Turning Our ARMY TRUCK Into A DUMP TRUCK! P1 

It's obvious that you guys are super knowledgeable about all this technical stuff, but for some reason, the way you explain everything, it makes me feel like I, too, could take on projects like this. It's like you're explaining with us, not at us, and showing the process of trial and error. So different from other channels that come off as so expert as to make the projects look too technically complex for most people.

Amazing conversion! Riley has a tremendous background in Fabrication.

Riley your a bad Ass dude ! There is literally nothing beyond your skillset. Great job once again. Skills and some good ole fashioned Ingenuity Bravo !!!

You two are living proof that "where there's a will, there's a way"! Thank you for sharing your weekly doses of innovation and inspiration!

You've got a nice plasma cutter CNC table, now maybe a portable plasma cutter (instead of a Sawzall), and a 240V extension cord for the welder too!

My advice when drilling holes, a lot of people make this mistake, pick your pilot drill bit to be no bigger then the small point area of the final drill size. Some call it the chisel part, call it whatever you want but if you have too big of a hole then you end up doing all the cutting on the shoulder of the bit and it will dull it fast. Also maybe look at buying a set of transfer punches, when you put your plate up there and used paint to mark the hole you could have clamped the plate, chosen a 5/8 or whatever size the hole is in your plate ( I forget) and then tap tap tap tap, all nice centred holes to be drilled after you remove your plate. P.S. I enjoy your builds!

Military specks. All frames of heavy trucks are heat treated. You did good. ATTA BOY!!!

Man, that was an awesome display to see one man accomplish so much.

I found this channel by accident, and I'm loving it! watched pretty much every single video... Keep up the great work, I'm loving the format

Outstanding; you exercised some great problem-solving on this job! Courtney: discretion is the greater part of valor 👍 Take care of those eyes 👀

I totally agree with Jared ! You guys do a great job teaching what you are doing! My Wife had eye surgery we know what you are going to be worth it. Hang in there Prayers for quick healing!

Riley, you must have grown up on a farm! So talented! I grew up in a fabrication family and know how to do work the quality way. So many now days have so little know how, it hurts. Love you guys! Let us do the road the Internet Built!

Initially I thought you guys were too ambitious and would not be able to complete the land or the dump truck. But I was wrong. I think you guys can do it. My people clear land, build trucks and run welders. But we all wear greasy T shirts and look rough. You folks are clean, neat, California people. None of that suggests you can build a dump truck. I look forward to being surprised at every episode.

Wow Riley single handedly doing atleast two persons job and making a video of it.. kudos to that!!

Who's spread Riley?? Nice piece of land. Enjoy you & Courtney, you two R awesome as a couple. Country could use more couple's like you guys!! Congratulations on everything you guys do.

RU-vid Algorithm popped you in my mix yesterday. Really fun to watch you four (I include the dogs). Your truck looks to be the Army's replacement to the famous 2.5 ton 6x6 "Deuce and a Half" we had in Vietnam. Could not convince my wife we needed one for parades. Enjoy your projects and persistence.

Extremely reasonable implementation of the project. I'm talking about the frame and welding.

Great teamwork. You two are amazing together. Keep up the fun stuff. Thanks for sharing

Those dog suits are hysterical…….great project so far, I can’t wait to see what’s next…😎

both of you are an amazing couple

I know a lot of people don’t like technical videos, but I love the how to videos. Please keep them coming. Looking forward to your long haul video!!!!

I love your work shop table. Great idea. Nice work on the truck.

great to watch you all doing this by yourselves, you might want to think about a drill doctor to sharpen the drill bits when dull.

Mag base drill and anullar cutters! Gave up on drill bits for large hole drilling long time ago!

Fabulous analysis of how to install the lift of your dump truck. Your implementation was amazing!

Hey ! That is a nice working swivel table. Love it ! And you work methods are always good

impressive amount of research and planning in your projects..all reduced to a short weekly video. Great work!

Great explanation on why truck frames should not be welded on. You made the right call! I’m staring to like that flat nose truck. Excited to see it as a dump truck.

I found you guys accidentally last night and have since watched nearly all of your videos. I have enjoyed them all and am a huge fan of your channel. I am amazed at your tenacious willingness to tackle ANY task ... I will be watching the rest today!!

The skinsuits on dogs look awesome (-!

Firmly convinced there is nothing to do with fabrication that Riley can't do. Great video and I really enjoy your channel.

Very cool. I'm continuously impressed with not only your ability to turn out cool stuff, but your AMBITION and drive to make it all happen. Cant wait to see more. great work you two

Love that Courtney was excited about picking up truck parts as most women are at going to buy a new dress 💖

Riley is so damn practical...he thinks off the circle...great skill.... really proud of you......keep upnthe good work...👍👍👍👍👍👍

Awesome series. I’m so glad I found this

Awesome! I have the same CNC plasma table. Picked it up 3 years ago, love it! Your new neighbor east of Idaho in Bigfork, MT.

I am bonkers crazy for this channel. I anxiously await every new post.

The two of you are a hoot!!!! Always enjoyable to watch.

AMAZING WORK! I just can’t wait to see the next video. Love all the work you are doing and I appreciate how you explain step by step. I’m still learning at 63, Love it. Take care Riley, wink, wink. ❤️🇨🇦❤️ Cheers!!!

Glad your surgery went well 😊. This is some ingenuity you both have.

I am waiting for your new videos, kindly upload every day.

Now we all want one

I saw a DIY dump truck for the first time, and I want to see the follow-up progress soon! May Courtney get better soon

You are great! Love and inspiration to you

Oi Amigos,tudo bem. Estou impressionado com o trabalho de vocês, e quão grande é a quantidade de peças adaptáveis que existe em seu país. Estou acompanha passo a passo seu trabalho, vou aprender muito. Sucesso no Canal 😀🇧🇷.

That’s a great truck and will be such an asset for the house build.

Very cool build, no one will mess with you guys in that rig! 💪💪

Sometimes all you need is a really good Plan A. Good luck with the eye recovery!

Awesome build so far

Hi guys, i love watching your videos, that plasma cnc Machine makes your life wayyy easyer, i hope Courteney's eye get better, dont forget we all wait for u to post new videos, greetings and good luck from other side of world, România-europe.

from the Netherlands thanks for the video

Great build. Do you think a front locking pin on the bed would be worth adding? It may reduce stress on the bearings under load from the bed and uneven loads in the bed.

it's amazing!!! Congratulations!! Muchas gracias por activar los subtítulos en ESPAÑOL!! Veo sus videos desde Chile 🇨🇱 Saludos!

My thoughts were that you were going to build a larger and more aggressive off road vehicle. But, a 4x4 dump truck is unique and suited for your Idaho purpose.

Large extention cords are neccasary!

Riley needs to check out rotabroach annular cutters. I'd been through that frame in about 20 seconds per hole with no drilling a pilot hole. That's how great annular cutters are. :) Get some! Also for drill bits, Norseman, you can't go wrong.

Hey guys. Next time use some cur off fence post to roll it.

Those are some happy and pretty dogs.

I would call it the "Brown Bandit", but you've probably already picked a winner.

I'm waiting...part 2 part 3 part 4 and until the end

Geez, I envy you guys. I always wanted to build something like your barndominium. Luckily where I live in mi. I had bought a older gas millitary deuce that is a dump. Snd an old cable crane digger. This old friend of mine would see these things just sitting in old fields and stuff. Someone would dig a pond and just leave them there. When he first looked at the old crane or ( trench hoe) the rear wheels were sunk halfway down in the ground from sitting. He got it started, went to move it and snapped a rear axle off. Luckily we knew an old man with an old junk yard with parts and fixed it. He took his little john deere Dozer over there and pulled it out. He also found old farm trucks that were sitting that had dumps on them. The owners all just said, " if you get it out, its yours" my old neighbor got them all running. He had given me an old chevy dump truck also which I used the old crane and dump to move sand where I needed it. The army truck also has a wing plow on it that's probably 13 ft. But it has been broken. Down. My health took a bad turn and its sit for about 5 years. I scrapped the chevy dump but still have the old hydraulic cylinder. Which has a pto hookup right on it. I think my neighbor turned it with a big drill, that's how easy it works. I dumped 5 yards of wet fresh dug sand into that dump truck,cand it raised it like nothing was on it.

Dude I've done this type stuff my entire life, plus I tried real hard to take care of myself/body. You keep this up and you'll be a cripple by the time you're 50. At your young age it will catch up to you very fast. Not trying to throw water on your parade here. But consider your body and all that physical mechanical stress you are placing upon it. When you can choose to use a mechanical advantage like you did with your Backhoe. Have ya'll thought about maybe installing a Gantry Crane ? Fairly cheap and easy but can lift a-lot. When I got older and felt the wear and tear from years of abusing my body, I learned very quickly to employee a mechanical advantage everywhere I could. Good Luck with your many future projects, I very much admire and enjoy watching all of your videos. That Pioneer spirit still surges through your veins.....

i sure hope it’s Dumpy McTruckerson!

Hello 🤩 big like im waiting for whatching épisode 4 🤓🚒 good transformation

Best to not use chrome plated sockets with the impact gun. They will split. You can get a very nasty cut from the chrome material if not careful.

Great work Riley. I'm very impressed. ... BTW: I like "Ambition Army" for that beast's name. ...

You make it look so easy

gotta get a mag dril bro - you won't regret it.

Randomly checking your channel and then notification pop-up 😍😍😍🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

That metal is so tough, I went through so many drill bits and saw blades working on that thing. I would think the existing bed is way overkill and a lot of extra weight that could be cargo, I saw the sag it put on the truck when you lifted it.

Those truck frames are treated, smart move on your part.

To remove a huck bolt without damage to the pin, just split the collar.

Love you guys, great energy.

LOVE IT! Teresa really enjoys the goat footage. Makes her 🙂! Safe road trip. When will you two be doing YT Live Streams? (we are free on Sundays 🤣) Ps The dogs look like super hero's in their onesies.

so good

Can't wait for next part :D Greetings from Slovakia :D

Are you going to box the bed frame rails for extra support haven't seen whole video

Can't wait for Part 2 👍

Its turning out very nice!

Okay this is going to be epic dump truck. too good......

Fun!

Drill Bits-- Don't buy new ones. Buy a Drill Doctor drill bit sharpener. I have been using mine for years. It's very easy and quick to use once you get the hang of it. The best thing about this gizmo is your drill bits will be much sharper than new bits. It will pay for its self over & over.

okay I'll admit, I didnt think the Sawzall was gonna cut the frame, but why not use the angle grinder to make the cut?

Great work!!!

You could have used some short pieces of pipe under the u channel to help roll it back

Are you guys living in CA? because it's kind of really hard to tell with all the fancy geography around lol. You guy's got a beautiful ranch, and the animals around give it a special touch.

Had my dog in a rental one time. Walked into the bank and they needed both of us to sign something. Was in there maybe 5 mins and she chewed thru a seat belt. Cost me like $300

use impact sockets, not CRV once

I'm just new to the channel, and i would love to see your vids

You guys took some big risks with moving that bed.. we use a overhead hoist with four chain come along.. good move on not welding to the frame their heat treated.. You have to remember anything military is over built... Hopefully you got an air ride seat for your adventure to Idaho..if not think about one... What's the make on that plasma machine and would you recommend that? We use an old school setup no computer involved..

Great video, 👍

I like all that you do it seems you my need a touch it removes huck bolts I been a mechanic for over 40 years on semi trucks the video on the brakes I like I hate wedge brakes hope her eye gets better.

That's Dope Lol Watching From Ark!

Riley lied to you Courtney, he didn't drive the truck he lifted all by himself that's why it change the direction 😂👍🇵🇭

Can't wait for part 2! what are you guys doing for insurance and licenses? Are you just getting a class B, if so what's the cost and is insurance a killer for a private dump truck?

아름다워요, 구독했어요~

just traveling with this car to Indonesia and Bali

Please the part 2 iam waiting

Hay! That vid ended way to soon. I was waiting to see the lift get mounted, and poof, vid is over. I`ll have to wait, lol. Nice problem solving skills you 2. I laughed pretty hard at leotards for dogs?? Did you have to drug them to get those goofy things on them, lol Courtney i hope your eyeball heals 100%. Take care

I had my prk/ corrective eye surgery too, will be 1 month on july 10. My eyes is 20/16 & 20/12 now haha