The Ratback Gets A Little Modernized!
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2024
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The Ratback gets a few modern amenities on todays episode. Check it out!
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Epic on how far all of you have came from the beginning. Have completely enjoyed your content. And the willingness to start with almost nothing and turn it into something so impressive
To have the family involved, doing what ya love, successful and healthy, and mom is still around daily? Priceless!
i used to build livestock trailers out of aluminum and whenever we sandwiched the aluminum to the steel chassis for our 5th wheel variants we applied a chemical that had to be brushed on in between the aluminum and steel to avoid rusting, im sure you know but for love of the channel i figure id mention it. cheers paul love the channel and the work ethic shows me i still have more to learn. Johnnie B.
Good call. yep that's called galvanic corrosion. The aluminum acts as an anode which will actually inhibit the steel from corroding, but accelerate the corrosion of the aluminum. Kind of like you put a zinc (some are actually aluminum-zinc) on a boat to protect the lower end of a motor. Or the entire hull, especially for aluminum boats. You want to electrically isolate the aluminum form the steel if you can. Either by paint, hard coat anodize (Type III), plastic, or other means.
For glass the pipe clamp is a great idea. Also you can set the window on a block of wood and use a mallet to hit it on. It would be a good idea to put some plastic or rubber in between the steel and aluminum tubes on the bed so they don’t corrode each other.
My thoughts exactly.
Happy Mother’s Day Michelle and Grandma Lolly😘❤️
I love that you kept the old crank window handles in the truck, with the modern electric tech.
Happy Mother’s Day Michelle! Paul the rat back is looking really good can’t wait to see the finished product.
Heck, I was with Grandma holding her breath and I'm sitting at home. I was watching out of the corner of one eye just waiting. lol
The hammering noise is the best part of time-lapse!
Hey Paul you should put a short mud flap in front of the rear tire on the rat back so it doesn't pile mud on your toolbox and tank!!!
Looking great crew keep up the good work!!!
Good editing, production, and music background!
tip on those clamps: put a piece of wood 3-4 inches long between the clamp and the metal. it will spread out the force on the glass and lessen the potential of too much stress at one point where the clamp contacts the metal/glass.
Little tip from a seasoned Glazier use a tiny bit of washing up liquid, for rubber to glass as a lube, press home firm and off you go, just a thin film from your finger. It will dry out and stick to the glass nicely. Things like rubber grease , silicon grease, even KY take much longer to "cure".
KY might take longer to cure, but think of the fun you can have while you're waiting!
Great tip!! I always used Sprayway glass cleaner for a lubricant. That way when you’re done installing you just wipe it off and your glass is clean.
I was wondering why they didn't use any lube at all, but yes great tip they'll never care to remember next time 😁 that's the crazy thing I notice about these youtubers they don't Google anything except directions lol ...also dishwashing fluid can be used to help slide semi trailers over on pavement when needed .
What I was actually gonna advise is ky can dry out plastic ,I've experienced personally 🙄
Isopropyl is another solid option.
Soap works great for tons of stuff, except Cybertruck pedal rubber apparently.
Great job to your editor. Unsung hero.
At 16:2-something, you said "We're in the Chips, that's what people say." Uh, No, no one I have ever talked to has uttered those words. You are the first sir, congratulations.
Greetings Fab Rats and family of fans! Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! All the mother's have a wonderful Mother's Day!!
Take care, be safe, and stay healthy!
The Ratback rolls - and rocks!
You give shade tree mechanics a good name and professional mechanics nightmares. I love this channel!
Now every time I see you cut metal with the recip-saw I hear Derek B. (VGG) Screaming with the sawing! "YYYYAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! 😂😂😂
Ya got to do what ya got to do. Period. LOL I don't care if you finish anything. Watching you and the family live and learn is enough entertainment for me. Thanks folks.
I love Grandma Lolly , she's a riot ! Happy Mother's day Lolly !
I like the window switches. 😊
Shawn is like a Jedi with a plasma cutter. Good job Shawn.
The process of pressing the glass into the window channel was intense. I'm glad that worked ok, I was a bit worried there for a while! Belated Happy Mother's Day to Michelle, she deserves the best! And Grandma Lolly, for keeping the whole shop crew in line!
I can only imagine the expression of the first guy to jump into that truck who doesn't know better and start to crank the window. 😀
Every time I watch a video on one of your projects makes me all that more motivated to start working on my projects and learning to weld. Loving the fabrication videos.
Happy Mother's Truckers Day ! Auto electric windows are a awesome addition and sheet metal panels, love it ! Sure woulld have been nice to have the flatbed actually roll back, it would make easier to load. 🇺🇲⚒️🇺🇲
Hey Fab Rats happy mother's day to ALL the Mom's and it's get to see the family come out and help you on Roll-Back I can't wait to see this power house up and rolling for good and holl his first load congrats Fab-Rats what and amazing video you have put out this week can't wait to see the next video plz keep them coming
Grandma is the best, lol! She must have seen Paul breaking a lot of things during his learning curve. Very funny!
I personally would have dropped winch plate to the bottom of 2x4 frame and welded there , winch would have set 1 1/2” lower …. come at me ya’ll, I don’t give a rip .. I’m a man and can take it !!! Cool truck !! 🛻
Congrats on becoming a man 🤙🏽
I like the door panels. Those fit the Rat Back image
JUST AN IDEA that popped in my head, with as much as the power goes out there maybe add a little reserve tank to the lift (with one way check valve) so you never have to worry about something being stuck on the lift because your out of air.
Shawn you are very good at what you do don't listen to the haters.
I would hire Shawn in a heart beat. Great attitude and work ethic.
@hillwilliam yes, 10x over
What? Are there really Shawn haters? I don’t have enough years left in my life even if I were going to live another 30 years, which I won’t, to understand people these days!! 😥
OH.. the drama.... yawn.
Happy Mother's day Michelle and Grandma Lolly.
Nice job on the windows. Always enjoy seeing the firebird, my personal favorite.
39:00 Happy Mothers Day "Caption Morgan"
Happy mother's day to Mrs . Fabrat Michelle and Grandma Fabrat, hope you guys have a great day, keep doing what you guys do and God bless you and your family
Thank you Paul and crew for the update on the Ratback and loads of laughs !
Not sure if I’m the only one who notice probably not but pretty good editing to remove the crack the editor did an amazing job blurring it out good work
It was great to meet you all at the shop. The wife and I enjoyed our visit and sorry we disrupted your videoing the lift guys trying to back out. Must be hard to get work done with fans dropping in any old time. Keep up the good work and making it fun. We’ll take you wheeling if your ever in Rexburg area.
Paul there is a glass guy in Texas watching y’all struggle with the windows. I wish I was closer so I could come by and help.
The way we do it is juice it up with spray way glass cleaner and pound it on with a rubber hammer. Yes some times it breaks so we blame it on the rookie.
Happy Mom's day to Lolly and Michelle.
Hunter, Sean was trying to get you to work more as you looked bored........
Hunter is a GREAT lawnmower driver.
GREAT job on the wench.
@Fab Rats The Ratback is reminding me of another youtubers built car! Donut media's first low car, Nolan's big idea and oof, had a elephant trunk looking thing for a cold air intake! it looked horrible, but at least yours is under the hood and not visible when the hood is closed :P
“I’m sending you positive vibes, leave me alone….” Quote of the day! Happy mothers’ day fabrat ladies!
Really like the power windows, didn't know it was that easy to do. Well from my recliner that is 😊. Great content, thanks for sharing 👍. An Happy Mother's Day 💐 to all.
Should put ramps under the bed on rollers when you dump the bed ramps will slide out
Nice work on the winch and windows !
Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers on your channel !
Thank you . This is an excellent video. Lots got done ,went to a car show ,placed the deck on the roll back ,and off the frame ,put automatic windows in. Going to be a beautiful truck . Oh yes ,got the air conditioning in . Keep on bringing the stories and videos guys, you bunch are just GREAT
The new glass with the electric windows using the factory crank is slick! Very nice 👍
Happy Mother's Day to the Fab Rat ladies! May they all have a blessed and wonderful weekend 🙏❤️.
I absolutly love how this vehicle is coming along. And using the old window winders as the switch is genius.
It's amazing watching Paul an the crew take junk pile hardware
An turn into better junk pile hardware
Editing dose a great job I know that I myself would be cussing like a Sailor.
To bolt that aluminum tube to the frame, you can drill the holes where you want them, then drill the outside, (non contact side) holes big enough to get a socket through it. If you need structure at that point, you can slide a flatbar into the tubing and drill that also to work as a large load spreader. It ends up hiding the bolt heads. Very clean finish.
When working with glass and rubber seals use GoJo waterless hand cleaner as a lubricant. Works great, rinses away with water afterwards and leaves no oily residue. Any left in the assembled parts will dry up and disappear.
.... Happy Mother's Day Michelle and Grandma!
Exactly how we did in on the heavy equipment windows back in the day. Back when pumice was an option, not the normal.
Grandma is awesome. I love her. She reminds me of my Mamaw Carter. Happy mother ls day to the mothers there. ❤❤❤
You need to put something between the aluminum and the steel on the frame. Galvanic corrosion will make it a nightmare in the future. A good coat of heavy frame paint on both will help a lot.
Would a sacrificial anode help?
@chubbrock659 I'm not sure. I know they work in water but IDK about steel on aluminum.
Only in the presence of moisture. They are in an arid climate, probably not a big deal.
Love the Rat Back! Happy Mother's day!
Its nice seeing the shop shaping up
Super excited to see this thing come together and hit the road. I absolutely love watching you guys work on it.
Thanks for sharing,
Pat
It's coming together Paul looking good 👍👍
Yes, glass guy of 20 years...this is prolly my fav episode! 😂😂😂
trucks really coming together now, awesome that the windows finally got installed and are functioning as they should, that new lift in the new shop will be a blessing, thanks for sharing
Couldn't leave it alone... That's thee story of my life .. 😂 love the content
Happy mother day to Grandma & Michelle and to the family
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY GRANDMA LOLLY AND MICHELLE! Awesome RatBack! It is going to be outstanding! Thanks for sharing! 😊
Michele is looking great as always! Good job men! Lando seems like a really good son! Keep up the good work Fab Rats!
Happy mother's day to all you awesome moms...
Paul that is just too cool man that rig is really cool too and you have electric windows in it. That is cooooool. Right on paul.✌
You could take that fairlead off and make a roller that goes across the opening of the winch (like a winch truck bed) and it could help with more clearance at the winch.
Thanks for the video guys really like how when u figured out the rollback wouldn't work but you didn't give up and now u have an awesome truck. Please keep up the great work
Happy Mother's Day dear Michelle!
Get you a stainless cup brush and put on a 9" or 7 " grinder and polish that bed. It will give it that brushed look. Really looks good.
Looked like a wonderful day at the car show! 32:01 That Firebird looks great!
Building old and custom awesome vehicles isn't like bolting on modern vehicles that have tons of r&d into them!!!! It actually takes skill and tons of labor to have a bad to the bone classic vehicle that functions like a modern one and keep the style! Especially if your staying true to the patina and flavor of all the years she's been kickin around lol! Keep up the great work guys!
Man, I love the ole tow truck. Especially seeing it shined up! The Ratback is going to be so awesome when it's done, too.
Put an optima battery right there by the winch, put leads on the frame that make contact with leads on the bed when it's down so it will keep the battery charged. Save you 30 feet of cable and massive voltage drop
Danger, Will Robinson!
@@keithb6717 how so?
@@JMC9837
Think about it.
@keithb6717 I thought about it before I posted it maybe you should think about it 🤔
@@JMC9837
I’m a electronics tech. It’s pretty obvious and I would be doing you a disservice by not allowing your analytical skills to advance.
A little tip from someone who used to specialize in alignments. Hunter is the best system out there.
Rule #1 in Alum welding. CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN... Those upside down weld's were filthy.
Stainless steel wire brush, acetone.
If you cleaned it yesterday, clean it again.
Love seeing the "49" coming together. It must be so satisfying to build a dream ! You "Men" are the best, great watching your video's they are the highlight of my day. Ps. caught you tossing the measuring tape, you should have enough to supply your shop and have the carpenter's in town. lol
I don't know about anybody else but I've learned a very valuable lesson here
If you're building a rollback you use the whole frame section that's under the rollback attached what you want to build in front of that
Sean's face at 7:29 when the window knob fell off made me laugh.
Your editor did a great job blurring your plumbers license while you were bent over working on those fenders 👍
Always fun to see you doing things. Thank you Fab Rats.
I like at 5:58 the sun was shining through a hole on the wall onto Shawn’s shirt as if someone was shining a spot light on him.
Those power windows and how they work with that handle is mind blowing cool. 😎
Happy Mothers Day to Michelle and your Mom Paul
Happy Mother’s Day Michelle and Grandma Lolly
I think the power windows is super awesome .The way you made it work is just awesome!
Fun Episode, I Was starting to think the mill was "for show for when guest came over". Cool to actually see it get used.
Hey Matt, check out Clamptite, the larger tool with the Brass handle works the best. Allows you to attach hoses using safty wire to close hanger, a double wrap for most cooling systems & you can make your own clamps. Can even hold AC lines together! Amazon has all sizes. Have fixed fencing to shovels, lead ropes to fuel lines.... these are super handy tools! I keep a Leatherman & Clamptite in my snowmobile & has been a life saver!
That truck is going to be so cool with all the creature comforts it has. Some silicone in the window channels makes the windows go up and down easier. The sagging door handle could have been fixed before the inside panel was put on. I think the rod that hooks the handle to the latch slides on the adjusting threads after a lot of use and can be fixed without too much trouble. The rod just needs to be shortened somehow. It just looks better with the outside handle up where it should be. The Ratback is going to be another one of a kind to add to your awesome fleet. I learned how to drive when I was 8 in a cab like that, with a pillow behind and under me, and have always liked that cab design ever since. Us kids would ride on the front fenders and running boards while picking up hay out of the field. It's funny spell check wanted to change Ratback to Rat Pack. I guess that is what the group you have around you should be called!
Happy Mother's Day out to all the mom's in evolved in the Fab Rats Family.
The pain of all the wiring will be so rewarding the next time you use the bombi Im sure! It's so rewarding when it's done & is easy to service. The bus bars are a nice touch! Super easy to upgrade down the road. Check out 5-30v DC solid-state relays, no moving parts to ever go bad & great for high loads. One can power up a whole fuse block off a tiny current from the key switch with overloading it. Great for adding lights & using micro switches. Touch switch systems make a nice addition when you have a ton of accessories & lights going on, simplify the whole system with a clean look. The dynomat over lizzard skin coating helps alot!
Just a suggestion, install the window handles facing forward. Then wire it so the windows go up when the handle is lifted, and go down when the handle is pushed down.
Use any brand silicone spray on the window sliders! It helps to make them slide better and faster! As long as it says silicone, it dont matter the brand! Trust me, lol!
All I have to say is I watch everything yall do. And I'm in a line of work where I have to fabricate alot of stuff and learned alot from yall. Thank you guys for being role models
Pretty slick electric windows. Retain the old fashioned look and have ease of moving the glass.
Happy Mother's Day to the Fab Rats Mother's Michelle and Grandma Lolly. Lot's of work going on the Rat Back and progress is moving forward on the final end to having a working off road rollback. Electric windows in a '49 Chevy truck. Awesome! Good video!
Happy Mothers Day Ladies ❤❤
Is still looking forward to Ben Coming back for a few cameos, Often.
I highly recommend putting that Clean Burn heater at chest level! It will make priming and cleaning 1000% easier.