My Dad Bought A Wrecked 2023 GMC Duramax Denali At A Copart Auction! Part 1 

It found a deberti😅

I don't care but this is darn funny to me. Can't wait for the pull off.

@@chaddjayne4238 Thanks chadd, oh you know thats happening !

Jump a curb sideways drifting in the rain

Westen bought a couple trucks like this his Raptor being one might be worth chatting with him

Amen brother , lost mine when I was 13. And my mom.

Lost mine at 8 and had to learn everything by myself. A mentor would have been a huge help but I learned from my many mistakes.

Agreed!👍🇺🇸

Me too James. Miss mine as well

Yeah man, I miss my Dad everyday.

thanks a lot Man. we have a fun time together for sure!

you sentimental fool.

Goonzquad has a frame table

@@dakotashagena3363 But they lack the skill of V-tuned.

My dad is transgendered. He can't even understand my chasing of (actual) women. He also understands next to nothing about cars.

@@Network126 that’s unfortunate

@@gackleballsg2034 Indeed. He paints his nails and wears dresses. It makes me cringe.

I agree 💯 %!!! If my old man was still around, this would be our DREAM setup... BOTH of us..

Same

I Agree 100% just cuz looks bad don’t mean it can’t be pulled back into frame tolerance an should be fine! Old School guys did it all time. Fixer up an fk it up again is Motto my Body Shop buddy use to Say to the Drunks that wrecked them all time!

AMEN! I've done some of these frame swaps and helped out on others. They are NO FUN!!

@@billt9456 I did a frame swap on a 2016 F-250 6.7L and I will never do that shit again, no matter how much money I can save.

Totally agree, have a specialist look at it, then make a decision based on their experience. To me it looks like a fairly simple pull for a good frame shop.

100% correct!

I agree with Nick. I worked in collision for 20-plus years and ten of that was crawling around a couple of chief EZ liner frame machines. I have straightened much much worse than that. Some of the frames I straightened, shouldn't have been straightened, but that was what the insurance adjuster wanted. You can fire up the rosebuds and heat those frames up 2A dull red without them losing too much structural integrity.

I agree would have frame wracked the truck and got it straight and re-enforced with less time doing the frame swap. They are engineer to be pulled to a certain degree. Yes you are correct new frame better but a straighten properly works also.

As long as I do not have to give the massages |I am fine with it. lol. bUT LIKE YOU SAID A LOT OF WORK.

Lol, good buy 😂

I appreciate that

Thanks rick! haha my dad is so happy. He basically is saying mine sucks ha!

Rick that or any gM-cee is useless they can not even pass a crash test just to lame

@@bradzimmerman3171 I have driven BMW's for over 20 years exclusively. First time I had a crash in one was last month and it was totaled because the airbags deployed. In some cases, insurance companies just don't want the liability of rebuilding a car that has certain types of damage... so they sell them at auction instead.

I’ve had 3 2020 duramaxes blew the trans within 3 months out of all of them.

@@JK-rz9bk my buddy bought a 2020 in 2021 brand new with no miles on it and ripped out the transmission line just by running over a bicycle the first week he had it, it only had a couple hundred miles on it when that happened. I don't see why they would put the transmission lines Exposed on a 2500 off-road vehicle.

100000 percent agree part swapping is graving work body work is tedious as fuck and takes actual time especially if u want it to look perfect and done right

You couldn’t be more wrong with the market. Anything over 25k is crashing in price at the moment. The time of vehicles gaining equity is over.

You wish you had a video???

Boohoo 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sound like youre about to cry 😂😂

not on a truck. most of it is connected to the frame.

The man said frame rail a frame rail equals one side the definition of a frame is the entire frame it's in in its entirety with crossmembers in place a way different deal than just a frame rail

@@lesr5737 you are wrong. Whole frame

Personally me i would not buy from auction vehicles. unless you have the money and time to repair a turd and make it shine all the way.

.... reverse from the assy line 😂 😂 Frames are first. So they going to 100% rip it apart?

That is why I do not every buy cars with airbags out. Last one I bought just needed front left fender so easy to fix. Even a girl can do it. LOL. Always better with two though.

5 star airbags does ours

I agree. No other sheet metal damage that I saw. Front suspension took the impact through the rim. Surprised the rim isn't broken.

He hit a big curb HAULING AZZ…..!! This was a one vehicle reckless drive incident. That would explain the airbag deployment and lack of any other exterior damage.

Thanks so much!!

A new frame is a much better option than having a weakened straightened frame.

@@Fekillix do you have any idea how often there is frame damage on a non totaled vehicle? If you're going to replace every frame that has damage from a wreck you'll be totalling a lot of vehicles. There's a reason body shops have frame racks, including the shops that I worked at for 25 years.

I would bet, Its a clean title... as the repairs where not enough to be a total loss.... Just a bet tho....

Dude thanks man! I appreciate the feedback

I guess it would be easier if you had two hoists. Then as you take it off you can just put it on the frame on the other hoist. That way you will not forget where the parts go!!! That is always a problem for me so I take pictures. LOL. Lots of them!!!

Salvage titles for insurance is hard to get! If something happens they will only pay about 60% on the dollar value. Low miles are good but get NO Dealer repairs under any GM Warranty. Loans are also high for the salvage title trucks. When buy one of these trucks plan on keeping them for your own an repair yourself is the only way to keep or make money! Dealers won’t trade them in cuz have salvage title. Good Luck! I bought one an put 60k miles on it with No Problems it luck of the draw.

@@roberttaylor8261 I searched the comments before I was going to write nearly the EXACT same post. These guys may not need the warranty being they're competent with a wrench....but I'd imagine they'll need the dealer for most diagnostics...and like you suggested, the resale is pretty much what they'll have in it.....not the great deal people think. I've also been lucky with salvaged cars...wife's current SC430 was totalled for minor damage fixed and has been perfect.....but that was a $5k gamble.....not $55k. Your one comment about a bank loan I have never seen personally......never found a bank/CU who would loan on a salvaged/rebuilt title.

@@johnpeters9793 These rebuilds are for Professional Body shop guys that have connections in a Dealership so can have access to all the tools needed! Buy truck cheap enough an escape without big drivetrain problems an frame replacement or to many panels or cab parts an you can Probly make money? The next thing is if wanta sell its 30-40% hit! The Bank an CU Policy in town I live in won’t loan money on Rebuilt or Salvadge Titles?

@@roberttaylor8261 Actually have access to a small, non-corporate body shop who does a lot of our work... He did a good job on the Lexus though it needs a refresh after 5 years....hopefully just a light color sand. A buddy referred me to his friend who had a totalled '06 F-350.....no one would fix the frame and the owner got a check for $12k AND the truck. My guy straightened it and did some minor body and paint.....when all was said and done, client drove away his near perfect truck and we all pocketed some change. The funny part is the insurance company screwed up and never asked for the title....owner still has a non-branded title!!

@@johnpeters9793 Yes like I said it’s all about the connections. Finding a Good body man that likes the work! If Drivetrain is good all seam do good without warranties. Insurances are kinda Trickey? My wife is Agent so I’m lucky but if get into Accident or total again that’s just like the resale 30-40% hit is a lot on 20k Truck!

That sounds really good. I saw someone cut up a unit body side bottom to get it back straight i guess he just welded those pieces back after the pull.

​@@tanyalove6983 It might look and measure perfect after that, but with the cold-pressed special steels they use now, you never be sure how safe it will actually be...

@@mick-berry5331 Well I watched him use a 2 ton jack and chains and he had to pull and pull till it was way over to get it to bend at all so you are probably right but if two ton jack just moved it a little and over stretched it a lot to bend I was not worried about the frame at all. Like I said by back wheel almost feel off because in the accident it overstressed the upper rear control arm and there was no visible damage at all just broke off at the joint. I think it spun out to the right dragging the back left to the right stressing out the upper rear control arm. The pull was on the frame at the front of the car. You never know what is damaged on an accident car. I showed the picture of the frame of the truck and my boyfriend said to just pull it out no problem. Pull on the angled piece or put chains around the part that is bent in and just bend that whole part over. As long as the distance between the wheels is close you will be O. K. Honestly had no difficulty at all handling my car even though it was still off by 1/2 inch distance ont eh elft side compared to the right side center to center of the wheels. Drove perfectly straight. let go of the wheel still perfectly straight. big wheel alignment though. A truck LOL no problem. I think that bottle he held up summerized the accident. LOL.

ha ha well thanks so much for watching

It will NEVER be worth what one that was NEVER wrecked is .

@George196207 Yes of course...due to having that salvage title! But the price for what used trucks are going for these days is unreal! If i had a big shop like that, i would definitely do what they are doing! Does having a salvage title void out all of the manufacturer warranties & recalls on a new truck like that??? Educate me!!

WOW he saved a lot of money. not sure what the final price was there is all sorts of auction fees and taxes. and parts and free labor. Government has not figured out how to tax that but who knows if they will. LOL Get charged for sex tax every time you have sex. LOL

So when you consider with the salvage title you can easily take 50% off it's value, that'll leave them with having $56,000 plus a lot of labor in to a truck that's worth $45-46,000. I think you made the right decision.

@@redbull8661 Ya I do not bid on salvage vehicles you think you got a good deal but after all that work it is hard to make any money or even get the money you put into it. But if you keep it then you save a lot of money.! I thought the bidding went really high because the truck looked so nice. I was really surprised how little the frame cost though. If they sell it and show the old frame and that it was completely replaced then maybe they could get more for it as all part are brand new.!!! Need to be a good salesman.could get 70,000 for it.! Why not?

@@tanyalove6983 Yeah I'd agree if a person can fix it themselves and is going to keep it an drive it maybe it's a good deal. I know myself I won't buy any vehicle that's been in a wreck, not even at 50% of the value. But I know there's people that will.

@@redbull8661 LOL Like I said the last one I bought was a car and all I had to do was find a fender everything else was fine. My rule is no salvage vehicles and no airbags out. The one I bought that had frame damage he hit the front left tire on a concrete median in the winter and must have spun around. Had a spare tire on so did not notice how bad it was. Mechanic certified it and then a few days later the rear left upper control arm fell off just as I got turned into my driveway. I do not know what would have happened if it was on the highway so you may have a valid point about damaged vehices. You only live once. I am giving both away.

Thanks 👍