I witnessed a foreskin pull a fully loaded double axle with the brakes locked across a job site with a ½ ton V6 Chevy. There were scalded tire marks for months!
I had a ranger fall off a car dolly(forwards onto the frame) and the tires wedged onto the ground went ahead and dragged it on home the last few miles down the freeway tires howling and smoking away lol
@@Airman.. There's a whole contingent of folks that operate on similar mental frequencies and pathways. Odd you haven't noticed before. Then again, you mighta just thought we were... on meth, or crazy. Well, the effect is somewhat similar!
Been there done that while changing the head gasket on a older than Jesus Chevy 350. She was chugging coolant faster than a pirate with a keg of rum to himself.
@@aoeuidhtnsnthdiueoa oh, but sometimes it does! But if so, then something will fail in a way that you absolutely have to get the culprit out of the garage to proceed - for whatever reason, unimaginable prior to the event. Like the car lift dies right after winching the truck 10 inches off the ground.
How to repair trailer wiring in three easy steps- #1 Start at the rubber on the brake pedal and work your way out to the tires. #2 Rip all the old s***t out. #3 Replace all the old s***t with new s***t that works.
Hey, I work at snake river trailers, honestly surprised you didn’t curse out the workmanship more haha. I’ve been watching your videos for several years, love the content.
The great thing about solenoids (or more generally, inductors) is they don't spark when you hook them up. Instead, they spark when you disconnect them!
Dewclaw made himself a shirt out of the wrappers from Vietnames subs. Those are some mighty fine glue-stick skills there Dewclaw, very sharp looking, nice crisply-ironed creases. Give this man some glitter and a hot glue gun, I can't wait to see what kind of formal wear he'd make out of discarded Big Mac boxes.
I am past the point of trouble shooting brake wiring this days, as I am too old..... if there is an issue..... I just yank all of it off, and install a new kit and that solves having any issues for years, until you loan the trailer out to a best friend you didn't know you had, that naturally has the ability to screw it up while in transit to return your trailer back to you....
When I'm thinking out loud and some asshole asking if I'm talking to myself I always respond with "some of the best conversations I've ever had have been with myself". Usually gives me a wide berth.
Just a tip for the next time you use those tire plugs, you are supposed to burn the excess tips of plug hanging out after you install it. It serves to vulcanize and seal the plug into the tire.
When dealing with trailer wiring, I've found if you're running the factory wiring the best thing to do is to just strip it all out. Run some nice, new Ancor trailer wire, use proper heatshrink butt connectors and get it sorted proper like.
Often heard in hallowed workshops late on a Friday night when the last of 18 bolts holding a critical piece of equipment has just snapped off as you were torquing it up with a fully certified and calibrated torque wrench.
Even with so many incredibly fine internet sites out there for mechanically inclined people, this still tops them all. Intelligent, vastly knowledgeable, honest, self-deprecating, hilarious and bawdy, he is the best of the best.
There's a pretty simple reason for this happening and honestly it's one of the most common reasons for trailer failures of all kind. Luckily there's a simple fix. You made the mistake of taking your eyes off the trailer for a period of longer than 2 seconds. If you can manage to not do this, you stand to get a solid 5-10% fewer trailer failures.
That connector on the trailer has a built-in countdown timer in it, as soon as it senses six hook ups or one hour it drops the brakes out and fuckers the turn signals. Every trailer has at least one!
"It's OK, it's only flat on the bottom." thanks uncle B. I just ejected the remainder of my coffee from my mouthhole. Now I gotta brew another batch. FAAAK!
@@thewolfin Only the cheap garbage "vinyl tape" has glue that comes off. If you get actual electrical tape then the glue wont come off unless it gets really hot, and it also sticks a lot better.
@@steampunkskunk3638 a reason to tape each connection separately and then if you must tape that section of the loom together. The next person to come along may curse you out if you do the latter
Old Timer's trick, "If it comes loose in your hand by shaking it, it ain't no friggin good" Wouldn't that also mean that if it comes loose in your hand by shaking it...it ain't good for friggin? This old DIYurselfer finally understands his problem! THANK You...I have hydraulic brakes on my trailer with surge protection. Dang, another revelation, look forward.
Good old bearing buddies, great for the bearings and for greasing up your linings. The only grease I put in trailer bearings is put there with the palm of my hand. You really should get in there and clean things up now and again. Never sneeze on the adjusters, lube the pivots, and the backing plates, new seal and a proper adjustment. Cheap peace of mind on the highway.
In europe we have a break away cable which will the handbreak on the trailer. No battery. Also, when there is pressure on the car by the trailer, the couppling will will the handbreak aswell. It seems so much easyer!!!
Jep,, Mechanical inertial brakes (overrun brakes) here in europe. No wiring, very simpel and 30% of the time they work everytime. Unless you need to back up your rig on soft terrain :D
Very thoughtful of you to drop some free merch on your last sticker vid, also thoughtful making the free merch hoodies to help us with the cold... Texas is hella cold...
The middle wire is used for acessories or reverse lights, depending on how the truck side is wired. I have my own Vehicles wired so that the middle pin is for reverse lights, and many trailers do support this without you realizing it.
Hey man! Love the vids! I just picked up a 1920’s B&D 5/16” drill today and the things still choochin! Just need to clean her up and she’ll be lookin brand new! Love the videos on the older tools man keep em comin!
No single man has the insestual fortitude to crack that many jokes . Gigs up Uncle Bob we know you have a staff of writers churnin them knee slappers out like a Canadian wildfire
The Dew Claw looks like his shirt was was made from a picnic table cloth, clashing with the blue shorts that are blinding my eye's, that's stile fella.
Looked like the outline of a famous cartoon mouse with big ears, but it was early in the day and my brain was still above the belt line. A few hours later might have been different. Been there, done that with trailer wiring, but wasn't the kind of problem you had. The wiring for the lights, including required running lights, was complete spaghetti bowl chaos. The trailer was a friend's and had been through two prior owners who kludged things together with no consideration of best practices for durability or reliability - and left behind all sorts of abandoned wire runs with splices everywhere using different colors, adding to the ambiguity. Getting the lights legal again on the side of the road - at night - was a challenge. At the earliest opportunity at his home we chopped out all the abandoned runs and re-ran proper wiring through the proper wiring races.
French Canadian hand models provide the most fabulous profanity for any subject.... in Texas we don't use trailer brakes, we just drag them with really big pickup trucks.
I sold a running driving super clean one of those vw’s with not a spot of rust for $2500 about 3-4 years ago. Hated that slow pile. I can accelerate faster on my bicycle.
The sounds and the great movie quotes. I come here for my edgidification into langwistiks! And proper attire instructification. My wife thinks I’m from Canuckastan now! Tanks AvE! Mission accomplished. I converted.
