Buying a 10 wheeler dump truck 

Andrew. I've been watching probably 25 - 30 of your videos in the last month. You are one impressive young man. Vast knowledge of all things mechanical & and energy rarely seen in people. I'm a retired 3M Executive - never had the nerve to start my own business. Worked 30+ years for a Fortune 100 company, always had a great income & benefits. YOU are what makes America great. Fearless & never look to anyone but yourself for help & success. I admire you so much Andrew. Your ability to have fun at work & play is infectious. Thank you for always finding a way to make every video - not only entertaining - but meaningful as well. Job well done.

yep just watched an hour long video on a dump truck. better than anything on tv.

" I bought it anyway even though it was a piece of junk and everything else in the guys yard was a piece of junk" best line i have heard in a while

My God, someone who actually left timestamps in a lengthy video. Yeah, you earned a Like for that extra effort.

I never thought watching a one hour plus video about a dump truck would be so interesting.

I love the way he ends his video...no fuss, no begging for people to subscribe, just fade to black...perfect!!

“WhAt KinDA oPerAtiOn yOu RUnnIn” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

“it’s not doing anything” “pull harder” “i’m pulling harder andrew” “pull harder”

"I'm pulling as hard as I can" Andrew "well pull harder" 😂😂😂

Im a Truck Driver..You should change the stick shift Handle to one that has a Splitter on it.. Much easyer to Shift with the Splitter at your finger tips, instead of reaching down every time.. Keep light pressure on the stick shift before you shift, so when you let off on the accelerator the stick will slide out of gear and into the next gear quicker and better timed with the engine RPM Nice Truck, its really gonna make your job easyer

As they say about gears - "If you can't find 'em, grind 'em."

again i say, this guy is a total savage. he stands behind a heavy truck dumping gravel out behind it and he almost gets buried in it. and he's like, "is this dangerous?" love it.

Let your rpm drop 500 when up shifting Raise them 500 when down shifting Double it if your skipping gears Also make sure your clutch is all the way down when putting it in gear at a stop Hopefully that will help u out good luck

* stands under dump bed as it’s dumping pea gravel * “Is this dangerous?”

I think I get it now... the time-lapse / fast forward parts are where Andrew cusses like a sailor... lol! then he's all calm and cool when it's normal speed

I just stumbled across this video, and it's the first one of yours I've watched. I'm a 72 yr. old guy, been around trucks and equipment my whole life, owned and operated triaxles, dump trailers, lowbeds, road tractors, and owned several backhoes, excavators, and dozers, and done all my own maintenance. So that being said, I wanted to offer you some corrective information. You referred to that Jake brake as an exhaust brake, but that's not what it is. It's an engine brake, which uses the engine's compression to slow the truck down, as opposed to an exhaust brake that blocks off the exhaust. The brake you have, and is a Jake brake, opens the exhaust valve just before it gets to the top of the compression stroke, thus relieving the compression just before it reaches the point at which it detonates. So what it's doing is slowing the engine down by using the compression just before it fires and makes power. That sound you hear in the exhaust is that compression being released. The older Cummins like yours have 3 seperate cylinder heads, that why that 2,4,6 switch. The Jake brake was invented by the Jacobs Manufacturing Co., the same one that makes the Jacobs chucks on drills. That was I think back in the 50's or thereabouts. They offered it to Clessy Cummins, one of the Cummins engine family, and he rejected the idea, so Jacobs started making them, and the rest is history. One more unrelated thing you didn't mention about that 8LL transmission, is that on that truck, I believe there should be an air switch on the dash somewhere labeled "deep reduction". That gives you all your gears in a very low ratio which is great for crawling around off road in a dump truck. Ok, that's all I wanted to say. Trying to be helpful, not arrogant !! Someone else may have already told you these things, but I didn't read all the comments.

When the music came on and you did the side by side shot - holy moly. I thought the Ford was big. Didn’t realize how big the ten wheel was.

I live in a big city and with no back yard and now I'm looking at prices for used dumptrucks and excavators. Your videos are like crack.

Andrew, when I sit and watch any of your videos I am glued to the screen, how on earth for someone to have all that knowledge at such a young age is just mindboggling plus being fearless to tackle anything you are aces in my book bud.

That looks like a very fun truck.

Oh Shit! Hey, I just saw a Potential Killer, Andrew! Your truck does not have an Exhaust Brake, it has a Genuine By-God Three-Stage Jacobs Engine Brake. This the Very BEST you can get. The Killer is, your Clutch switch is not adjusted correctly, that is why the Jake kills the engine when you're in Neutral. It is up at the top of the clutch pedal, under the dash, and it has a little bendy antenna-spring-looking-thing that contacts the clutch pedal. It is adjusted too tight. Your engine SHOULD Idle with the Jake Turned On. I will explain how this can Kill you, Learned it The HARD Way. I was coming off a hill with 47 tons of coal, and coming down a steep to a 90-degree Left. Halfway through the curve, the transmission Jumped Out of Fourth gear, and the Jake Killed the engine. INSTANT Runaway. To make it Worse, Paystars have FULL Power Steering, and when the engine dropped dead the power steering died too. Without the engine running Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn't steer that thing. The ONLY way you can cut the wheel without the engine running is to put your left leg up on the A-pillar to give yourself something to Push Against, and if you notice, there ain't enough ROOM to get your leg up. Long story short, I somehow managed to Kick In my Driver Magic and Get Out of THAT One by the Skin of my Teeth and the Grace of God. I will say, it took me half an hour to get my anus to Let Go of the Seat Cushion so I could get out and pee, and I farted foam for a Week. PLEASE Go Out Right NOW and adjust that switch Correctly, just back it off just enough that the engine will idle by itself with the Jake Brake ON. So I can SLEEP. This same Truck I was driving had run away with a previous driver, and he didn't know what happened, he just Bailed out, and let it Go. It ran off into the cliff and ground the whole driver's door and fender off. Saw the Tarper, and you REALLY need to move your Selector switch for the Hi-Range Up on the front or right side of the stick where your fingers can reach it easily, shifting will be MUCH Better.

Andrew, take it up to 17-18 hundred RPM then pull it out and drop it in at 14 hundred RPM. That high/low switch should be up where you don't have to reach for it and lose momentum.

Thanks Andrew for the time you spend to put the videos together, I know it can be a pain, and for me, it just makes everything take twice as long. I watch your videos from beginning to end. I've watched movies in theaters that I didn't enjoy nearly as much as I enjoy your videos! Keep it up! !

You have a way to make it feel like I am doing something for my first time and figuring it out successfully as I go. For many of us you are living the dream in which hard work is actually fun.

Stands behind an open tailgate of a fully loaded 20 yd dump, with the body going up unleashing 1/4" stone and gets buried up to his thigh and says "is this dangerous?" Awesome! I love this dude! 😂

Cummins big cam 300hp with Jake brake the best engine ever u have a really nice dump truck

Really enjoyed learning some of the ins-and-outs of driving a 10-wheeler. You provided good info about gear shifting and exhaust braking. Thanks.

I was 17 when I first learned to drive a ten speed. I upshifted at 19 hundred and downshifted at 21/22 hundred. Later when I worked for a sound company I drove a Peterbuilt 17 speed road ranger at 21. I started running a backhoe at 14. Later in life I rented a track hoe and tracked loader to relandscape my yard. The contractor across the street doing a foundation pad came over one afternoon and said it looked like I knew what I was doing. I’ve always loved gizmos from planes to zero turn lawnmowers. Take care!

Excellent purchase! I've said it before you needed this truck. The paystar is an old school all metal hood. No Fiberglas! The trans is a 8LL. It's the most desired trans in a dump truck today. You just need to get the hang of shifting it.

These pre-emission trucks are going to start holding their value really well. Nice clean old International.

I have Coworkers that work on 480 and 600 V circuits live. I know you can get by with it I’d feel better if you just unhook the batteries. But we got to do it the way we feel most comfortable and that’s why we watch you.

Love how you load things. GENTLY. No just dropping it into the bed (and bashing the truck), always smooth, graceful traverses with the excavator (not cowboying it all over the place). Your respect for your tools is a pleasure to see.

Dude, your video notifications are my favorite RU-vid notification

you are a natural for fixing things. I just retired at 72 and did that kind of work all my life Rebuilt forklifts fork lifts for the last 20 years Had a body shop for 45 years. Lots of hard work but loved it,

AND Andrew, never stop filming your businesses! You are incredibly knowledgeable, and a joy to see a young man picking things down, and then building it up again! And greet your dogs from me! Thorough inspections of all jobs are important!

Nice Paystar! It's in amazing shape for a thirty year old dump truck.

Andrew Im happy to see that the younger generation ( your age bracket ) still has interest and mechanical skills in repairing anything , keep up the great work !

Those old Paystars last forever. Great choice 👌 That dump body will rust off of it before the truck wears out.

When I was 19 I worked for a contractor C Raymond Lukens and this crazy old guy had me drive a dump truck back to his shop with that split trans omg it was a crazy ride !!! I didn't realize I needed a cdl to drive it!!!! But I was the only 1 who could drive stick lol not even the owner could drive it!!! So I drove that bad boy back it was fun as all hell!!!!

Drove a dump truck for about 8 months, got my med card and permit. But never got a chance to get CDL. Had to get a job with benefits. Watching Andrew really makes me want my own dump truck and work for myself. Keep it up Andrew!! You are awesome!

It's a grand old truck Andrew. I'm thinking the previous owner really looked after it, and that's why you got a good one here. Maintenance is the key, and this video showed this to be true. Thanks for the video.

I just want to say thanks for some great content, lately when i come home and turn on the inter-net, your vids will just be playing non stop. addictive to watch someone getting some stuff done, without ads, lame ass commercials and other sorts of BS. Cheers.

Who needs Netflix when you can watch Andrew with his toys. I love the honesty and no fuss presentation. How are you controlling your drone at the quarry while driving the truck?

I agree, an interesting hour about dump trucks, which I knew nothing about. Thanks for the video

Andrew never start a big truck in gear. Always neutral i drove and was a heavy equipment operator engineer for 34 years. I drove tri axles and tractor trailer to haul the equipment to and from the jobs. Never overload your truck. That's how accidents happen. Ive been driving since I was 16 till now @ 54 i never had a ticket or accident. My Dad was a Greyhound bus driver. Best teacher in the world.

Shifting without using the clutch is called floating gears Andrew and you need to double-clutch if you're going to shift it without floating the gears.

Andrew. You are awesome. Your parents must be so proud of you. You are smart, hardworking and what you do not know you figure it out. My son is like you too. Love your videos.

"What kind of operation you running here?" As he has a water tank racket strapped in the back of the dump truck. Congrats on the new truck

He needs the OEM shift lever in that truck. Move up the splitter and learn to shift it before the transmission.

Glad to see you living my dream. Been watching the vids every evening for a few days now and find them very informative and interesting. You're a natural in every aspect.

Yeah, I had the same experience with a "crash gearbox" (that's what we called it in the UK) over 40 years ago driving a small truck for work. Eventually got good at it - you have to be smooth and gentle - just light pressure into the next gear waiting for the revs to match and it falls right in without crashing or crunching.

9:40 Nice size compare. I didn't realize there was such a difference!

My man used grade 8 for his front license plate, SAVAGE

You are an absolute inspiration. I have been trying to run my own business and some days I want to quit and go back to being told what to do. But then I watch everything you have accomplished over the years and it keeps my head in the game just wanted to say thank you man.

The music that plays when you compare the two is badass.

I love how the first 3 minutes of the video is just *CRUNCH* *CRUNCH* every time he tries to shift. Keep at it man, it’ll be like riding a bike one day.

Pre select your range selector ( going from 4th to 5th) it makes for a smoother shift same way going down (from 5th to 4th)

When my dad worked for the town, before this truck was built, he swore by International. He did say it shifted a lot differently than the Macs they had. Some of my dad's favorite stories were around his International truck.

Work ethic is fantastic , you outshine a lot of folks !

I always enjoy your narratives. And your ‘get it done’ attitude is infectious! Keep up the good work!

Clean Old Paystar you got there. I love seeing OLD LARGE IRON back on our roads. Nice truck

So I know this was posted 2 years ago and I know it doesn’t really matter, but it’s Cummins, not Cummings. That was really messing with my nerves😂

33:50 LOVL Andrew saying "Pull harder" Love this guy :)

I'm just going for a drive... ... in what? Cruisin' down the road in my dump truck! 🤘

One word for Andrew "Perseverance" - Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. Determination!

I could watch these videos forever. I too started a business in my 20's. I was 27. Your attitude and work ethic will allow you to do anything you want. I was wired the exact same way. If you want it, Camarata Property Maintenance will have hundreds of those trucks. I did it for 13 years before selling my business. It was both financially relieving that the risk was gone and I could give my kids the life I wanted for them, and very difficult given the business was like my first child. My kids got to be the age where running 100mph all day just didn't let me do what I wanted to with them so the decision was made for me but it was tough. You will do whatever you want with your attitude, keep it up.

Said it before and I'll say it again. Really enjoy the various comments made by your many fans. Primarily because so many of them are made by experienced men who know how to communicate. Thanks to you and them.

When you are working on the alternator always disconnect the battery

Hey Andrew, I'm sure you've caught on to shifting this beast just fine by now and there's probably a ton of great advice in the comments. I couldn't help but drop one more here that has stuck with me from my crop hauling days: don't use the whole palm of your hand to push the shifter forward into gear. Instead rest your palm on the top of the shifter or use your fingers to push it forward. What can happen is that it can slip out of gear just as you apply power and violently force itself backward. I was lucky enough to just snap the top off the shifter when it happened to me, instead of breaking my wrist!

Andrew, thank you making such informative and inspirational videos. Your attitude to work is great and what you do you do correctly. I am retired and live in the UK on what we call a smallholding (homestead). I do many of the things you do but on a much smaller scale.

That truck lesson gear is the best I have ever seen. I love your videos

Andrew- Your camera positioning for the Alt rebuild was awesome. I have the skinned fingers feeling...thanks for the huge effort!

One advantage of working on your own equipment is that you tend to be more careful with it because you know the cost in time and money that it takes to fix them.

Congrats on your new rig ! Impressive. Love those front fenders. 👌

i remember when this video came out, wow time flys so fast

Nice truck, Andrew! Congratulations!

Good looking truck. Moving up to the big rigs.

I've never seen a shift pattern like that, but it really makes sense for a dual range transmission like that. Very cool

You're videos are really inspiring. Keep it up! Love the editing and range of views.

wow , nice set of wheels..should do the job..

I miss wing windows as well. Super functional to have.

Your videos are in my opinion the most informative and most entertaining that I've seen so far.

Nice truck Andrew. A friendly advice is when replacing an alternador disconnect the negative battery terminal to avoid spark. I enjoy watching your videos. Thanks.

Keep an eye on the bed floor. You might want to weld some plate on the floor.

Congratulations on the new truck. Learning to double clutch helps great content. Keep learning putting in the work pays off!

This makes me want to buy a dumptruck and start hauling loads.

Each video is a fantastic story. Your grandchildren and their grandchildren will watch these videos and see what a legend you are

I really like your new truck! good job.

Andrew takes the anxiety out of initial exposure. It's ok to not know what to expect. You don't grow if you don't go.

Andrew, I used to repair electrical systems on semi's and I found the easiest way to adjust the belt on the alternator is with a large channel lock put one side on the ear for the bolt and the other on the end of the adjuster bracket. same for the A/C compressor the walls on the alternator and the A/C unit are so thin you can put a hole in it with a pry bar if you don't put it in the right place.

That is the advantage of living in this day and age. Equipment improves in smaller increments so a 30 year old truck is a worthwhile purchase

You always have the coolest sound tracks.

I just realized i watched an hour long video on dump truck😂😂

That is a nice rig Andrew and not surprised you gravitated towards it. Plus it has the Hummin Cummins. I like it. My past 30 years have been in industrial marine and diesel eclectic sets on the parts and service side. A rewarding career. I do envy your "in business for myself" . Keep it coming. The great jobs and the wonderful videos.

G'day Andrew Back in the day when I was running an old Volvo N12 tipper, I changed the tailgate to a two way hinge setup which allowed me to swing the entire gate back against the side of the tipper body. This avoided large items such as tree stumps and boulders hanging up jamming or damaging the tailgate. Hope this helps 🙂

Andy: pull harder Other guy: I'm pulling hard

As we say in Scotland “ He’s some man , for the one man “ :)

When in 4th going to 5th, you can preselect high range before you change gears... Same going down gears.

You ain't stopping this guy. Badass working man!!!

Love the sound of that great turbo engine in the Paystar 5000, it's infatuating ;-)