When aluminum is in contact with steel, the aluminum will corrode badly. There was sealant around the steel subframe to aluminum frame juncture, but you removed it. It is important to reseal those crevices in order to keep the water out.
Came to make the same comment, I was raised to support your local business as much as possible to help your local community. Love to see and hear it elsewhere! ( and love your projects as well)
Not sure if you checked it or not, but get up under the trailer and take a good look inside the king pin plate for rot holes. That's one of the number one reasons those aluminum flatbeds get junked.
When you’re hauling hay the restrictions are don’t hit the power lines or overpasses. It falls under the “loose fader” rules. So here in Ontario we keep it under 15’ or so and aim for 10’ wide or less if you can.
Sounds like down in Kansas. Hauling round bales on a flat deck, you get to right at what you're talking about. 14.5 high, 10 wide. Which, they give us that by law hauling hay.
Out here in ny! These guys got huge old box trucks with the sides cut off and form the hay just like a box huge heavy loads 100% overloaded flying down the roads at early hours in the am when roads are dark! Makes me glad im not the one driving or working for that boss! Only one guy who got his act together has all the enclosed trailers that he must drop off at people famrs and pick them up in the winter!
I like the fact that you get on, fix the trailer and use it in the same video. Really enjoyed that, some channels would have spread that out over a month 🎉
It's good giving the younger guys work like that. It really helps to change their lives and keep them hungry for more success, rather than doing ignorant crimes.
@@Eddi3xBac0n "Wanting is the source of all suffering" -- Buddha Every little thing that is causing you issues or stress or misery-- comes from "wanting' things to be different instead of accepting things as they are and going from there. It's from wanting something that you can't have or can't change. Stop wanting things.. "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference."
Brushing black Tremclad is by far the best quick and dirty uncoating. Best part is when its looking a little rusty again hit it with a wire brush quick or just brush more on lol
Canadian Tire's house brand "Armor Coat" rust paint is also excellent. It's made by Rustoleum (the same company as Tremclad), but is cheaper despite being just as good or better.
I get everyone bemoans spool gun. When it's set up correctly in the hands of a skilled operator it's a strong and economical way of fabrication. However, as most of us know: That is not always the case. The cost of TIGing a trailer like that would be pretty astronomical.
I'm not sure if you'll have anybody up there that does it but try to find someone to blow corn cob on the trailer it's kinda like a sand blaster it does a real nice job of cleaning aluminum
Hey Rich if your trailer is setup for it, you should swap sides for your tie downs. If you ever have to tighten your load on the side of the road your not in traffic doing it. Just a little safety tip for ya! Happy Truckin Buddy!
Awesome to see - grandpa drove for PIE for 40 years. Be safe with those strapped/chained loads...Close family friend was ended when a broken chain let irrigation pipes go.
Minimum wage, %50 of welders are on parole and get paid Minimum wage. Well when I took some automotive classes at the local community College which was next to the welder classes. Half the welders were on parole
When I saw the suspension parts of the rear axle I though "Oh it looks in decent shape, wait no, that's Ontario decent. Its shit." Then I saw the plate and realized why it looked so familiar. We're truly blessed by the rust gods.
I commend your attention to Safety first, many trucking firms don't making their rigs deadly bombs of sorts. Here in the states our DOTs try to catch as many bad rigs as possible but there's no way to find/stop them all. I've only repaired, rebuilt up to five tons but the brakes are always the first thing I do on all vehicles. Great videos & thanks for sharing them with all of us
Those big coach steer tires look good on the trailer. They might even be a little taller than your drive tires. My VNL was built with those big bolognies on the steer axle and 275 tires on the drive. Looked like it skipped leg day!
Great to see the truck working, the trailer is looking good, its amazing what some people dispose of equipment when some TLC can extend its life, always look forward to your videos.
Aluminum work fatigues, old trailers like that have none stop maintenance requirements and simply can’t handle the same loads they did new particularly things like coils that can be 60 thousand pounds in a 4’ section. Limited use for loads that’s have a even weight distribution such as the bails in the video are a great use for old trailers that just don’t have a place in the general freight sector. There are more and more places that won’t even load trailers that are over 10 years old, I’ve even been turned down because they said my truck was to old.
Hi from uk Rich👋👍 got job getting the trailer to safe good clean standard and on the road again 👌 Vince did a fab job on the welding 👍 and love the drive by's too them prison gate light stacks look awesome with the exhaust stacks in motion shots 👌 congrats again yo uou getting qualified as a operator 👍 keep up the amazing content you do, thanks for your time be safe and see you soon 👍👋
Man that is one sharp KW. I really enjoyed that build it was awesome!!! So cool seeing the Ole girl back to work on the farm is super awesome!! As always love the content never disappointing. Can't wait to see the next video. Keep up the great work and content.
Brings back memories of when I used to run the lower 48 and Canada in a Freight liner before there was a CDL required by the DMV used to pull a 48foot refer and haul alot of loads of swinging beef from Amarillo TX to Chicago and flat bed machines up and down the east coast of U.S.A. almost want to get back into it.
Rich, you and Phil are hilarious. Glad you got the trailer up and running!! Great addition to your "Fleet". Another wonderful video from UP NORTH! Hahahaha. (Since I'm on the Gulf of Mexico)
The clip of the trailer dragging the rear tires makes me nostalgic, I worked with my dad's friend doing driveways when I was in high school, the one guy he worked with had a 53' dump trailer but the lift axle wouldn't lift and the air line was broken so the brakes wouldn't release, he drug it across town like that to finish a job 😆 the flat spots were down to the wires when he got there
Looks like Rich has found his dream job and he didn't even know he wanted to be a trucker. A lot of guys out there would love to be in that position; your own truck, bought and paid for. She looks great, sounds fantastic and there's a whole lot of money out there, just waiting to be made.👍😁
I passed my test about three months ago for Class 2 in Scotland, that means I can drive rigid lorries, I am a supervisor for our local council so every time I get a chance to drive a bin lorry or a salt gritter or hook lift I'm off, they are so much fun and the more gears the better. 🤪
I have never liked the spool guns either. I used a push pull gun on a miller machine that was dedicated for aluminum once you sat the wire speed on the gun you could lay down some weld on 1/8 plate with a mig gun. It would automatically adjust your voltage for you. Very cool.
You have taught me an extremely valuable lesson. I can't finish and don't even want to try at least half the projects/fixing old crap that I thought I should do as I find said crap for sale. ;-)
As a guy that pulls a stepdeck, and is restoring a 359 Pete. I'm happy to see as much content like this as possible, but then again I'm not picky with anything you post.
Awesome video, As a townie who got to spend some good times on peoples farms inlc neighbors the smells is something that has made my dream not to have a house in town but have a farm and work for a living rather than work just to live
Beautiful Kenworth and the aluminum trailer is only going to look good for a little while but all of the work was worth it . Now get out there and make some money . Great video Rich .
Couple products I use to use on my old mans fleet when we were trucking were from Johnny rag in thorold not far from you. The first one is called Aluma bright and Johnny rag touch less vehicle wash the both of them I would apply with a garden sprayer and pressure wash off and the nice thing with doing it yourself is you can mix the aluma bright heavy and clean that trailer right up
Awesome build mate love it. Wasn’t sure about the colours to start with but it looks awesome. Really cool to see someone build A a Kenworth B one that’s quite rare C you actually saw the build through and D it’s got a Cat motor. Only thing that I would probably change is polish the tanks but apart from that truck is awesome 👍
We had a 5000 psi pressure washer that had a abrasive siphon feed attachment that worked great, kinda like sand blasting without the toxic dust, you can use any abrasive, not just sand, that may have worked good on the underside of the trailer, I did my F600 ramp truck, it worked great
Should look into abrasive or nonabrasive Cup Brush, Nylon Filaments like Al's Liner Abrasive 180 Grit Nylon Bristle Cup Brush - 6 Inch - Safe for Use on Metal, Wood, Aluminum and Plastic Surfaces (TOOR6) or Nonabrasive 6" Cup Brush, Nylon Filament, 5/8"-11 Thread
If you are doing a lot of those restorations, invest in a dry ice blaster or soda blaster, or even a rust/gunk laser cleaner. Dry ice blaster cleans well and doesn't leave the area with sand everywhere like the sand/soda blaster. But i think the soda blaster cleans better than the dry ice blaster. You can thank me later...
