Peterbilt 359 Restoration Ep.78 Lifting the Bunk 

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Hey Mark, Have you considered asking your local KW dealer if they want to keep your trailer in their showroom as a display piece over winter? they might even want snowman as well, that would open up some space in your shed and they may even pay you for it, even if it's just a discount on parts. Just a thought mate.

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Take it from an ex boater. You don’t want ANY moving tarp touching the paint or wrap. Not just slipping type movement but also slapping. It wears the surface big time by spring.

Great video Mark I love your content. My only suggestion with the tarp on the snowman trailer is MAKE sure you keep an eye on it. You will be really amazed on how much damage the wind can do in one winter with that trap slapping on that trailer. I had a friend that stored a car for one winter with a tarp on it and it absolutely destroyed the paint job. I don't think you or Tony will be impressed!!!!!!!!

Don’t use the red hardener with your body filler, use the blue hardener. Over an extended period of time after your truck is painted the red hardener can case a staining spot or a discolored spot where the body filler is located.

Mark, Pool Noodles! Yup Pool Noodles, tape them to the back of the cab when you go to place the sleeper and you won't crash the paint on either tractor or the bunk. Just a thought... Keep up the good work..

You could/should do like Fire Departments and other companies and paint mark the floor where the front tire needs to be to ‘fit’ into the garage space.

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Don’t cut the cab. Juice not worth the squeeze.

I have a 79 359 with a 63 cab like yours. I big holed it last year. Bought new rings and took two days with a plasma cutter, grinding wheel, and huck gun and it turned out great. Measure a lot of times before cutting. Well worth it and having a few more inches behind the seat makes it great. I totally recommend it! Mine is just a hobby truck too. Some will tell you it weakens the body but that is not the case. The most important thing is to keep as much of the ceiling ribs in place and liberal use of huck bolts and sikoflex adhesive to make it strong. I replace my roof with a fiberglass roof just like you did too. Dallas Would definitely do it again in half the time.

Mark bet ya if you built another shop you would fill it up with stuff😁just make sure get the ends of your tarp tied down so the wind can't make the tarp material move, that's what happened to us on our rv trailer rubbed the decal off. Ok Looking great, just keep going.

You can do it buddy good luck

Awesome episode my favorite truck is getting paint remember when this one came home too with you out in the snow. Little by Little you're getting there.

Looking good, can't wait to see LBL in color. You should cover snowman with plastic painters drop cloth while you're sanding LBL to keep the most of the filler dust off. As your clean up will be less harmful to the paint later.

Looking good! Be careful with the tarp on your Snowman trailer. I know you're aware of the tarp possibly rubbing the paint and graphics, but also watch out for moisture. The tarp can trap moisture inside of after snow and rain on the ground evaporates and rises under the tarp. It could cause corrosion issues.

When you put the sleeper back put valves on the sleeper so you can shut that off instead of drain antifreeze on your tank

Good job Mark and thank you for the video. Wish you all the best.

Mark, just a thought on covering the snowman trailer the trailer. What if you made some outside corners to be placed between the tarp and the stickers to prevent any rubbing or sanding effect of the stickers. Just an old country but thought all the way from Texas.

I liked the blue and the white hood it gives classic vibe to it in my opinion I think the 359 looks fantastic in blue in my opinion. Such a classy old rig give it classy colors

I would leave the cab/bunk opening as is don't mess with it and cause you a bigger problem.

@twinstix since my husbands has been watching you do all this on all the trucks has given him the confidence to take on the restoration of his 1998 379 american class already streached it 24in. he will be doing a frame off restoration of it since it is still gonna be part of our fleet when it gets done.

Just too cool😊 looks like you guys have turned the corner and back on track🤞👍

I would put a plug on the wiring harnesse for the sleeper so If you need to remove it again you don't need to cut it

I wish I lived closer to you because painting and body work is my forte'

I wouldn't put the big opening into it. You will lose the beautiful interior from Day Cab. Just my opinion. You might want to fashion up some spreader bars for the re-install of the bunk. That crane is the cats meow.

Yes! Yes you should find that other ring! Would be a great addition to all the hard work you’ve put into this truck 🤘🏼

Definitely need to do a unibuilt conversion and air ride cab/ sleeper. Your back and sanity will thank you!!

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I got one of those tarp carport things. The tarp at the back end was touching my tailgate. didn't realize till I went to close the front door. Two hours it had sanded part of my tailgate down to bare metal. Maybe look into those boat/vehicle covers. I bet one would sponsor you. Can get those custom made. Even maybe stick some pool noodles in there to keep the tarp gap away from the trailer. Don't make that bunk hole bigger. For the amount you use it vs the changes needed. How much room is behind the peddles? Can you get different arms to move them back some for your legs. LBL is going to look so good!

Hello twin sticks.i watch your show a lot.very good. Now I live in Cairns. Australia. I work for a Crane company and if we were to lift your sleeper up.i would use a spreader bar on top of your sleeper with two slings on each side to the bottom. The spreader bar will longer than the sleeper. So there's nothing touching the paint.

Another advantage to having the sleeper off is you could paint in three steps if you wanted, hood, cab and sleeper. Yes it'd take longer but in the end it'd feel less stressful vs trying to paint the whole thing in one step!

You did a good job on snow man ull do a great job on little by little 👏

Good morning you have your work cut out for you she has a lot great lines on this old girl looking forward to you rebuilding her

Love little by little❤ really enjoy your channel. Always grateful😊

Ole twins you could spray your cab, then paint the front of the sleeper and put it back on and mount it, before you do the sides and you want have to worry about messing up the paint on the sides of the sleeper.

Congrats on getting the bunk moved back. Just wondering when it comes time to wire up the bunk again, would RV style plug connectors work. This way when you put the bunk back into place all you do is plug the connectors up. And do they make skins with the larger openings on the bunk and cab to get that larger opening that you want. Yes I know that would mean drilling out all the rivets and popping new one in when the time comes to skin it back up

I would love to see that truck painted like the smokey and the Bandit 3 . you didn't get to see it much but It was a good looking truck 😊😊

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If you paint the front of the sleeper, and the back of the cab first you should be able too put it back together without damaging any nice new paint.

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Hey mark you should look into shrink wrapping the trailer like they do for marine storage

We use 2x 2x6 boards under the bunk and wrap the chains under them from the sides. then leave the bunk on the frame and paint it there..

Definitely DO the unibilt conversion. I’ve driven both. I’m 6’0” and my 94 379 unibilt was 100% more comfortable than my 85 359 “non-unibilt. Do it. It’s worth it.

It takes time to do the job right, safe weekend see next trip!!!

You can paint between the cab and bunk then put the bunk back before painting it.or you can block the top of the wench to keep it away from the bunk. You can put a tarp on the ends then put the big tarp over. We used to put 1 rope on each top corner to tie it back on the side at an angle to keep the tarp from falling off in the wind.

Thanks Mark

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When I try putting a complete air ride in the bank in the back cuz I remember you saying the kids were complaining about it not being real smooth back there so why not try to make it so it is all air ride all right this is Bob from Vero Beach Florida God bless stay safe and have a great week

Looking really good do in Time little Will be looking really good again

Might as well do a big hole cutout make that next trip with the camper a fun ride.

I vote for a big hole conversion for Little by Little the room it gives you is worth all the effort. I did that conversion to my last truck and kicked myself for not doing when I got the truck and replaced the bunk(sleeper) from the coffin bunk like on Snowman. I thought when I replaced the bunk(sleeper) with one like you have on LbL I was 💩ing in tall cotton until I drove my buddies truck and then I realized what I had beeped missing. I was lucky enough to find a wrecked truck that was complete and was able to get the interior, trim etc. I also put air ride on my cab and bunk along with a double layer of insulation and one of those little diesel heaters what a difference. À thought for storing the Snowman trailer is getting shrink wrap like they use on boats the stuff is not super cheap but it’s not really expensive either compared to wrapping the trailer. PS be sure to grind/sand every bit of body filler out of LbL because the paint stripper can never be fully neutralized in the old body filler and after a few months to a year the paint will start bubbling up (ask me how I know, because I made the mistake and left some on my truck and even put some bondo over the old stuff I had ground down about halfway or so, it took a year but it was plainly evident what was going on when I ground the bubbling paint off.

Mr. Mark. Why not get a carport for RV motor homes to put the trailer under? Also, use heat gun on your plastic for the cab and bunk, it's will shrink for a tighter fit and seal.

Good job mark😊

awsome video mark thumbs up and shared

She is going to look a treat when she is done

Will look much better when done than I feel at 44!

Snowman kooks nice.

Going forward in reverse Mark. Sometimes that's how things happen. But you'll be happy with the final product once it's all done!

Mark how about a large shrink wrap for the trailer, like what they use to winterize boats

That blue will look great with white fenders

Mark, little by little will look just as good as Bandit truck..

To be honest I would leave it the way it is. Will take a lot of extra work to go big hole conversion. Just my opinion Mark.

I was thinking of a cherry red that's goes burgundy in the sun.. with some nice black pin strips

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Nice tarp job. Wonder if you might need edge protectors.

I know a few people who had that big hole conversion and they all leak.

I think you are doing it rite,nothing worse than haveing a pretty truck broke down on the side of the road.😊

Mark, now that the bunk has been separated, have you thought to test bead blasting the body (in an area not visible) with a softer media like walnut shells or plastic beads? Might make the paint removal lots easier with no damage to the metal AND would clean around those pesky huckbolts and seams / crevices as well. Will be lots of shop mess but if it saves time and does a better job, may be worth it.

Id leave the bunk hole alone, don't mess with it and keep it period correct! It's not like you are going OTR. 👍

Hi Mark great stuff tarping the snowman trailer it will work fine...but after winter get if as soon as you can to let it breathe...how easy did the sleeper come off...down under and down Richie

Mornin Mark LBL is looking like that restoration is on the down hill slide, once the paint goes it will be mostly cosmetics after that. And I can say that truck is going to look amazing when it's done. Have a great week my friend say hello to Mrs. Twin stix for us.

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I think that you should add air ride to the sleeper as that will absorb alot more of the road vibrations and soften the overall ride of the truck.I have seen several RU-vid videos of fully restored Peterbilt 359 working show trucks having the sleeper converted to air ride to improve the ride quality.

Mark, could I suggest putting some old tires and rims on the trailer to save them from the winter weather

Hay buddy good luck

Use bungee rope a nice roll of it would be great. I used it when I trapped my loads when I flatbeded

You should think about getting some kind of boots to cover the tires and wheels

Like you always say, the best kind of work is rework. Which means, if you don't do a big hole conversion with the rest of this work, you're either committing yourself to keeping it with the original hole or redoing all this work a third time down the track. You don't want to not do the work, do all the bodywork and paint and reassemble the truck only to instantly regret not going for the bigger hole. I guess it would be more content for the channel though!

Build a lean to off the shop to put the trailer in

LBL is like Derek’s Independences, priceless

You should see if you could get dustless blaster for any application,make life easier

I hope those trees are far enough away from the snowman incase you get some serious winds like you talked about. Hate to see anything happen to that beautiful trailer and all the hard work you put into it

Is condensation that builds up under the tarp going to mess with the wtap

Hey @twinsticks. Think if you get some old firehose you could put i over the chains for some protection

In my opinion if your thinking about doing it that usually means you want it so might as well while your there do the big hole conversion

If you do it right gust save up and make a pole barn open sides or open front and back then you can put that and the camper under it

Hey Mark, glad to see the videos again on Thursday's.. LBL 2.0 coming soon.. are you going to cover up snowman while you do all the sanding and body prep on LBL?

Put the rope in something like those pool noodles or pipe foam insulation against the sides.

Id leave the bunk hole alone, don't mess with it and keep it period correct! It's not like you are going OTR. 👍 Classics remain classics, if unmolested.

If it were me, I would have left the sleeper attached and did all the sanding and bodywork to truck and save that little bit in between the bunk and cab for last to keep the dust out of the truck

don't worry Mark, LBL will be in a fresh coat of paint, even if it takes a while, you'll get there little by little

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Quanza is a great idea or a lean too off your shop with a drop side off the lean too

Mark the interior looks pretty nice .how about painting blk no metallic then have have wide pin stripe in white use wrap ,have subscribers come up with design tim from Long Island new york

Mark, make sure the material in the tarp won't react somehow with the wrap on the trailer...