Man you are such a fearless creator. I admire you for venturing into areas of skill you may not be an expert in immediately, but you have a hunger to learn and expand your skill set. You are always getting better, and your content reflects that. Always a great adventure when you post.
I watch lots of frame pulling and car repair videos. Yuri from the"23rd Garage" RU-vid channel is a wiz at it. He's the brother of VTUNED. Underrated channel if you're into collision repair.
As always, your video quality and content is top notch. A lot of other people would just make a video unboxing the frame puller and spend 10 minutes talking about it. You unboxed it, put it together with an awesome helper and actually used it. The frame puller is definitely going to be an awesome addition to the channel!! Can't wait for more content!
To make a living, always do that what you love! From your past vedios you're very talented and you take great pride and enjoyment in being able to bring back to its former glory; that what ever your project at hand is. They always come out looking amazing! "Thanks" for sharing!
Always loved your channel and I’m very excited for your new content. I still go back and watch your house upgrades and enhancements videos. You’re hands are blessed!
Really been enjoying watching your journey. Its great seeing both your skills and your toolsets improve. Can't wait until you manage to get a bigger more professional shop, hopefully with a paint booth. Gonna love to see what you do when/ if you get to that level.. Thanks for sharing all the good vids!!
Congrats Zack love to see the next chapter on your channel I would recommend buying a tram gauge it will take out a lot of guessing and will definitely help you with making sure the frame is square or where you need to pull to get it there
Not bad for a first attempt on a vehicle without too much damage, wondering how that thing's going to do against more difficult jobs, looking forward to finding out!
Nice job. Looked like an easy fix for your first time. I would recommend you take some measurements to ensure that you are within specs - just my two cents. 👍
My only possible note is when you first used the white pulling strap on that stamped sheet metal it seemed like the strap could suffer abrasion from the sharp edge under strain by accident. Maybe insert a block of wood next to the sheet metal stamping first so the edge doesn't go against the strap.
one thing to remember when using this frame machine is, its designed for unibody cars, not box frame trucks. what this means is, if you clamp to the pinch welds you can pull the body of trucks, but if you want to pull the actual frame rails, you need to attach the machine to the metal box frame of the truck, This is because the body is only attached to the frame with a few bolts and you can tear the cab mounts off of the cab of the truck, if you are not careful. Just a reminder. You would need to make some adapters of some kind to attach to the frame part to do truck frame rails.
I have the vevor 6-36mm impact socket kit and it honestly is pretty great for the money . I didn’t expect them to be decent but they are even on rusty bolts. Only negative is the black finish sucks but I’ll take that anyday
Great content. I just started running my dad's shop. Hope I can lean on you for advice sometime. We got a auto repair and dealership license. Need to make some major changes to the way we repair
These are cool. Just be careful with where you stand I have seen chains snap and go flinging everywhere. Makes some scary noises too but definitely has fixed multiple frames with these in a pinch
I'm building the Factory Five Racing GTM you see in my Avatar. It's in primer now and I just haven't had, or blocked out to time to try my hand at painting it. I have, all from Eastwood, both Grey and white sealer, white and black 2 stage paint , clear and the contours and the newest diyer gun. I'm in Central Florida. Could be great content for yor channel and I'd get her painted.....just let me know....
I used that back in the late 70's and early 80's till we got a proper frame machine. Back then it was mostly full frame cars and a few uni body's which were just hitting the market.. that was N.Y.
Would you share with us what collision school you attended and why you chose it? Thanks. I really enjoy your videos and its great to watch you keep growing in skill
Great job as always! @Vtuned has one of these frame pullers and speaks highly of it. Also @fix206 is a great how to resource on frame work. He has a similar frame machine that he made. One thing you will probably need is a Tram Gauge for checking point to point after a pull.
I like your channel because the projects you feature seem like DIY, "I can do that too," type projects. This seems too extensive for me! But, thanks for the video.
Get a 4 by 6 board. Cut chunks to go under the tires. Then the weigh isn't on the pinch welds. Get more chains. The struggle will be no anchor points on the floor.
So you want to be a RU-vid star! Well you already have the talent. You have the editing skills. And music choice. But you have to do something which I call cross pollination. And you already have a heads up on that. Because you know Samcrac!. You have to do something with him. So when you post a video you can say something like hey I'm working on Samcracs whatever! And that way you'll get some of his subscriber eyes on your stuff ! Good luck !
The biggest disadvantage I see with this is that every time you want to pull from a different angle, you will have to put wheels or stands under the car, detach the entire frame machine, move the frame, reattach it, take the wheels off and such and do your next pull. This will be a time eater if you have to do any more than one or two simple pulls on a car.
@Ultimate Rebuilds where can a DIY'r order replacement panels such as the radiator support you had? Can one simply contact Toyota, Honda, etc.. in your experience? Or will they only sell to businesses?
with the pulling bar sitting on top of the frame i would suggest not taking the crossbar with the wheels of as it probably will fall over wat you could do is make room in the corner of youre shop with a mount on the wall for the pullling arm to hold it against the wall (chain with two big hooks mounted high up against the wall ) then roll the whole frame toward the corner while sliding the crossbar with the wheels in the front out all the way to one side against the corner so it ends up sitting against the other wall you can put roll around stuff in front of it so it whont take a lot of space and it would still be safe to reassemble without fear of the thing toppling over the chain should hold it up while youre pulling and working on it should be strong enough for normal european and japaneese cars , a pickup truck might be too mush to pull on a frame , i think its sheetmetal only to straighten a frame you might need to get it out from under the car truck dissassemble it and put it under a pretty heavy shop press or use a lot of heat from an acethylene torch with a rosebud tip and big hammers big adjustable wrench clamps watever you can find one thing you might still need are the measuring tools , theres this bar with two points that can be adjusted thats use in premade holes in cars to see if the frame has been tweaked , might need to befriend youre local body shop too so you can make photocopies of their book for the car youre working on that has the measurments and the measuring points per car looks like this guy has the same machine : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9ju83v36qVI.html personally i like these videos they show how the pros do it , they mostly replace stuff and use the puller to free up the damaged stuff from the safeable stuff www.youtube.com/@xinxianshi
Have you found the fencing you need for the boat yet?? I have all the fencing from a Barletta Lusso 24UC minus the stainless posts and chains for the back. I am located in Iowa though.
