The Low-Buck Mine: Scrap Metal and Hoarding

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @chriswhite2151
    @chriswhite2151 Год назад +229

    So to get rid of junk, you bought a place with a mass quantity of junk?
    Masterful move!
    Wow that is a lot of stuff!

    • @Freedbird
      @Freedbird Год назад +21

      Livin the dream !

    • @Dancing_Alone_wRentals
      @Dancing_Alone_wRentals Год назад +11

      Absolutely genius!

    • @patrickthemayor2524
      @patrickthemayor2524 Год назад

      that is all $$ laying around there. that was a great move !@@Dancing_Alone_wRentals

    • @CoryMT
      @CoryMT Год назад +11

      Instead of getting rid of his junk, he's just hiding it in a bigger pile of junk. lol

    • @daviousmaximus6446
      @daviousmaximus6446 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@CoryMT ...and that was his cunning plan all along

  • @corryn00
    @corryn00 Год назад +260

    Most youtubers get money and build fancy shops... not you man... your like most of us and just get a bigger place with more junk. YOU ARE AWESOME!!

    • @1nvisible1
      @1nvisible1 9 месяцев назад +4

      *Bring a trailer full of scrap back to the yard on your return trips.*
      *In 37 years it will all be cleaned up!*

    • @bondvagabond42
      @bondvagabond42 9 месяцев назад +11

      He's the real deal, if he did make more RUclips money, you KNOW he would just drag more old iron home.
      I explain it to my wife like this: it's tough to have a person be really really good at fixing stuff, without them tinkering on old junk, so she gets to look at my yard art, but when the furnace breaks and it's -40° outside, I can fix it in like an hour, vs having to wait till 2026 for a repair guy to come fix it.

    • @Krumpetpirate
      @Krumpetpirate 9 месяцев назад

      A man of the people.

    • @chrishalford7930
      @chrishalford7930 8 месяцев назад +1

      Hahaha love it.
      The 80 year old English you tuber Garage Racing has so many spares it takes him a day to check his stock before going buying stuff...its all in front of me bro'.

    • @chrishalford7930
      @chrishalford7930 8 месяцев назад

      Sorry "shed racing " is the 80 year old

  • @BCVS777
    @BCVS777 Год назад +204

    I’m thinking you’re gonna inherit all that stuff whether you want it or not.

    • @Frank-Thoresen
      @Frank-Thoresen Год назад +20

      It will cost the previous owner too much to clear. The work and transportation will cost more than the value. I hope he keeps it all besides of potential chemicals in the "keep out" box

    • @Decenium
      @Decenium 9 месяцев назад

      even those truck trailers? because he could easily sell that or use those.

    • @ironcladranchandforge7292
      @ironcladranchandforge7292 8 месяцев назад +1

      Actually, he can make enough money with what's left there to pay for the property. Those diesel engines, generators, ect. are still worth money. Lot's of scrap metal too, although the prices are a little low right now.

    • @joseph-mariopelerin7028
      @joseph-mariopelerin7028 7 месяцев назад

      He wish 🤞

  • @anthonymarcello1265
    @anthonymarcello1265 Год назад +122

    Amazing how what was a silver mine is now a gold mine!!! Hoarder heaven!!!

    • @another_unique_username
      @another_unique_username Год назад +11

      That’s about what I was thinking. As he was riding around I was all but drooling over a lot of the stuff there

    • @RoseBud-fk4qg
      @RoseBud-fk4qg Год назад +2

      I can't wait to see wat you do with all that junk treasure

  • @glenjenkins21
    @glenjenkins21 Год назад +77

    This is my absolute favorite channel. I can’t wait to see what you do with the new property.

  • @SAM-zt2uy
    @SAM-zt2uy Год назад +19

    This is the dream! An old mine with a radioactive truck.

  • @stanleybarnette3025
    @stanleybarnette3025 Год назад +57

    You are an interesting human being! I like your view on things that most people would consider junk. Lots of good ideas come from your channel and I'm really impressed with your know how. You live a life most of us tinkerer's could easily envy. I would be genuinely be interested in your worldviews. Anyway i really like this channel and i enjoy your "can do" attitude " and skill set. Keep up the videos as i no longer really enjoy the videos of the RUclipsrs that have made it "big". There is a lot to be said for those that can do much with what they have. Thank you Sir!!

  • @ProlificInvention
    @ProlificInvention Год назад +5

    I'm here for it; I cleaned out hoarder homes for 15 years, and worked at a rock quarry/sand mine that doubled as a racetrack sometimes..and had an 80 acre recycled materials section...so you could say this is right up my alley. Not to mention this is one of my favorite YT channels, thanks man.

  • @steineriksen1850
    @steineriksen1850 Год назад +13

    I want to see that 27 liter caterpillar and air cube thing run

  • @ziggybome
    @ziggybome 4 месяца назад +2

    Gotta respect the man who transports a trailer full of old used tires to a property 4 hours away 😂

  • @ScottDLR
    @ScottDLR Год назад +28

    It's a hoot exploring that place. Thanks for taking us along and congrats on your new treasure trove.

    • @michaelb.42112
      @michaelb.42112 9 месяцев назад

      That would be SOOOooo much fun exploring that property looking for neat gadgets.

  • @paytonagresta1343
    @paytonagresta1343 Год назад +24

    Great video, awesome property, tons of potential. All the junk is sweet, that power wagon with the atomic symbol on the door is amazing.

  • @asacummings8319
    @asacummings8319 Год назад +14

    That unknown diesel engine looks like a Caterpillar 3306.

  • @allanwinter4991
    @allanwinter4991 Год назад +20

    I used to work on those air cube compressors on offshore oil rigs back in the seventies/eighties.Fantastic machines. Huge output. Need to use turbine oil in them to stop the valves coking up.

    • @steveaw5895
      @steveaw5895 Год назад +2

      Were the ones you worked on Joy compressors?
      I worked for a compressor repair contractor and
      he had a Joy cube looking compressor in the
      back corner of the warehouse.
      He was a Joy company service man.

    • @allanwinter4991
      @allanwinter4991 Год назад +1

      @@steveaw5895 Ingersol Rand just like in the video.

  • @thaddeustroyer
    @thaddeustroyer Год назад +5

    Free, is always better. Casually mention to the previous owner that it they "dont want to worry about cleaning the place up, they can just leave it" you sir, are now set for life with the "low buck garage" theme. Soooo much stuff, needed a place to store "said stuff" so you bought a place with more stuff! Absolutely genius! 👍👏

  • @juztyn00
    @juztyn00 Год назад +39

    Awesome project, looks like a year's wages in just scrap. I'd be wary of leaving anything of value (Like the quad) up there though.

    • @robertburns3014
      @robertburns3014 Год назад +1

      Yeah, I would worry about leaving anything of value there as any thief checking out the property would take it, I can almost guarantee it. 😢

    • @alcopower5710
      @alcopower5710 Год назад +2

      Was thinking the same thing

    • @billmoxon9506
      @billmoxon9506 Год назад +6

      Yeah but his good junk is cleverly hidden amongst all the old soon to be his junk... and it's already been safe for quite a while by the looks of it!

  • @tedvandell
    @tedvandell Год назад +18

    Thanks for all the great videos last year! Looking forward to more in 24!!

  • @2coolwheels139
    @2coolwheels139 Год назад +10

    What fun! I can't wait to see you get those old diesel engines running!

  • @Dancing_Alone_wRentals
    @Dancing_Alone_wRentals Год назад +8

    I'm four plus hours from my storage. I hate the drive there....but once I arrive......glorious!
    Here is what happened to me. I went from being scared to leave something of value.....
    to wishing I could take everything to storage and only bring back the things I was working on. Happy New Place in the New Year!

  • @chestercobblepot7839
    @chestercobblepot7839 Год назад +5

    Pressure vessel at 15:58 is made by autoclave engineers, they have been building HP stainless vessels like that since the 1930’s, submarine tech and reactor tech too. That needle valve on the end is still commonly used today and its end connection is good for 60,000 psi.

  • @opus1952
    @opus1952 Год назад +18

    Crikey ! you've bought a small fortune in scrap metal alone. 👍 Can't wait to see what comes from this lot. Happy new year. 😎

  • @Viva-la-Maquina
    @Viva-la-Maquina Год назад +10

    Man, that place is heaven! You have a live time worth of content now! The metal alone is worth the cost! I got a storage barn next time over few years ago to clear my home. Now I spent several times a month dropping and picking up “stuff”. You will end up with two sets of everything also. Have fun!

  • @ytidb
    @ytidb Год назад +4

    You are living the dream my friend! Know that we all live vicariously though you! Keep it coming!

  • @Proswim1
    @Proswim1 2 месяца назад +1

    I bet the scrap metal and glass will pay for the property, the race track, if done right has possibility of making huge money even if it was open only two times in summer. The investment in a property were you have complete serenity, where no one is there to sniff up your butt, or look over your shoulder is the American dream. Bravo!!! Cant wait for future videos.

  • @namelessjames7696
    @namelessjames7696 9 месяцев назад +7

    “I wonder if you could build a shed out of desks?” You are asking the right question!

  • @ridethroughlifertl
    @ridethroughlifertl Год назад +9

    I found your channel about a month ago and I watched every single one of your videos in order. I'm glad I caught up! I'm really looking forward to the new stuff this year.

  • @robertburns3014
    @robertburns3014 Год назад +7

    What a cool piece of property! I know that it is a long way from "civilization" but that is one of its best features. You can do all most anything you want to do out there! I would be thrilled to have something like this. If your RV bus can handle the road to the property, you could live on your property part of the time if you wanted to! Anyway, thanks for showing us around and please keep us updated on the progress out there. 😊

  • @carld3184
    @carld3184 Год назад +2

    I bought a place like that about 20 years ago, all it had was fields woods and a 100+ year old barn.
    Still enjoy going there and playing with the tractor, dump truck, bucket truck etc.
    Your new place comes with a lot more stuff!!!
    It will make an excellent off-grid retirement home once the kids move out.

  • @EJJ123
    @EJJ123 Год назад +6

    as for those big cone things maybe just stand them up and cut a door in them looks like they'd make a decent little storage shed
    That place is going to be awesome I can't wait to see all the things you're going to do there

  • @rudolphbondefangerer5513
    @rudolphbondefangerer5513 Год назад +2

    The important thing about stuff is that you can never have too much of it. You may have the wrong stuff, but that just means you have to have more stuff. To make sure you have the right stuff. When you need it.

  • @asbjrnkvisle5831
    @asbjrnkvisle5831 Год назад +3

    I could walk around there for days 🤩

  • @jarm7726
    @jarm7726 Год назад +8

    😂 I got goosebumps looking at all that junk 😂 I would keep it all 😂🎉 Happy New Year

  • @roypearce6968
    @roypearce6968 Год назад +6

    That big thing is for air conditioning they put them on a roof and they were like a Radiator and the system use ammonia to make it work. But that was years ago. So happy you found this place great video.

    • @steveaw5895
      @steveaw5895 Год назад +2

      They were called cooling towers when I did hvac work in the eighties.

  • @baxojayz
    @baxojayz Год назад +5

    The new expansion / overflow property looks amazing! I am shocked you wanted all that stuff cleared out. So much looks so useful!

  • @Freedbird
    @Freedbird Год назад +4

    Big metal cone on top. Curved glass walls underneath. Seems like you could scrounge up some metal beams, etc., for the structure!
    Going to need a boom on the half track.

  • @doubleduty1703
    @doubleduty1703 Год назад +4

    Your going to need an excavator with grapples and semi truck with big trailer
    The glass would be cool for a greenhouse or a house built into a hill.
    Excavator to dig out the hill.
    Got furniture too… hmm so much potential.

  • @cattlerepairmancattlerepai9414
    @cattlerepairmancattlerepai9414 Год назад +5

    Told my wife about your move of the collection and she said "No!" . When I showed her the gorgeous property she said "Hell, no!" and her comment on the scrap metal and assorted goodies was "Absolutely, NO!". I am not quite sure but it almost sounds as if she was not on board with me entering the scrap business.
    On a more sincere note, not knowing what the scrap metal prices are in your area, but methinks you make the "used car price" of the property back relatively easily with the stuff that is there. Large electric motors, pumps and the 2 inch steel plate usually bring good money.

  • @superfly99206
    @superfly99206 Год назад +4

    Low Buck adventures galore

  • @hfdzl
    @hfdzl 8 месяцев назад +2

    Just fell into Heaven!! Plenty of project starters and projects not to start. How could one average home brew mechanic stumble into a candy store like this!! Amazing!! I don't know what you are keeping or scrapping out, there is a piece I would be interested in buying if possible.

  • @michaelb.42112
    @michaelb.42112 9 месяцев назад +1

    Low-Buck Garage and Pole Barn Garage are becoming two of my favorite channels and I'm not a mechanic. EDIT : That property you bought with all the rusty gold is like Heaven ! I can only imagine cruising around on your ATV going on a treasure hunt and finding it !!!

  • @tobyihli9470
    @tobyihli9470 2 месяца назад

    That smaller diesel that you ask if we knew, I’m gonna say that was the power supply for a pump to pump water out of places in the mine.

  • @davidallen5320
    @davidallen5320 Год назад +2

    You're doing it right because we're having fun!

  • @goptools
    @goptools Год назад

    That place is wild! There is no end to the amount of fun you can have there. You could start a hoarding empire! So much good stuff. I would be hoping that the prior owner leaves most of it.

  • @gmwally4537
    @gmwally4537 Год назад +25

    The bins with the train coupler are ore cars used underground. Look like 5 ton cars. If they have a wheel on the side its a camel back side dump. They were usually pulled with a large battery powered locomotive.

  • @manytrickpony695
    @manytrickpony695 8 месяцев назад +1

    everything about this channel i like and envy. New Mexico, the machinary, the "go for it" attitude. and that place looks like a mecca of fun.

  • @talltom1129
    @talltom1129 Год назад +2

    I hope you brought some of that plastic back to make a new set of drive gears for the snowmobile

  • @matthewanderson7766
    @matthewanderson7766 Год назад +3

    So much more room for activites
    I'm really excited to see what you do with that property and the projects you get into

  • @francistheodorecatte
    @francistheodorecatte Год назад +2

    if that land was part of the silver mining operation, you might want to get some soil samples done and make sure the land you just bought isn't heavily contaminated with lead and arsenic that gets blown around as airborne dust.

  • @boolongfellow8452
    @boolongfellow8452 Год назад +2

    Those massive funnels would make great storage sheds or cabins

    • @TCW-hw6iw
      @TCW-hw6iw Год назад

      i was thinking the same thing. Flip them onto the open and they would look a bit like teepees. Great place to store rattle snakes and scorpions.

  • @rogerheilman2699
    @rogerheilman2699 Год назад

    Love all your videos. My Dad was a farm kid and learned to fix almost anything and everything from his Dad, Uncles and Granddad...all dedicated hoarders. I'm more of a city kid but learned my DIY and Fixit skills at his knee. I'm now retired and have been looking for a reasonably priced worn out flat fender jeep to tinker on but they've become stupid expensive in my (northern outskirts of Phoenix) area. Still looking in an ever widening area. Your videos are both entertaining and instructive. Please keep it up

  • @SleepToots
    @SleepToots Год назад +2

    Looking forward to your future projects! That place looks like a gold mine (or at least a silver mine)!

  • @johnossendorf9979
    @johnossendorf9979 Год назад +1

    I love those King Quads ! Best utility Quad ever made !

  • @chrispy725
    @chrispy725 Год назад +1

    16:55 the paul and Steve engine looks like a lincoln welding machine without the frame and voltage controller parts

  • @wicks7581
    @wicks7581 Год назад +1

    Thats one way to get new projects (assuming the previous owner fails to clear up). Keep up the good work.

  • @carmanmacbain5976
    @carmanmacbain5976 Год назад +1

    it looks like you hit the jack pot for a scrap colector great show and ideas thanks .

  • @sarachucks
    @sarachucks Год назад +3

    Love the new property. So whatever you don’t use as far as metal, you could scrap the not so useable metal and it would pay probably close to half of the property cost, just a thought. Lots of stuff there that could be used for future projects. I look forward to seeing more videos of the old mine property.

  • @Hazmatt4700
    @Hazmatt4700 Год назад

    Having lived on an old gold mine for many years, the amount of cool and useful items and parts is always an excellent addition to the goldberg.

  • @dandexinventor
    @dandexinventor Год назад +1

    Oh ya! that's a gold mine of another kind! I used to dream of owning a junk yard out in the middle of nowhere so i could just build stuff, so I'm thinking you are living the dream...good find!!!

  • @DIESELHILUX
    @DIESELHILUX Год назад +1

    Wow heaven I’m in heaven I would have told the previous guy too just sign everything over and you will deal with clean up into piles of money oys and endless resources your life from now on will be busy scouting out the hidden gems old luck I’m desperate too see how this goes lol the best from here in UK ENGLAND Royboy fantastic find 👌

  • @jasonjavelin
    @jasonjavelin 9 месяцев назад +1

    This is such a cool property! Looking forward to an update video and more on all the stuff they leave

  • @70SuperBee
    @70SuperBee Год назад +1

    Congratulations on your new property this is very exciting so much potential

  • @plowboybill8283
    @plowboybill8283 Год назад

    Way Kool!!!!! Land of a thousand Smiles! Miles of Smiles, you are having FUN, Thanks for sharing!

  • @nzsaltflatsracer8054
    @nzsaltflatsracer8054 Год назад

    Now that's a cool place, lots of room for a self motivated man to evolve & lots of stuff to do it with. 😀👍

  • @bymarcatholictinkering
    @bymarcatholictinkering 7 месяцев назад +1

    What you do is what most of us wish our life situations would offer us, but just can’t for various reasons.

  • @Breakstuff455khz
    @Breakstuff455khz 7 месяцев назад

    I need to live next to an abandoned mine, that place looks awesome. I'd keep all the junk and drag it to one corner and call it a day. I'd try to get the ghost town as part of the deal too.

  • @mrshaneyt43
    @mrshaneyt43 Год назад

    Amazing place , your own slice of heaven to do as you please and I’m very jealous. Living here in the Uk on this dinky island your lucky to have a few metres to play in 👍

  • @purplegravy
    @purplegravy Год назад

    I can’t explain with words how much I love you. If you ever need a kid that may or may not be over 50 please let me know.

  • @chuckh.2227
    @chuckh.2227 Год назад

    My dream property!!
    Looks like all the value is above ground
    There's years worth of projects there
    If you're not having fun there it's work
    Have fun!!!

  • @67697072
    @67697072 Год назад

    Good score...lots of really cool stuff !!👌

  • @scottmacleod6301
    @scottmacleod6301 Год назад

    That's a 78/79' ski doo citation when I was a teenager and into my early 20s they used to mysteriously follow me home here in MN.

  • @hubcityhotrod
    @hubcityhotrod Год назад

    Oh we defiantly want to see more about this new property and what you can do with it. Can't wait for school to be out so you can take the motor home out there and spend some quality time organizing all the cool stuff left behind and putting together a cool shop.

  • @francoisbouchard602
    @francoisbouchard602 Год назад

    Cool yard Nice show Happy New year 😄

  • @JeffKopis
    @JeffKopis Год назад

    PARADISE! And I AM a scrapper! BTW, copper/brass radiators are worth $2/lb, IF you remove any attached steel from them. I'd tell the previous owner, "Dont worry about moving this junk, leave it all!"

  • @dalegnodle
    @dalegnodle Год назад

    I lived in Grants for many years and when the Uranium mines shut down went to a bunch of auctions. It was a blast! These are cool leftovers from that Era!

  • @kopperhed4472
    @kopperhed4472 7 месяцев назад

    This is one of the coolest purchases ever. Those mountains are beautiful and a radioactive truck.

  • @gregglogan9553
    @gregglogan9553 Год назад

    yes a gold mine of scrap . a lot good stuff. love the shout video. an love your channel.

  • @jjock3239
    @jjock3239 Год назад +1

    That would be my kind of dream property. I am willing to bet, that the previous owner is going to leave a lot of that stuff up there for you to sort through at your leisure. Happy New Year..

  • @grahamsmith6474
    @grahamsmith6474 Год назад

    Your new property will give you a lifetime worth of videos to make. That’s amazing. I’m super jealous of your property. Keep up the amazing videos. Love them.

  • @kenhawkins5469
    @kenhawkins5469 9 месяцев назад

    I wish we in England could live like you rock on man 😊 Kenny from London

  • @bigospig
    @bigospig Год назад

    That is a treasure trove for a guy like you! Congrats.

  • @slantfish65sd
    @slantfish65sd Год назад +1

    That inline 6 cylinder diesel engine is a caterpillar 3306

  • @PRAISETHESAVIOR
    @PRAISETHESAVIOR Год назад +2

    That’s awesome! Such a blessing that many can’t see, it’ll be a lot of work cleaning/organizing it all but I’m looking forward to seeing what happens!

  • @dennisbjones
    @dennisbjones Год назад

    You really are becoming a professional level hoarder. You even buy property that has been pre-inoculated for hoarding to save some time ;-)

  • @morewithles
    @morewithles Год назад +1

    Projects for a lifetime! You’re gonna need an army! 😂

  • @PascalSWE
    @PascalSWE 4 месяца назад

    Seeing that thick metal structure and the keep out sign makes me think they might have dumped something toxic or maybe even radioactive in there

  • @daviddaw999
    @daviddaw999 Год назад

    Your land is a great acquisition, James, and will no doubt be of use to you. I'd love to be let loose with my camera to record the decay and interesting junk. I am sure that you will have a lot of fun there.

  • @wsupton1
    @wsupton1 Год назад +1

    Were I younger, I would like to have joined you in a partnership on the land. I love the possibilities that junk offers. Love your videos and can't wait for the next one. Sarasota, FL.

  • @rossjon4795
    @rossjon4795 Год назад

    This is going to be fun watching what you do with this place

  • @gkett001
    @gkett001 Год назад +2

    This is beyond cool! I would love to be cheap labour to help clean up the place. And just because the mine is played out doesn't mean there isn't more silver, just not enough to make it profitable. Or maybe they missed a vein of ore. Anyway, it's way too much fun to pass up. Love your videos.

  • @happychappy5135
    @happychappy5135 Год назад

    Great video James. I wish you all the best with it. Can not wait for future videos. 👍👍

  • @benschlack5814
    @benschlack5814 Год назад

    Sweet video buddy can't wait to see more 👍

  • @mechisx
    @mechisx Год назад

    I am completely jealous. I wish I had the time and the money to get a place like this.

  • @Jethrosgarage
    @Jethrosgarage Год назад +1

    That six cylinder appears to be either an early Cat 3306 or it's predecessor, a D333. Neat piece of property but wow what a bunch of junk! Yeah there is scrap value there if the seller does not come clean it out, but is it worth your time to do it? My inlaws bought a foreclosed place that has old logging trucks, tons of junk, junk farm machinery etc. They are still cleaning it up!

  • @n1r0l
    @n1r0l Год назад +3

    Your Dad is going to poop himself when he sees what you bought. Prepare to move the blue bus out there for him to spend next spring.

  • @UBERKalti
    @UBERKalti 7 месяцев назад

    Looks like you’ve struck gold. Awesome location.

  • @markc5593
    @markc5593 Год назад

    I absolutely love that place, I had 30% of a house built by the end.

  • @mike-lp6gn
    @mike-lp6gn Год назад +1

    Nice way to start the year Good luck Happy new year.

  • @PaulinesPastimes
    @PaulinesPastimes 8 месяцев назад

    What a brilliant place. Now that you are in training to become a professional hoarder there is almost everything you could ask for. The possibilities are endless and I particularly like the idea of making a building out of office desks 😄 Is there something wrong with me that when I saw the two huge funnels, I envisaged welding them together and making a submarine? Not much water though....

  • @tonydaniels3093
    @tonydaniels3093 Год назад

    You got the makings of a awesome rifle range!!!

  • @Jono.
    @Jono. Год назад

    Cool new spot!! I’m digging the industrial riff-raff scattered about. Love this channel, thanks for showing us around all your cool projects. I’m excited for that Dodge 200