loads like yours make the scrap yard big bucks & can fill there orders fast, Record all your weights & next time tell the other yard about what weights you might have & there top price & ask if you can film your load + no filming means Illegal workers or scams going on right in front of you, When your workers bitch that you made 20K tell them you gave them 18K in work for them, Not free money for you, I have been doing Demolition for over 20 years & the overhead is a killer to run a demolition company like yours great work guys

For the wire you can put it on pallets and pour diesel on it the insulation will be gone

Publishing that they are cheating isn't going to do you any favours. You should have kept the metal if you didn't like the price.

Every scrap yard has different prices depending on what they specialize in.

That’s a meth heads dream right there lol

Im in Beverly Hills Florida, I own and operate Davis Systems PC, I would love to go out for a day and sweat it out with you if you're ever in my area!

Bro, I gotta say. 321 comments and you replied to every single one. Kudos. That's how you build a cult following! Awesome Logo designs. Keep up the hard work, Help is hard to find, and A hard-working boss man is even harder!

My girlfriend is from the mountains and has never experience a hurricane like me, living on an island growing up. May bring her there next hurricane so she can get the full experience

Dave, I love watching you and Angie on the show

Nothing to see here just every day normal Florida stuff