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Dumpster Diving "It's Still Got The Thing On The Shaft!"

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Howdy, y'all! My name is Mike and I absolutely love scavenging for free stuff, random treasures, lost valuables and other interesting artifacts. I mainly rock the dumpster diving scene but can be found digging through trash curbside as well as scavenging the river bottoms for lost treasures in the summer months. Join me on my epic voyages!
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In a nutshell, I ‘m an avid dumpster diver, scrapper, picker, treasure hunter and underwater connoisseur. I prowl the city streets in search of dumpster loot, curbside treasures & scrap metal as well as scour the river bottoms for lost valuables during the summer months when I can scrounge up enough money for gas. Be sure to stay subscribed to stay up to date with my latest expeditions, y'all!

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@richardhayes3174 2 года назад

Those large boxes arent for phones, they are variable frequency drives for electric motors. On the front it says ahu which stands for air handler unit. They went to the motors for their a/c systems. VFD's are for motor effiency.

@bifaith100 2 года назад

worth a mint

@flamed250 2 года назад

Yup, those are worth a pretty penny to someone! You might try to bulk sell them, I’m sure someone would take the risks for hundreds or thousands of dollars.

@robertschwartzman195 2 года назад

I hope Mike doesn't scrap them. With those controllers he could purchase a new trailer. I picked up 2 trailers one from a farm in Pa and can handle 3500 pounds the other came from a church sale.

@adamwojciechowski5982 2 года назад

@@bifaith100 Stefan Rhf

@alexa.davronov1537 2 года назад

@@robertschwartzman195 What lol

@blksubiesti 2 года назад

Anyone else find themselves getting a education in scrap driving to work looking at the sidewalk trash saying stuff like ohh that’s that extruded aluminum painted right there…. There’s some little snibbets over there etc 😂😂😂

@juanitaminch4540 2 года назад

It is the canopy verses Mike the Scavenger, after three times canopy tries to put Mike down, Mike comes back with a forward flip and it is Mike who wins the contest. There should be a gold belt for scrap domination, yes.

@E-hab 2 года назад

Ahhhhhhhhhh (sound of an audience)

@patprop74 2 года назад

HOLY HELL those E7 are programable PWM 3 phase drive motors! WOW WOW WOW and in the dumpster Holy hell!!!!!!!!

@JustMM1 2 года назад

Yes motor drives. I worked on regenerative 480 v 3 ph drives at Emerson but drives like that at a school ? For what.

@nancymorrison9978 2 года назад

Mike wins the Canopy Battle!💪

@kevinryder4458 2 года назад

Love how he jumps right in not worried about sharps or glass you go boy

@jayburnett9730 2 года назад

That was quite the canopy fight, he he

@thomas10311 2 года назад

Thanks for the entertainment. Love your personality. Keeps us coming back for more.

@dragonlard4595 2 года назад

The yaskawas are frequency converters for motors. I would remove the small boxes on top, clean them, and sell on ebay. Then remove the smaller parts, and sell them separately. Should bring very good money. I personally would test them too, with some scrapped 3 Phase AC Motor, would be fun. :)

@robertschwartzman195 2 года назад

I went on Ebay and the prices start at $100. - 3500. Thli se are used prices.

@nickmaclachlan5178 2 года назад

To be honest, they looked as if they were damaged (possibly on purpose to stop resale?) or someone had already pulled some stuff out of them for themselves.

@frankeknarf 2 года назад

Scrappers don't realize that they could make 10-1000 times more money by actually reselling half of what they destroy. I've seen scrappers think they made the score of a lifetime by getting $1000 for a load that they could have made at least $500,000 by selling instead. I've seen priceless antiques get scrapped by these people just to get a few bucks that a collector would literally kill for. I personally think they should make scrapping illegal, but that's just my opinion. If you're gonna do it, do it RIGHT. Don't just look for the quick buck, and miss out on the REAL money. Sure it will take more time, but you'll more than make up for it in the end.

@pinkerbot 2 года назад

@@frankeknarfI agree! I haven't watched enough of Mike's videos to know if this applies to him, but a lot of the scrappers talk about saving the planet, but they forget that reuse of items is far far more environment friendly than recycling materials.

@ballbagchris6920 2 года назад

@@frankeknarf I know right! Scrapping isn’t even worth it to me, it’s all about the actual products I find to sell

@ShortiWatta82 2 года назад

The canopy struggle was really real... Best laugh I had all day...

@thatsfunny7729 2 года назад

Dude those Yaskawa Units aren't for phone systems. They are used to drive variable speed DC (*Edit* I meant AC) Motors, I'm guessing the school used them in their ventilation system. If that were all new you'd be looking at about $60,000 worth of drivers right there. But even in that condition offer all those as a lot you could probably get a couple grand. Some of the stuff I see get scrapped breaks my heart lol.

@E-hab 2 года назад

If you don't know it you won't appreciate it.

@darrenwatson1539 2 года назад

Yup, LOVE to get my hands on one of those to play with. Plus a few motor. Mike always finds the kewlest stuff

@thatsfunny7729 2 года назад

@@darrenwatson1539 same here! I build and repair electronics, I would love to have some of the stuff he nabbs!

@Moflydotcom 2 года назад

The Post Apocalyptic Inventor speaks about this waste all the time.

@MrsMika 2 года назад

@@Moflydotcom Thank you for mentioning that channel. YT doesn't give me good channels because my kid spams my account with k-pop stuff. I'm still weeding out my little pony stuff from many years ago. 😆

@jerryglass6513 2 года назад

Thanks for taking us along....we enjoy it.

@tawnihaynie1065 2 года назад

My goodness mike. I'm exhausted just watching you. But I'll get over that. You help us all to learn a lot every time we watch one of your episodes. Please take care and stay safe. Talk at you later. 👍👍❤️❤️

@larryd4352 2 года назад

I was surprised you didn't get up on top of Dottie's cab and give that canopy the "Macho Man Randy Savage" elbow drop!!! 😂😂😂😂 Great video Mike!!!

@crvr27 2 года назад

Yep totally lost it when he was trying to man handle it

@Canned_beef 2 года назад

It’s fine if you don’t record every scrap run, but can you post the receipt every time? I love seeing how much you make on stuff.

@michelebrown7951 2 года назад

Good morning Mike how are you ? Hope all is well. Stay safe good luck, much to you and your family. 🥰

@corollaae8645 2 года назад

I just have fun listening to you talk.🤣👍

@puirYorick 2 года назад

Small mini motors are usually way more expensive than say ones the diameter of a tennis ball. After doing a physical inventory or a couple weeks before, depending on the accounting rules, we'd purge non-active parts inventory and a crap ton of perfectly functioning but very specific parts ended up in the dumpster. They cost an arm and a leg to buy originally but depreciated on the books over 7 to 3 years depending and then the accountants want them gone regardless. The way the world works makes me want to cry sometimes. At least you're keeping some of out of the landfills, MTS.

@marciac.9634 2 года назад

So funny was the part when you were struggling with the canopy parts. Also loved Hello it’s me. Dumpster whisperer!

@feathercatcher 2 года назад

Nice lamps! Careful of those busted florescent lights. "Hold yo breath".

@robertschwartzman195 2 года назад

Wear a mask to be safe.

@janetlutter9925 2 года назад

Hit the like button folks. Mike doesn’t get paid on views only likes

@joan7823 2 года назад

Also watch a few adds that helps Mike out a lot ... cheers

@cmmc3400 2 года назад

That school missed out on a great teaching moment. They could have had Mike over to teach the kids about recycling. I would have sat in on that!

@EvilModPixie 2 года назад

Love that you can make money doing your part to help the environment. Nice :)

@woody1456 2 года назад

easier to wrestle an octopus than getting that canopy in !

@ddawe31635 2 года назад

Epic canopy wrestling! Don't let the scrap kick your okoli! Lots of videos lately! Love it! ❤

@elainecleaver2941 2 года назад

Was a good laugh for sure. I woulda thrown it back out on curb

@joeluk123 2 года назад

Totally epic, Mike Vs. Wet Canopy "LETS GET READ TO RUMMMBLE" lol so many giggles and smile due to you mike. Keep it up brotha.

@angelaburke2468 2 года назад

I love it when you get really pissed at things that don't behave and fight back. I thought you were going to start jumping up and down on it. Really funny 😂😃

@zatoichi3134 2 года назад

Mike almost tapped out... it was close lol

@aliceevans3357 2 года назад

Canopy, can a' pee, can a' pee. Too funny, Mike 😆

@leonarredondo7570 2 года назад

How are you doing Mike My name is chunky I'm a scrapper too today I found a trailer load of rebar copper wiring cat wire and aluminum I like your videos and I've been scrapping since I was like 10 years old so hopefully you do good and you have fun at what you do God bless you

@michaelschuenemann3505 2 года назад

We seen us a Canopy Fight - ha ! All that Telephone Stuff - Good Scrap - Brilliant Find indeed - again You Worked very hard and got Rewarded ! Well done - we love it ! Another Successful Evening ! Cheers from us in Australia !!!!

@5thdimension625 2 года назад

Sending prayers for Australia and the ridiculous lockdown

@michaelschuenemann3505 2 года назад

@@5thdimension625 Thank You - they also want to Vaccinate all Children with these Chemical's here in Australia !

@lindaowens2534 2 года назад

Glad no smell a vision 😂

@Hacksaw37 2 года назад

Can't help remembering all those movies when the hero escapes certain death by jumping into a dumpster from the top of a building. Just hope it's not full of light tubes.

@jonathaningram4672 2 года назад

I believe they stopped the mercury vapor a good few years in those bulbs.

@ryanglaser5336 2 года назад

Nope! The bulbs with the green ends have 'less' but still have mercury. Many garbage streams outlaw fluorescent tubes or CFL bulbs; however, it's rarely enforced. That was a scam to jump in that contaminated dumpster.

@andymoseley2230 2 года назад

Oh man that red canopy had us roaring with laughter, we have had the same experience haha

@leonardhirtle3645 2 года назад

Man,you hit the motor jackpot!

@gloriafowler2509 2 года назад

Keep scrapping Mike.Your video make my day!

@robeartaniwha7674 2 года назад

Awesome show Mike the Scavenger makes me want to go bin diving.

@ramoshurgaia7651 2 года назад

Good job.

@rebeccawebster3556 2 года назад

All I kept thinking while you were wrestling that unruly canopy was “dang! Quiet down canopy!”?🤣🤣

@JJsAdventures777 2 года назад

Love it bro old school retro clocks aswel surprised you didn't take all those sell good in uk .. 👍

@marby602 2 года назад

Every time I watch these, I seriously wonder about the heavy BREATHING inside the dumpster with all that unknown trash dust hanging in the air.... especially the industrial dumpsters !!

@robertschwartzman195 2 года назад

Mike those are the dumpsters that keep on giving.

@trasieinkersole491 2 года назад

I laughed so hard when you wrestled that canopy! 😂😂😂 Great videos again.

@chrisk7984 2 года назад

Mike that canopy was straight up kickin' your arse

@waynegray2284 2 года назад

I bet thats the most fun you add at school

@glennthomas7435 2 года назад

Rich man has a canopy over his bed and a poor man has a can-o-pee under his bed!

@josephcormier5974 2 года назад

Great find on the phone stuff good e waste in them very good video two thumbs

@lesliephillips4720 2 года назад

Lol! Sorry you make me laugh and smile when you get hurt. I'm not a bad person. But yet you always have a come back!! Haveing a very bad day. 😭. But love watching you. Thanks

@edmann8084 Год назад

Great adventure!!!Thanks for the ride along!!!!!The canopy was too funny!!!!

@dianewilliams1125 Год назад

I can't believe they threw out all those motors,their wound in copper inside! Sweet! I used to sell electric motors in the 70s and I like trying to identify the speed when Mike picks one up!😊😊😊

@cditzler6313 2 года назад

ha when you was fightin with the canopy benny hills chase music was playing in me head yay tear down vid on phone systems yay

@bronzegod8037 2 года назад

That's exactly how I fold up my canopy after each use!

@lorettaengelhardt6694 2 года назад

Man you work hard doing that , hats off to you man 🤩

@lion8454 2 года назад

Good job man👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@vickitaylor9750 2 года назад

Lol....canopy was like wrestlin with a spider

@terripeden7971 2 года назад

Wowzers!!!! You hit the mother load again!!! You should do really well with those converters!! Great scrap run!!! Enjoyed watching!!!

@marcelwildeboer 2 месяца назад

It's too hot outside here in the Nederlends now so what do we do, watch Mike's episodes and see what special features he finds in the containers to scrap. You always make me laugh with your comments on what you find in the trash.

@patricelangford2723 2 года назад

It's the elbow bump for me 🤣

@LouisPeppie 2 года назад

I would really love to see a video were you break down a rough daily, weekly table of time spent diving and sorting/processing to what sort of money you get from the scrap metal man. What sort of prices you get for different materials.

@tstuff 2 года назад

He probably makes more money off RU-vid views

@LouisPeppie 2 года назад

I live in Australia and this sort of thing doesn’t really happen much, so it’s interesting to see folks doing regularly.

@elbows90 Год назад

Mike the yaskawa equipment you pulled out is not for the phone system, they are variable frequency drives for the air handler motors. Great site and enjoy watching your adventures.

@teamtreklip7527 2 года назад

Allways alot of energy in your vids! Good 2 watch 😊💪🏼

@ernestrstephensjr9715 2 года назад

Great videos as always

@dariolstephens7980 2 года назад

Watching you with that canopy was like Watching Maxwell Smart fold a lawn chair! That was so funny. Lol. Lol. Lol.

@edwinheredia4305 2 года назад

Good job Mike

@crvr27 2 года назад

I lost it when you were handling that canope

@flatfoot62 2 года назад

Mike, not to be contrary, but those are Automation controls for Heating and Air conditioning systems. They control the air handling units. That’s why it says AHU - 1, etc. Love your videos and your channel. Also, your quirky sense of humor, and such. Lol. Keep them coming and thank you. 😊👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸

@davidsimpson7632 2 года назад

That was so cool please more emptying Dottie video

@larrymaxwell5535 2 года назад

Yep, that dumpster just keeps on giving! 😁

@josephramirez3124 2 года назад

Do a strip out on those boxes some prep videos before the scrap yard would be cool to see

@davidemery1773 2 года назад

Those Yaskawa units are for air handlers which is why they are marked AHU for Air Handler Unit. I see a lot of those around the building I work in. They are for the HVAC system.

@jayneshorter5418 2 года назад

Good work and right on time lol

@lisacates4185 2 года назад

Its kinda amazing, I look, see nothing, and he has five boxes later😂🎯

@E-hab 2 года назад

Me too 😂

@iffy9776 2 года назад

Hi Mike you should take the copper out of the ballasts...

@samboslc 2 года назад

Canopy wrestling was some funny stuff. Fun, fun, fun!

@samanthasimental3788 Год назад

Well you did tell the canopy to let you have it and it did. Lol.

@burningnose5866 2 года назад

Best off all in F1! Last race, last curve to overtake... perfect finish 👍👍👍

@joanncrawford8563 2 года назад

AND A BANANA!! I love listening to you!!

@lisamelton96 2 года назад

Great haul!

@2031dj 2 года назад

Perfect dumpster diving weather. Hit some this morning.

@sharkscrapper 2 года назад

Very cool phone phinds 🤣

@imaginenation3280 2 года назад

Get it Mike ........

@patrogers4140 2 года назад

Nice score!!

@karenearly-horne8210 2 года назад

Good stuff there mike

@dalelangen8219 2 года назад

LOVE Mike the Scavenger! Went on my first dumpster diving trip, had 1100 lbs!

@mtb0519 2 года назад

Mike those little helium tanks have a knock out part in the top so they can be scraped

@demetricadement1138 2 года назад

Great one of years for you Mike. Keep it up. Thanks for the scrap organization video too.

@fisidave 2 года назад

variable frequency drives @ 21:00 from the school dumpster. super expensive

@corysherman6087 2 года назад

Great haul Mike!

@JustMe-pn4nn 2 года назад

Howdy Texas neighbor! wish the place where I live which is on the border of T & LA was big enough to have dumpsters all over, I'd have to go over 20 miles just to see a dumpster! lol, that's why I like watching your videos you got a nice little haul of actuator motors some of the fan motor that were new runs about 150 a pop aisle them suckers ! have a good day! keep the videos coming

@j.salazar2288 2 года назад

That canopy bit had me literally ROTFLMMFAO!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jimbrewer1404 2 года назад

MIKE WHAT A GOOD EYE FOR SCRAP YOU HAVE IT,S CRAZY HOW YOU YOU FIND IT YOUR MET YOUR CALLING MONEY THE HARD WAY AWESOME VIDEOS

@5thdimension625 2 года назад

Elon Musk better watch out. Mike’s collecting parts for his spaceship

@Moflydotcom 2 года назад

Maybe... if his spaceship was built in 1950.

@warehouseman6325 2 года назад

Nice haul Mike

@rastamanralph6670 2 года назад

When are you going to make a cleaning scrap video. We want to see them please👍😁

@patsysmith4096 Год назад

Fabulous stuff and an amazing workout! Great job

@dirkdiggler4860 2 года назад

No one ever.. mike is stealthy 😆

@jamesdorrill9933 2 года назад

Great diving anytime

@speedbuggy16v 2 года назад

man I would love a couple of those VFD's hell even just some of the enclosures and din rail.

@wildwild9926 2 года назад

Cool fines, keep up the great work

@maxandshoji 2 года назад

Yay!!! Another scrap video! Glad the canopy finally gave up! Nice wrestling segment lol

@sabrinarobison6127 2 года назад

The struggle is real…damn canopy.

@melissabrown6708 2 года назад

How are you doing today I love watching your videos

@peteporee8839 2 года назад

The Yaskawa are freq drives. There was a sticker on one of em that id it for an air handler unit, not phone system. They will have a big heat sink on back of them that’s all aluminum. The larger box underneath has a transformer that’s good scrap and that’s about it.