How To Scrap A TV Video

[VintagePC]

Hm.. problem we have here is they go for the big stuff and steal the copper lines people use to connect propane and oil tanks to the home. Leaves one hell of a mess for the owner to clean up, all for a few bucks. (and can cause thousands in property damage). They can't even be arsed to close the tap.

[GeorgeJetson]

This is a hilarious white trash how-to video!
I like how his wife is getting off over her mans knowledge and skill!

"no baby,don't throw it in there,I want to measure it!"

She must have said that line about four times!

I also like the part where he said the "gas was escaping" from a vacuum!, heck this guy was probably expecting a genie to come out and grant him three wishes!

As others here have pointed out,typically these guys dump the toxic parts in the orange groves or behind kmart when nobody's looking.
Once i watched some mexicans dump a whole load of garbage including a sofa and fiberglass bathtub and tvs in back of a target parking lot and just drive off.

I wonder how much it costs businesses to clean that up?
I know the police will take away your vehicle if they catch you.


How can these guys make any money at this anyway?
If each tv is worth only a couple bucks scrap and you've got to drive all over looking for them,then drive home to scrap them and them drive to get the money and dump the junk parts how are they coming out ahead?

Gas is nearly four bucks a gallon!

[JB5pro]

Originally Posted by DaveWM

Wow, I can't see how all that effort makes any sense. gotta love the factual sounding commentary, (motor comment is nice). I wonder if any of the wallymart crowd "up grading" to flats are going to want there old BPC back when that flat goes belly up. I was looking at some the other day, I swear they give me a headache if there is any movement on the screen. Seems jarring to me, I think it has to do with how my eyes have been trained to view moving images in 2D, Something about the flats just does not seem natural to me. I guess it could be they are just too sharp, but I honestly think its something else, again the movement gets to me.

Flat panel TV's have crappy pictures with distortion that makes pics look out of focus and image sizing that is usually wrong. The success of these crappy TV's proves most people are kinda slow at the very least. I just had to say it. I get sooo very irratated when some dumdum friend of mine wants to "show-off" thier new piece of crap.

[JB5pro]

Originally Posted by ctc17

We have approved recyclers that reuse everything down to the solder. These guys do the same thing here and leave the unwanted toxic waste all over the street.

There is incredible waste and harm from these desperate scrappers. At least we are not as bad as chiny yet.

[GeorgeJetson]

Originally Posted by VintagePC

Hm.. problem we have here is they go for the big stuff and steal the copper lines people use to connect propane and oil tanks to the home. Leaves one hell of a mess for the owner to clean up, all for a few bucks. (and can cause thousands in property damage). They can't even be arsed to close the tap.

There was a funny episode of "cops" where a guy had actually tied and entire city street light to his truck to recycle it because it was aluminum!

[leadlike]

The worst I have ever personally seen was in Philadelphia: A pair of guys ripping housewiring out of a building that was under demolition. Actually, they were ripping it out of the building AS it was being demolished! A track-hoe was just above their heads knocking the brick wall away from them, while they caught all of that sweet copper that rained down onto them, along with bits of brick, glass, etc.

[VintagePC]

Originally Posted by GeorgeJetson

There was a funny episode of "cops" where a guy had actually tied and entire city street light to his truck to recycle it because it was aluminum!

I think I remember seeing that. What irks me though is that these idiots don't have ANY consideration for anyone. I mean, if you're going to steal $5 worth of copper tubing from someone, at least have the common courtesy to reach 5 inches to your left and close the tank first.

I know if it starts happening in our area, it'd be satisfying to rig up an electric fence line to the copper pipe...

I recall hearing or reading about one they caught because he broke in to a transformer station and tried to steal a copper buss bar...

[JB5pro]

Originally Posted by leadlike

The worst I have ever personally seen was in Philadelphia: A pair of guys ripping housewiring out of a building that was under demolition. Actually, they were ripping it out of the building AS it was being demolished! A track-hoe was just above their heads knocking the brick wall away from them, while they caught all of that sweet copper that rained down onto them, along with bits of brick, glass, etc.

I wish we had pics of that. I am not surprised. It sure is funnny what a little thing like being hungry for food can do to a man.

[VintagePC]

he worst I have ever personally seen was in Philadelphia: A pair of guys ripping housewiring out of a building that was under demolition. Actually, they were ripping it out of the building AS it was being demolished! A track-hoe was just above their heads knocking the brick wall away from them, while they caught all of that sweet copper that rained down onto them, along with bits of brick, glass, etc.

Sometimes they don't even wait for that. There was a brand new house a bit away from us that was just being built. They came in, stole all the building supplies, and ripped out all the copper wiring, causing quite a sum in damages.

Part of the problem, of course, is the sleazy scrap dealers that buy from anyone.

[CoogarXR]

Some scrappers here got what they deserved when they tried to steal some live service entrance cable... POW! Dead.

[AUdubon5425]

A few weeks ago someone stole about 40 feet of cable off the pole next door. The two houses it serviced are no longer standing. Neither the sheriff's office nor the electric company seemed concerned when I reported it.

Some scrappers actually stole all the cable from about two miles of newly-lit roadway a couple of years ago. How no one saw this happen is beyond me.

One unscrupulous scrapyard was paying bums & addicts to strap a tank & torch to their back and repel down into an old generating plant in town. Just incredible how bad it got in 2006-07. With so many vacant houses back then, they had a field day stealing any cable and copper water pipes from houses. Of course, they'd usually saw them off at the slab - many people had to have PEX run because of the thefts. I was able to chisel out enough slab to sweat on a union in my Mother's kitchen - I was lucky. And let's not talk about air conditioners - people were coming home from work and the whole outside unit & line were gone.

[Username1]

welcome to the 3ed world.

[JB5pro]

Originally Posted by JB5pro

Flat panel TV's have crappy pictures with distortion that makes pics look out of focus and image sizing that is usually wrong. The success of these crappy TV's proves most people are kinda slow at the very least. I just had to say it. I get sooo very irratated when some dumdum friend of mine wants to "show-off" thier new piece of crap.

How stupid of me to write that?

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by JB5pro

I wish we had pics of that. I am not surprised. It sure is funnny what a little thing like being hungry for food can do to a man.

Thats what food pantrys are for. They're stealing for drugs.

[classictv80s]

Originally Posted by JB5pro

Flat panel TV's have crappy pictures with distortion that makes pics look out of focus and image sizing that is usually wrong. The success of these crappy TV's proves most people are kinda slow at the very least. I just had to say it. I get sooo very irratated when some dumdum friend of mine wants to "show-off" thier new piece of crap.

You took the words right out of my mouth.