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Gases to gases.

Rust to rust.

Wish it didn't have to end like this.

Shit don't get cooler than Blue Collar, baby.

Oh-ho, no!

My name is Daniel Petroneijevic.

I'm an actor...

You ever seen the Milky Way over Lake Titicaca?

...and I've played a ton of blue collar jobs on TV.

May the welding gods be with us!

But I've always wondered,

do I have what it takes to do it in real life?

Well...

We're about to find out...

'Cause this is Blue Collar.

Wow, you scrapping this?

Heck no, this is my old, sweet Pearl.

Ah.

I'm the new guy here for work.

Well, go in the front door and look for Chuck.

Looking for Chuck.

Chuck!

I'm at Miller's Auto Recycling,

minutes from the U.S. border

and the heart of the North American auto industry.

This is where cars get drained, stripped for parts,

and completely recycled.

Rows and rows of smashed up vehicles are waiting to

be turned into cold, hard cash.

You crash it, these guys crush it.

It's so loud in here! All you hear...

"G-g-g-g-g-! Ee! Ragh!"

And the sweat dripping betwixt my ass cheeks

is unbelievable.

Excuse me!

- What's going on? - We're looking for Chuck.

- Big guy over there. - Big guy?

There's a bunch of big guys.

The biggest one.

- You Chuck? - You found him.

- I'm Daniel. - Nice to meet you.

Welcome to the 'Get Shit Done' department.

Boom. Let's get to it.

What are we going to do?

All rookies here start with depollution,

the process of recovering all the fluids.

Basically, the embalming process of a vehicle.

That sounds lovely. Not morbid at all.

Not morbid at all.

But in essence, you're giving these things

new life or something, aren't you?

Correct.

Everything we take off here, we're gonna try to do our

best to make sure that we get some kind of sales value on.

- All right. - Engaged.

Let's get you gloved up.

Ugh! What happens after that?

Where do they go?

After that, they go out to the yard so we can

process all the parts off it that we can recover,

and eventually end up at the crusher.

The crusher...

The crusher.

We gotta get through this process first,

and maybe you might be able to get to the crusher.

I will do anything you tell me.

Let's get at it.

I'm this close to the crusher.

Ugh.

Let's get the impact gun.

Let's get into the process of

getting these wheels and tires off.

Follow me back here.

You're gonna earn your stripes today.

Give 'er.

Well, you got her.

I have the power!

Oh. Probably should be nicer to the rim.

Do you sell those?

Yeah, we sell those.

Hey, you came down there

a little fucking frisky there, bud.

Hopefully you didn't damage it there, man.

I don't think I did.

I'll give a check to make sure.

Yeah, give it a quick little look over there.

Let's see. Yep, yep, looks good.

Fuckin' nothing wrong with it at all.

Brand fucking new, I can tell ya right now, yeah.

Deez nuts!

Easy does it.

Easy, Betsy, good girl.

That's how a professional does that.

This is a shit ton of fun, Chuck.

It is, it is. It's an enjoyable process.

Let's get you set up with the wrench.

We're gonna get into our depollution process here.

Depollution is all about recovering all the fluids

inside the vehicle.

First thing we're gonna do is we're gonna

crack this oil drain plug loose.

- Okay, give 'er a crack. - Yeah, use the force.

- Well... - You got this.

There you go.

Hey. Is this thing gonna jizz in my face?

Oh, she might get you.

Oh, talk dirty to me, baby.

We're gonna get in there now,

we're gonna grab our transmission plug.

- Easy. - Yeah, there you go.

You're gonna dump both fluids in the same...

Correct, because they're both, uh,

oil-based fluids.

Oh, I see.

So anything oil based is gonna go in here.

That'll go into our drum.

We're depolluting for Mother Earth.

It'll get, uh, recycled

and actually repurposed.

No one likes a greasy duck.

You can also check the viscosity of the fluid.

We're looking to see if there's any kind of debris,

any kind of friction inside there.

Come here, you little pretty darling.

And what about the color?

Is that an important thing at all?

Yes, it is.

A caramel color is a good sign that

you've probably blown a head gasket.

Oh, God, okay.

We're getting down to trickles and drizzles.

Yeah? We're good?

All right, we're gonna get this out of the way.

Now we're gonna head to the back of the car here,

and we're gonna take care of recovering the fuel.

We are going to be using our gravity feed drill.

That sound, sounds like it could be fairly dangerous.

It can be.

We're gonna be grounding the car out as well too.

This will neutralize any hazardous electrical currents.

We do not want any sparks in the vicinity

while we're doing this.

I see, well, I was thinking about having a smoke

while I'm waiting for you to do it, so it's not-

I'd prefer not to.

All right, we're gonna hear the pump kicking in.

Oh.

It's got a suction boot on it.

You're drilling and sucking at the same time.

Drilling and sucking at the same time.

- What a job. - Yeah, I'm multitasking.

Oh!

That was pretty slick.

There we go.

So if this thing ever fails,

you just get up underneath it like this and just start-

Oh, that's it, lock the lips on it.

Just blowing gas in and blowing gas straight out.

- That's it. - Hell of a Blue Angel.

Currently right now, it's pumping outside into

our fuel tank where all our yard equipment

grabs all its fuel from.

How many cars do you do a day?

We're pumping 16 through this shop every day.

The expectation is for our clients to have their parts

either next day or within two days.

16 cars a day, and all the parts out

as fast as they can.

- That's it. - There we go.

So now what? Is it crushing time or what?

Uh, no.

It's like I'm doing my best here and

you won't even let me crush a vehicle.

If you want to crush a car, you gotta earn it.

I will earn it.

We got some bumpers to rip off.

- Let's rip and tear. - Just like that.

Holy fuck, you blew it apart!

There we go.

One bumper ripped off a car.

Get me a broom, boss,

I'll sweep the shit out of this.

So far, I think I'm doing a pretty good job.

Me and Chuck are hitting it off.

Holy fuck, Chuck and I are rocking and rolling.

So, is it time for me to ultimately push

the button to the crusher?

- No. - "Yeeew."

We're gonna get the driveline out of this one.

We're gonna get it to the pit.

What's at the pit?

The pit is the process of splitting apart

our engines and transmissions.

We're gonna get our accessories off.

Uh, alternator, AC compressor,

starter's all gonna be coming off.

Am I ready for the pit?

I don't know if you're ready for the pit.

Chuck...

give me some, give me some pit, Chuck!

All right, let's get into it.

Let's get this engine to the pit.

So, pit.

I thought it was an actual pit.

It's not actually a pit,

but this is where we take care of splitting apart

all our drivelines.

Hey there, I'm Dakota.

And our gentleman over here, this is Kal.

- Good to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.

And this driveline here, that consists of

your motor and your transmission?

Correct.

Our drivelines are big money in this industry.

These guys here are kind of the best at

what they do, they're very, very quick.

- Faster than him. - No way.

I've been here longer.

You might've been here longer,

but I'm just better.

Do I detect a little spirit of competition here

in these gentlemen, or no?

Is this is a genuine driveline off?

I mean, I've been looking to smoke this guy.

Holy shit! Let the shit talking begin.

Big talk.

Let's go about it this way:

all accessories off the engines,

AC compressor, starter, alternator,

transfer case, off of your driveline,

onto the table the quickest.

Dan's gonna be your go-fer,

he's gonna help you guys out.

I'll be your sensei.

That looks like the starter there, and that's the,

uh, turbo flux, six capacitor, 5000.

He's all yours, Kota.

What am I, chopped fucking liver?

All right.

On your marks, get set, go!

Hyah!

We're gonna start with the AC compressors.

Oh, yeah.

Take this, come here, come on.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

If you're over here, you're gonna help, right?

Okay, I gotta go like this?

You said you're the master mechanic, get on it.

Yeah, you know what?

Hand there now, come on, yep.

Perfect, good job.

That took you way too long.

I'm actually docking you points for sucking so badly.

You know what?

Who's doing the work here? Not you.

You need to go put that over there.

Both AC compressors have landed.

Tie!

Alternator next.

Get your ass over there. Go help him.

- Get over here. - Let's go, Dan, let's go.

What do I do?

You're gonna go for this bolt. Go.

Oh!

Oh, daddy!

Already, an alternator has landed.

- Alternator! - Cheater!

Yeah, get with the process.

Cheater! I taught him everything I know.

Next is starter, let's go!

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hey, hey, hey, get outta here!

And take his tools away.

Hey, get fucked!

You know what? Watch your mouth!

Dan's doing his best, bit of a shit disturber.

Since you're breathing hard, should I fart and

make this even a more difficult obstacle?

- Please don't. - Please don't.

There's room for improvement.

Why don't you give me a hand then,

if you're just gonna be a big mouth?

- Come on. - You got this.

Hold it.

Unbe-fucking-lievable. After all I taught you.

Do you see this here?

Yeah, yeah, watch it, watch it, watch it.

You got this.

Starter!

Starter.

Let's get those transfer cases.

It's down to the wire.

Which one of you needs my assistance?

Not me!

Well then, you better get to it, boys,

'cause it's coming down to it.

One of you is buying the box of beer.

Uh-oh.

This is madness! Who's gonna prevail?

That's it, get in there.

- Yep. - Oh!

Kal gets the win.

Holy shit! You were that close.

- Come here. - I told you.

Good job, Kal.

Oh, he's rubbing him in.

You guys were actually awesome at that.

Yep, we did a great job.

See the effort I put into that?

It's time to go to the crusher.

You're gonna pull parts next.

You're gonna go find Steve in the yard.

Where's Steve, and what the fuck is pulling parts?

You'll find out. Steve's that way.

All right.

We'll see how he does out in the yard.

Let's hope he just doesn't get lost out there.

It's a big yard.

The halls of Motoria!

Motors, upon motors, upon motors.

Kal and Dakota were pretty impressive

with that little competition.

As good as they were, I feel like

they owe everything to me as their mentor.

They can thank me anytime with boxes of beer and, uh,

some smokes. Okay, peace.

That's probably for me.

Miller's Auto Recycling, Dan speaking,

how can I help you? Hold on, let me check.

Tail lights?

Yep, yep. It's coming up.

- What are you doing? - Ashley?

- Yeah, I don't know. - Hi, I'm Ashley.

Hi, Miller's Auto Recycling. How can I help you?

- Yard. - What?

- Yard. - That way, go.

Bye.

Yeah, I can get that for you, no problem.

Steve!

Where the fuck am I?

Where the fuck is this fucking guy?

Steve!

Hey, new guy.

Get in, we got work to do.

Let's go.

Are we going to the crusher?

Not yet.

This is incredible. Look at all the cars.

We have about 45 acres,

we get about 3500 vehicles per year.

Now, a lot of these cars already have the motors

and everything taken out of them.

Everything on this side of the property has

already been through disassembly.

The vehicles that first come through the gate runs through

the back shop, and then it goes to the main yard

for parts, or it goes right to the press.

A lot of the parts that run through the back shop are

sitting loose in the vehicle with a tag on them

all ready to go, just gotta go get it.

Tell me a little bit about Miller's.

Miller's Auto Recycling is a direct result

of two vehicles trying to occupy the same space

at the same time.

That's it, totally.

That's it. That's the bottom line.

Miller's Auto, how old is it?

Been open since the '50s

and it's a family- owned business.

Very close to a quarter million vehicles have been

recycled through our process here.

Wow.

Good Canadian family, for crying out loud.

Here's your first hit right here.

I'm gonna teach you how to take off a couple easy parts.

Get to work.

Okay, we gotta get the taillight out of this vehicle.

Yes. What can go wrong here?

If this gets broken on the removal process,

we cannot sell it, so you've gotta be able to

get behind the lens without hurting it.

And this one here comes right out.

That was fucking fast though, I will tell you that.

So now we gotta put a stock number on it and a tag,

and then we'll take it to shipping.

Do you have somebody that sources the parts

from you and they're like a middle man for them

and the, and the client?

Both. Our inventory is North America wide.

It's not just us selling parts.

With the internet now,

the whole world sells parts for us.

So if you walk into a wrecking yard in California

and they don't have the part that you're looking for,

they hit Exchange, it'll show Miller's in Canada has that.

Then they'll call us and we'll ship them the part.

Wow!

It's out of our hands,

and we move onto the next part.

Steve, how many parts do you think you pull in a day?

On an average day I can pull 40.

40?

You're like the Gretzky of part pulling.

I've been called that a few times.

You probably see all kinds of crazy shit

coming in, don't ya?

I've seen some horrible accidents,

I've seen some very gory stuff.

What about some weird and kinky shit?

Well, we find a lot of money in the cars

- over the years. - Money?

Lots of gold, lots of jewelry, lots of rings.

I'm looking for gold and jewels, Steve.

You have to pull your weight.

We have a lot to do.

Okay, Dan, we need to find in this car.

- Section 9D. - Yep.

Okay, where is section nine?

Oh, it's right there. Now D.

- This is 9A. - 9A.

Do I know the alphabet?

Please, please don't fail me now, Mrs. Jones.

A, B, C, D.

A, B, C, D.

Fucking presto!

- There it is! - D! Money!

This is gonna be way easier now that

you told me how to do it.

And you're after this mirror.

What do I have to do first?

There's gonna be three bolts.

Pull it back slightly to get at those bolts.

Swivel socket. It's almost like

you'd be good at video games or something,

but I don't think you play too many video games, do ya?

- No, sir. - Didn't think so.

- Whoa, baby. - Already got one.

Oh... Holy fuck!

Sorry, Steve, don't get all horny.

- I'm married, buddy. - Good enough.

You're safe.

Hit that last bolt.

Bingo! No damage, right?

It's good to go. No scratches,

it looks really nice, it's not cracked.

We're gonna be fucking crushing in no time.

It might be a long time

before you get to the crusher.

- Oh, fuck. - This is your parts list.

Let me see this all. Tailgate, lid gate,

engine brain, engine cooling motor.

Jesus.

And I have other parts I have to pull,

so you're on your own.

Why the fuck have you done this to me?

Well, because you look like the kinda guy

that can handle it.

Here we go.

Do you know what row are we in?

Yeah, it's all about effort and attitude,

and Dan's attitude is very good.

Engine brain. How the fuck am I supposed to

know where an engine brain is?

If he knows the alphabet, he'll be just fine.

I've fucking got you, you son of a bitch.

Ha! Success!

Yes, yes!

Engine brain, check.

Yes!

Come to daddy, babies.

Make the fucking shit happen.

That crusher's getting pumped.

Rear left spindle, check.

Oh.

Very fucking funny, Steve.

♪ Uh!

♪ I am the greatest.

Oh, yeah!

♪ Bow down to the greatest! ♪

♪ Yeah! The greatest of all time! ♪

♪ The greatest! The greatest of all time! ♪

♪ They got my name lit up in lights. ♪

We need to pick up the pace a little bit.

Our paychecks depend on it.

No, no.

Voila.

That's all the parts. Ready for shipping.

Woo!

Hey Chuck, we got all the parts.

Yeah!

Just go for it.

- Really, buddy? - Yeah, go on.

Come on, man.

What is this tomfoolery?

How's she going, boys? What's popping?

Hitting some golf balls, letting off some steam.

This is what we like to do on our break.

Really?

So, these cars are headed to the crusher?

Yeah.

Yeah, boys. This is gonna be fun.

First windshield we pop, heads in the shop.

Smashing glass and kicking ass.

- Absolutely. - I'm in.

- Grab a club, man. - Sweet, thanks.

Just in the back.

What's this piece of shit?

It's whatever we found in cars.

Get over here.

It's going right in the money.

Which one you calling for?

Any of them. I just want to hit that crusher button.

Fuck!

You didn't call the grass, did you?

Fucking did that on purpose. I was just testing you-

- Didn't sound like it. - I didn't hear it, yeah.

- I fucking hit it! - Wrong car.

Try her again.

Talk to daddy.

Fucking piece of shit!

Fucking, she gone.

I don't think we're finding that one.

That's all right. Job well done.

I can smell shitting of the bed.

- Wasn't bad. - Could have been worse.

Go ahead, Kota.

Beautiful. Exactly where you wanted it.

Put some fucking stank on it.

- This is the one. - You sure?

- You got 'er. - Maybe.

- Oh, shit! - Oh, there we go.

- That's how it's done, boys. - Not bad.

Kota in the house.

That's a hell of a way to blow off steam, boys.

That was fun.

I mean, we got an even better way

to blow off steam.

- Really? - Oh, yeah.

I just finished smashing the shit out of a car!

I guess it's time to go to shipping.

Ashley, Steve! The parts have arrived.

Let's see how you did.

Woo-hoo.

We actually ship out over 350 parts a day here,

so there's a lot moving around here.

There's not a lot of time to waste.

- Ta-da! - Okay, so...

Truck mirror, looks good.

Frame box.

Alternator's under there.

- Spindle? - Check.

- Tailgate? - Check.

- Ah, what's this? - It's a...

Could be someone's testicle. I don't know.

Who, who knows where this came from?

See you later.

Do I get to push the crusher button now?

Do I? Steve?

Hey...

What's going on?

- How did I do? - Dan...

You had us worried.

You weren't the fastest parts puller,

but you sure tried.

You didn't help me much.

Your golf swing's okay.

But, you pull off the mullet.

Yeah!

Dan, you did absolutely fantastic for

a rookie, and I'm proud of you.

- Thanks for helping out. - Thanks, Pops.

On behalf of Miller's...

you may push the button.

Yes! Well, thank you.

And after all the shit talking and abuse you guys

just gave me, I'd like y'all to fuck yourselves.

Love y'all.

Come on, baby.

Oh...

Oh, shit!

Yeah!

Ha-ha-ha!

Yeah! Ha-ha-ha!

Ha-ha-ha! I can't believe it,

I finally got to push the button!

Oh, that was so awesome!

It's been hot, it's been dirty,

and it's been hard work, but they all get it done.

All these people are amazing.

Working here has been a great experience.

This is truly a blue collar job.

Time for me and old Pearl to hit the road.

See you later, guys!

Wow, that was awesome. Holy...

The fuck? Pearl?

Steve!

Why?

Huh. Objects in the mirror

are more handsome than they appear.

Do say so myself.