Rebuilding a Tri-Axle deck over Equipment Trailer 

Nice work man. Always good to see a old piece of equipment built back into service.

I’m surprise, you had it down to the bare frame would have been a good time to either sandblast or chip it down and paint the entire trailer. You got a decent value for your effort and $. Now your ready to make some $$$.

Good tip!

We have a tri axle trailer with mobile home wheels as well we pull it behind the rollback and haul 22 rolls of hay no problem 1,500lb round bales 11 on the truck 11 on the trailer.

I have a large dump trailer with those types of axles and tires and hubs normally I run 90 pounds of air That's what the company told me that I bought the tires from to keep them from popping off the rim Cause that's what I was having problems with Just make sure you call and confirm Air pressure And also great looking trailer

Thanks for the support!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks! Should be a good one. How do you not cross when the angle is too tight? In our case it would’ve hit the track pads.

@@dieseJL in some cases you have to - if either of the crossed ones fails the load can shift to the remaining chain and it will also be useless as well - V-belt and son added shackles to his mecalak (recent video) so as to eliminate the need of chains but he added them so the binders pull fore and aft which a better way any one could fail and there is very little room for it's counter part to loosen

Never has any dot said anything about that to me, literally looks fine..you should read the fmcsa securment handbook..has nothing to do with the dot in his area..Would chain the blade down tho.

@@leejohnson6173 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TIC7URvAqmM.html this is the example that changed my mind - to each his own it just seems simple enough to avoid this when possible

Why would you not cross chains? In the marine corps one of the biggest things i learned during equipment movements. is Cross the chains when you're dogging down equipment. Seen a tank get dogged down on a ship and slide about 2 feet when the ship listed hard. its chains were not crossed. we cross chains when dogging down Amphibious assault vehicles on trailers. its good enough to keep a very high very heavy load on the trailer in rough terrain we also Cross the chains on equipment in aircraft and on Rail heads (loaded onto train cars) if crossing chains is bad give a good reason its bad its better load securement. it is better at keeping the load centered. and isn't as awkward tying down. i think the chain it to the closest point when it comes to equipment is just a old trucker myth because fat or lazy to cross the chains and actually get up onto the trailer and cross them. Crossing them takes 5 extra minutes at most for 4 chains. and offers plethora of benefits. the only type of securement i think you wouldn't want to cross is Straps. and cables. they can chafe and bind and rub through one another and break. reason for using chains is chains won't rub through each other or get rubbed through by whatever you're tying down.

Good to know! Thanks!

Yeah it's awesome! Definitely got a good deal but I think it went to a good home!

Makes sense, I feel like I see that a lot too. Never clicked!!

Yeah good call! Thanks for watching!

Yeah I’ve learned my lesson the hard way 🤣

I’ll have to check it out!

Thanks!!

Good info, thanks as always! No advice on chaining down?

@@dieseJL You did fine with your chains whatever your comfortable with. As someone who's been around trucking/heavy equipment for over 50years we do just hook to the track pads on all four corners, and pull down and back. never a issue. and hang a chain over blade, bucket whatever attachment.

That’s a good idea for the ground! I’m no welder but if you need one piece of metal stuck to another I’m your guy

Thanks! Wait till you see the 450 in the next video!!

Knock on wood they have served me well so far!!

I used old hydraulic oil and it soaked it up nicely.

Thanks! I’m pretty happy with it

Yeah I didn’t know they would be on the same relay!

Sweet! What do you wanna see?

😣😣😣

Awesome! Still have it?

@@dieseJL sadly no, it died in a freak accident about 15 years ago.

I watch quite a bit of guiltyoftreeson but I will check him out!

@@dieseJL you want to watch his older videos, now all he does it talk in his videos. Go a few years back to see the saw stuff.

Yeah it definitely outdoes the truck but I wanted a trailer I could grow into 😬

Oh.. Those aren't mobile home axles or mobile home hubs.. Those are heavy duty dexter axles and probably dexter or Dayton hubs and are very heavy duty so don't worry about the highway patrol or dot giving you any problems.. I personally would not change them unless you start doing a lot of long hauls with it and then the 8 hole rims with 235/85-16 load range g tires would be your best option

They would, someday I will make the change!

@@dieseJL Nice! That's awesome.

Yeah the trailer has already paid for itself!

Curses

Thanks 👍

Thanks!!

Thanks! I have read about the chain over the blade but didn’t have a fifth yet. Next time 👍🏻

Also be careful if you're hauling anything over 10,000 lb some states require you to have a CDL Washington state is horrible about that.

@@Jacob-zd4gj That is nationwide....federal

Yeah someday I will upgrade the hubs and tires

@@dieseJL I was going suggest the same thing because I did it to my trailer.

Yeah that was the goal. Trailers are expensive in this market!

Mmmm I think our block has a mutual understanding lol

Yeah it needs points!

Wow that’s amazing, I will have to look!

@@dieseJL I also found they ride better and wear even at 80psi

@@dakotak8437 I run 8-14.5 14ply and 115 pounds of air. I run 100 in the older ones, avoids premature tire failure. If middle wears more than outside then you have enough air

@@jackpinesavagerepair1918 ya that's why I stick with 80 bc it was wearing fast in middle and price of tires now lol crazy

@@dakotak8437 I buy from mobile hm sales and get rim n tire for around 50. Most still have the rubber tits on them. So they almost new. I haul heavy so always run max air. Also seems to turn better when loaded

yes I have two questions then - where would you hook on the dozer? Loop the chain around some frame member like we did? I get the one over the blade that's simple. Second, how do you hook to the trailer, do you get d-rings that go in your stake pockets?

@@dieseJL hook to track frame if possible or drawbar. Drop chain threw stake pocket then hook the hook on top lip of stake pocket. Or drop down between rub rail and hook to stake pocket. You also need G80 binder chain to tie load down.

Thanks! Went through quite a restoration on it recently

Thanks!

I’m not sure, probably a 22’ deck and maybe a 5’ dove

She’s a peach!!

Thanks! She's a good trailer so far!

What do you wanna see!?

Good to know!

Yeah I would be interested. I have an email in the contact section of the channel otherwise you could message us on instagram.

Makes sense, I’ll look into it. At least I have clean rims now!

@@dieseJL The tires are the weak point . Rims are strong , but kind of a Pain due to their mechanical design !

@@joedoakes8307 there nothing wrong with these tires. I been running them for years. On trouble is if you don't keep 100 pounds in them. I run lowboy and mobile home use and never seen a difference

Not really true older dump trucks still use these kind of tires.

Thanks for watching!