That bulletproof van would have made the ultimate tiny house off-the-grid living survival van.

@rhuttrho88

7 ай бұрын

Buy one.😊

@Fly-aaron92

7 ай бұрын

Not really, maybe, MAYBE, if you either get a trailer to put some more stuff in, or somehow mount one of those pop-up tent/trailers. Even though it's a full size cargo van, that's not nearly enough room for even just the basic amenities. You gotta have "so much more room for activities" 😂

@Khlandestine

7 ай бұрын

Seriously im just blown looking at all the parts i could use for my e350

As a nova scotian watching these trucks with zero rust get crushed makes me internally die a bit

@ronsplaylists3245

6 ай бұрын

Hey fellow nova scotian!

@conversechryslerqueen

4 ай бұрын

Same, although I'm not nova Scotian.

@jordanzwicker3557

3 ай бұрын

i am living in Halifax and this do make me sad

@conversechryslerqueen

3 ай бұрын

@@jordanzwicker3557 it's very depressed how these people are so wasteful

Really upsetting to see all those good parts and cars gone

@markhuyette8509

7 ай бұрын

you ain't just shitting

@lockdot2

7 ай бұрын

Same!

@ryancausey6842

7 ай бұрын

I agree

@Ohno871

7 ай бұрын

Ok

@btcman0494

6 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

Could you have sold the glass separately, ?bulletproof windshields start at $4,500.

Man as someone from the rust belt it kills me seeing those rust free bodys going to scrap but i get it man. No hate just different areas of living 😂

@permanentvacation2406

8 ай бұрын

I'm from down south and it hurts to see them crushed

@romain13100

8 ай бұрын

I don't understand why they don't recover the headlights, and all the elements that can be reused

@stevenklein8245

8 ай бұрын

No shit.

@jasonleatherwood2172

7 ай бұрын

All because a entity gives a old car a low book value lol i could go buy me a new tacoma in cash but ill keep my old 1998 tacoma v6 4wd 5 speed that the book says its worth 6000$ lol

@rhuttrho88

7 ай бұрын

​@romain13100 Might as well buy new head lights. Don't cheap out on things loke that.

Super video !!!! you don't see a thing like that every day . Thank you for sharing that spectacle with us .these special videos will be saved for future viewing . Stuart in Canada ..

I saw a lot of parts on that van that were still good to sell. 1. Ford emblem 2. Grill 3. Headlight assembly 4. Sideview mirrors 5. Taillight assembly 6. Axles

@lightsfansofthewest481

7 ай бұрын

The front wheels were good as well.

So many older vehicles are being crushed nowadays and its really making it difficult across the entire country to find parts for older vehicles, some guys that have old suburbans like the blue one in the beginning of the video, looked like it had some good body parts that coulda been sold and used on other trucks, sad to see all these old vehicles being destroyed, its definitely making it harder to find junkyard parts that the dealers cant get or parts stores want too much for em or cant get em at all

@AdventuresMadeFromScratch

8 ай бұрын

I’ve tried to sell parts off that stuff for years and no one wants them except for people on the other side of the country, and shipping eats up all the value.

@WCM1945

7 ай бұрын

Really... My 2013 Traverse needs new headlights and taillights... Altogether, they add up to over $1000 bucks today!

@yopappy6599

7 ай бұрын

@@WCM1945 WTF!

@CheeseMiser

7 ай бұрын

@@AdventuresMadeFromScratch that suck.

Lil Wayne and bowed out is a perfect example as to why you have to hold the doors when crushing. Congratulation for an awesome video!

The last job I did before I retired was tear down an old & build a new car shredder. Every day on the ground you could walk around and pick up a coffee can full of coins. They were mostly unusable but it was cool to know how much change was left in cars. The old shredder filled up a ship in 6 weeks and the new shredder filled up a ship in just 6 days with shredded steel. The shredder had a total weight of 1,000,000lbs and at full speed it took 3 people to load cars on the conveyor. The motor was 7,000hp and ran on 14,700 volts. The shredding wheel was 12 feet wide, 8 feet in diameter and had 14-900lb hammers rotating at 800 RPM's. The main body was 3 inches thick steel and had 5 inch thick replicable wear liner pads. It sat up on huge coil springs atop a steel form filled with concrete 9 & feet off the ground. Trademark Metals Recycling, Tampa, FL 2002. Cost of machine $6,100,000.00 with labor included. Turnkey turn around was 6 weeks.

@Homer2q

9 ай бұрын

Wow that’s amazing. What a job!

The only thing that’s a bummer is that you folks can send solid cars to the crusher. Up here in Michigan it seems like they are 50% rust by the time it ends up in a yard. I like your video style - keep up the good work.

* The bending, shattering, snapping sounds as vehicles crush is so rewarding to a guy who has spent his life fixing his own vehicles to save money ! 👊😎👍

How to make a Pancake out of an Armored Van ! That was very Interesting ! Loved the old Footage of an Former Armored Van as well ! All the Cars had now been Crushed and the Yard must look Fantastic - soooo much Space to fill it up again - ha-ha !!!! Many Cheers from Australia !!!!

There hasn’t been any videos that ever deserved a thumbs down. It’s called adventures made from scratch. Adventures are planed but remain unpredictable. Makes for great memories.

@jeffclark2725

9 ай бұрын

Agreed,hit the like 👍 button at the beginning, knowing that he keeps it an adventure all the way

@fredbrooks6488

9 ай бұрын

Fine job

@dave-uf8ir

9 ай бұрын

A men 😊

@WeMol

8 ай бұрын

😅😅😅 do anyone love me

@dave-uf8ir

8 ай бұрын

@@WeMol yes. Cheers 🥂

I like how you taking your time sometimes people have feeling for cars

It would have been great if you two had the time to take and shoot that van with different calibers of guns to see what all it would do,, of course the world is full of you should of,, keep up the great video love them

I'm in the salvage business and it hurts me to see all those trucks and suv crushed. 😂 so much money to ba made there.

Squish those cars and trucks! Silas, maestro of crushing!

I absolutely love seeing all that stuff crushed have not seen anything valuable crushed yet you are a smart man you sell the things that are actually of value.

Im retiring now was a trucker different trucks, I've watched such BEAUTIFUL OLD CAR'S BEING CRUSHED YOU WOULD CRY !!! 😢😮

Great Video Silas, Thanks for sharing !

So many useful parts on these sad to see some of the parts destroyed and those old rear differentials

AWESOME!

Love your show every time I see you crush something I have in the past memories are made of this. I donated vehicles here in Chilliwack bc for the monster truck show I gave them a full size Chevy 1ton van the owner installed a metal brace into about half the cargo space. When the first monster truck rolled up on it he nearly flipped over a real crowd pleaser thanks for the memories

Hi, Silas. It looks like the old van went without a fight, the newer armored van put up a bit of a fight, but Captain Silas and his 2,400 PSI Crusher got the job done. Another fun video. They all get a thumbs up from me because you earn it. Always a good show for us boys. Thank you !

That poor 08+ front clip! Oh well. That was fun to watch though.

As always Silas you have outdone yourself with your car crushing videos! Saving the good ones and junking the bad ones are exactly why I love your uploads! You are top notch at this and I enjoy every video!!

@bradzimmerman3171

7 ай бұрын

Good ones- bad ones...? gM Silverados crush others not so much

Oh, sure Silas, do you really expect a 👎from any of us? Ha Haa, silly man, well give you a 👍all day long. The reason being you. Yup, you make them fun and interesting every time 😮. There are the few times where I see you put a vehicle like I have owned in years gone by and I wince a touch, reaching for the screen, kinda like I'm going to be able to pluck that vehicle right out of the video to save it, Ha Haa Ha, yeah, I know, silly, right? Anyway, thanks again for sharing your job and making worth while to watch. OK my friend, have a great evening, and be careful out there. 😮😅😂❤

A better crushin video, first crush I've seen where the vehicle splays out. Don't kick youself too hard for the camera mishap! Thanks Silas! 🤠👍

@13:00 Because Adventures made from scratch likes his sheet steel burger Well Done 👏 ✔️ 😂

Great crushing video but so far the best video was the car thur the old house. Never seen a video like that thanks for your time. You always have fun and great videos.

Don't beat yourself up Silas! It was cool anyway!😊

Life happens Silas. It was a great regardless of the malfunction. Be well friend.

Dear Mr. Silas 👍👌👏 Oh WOW! Nearly 500 crushed vehicles ready to be hauled away is definitely a lot. I hope that the scrap metal prices will go up soon. 2) Maaaan, I would very much like to help you clearing the trees, bushes, sorting things etc.. I absolutely love those kind of jobs. But unfortunately there is this big pond between us, sigh. Thanks a lot for making explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and especially health to all of you.

Great and fun video. After the armored van the crusher deserves a break. 😂😂👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

When you picked up that armored van with your front loader I figured it would crush. Glad to see your sub numbers steadily increasing!

@captainamericaamerica8090

8 ай бұрын

What a shame! So many of these still have good parts on them as a parts cars! Vans! Trucks. All crushed are gone forever.

Very interesting 🤔 content. Thanks 👍 for sharing.

Crazy that's like a newish van would have definitely bought one of those if they were cheap

I used to work at a local junkyard when I was 19 here in Columbus Ohio. I operated the crusher. Granted that was back in like 1989 or 90. They had me crushing all kinds of old classics. Sometimes it was heart breaking. They didn’t even care. I mentioned to them multiple times to at least part them out but no luck. I did save a GT fuel cap from an old Torino but lost it over the years. One of the worst was a very save able Pontiac GTO 455 4 speed.

That's some good aluminum plate in there

I used to work for an armored car company, those vans look similar to the ones we used. Company policy was driver up front, messenger in the back. I would wager a guess that the small door on the side of the van is a drop shoot for completed stops to deposit them into a safer safety box. And yeah, if the AC didn't work you were in for a long miserable day.

@rhuttrho88

7 ай бұрын

What city and state? Wouldn't that be impossible in hot states? Illegal, probably.🥵

@positronicreflex.

2 ай бұрын

Me too. I remember many a day sweating my butt off under my vest even with the air conditioner on lol. The driver had the better end of the deal.

That van looked good for a second life.. no rust..

10:35. Nice demonstration on how bulletproof, technically bullet resistant glass works, rather than shattering it folds inward to catch the bullet and prevent it from exiting the other side, at least for the smaller rounds most commonly used in robberies.

That was great Salis lots of cruhsing cars and that van oh greatdid not think it would crush.

Everyone makes a mistake once in a while don't sweat it you are only human 😂😂😅😅

Awesome as always..

Awesome video. The Armoured van was interesting

Congrats on reaching the end of crushing all those cars and trucks Silas. (And a big thanks for saving as many vintage vehicles as you could)

that was awesome great video

Love how when u flipped it over and then put it back on its sides it made it look back to its normal form 😂😳

Bullet proof glass? Sounds like a challenge.

Another fine video. I loved that little turtle running in the road behind you during the intro. 😂😂❤

You do your best, and it is great. Thanks for letting us look over your shoulder.

That armored van had a very expensive Motorola Syntor radio setup in it... Might be worth a couple hundred. They were about $2K in the nineties.

Crazy what are you going to be doing in Crossville that's only 30 minutes from my house, a few miles north in you hit beautiful great place to fish ,camp boating, over I forget 1,500 miles of shoreline, very few people on it except for weekends on Labor Day weekend things like that,, enjoy yourself down in the south,, be safe traveling, a few miles out of Crossville is one of the big plants that will take and make big cars into little bitty pieces, always wanted to go in and see that see how they separate all of the medal from the plastic and all of that stuff, you ever feel like talk and tell us how they work that how they separate the wire and all of that stuff, God bless you

I was thinking he should crush it on it's side, and BANG you did! THAT WAS FUN !!!

Here in south africa we strip all usable parts off before crushing. Because there is always someone who will buy the parts for the cars that need them. By the time it goes to the crusher its a bare shell. You get more money that way

@AdventuresMadeFromScratch

8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it isn’t like that here in this part of the country. All the salvage yards near me went bankrupt, but the scrap yards all did good.

Next time you get bullet proof glass, try the spark plug hack, just for fun 😊

Seems a shame to crush the van, would have made a great 4x4 camper conversion

Found your channel 3 days ago hard watching some of those get crushed but I understand because you explained it I would have tried ripping the back doors off with a chain with forklift have a good day and always be safe

No problem good job 😊

Hey I liked the armored van being crushed but the other white van that you crushed was a little cooler. The back doors kind of split open. Anyway, I still like watching that crusher! Thanks and have a good week!

FYI before your next armored car crush: There are a lot of Locksmith Kits out there. If that doesn't work, an Angle Grinder chops open locks.

@rurruth

7 ай бұрын

With that forklift he can remove the entire door easily

Awesome video!! I enjoy it

Turtle trying to make an escape right over your shoulder at 0:21

Awesome job

I always thought you pushed the B/C pillars in to help it crumple in that spot. If you didn't it would be more difficult on the crusher. Directing the flow of the collapse is a good reason, too. FOR THE ALGORITHM! ✊

Very KOOL Silas

No Big deal on the camera snafu. Still really exciting!

Really fun time lapse in the beginning, that view in the crusher is cool

WOW, that nice thank you for sharing

That bumpside ford truck looks decent in the brush atleast the cab and part of the bed

The windows alone are worth what you scrapped it for! 😮

That was pretty cool

When the car crusher doesnt expect it to be FORD tough

Pretty cool. That van body looked pretty good.

Good stuff!

Great video !

AWESOME video

So many! STILL GOOD PARTS ON MANY OF THESE. WHAT A SAD WASTE😢😢😢

I used to work for a cash courier service. That small window is what they call the "Messenger's" bay.. They will have all of the cash in the rear of the van while one person is driving. The complete rear of the van are electronically controlled from the front of the vehicle. DO NOT THINK ABOUT TRYING TO ROB ONE OF THESE! Because it most def is not as easy as I am explaining.. The entire cargo area of the van is built like a safe. It's completely plated all around. It becomes difficult for even the jaws of life to go through this material.

Daaaang thats a big van!

Awesome always cool stuff always thanks 😎

In the uk, we process cars a lot more, we rip the motors and transmissions out, tear the exhausts off, drain all the fuel, we literally leave cars as pretty much a bare shell We dont tend to crush cars anymore, we tend to put them through a shredder these days

What fun crushing vehicles.

The old armored van clip shows why you hold the doors shut.

Congrats on 80K subs!

That van would have been a great collaboration with Demolition Ranch.

Awww man… I wish I had known you had that old dodge van, I needed the window and the front headlamps and marker assemblies.

It will crush! I’ve seen old battle tanks get a bit flattened.😂😅👍that armored van was a joke wasn’t it? So funny, the drivers window went like a coffee cup!

I got an interesting idea Silas: When you get to your other yard, you should play a game where you take all the clean title cars or cars for "Parts Only" and put them up for sale for a week or so. On the last day, it's "half price day" or "one-hour half price flash sale"! If they're not gone by a week, it's game over! I'm curious to see what'll sell and what'll not!

Love your videos!! Disappointed you time lapsed the crushing!! Take care, See you on the next one!!

Excellent content and great job.

Love all the different vantage points for crushing!

The side hatch was for window collection in a fast food drive thru. When I was in highschool and working at McDonald's, these type of vans would go through the drive thru and the store manager would pass over the deposit into a chute that came out of that small door. I have seen them at other fastfood places too.

They crush ,as well as full size armored trucks 10:23 ,now that's how you open a hard to open piggy bank 🐖

Watching how some crush flatter than a pancake yet others not so gives hints what to go for in the beater car market!

Loved it

SMOOSH IT ALLLLLLL SILAS

I cannot believe you didn't keep the gun racks the glass and other cool stuff off that van. But I guess you never have time 😂