JUNKYARD LIFE

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  • Опубликовано: 30 июл 2017
  • Short documentary about the day in the life of a Junkyard worker. Long time parts puller Paul "Shaky" Childress demonstrates what it takes to work the yard at King road auto parts. Photojournalist Joe Cromer has the story.

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  • @iluvdrywall
    @iluvdrywall 3 года назад +43

    I've loved junkyards ever since I walked through one when I was 12 years old. Later on, no matter where I lived, I was always buying and selling cars and parts much to the displeasure of local zoning ordinance enforcers. Finally at my half century age, I have a state licensed, zoning approve good-old-boy 2 acre salvage yard. I won't get rich, but I enjoy my work. Ain't life grand!!!

    • @joshpeck3441
      @joshpeck3441 2 года назад +1

      Love to hear it. Keep going brother. I share a similar story and i grew up doing drywall(saw your username) as well what are the odds hahah . I rent a 5 acre lot myself and I’m loving life

    • @maecannan
      @maecannan 2 года назад

      Yeah that's me Dylan here I love my loader and you're right guys there ain't no yards out here like this anymore it's what I call a live junkyard, with the EPA cracking down and fines and regulations it shut us down

    • @DaewooFestiva23
      @DaewooFestiva23 3 месяца назад

      thats my exact dream. I wish you the best man!

    • @iluvdrywall
      @iluvdrywall 3 месяца назад +1

      @@DaewooFestiva23 Thanks for the reply! My yard is still going well, although I don't do much business selling parts due to my location up here in the sticks, but I'm my own boss and the big checks come in when I haul in the scrap!

    • @DaewooFestiva23
      @DaewooFestiva23 3 месяца назад

      @@maecannan must be a state thing cause i visited a yard just like the one in this video back in 2023, although all of the cars were stacked, 2 each stack.

  • @johnsmith-gs4qf
    @johnsmith-gs4qf 3 года назад +24

    Good honest work by good honest workers.

    • @johnnyr4767
      @johnnyr4767 Год назад

      Won't know if they are honest people till you try and get something from them

  • @OffGridInvestor
    @OffGridInvestor 4 года назад +21

    This REALLY REALLY NEEDS MORE VIEWS.

    • @ryanchenier-poulin8570
      @ryanchenier-poulin8570 3 года назад +3

      the old guy is like fut thos electro tools need me my boom tank lmao

  • @michaelguinn5736
    @michaelguinn5736 2 года назад +9

    Takes a special person to do this type of work!! God Bless them!!

  • @Intruderzz
    @Intruderzz 10 месяцев назад +3

    Love this , I work in a breakers yard in Ireland,that’s what we call them here, 25 years and I love every single day ,il never leave my job,well done guys great work my friends

  • @jamesellis33
    @jamesellis33 3 года назад +15

    Finally a video of a person working in the junkyard. I just see videos of people fucking around and not doing any work at all. There is a real man trying to do some work.

    • @thesusboomerroblox6516
      @thesusboomerroblox6516 3 года назад

      I own a small one but I not a full scale one I disable it myself any time I get once a frame it’s scraped

    • @Subreon
      @Subreon 2 года назад

      @@thesusboomerroblox6516 very interesting name for a scrapyard owner lol. you wouldn't happen to be hiring would you? i've always wanted to work in one. admittedly for more of the fun stuff like being the guy in this video who just rolls around in the lifter all day. like he said in the video. no qoutas to fill. just go around and do whatever when someone asks for help. put cars in the crusher, pull stuff off the cars, find neat stuff in the junk, etc. i'd love to own a yard myself and host demo derbies with cars made of barely functional but not good enough to sell parts we pull off our own lot, then after the derby, crush them as normal. seems like a good time. even though i'll be pretty crazy rich with my video game company, i'd still want to own a yard just because it's so neat, even if it turns out to not be profitable. i'd happily sink some money in to keep it going just like giant toy box or something. would also pay more than average yards pay. aside from the fun stuff, it looks like a lot of hard work, and hard workers deserve more pay than anyone, including the owner. that's how i'll do my game company too. the guys who actually make the code and the models and such should get more money than me.

  • @johnelliott6408
    @johnelliott6408 3 года назад +8

    I always worked junk and scrap yards and love it

  • @bert1913
    @bert1913 27 дней назад

    I love these guys work ethic

  • @x1_n_only_jtm_
    @x1_n_only_jtm_ 3 года назад +10

    It's cool to see how other yards run. We own one in Michigan.

  • @markfortin421
    @markfortin421 3 года назад +8

    Alot of people think junkyards and their workers are the pits.
    Bottom of the barrel....nothing could be farther from the truth.
    These places exist for a reason...parts for some vehicles cannot be bought new, aftermarket, or rebuilt.
    This is the only source, and a good yardman keeps a mental inventory so he can go to what he needs, fast.
    But the days of instant shredding are here, and the parts yards of old are disappearing fast, as the price per ton goes up.

  • @7080nik
    @7080nik 4 месяца назад

    Great story! This should have its own series on TV. There was a old school junkyard next to where I work. It was exactly like this one! Muddy pathways, tall weeds around the cars, greasy dirty guy that knew were EVERYTHING was. Just think how simple and seemingly happy that Shakey guy is. Has a nasty dirty job out in the elements all day, doing it all his life and seems like the happiest guy in town. Probably never gets mad at anybody. Just flat out guts the job done

  • @OffGridInvestor
    @OffGridInvestor 4 года назад +12

    5:00 needs to be introduced to a cordless angle grinder. You NEVER go back once you've used one.

    • @Subreon
      @Subreon 2 года назад

      exploding angle grinder disks are much scarier than a flame that only shoots one direction in a tiny area

    • @codestools1528
      @codestools1528 2 года назад

      Cordless grinder and cordless impacts make my life so much easier in the yard as a dismantler

    • @codestools1528
      @codestools1528 2 года назад

      And I also don't like regular grinding disk but since I found the steel ones with diamond teeth my grinder is now my best friend

  • @GoldenTV3
    @GoldenTV3 2 года назад +1

    I just worked at a junkyard for the first time today, boy will I tell you that shit is an entire different world. Walked through the office to the garage area, entire floor was muddy af with gas, not water. Engines stacked up on shelves, shit ton of tires in a corner.

  • @sunflower6639
    @sunflower6639 2 года назад +3

    How I love RUclips University. Been thinking about a Junkyard after watching this I'm not sure if it's for me not because I mind the hard work. I love and miss working hard cant do this in a chair tho and nobody wants to work these days smh. I think my main problem would be finding employees

  • @colinstables2345
    @colinstables2345 Год назад

    Good insight,cheers for the video.

  • @ToddandAmandaWilliams-bm8mi
    @ToddandAmandaWilliams-bm8mi 9 месяцев назад

    New sub definitely like seeing the team work and friendly ness great video

  • @jamiehubbard8823
    @jamiehubbard8823 3 года назад +1

    Great videos I will share your channel

  • @bobgomez9481
    @bobgomez9481 3 месяца назад

    This guy's skills and memory are amazing. Rusted bolts are the least of his worries.

  • @maryjorgensen5043
    @maryjorgensen5043 2 года назад

    hey guys i just wanted to tell ya your looking good out there boys keep up the great work ethic goice.

  • @chrisvance8220
    @chrisvance8220 3 года назад +4

    This is what I do

  • @coreysim-th9tl
    @coreysim-th9tl 6 месяцев назад

    That's the right way to run a yard

  • @Carrack090
    @Carrack090 4 года назад +3

    My right ear is lonely.

  • @josephlveigel2593
    @josephlveigel2593 Год назад

    I need to see if you have any every 80 Ford F-250 extended cab

  • @BNSF2012
    @BNSF2012 24 дня назад +1

    It's just sad to see cars crush like that

  • @user-gv8sd7zn4f
    @user-gv8sd7zn4f 19 дней назад

    Every one of these cars has a story to tell like...my first car😊...my firts date😊...family going on VACATION 😊
    ...bank robbery, get away car ?....where they come from...where were they... what was their life experince..and why were they left behind😢...for some of these cars it's the end of line😢...you are looking at AMERICAN history ❤

  • @strikeryachts
    @strikeryachts 3 года назад

    Drive like a sport, pay like a sport.

  • @tommymann69
    @tommymann69 2 года назад +2

    Coulselman automotive recycling Spanish fort alabama

  • @hillbillydipper9199
    @hillbillydipper9199 3 года назад +2

    I’m 14 worked at a under the table scrap yard 2 years then was told a lot of cars that I was cutting up were stolen quit right then and their and now I’m trying to get a job at the junkyard pulling parts and stuff for people I really hope they let me I love that place

    • @Peytonthetall
      @Peytonthetall 2 года назад

      How did you end up working under the table I'm turning 14 in June and I wanted to work at a junkyard you got any advice on how to get the job also I've got work ethic and I'm 6ft1

    • @davidcarrollcottlejr.
      @davidcarrollcottlejr. Год назад

      i help my dad with old junk i think of it like sanford and son an empire, stay up all night stay up till bout 3 go to bed eat dinner after dark, no school, till summer winter stay on comptuer forever go to grocery store whenever we run out of food or restautaunt its the life but prices are high things ought to be cheap ever here of wallace nc salvage yard theres one in warsaw

  • @Unicornmazda
    @Unicornmazda 5 месяцев назад

    It’s like a graveyard for cars 🥺

  • @tommymann69
    @tommymann69 2 года назад +2

    Pates scrap metal and salvage summerdale alabama

  • @hubeilidi1835
    @hubeilidi1835 2 года назад

    we supply baler,shear,shredder for scrap metal....

  • @shaanidesi
    @shaanidesi Год назад +1

    He is so valuable, but I bet he is not making what he should 😢

  • @perrycomeau2627
    @perrycomeau2627 Год назад

    I like distillery caps

  • @thesusboomerroblox6516
    @thesusboomerroblox6516 3 года назад

    So much scrap metal that at least we’ll idk maybe more than 6k most definitely

  • @tommymann69
    @tommymann69 2 года назад +1

    DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN CRUSHER?????

  • @perrycomeau2627
    @perrycomeau2627 Год назад

    Distributor caps are an another story.

  • @moondog4313
    @moondog4313 2 года назад

    Would y'all sell some of the car tags/license plates?

    • @Xander081987
      @Xander081987 2 года назад

      I would. What are you looking for?

    • @moondog4313
      @moondog4313 2 года назад

      @@Xander081987 just regular car tags as long as they're aluminum im not wanting antique ones. Just regular ones as long as it's state drive tags

    • @Xander081987
      @Xander081987 2 года назад

      @@moondog4313
      Yes sir! How many would you like?

    • @moondog4313
      @moondog4313 2 года назад

      @@Xander081987 how much would you charge per tag?

    • @Xander081987
      @Xander081987 2 года назад

      @@moondog4313 I'll let you decide, I'm not in it to make money, just to help a stranger.

  • @tommymann69
    @tommymann69 2 года назад +1

    Southern scrap mobile alabama

  • @BenandMattGaming
    @BenandMattGaming Год назад

    This guy was my neighbor

  • @mattcycle7298
    @mattcycle7298 Год назад

    SUPER LA VIDEO VUS LE MEC DE LA CASSZ IL DOIS PAS CONNAITRE LA DOUCHE A MON AVIS

  • @tommymann69
    @tommymann69 2 года назад +1

    G money car crushing on youtube

  • @kaungsatthukaung4498
    @kaungsatthukaung4498 3 года назад

    ခင်ဗျာတိုနိုင်ငံကအိမ်တိုင်မှာကားရှိကြတယ်နဲတာများပဲကွာဟမူရှိတာကားချစ်တဲနိုင်ငံပဲကျနော်တို့နိုင်ငံနဲကွာဟမူကမိုနဲမြေလိုပဲ Std

  • @OffGridInvestor
    @OffGridInvestor 4 года назад +2

    I've been in warehousing and have a minor degree in production line and process design. And I see a couple guys wandering from car to car looking at the same part that's screwed on most of them. Organization.....

  • @joshpeck3441
    @joshpeck3441 2 года назад

    2 employees time , all that diesel, for one janky control arm. Salesman needs to reconsider selling that little ass suspension piece next time

  • @connerporlier5423
    @connerporlier5423 2 года назад +1

    Car GMC 2001

  • @tessonannick4531
    @tessonannick4531 2 года назад

    la pollution

  • @angeliccook9932
    @angeliccook9932 Год назад

    Why y'all selling parts that's that dirty I get it's a junk yard but this junkyard is nasty

  • @waynecopeland4253
    @waynecopeland4253 2 года назад

    I don't mind walking though junk

  • @philcollins2289
    @philcollins2289 Год назад

    c'est vraiment le bordel 👎🇨🇵🖐️