Car trailer Upgrades and modifications!!!
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- Car trailer Upgrades and modifications
In this video I re-deck, add new lights, add D-rings, change the stabilizer jacks, and upgrade the wiring on my 14,000 lbs car trailer.
Doing IT Dan’s Way
Daniel Woodell
You can't power a winch off the pigtail itself but add a battery to the trailer and the pigtail will charge the battery for the winch while the truck is hooked up. Another thing I did was mounted a switch and relay up to my winch battery that activates the trailer brakes while loading heavy equipment that keeps the trailer from surging back and forwards, especially helpful on 2wd trucks and it works like a charm to keep that stress off of the trucks parking brakes and also the parking pawl if an auto.
Something that most people don't realize is that you don't have to bend the boards to install them. The majority of wood deck trailers have a stitch welded strap over the boards on one end or the other. All you have to do is cut those welds, take the strap off and then weld it back on after you lay the boards in place.
Hey Daniel, Nice Job Replacing the Wooden Deck, Light housing, new LED Lights & Installing the Jack & D Rings.
I have a Kaufman 18 footer Car Hauler with Tandem Axels & a Diamond Plated Steel Deck.
Now that you have Nice new Wood on your Trailer; Don't forget to maintain it by Power Washing the Deck & Staining it every other year to maintain the look & preserve the wooden deck.
I also have the underside of my Trailer Rust Proofed Sprayed every other year to prevent it from rusting.
To avoid spraying Rust Proof, I am contemplating spraying the underside with Bed liner Paint. This stuff is Indestructible!
Thanks for taking the time to share your Video.
The way you flexed the boards in was genius, you made it look 10 times easier than the other videos i watched, my trailer is a lot smaller than yours so the boards wont flex that easily but i wanted to commend you on how easily you get your steps through to the viewer and how simple the whole job seems, thank you!
That opening scene edit was perfect, so creative! I have only seen that once before, but it does not compare to your finely tuned edit skills. Bravo man I am amazed.
Primative_Creator I thought they were twins. Lol
Yeah that was nice effect. I was like twins. Nawl. Wtf..... ohhh. Lol
Primative_Creator I
How did you do that
@@guardinoinc.7490 imagine the video being cut into 3 sections, 3 videos playing side by side, but since the camera was in the exact same spot you can't tell there are multiple videos playing next to each other. the only thing the subjects have to do is not cross that imaginary section
Great effects on the intro. Good information. I am in the process of getting a trailer for my new tractor, and your experience was helpful. I could show you the importance of getting fasteners that are rated for treated wood, especially the newer formula treated wood. When I rebuilt my deck, the original screws were less than 1/16: diameter when they were replaced. The chemicals dissolved the fastener. I also used trailer deck screw similar to the ones you used, except in stainless. I did not have good luck with them, but yours worked much better. Thanks for the referral.
Very clever way to bend the boards for the trailer.
Great idea on running weld to take up the slop. I was very under impressed when I installed mine at how wobbly they were. I'm gonna do that trick.
It's always great when the missus is willing to assist!
The intro tripped me out I was like yo how many of these dudes going to walk out 🤣🤣
I love the way you edited it to make it seem like you were multiple people and you were listening to each other talk.
The intro made me keep watching for the ideas on upgrades you made.
Great video Daniel. Even 4 years later. ;-) You have a new sub!
I am also in Western WA and just got my LX2610. Just wantd to let know I really appreciate all of your videos... I'm near shelton, hope I get to meet you sometime. thx again and keep them coming!
I used to weld a bunch of d-rings on my trailers. then I just put D-rings that slide into the stake pockets and just put a bunch of stake pockets on trailers now
Great intro.this is exactly what I plan on doing to my trailer. Very cool the way you I installed center boards
Just hit the point where he starts unloading the new deck boards, and all I can think is...why have the old lady help unload when you've got 2 perfectly good clones at the ready? 🤔
Nah you could of put the grinding and prepping in, me and my friends fully enjoy learning from you. We watch a lot of diy videos and yours are at the top because of your personality, u have alot of tools, talent, knowledge, etc...and your not egotistical about.
With three people this should have been quick and easy! Nice job creating those body doubles.
I also put the trailer support jacks on the rear sides but ran into an unexpected problem 1 day. Went to let them down n crank handle was missing on 1 side. Had to replace jack (Not cheap) A simple $1 bungee cord hooked onto handle, wrapped around jack & other end hooked back to handle keeps handle from hanging down & getting torn off or catching on anything. Simple, cheap fix. Works for me & might for someone else. Jacks are hard to put down w/o a handle. ;-)
Great upgrades. One can never have enough tie down hooks. Also just a tip, to keep those stabilizer jacks working perfectly use lots and lots of lube on them. My tongue jack that was just like that took a crap because of not lubing it regularly.
I enjoyed your video, thank you for sharing
A much easier way to put your boards on is to cut the three tack welds at the back and take the retaining bracket off. Then lay your boards out and replace the retaining bracket and weld back in place. Keep you from having the jack up and bend each board into place.
Nice intro by the way.
i always cut the front retainer out and replace it with angle drill 2 doles in the angle and the trailer and weld nuts to the trailer to bolt the angle to makes it so much easier to replace the decking i do this to every trailer i buy weather it needs decking or not
Lack of welding skill?
About as nice of a weld as I have ever seen.
Now subscribing. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks i appropriate it.
Very nice job guys, I will be starting a redo on my trailer I built in 2008, I'm doing some mods and a repaint, I also would like to help explain the screws you used, these types of screws and sizes are my favorite to use, I did notice the way you explained the size of the screws that you used, to help to explain a little better, as listed on your screw box it reads, 1/4-20X3" this means that the screws are 1/4" in diameter - 20 means that there are 20 threads per inch - and 3 as you know is the screws are 3 inches long. the bigger the middle number is, it's the same rule if it says 8, 24, 32, or whatever that number is, it still means threads per inch, I hope this helps. Thanks for the video Kudoes
nice job! Just bought my first car-hauler, which needs the mods you just showed. Thank you. Subscribed and LIKED.
Great modifications. I will be welding a trailer with my everlast welder from scratch. These are some great modifications I might incorporate.
I was like this guy better pop up a third time! Nice into!
this intro is ahead of its time
7:00 Shout out to all our lady friends... Where would we be with our projects if it weren't for their extra set of hands?
Dude!! That’s was an awesome intro!
Great vid, EXCEPT for using those stupid blue scotch lock wire things...Those deck screws are for treated wood because the treated wood will eat the other screws. It might have been easier to remove one end of the trailer, how the deck boards 'fit into' each lip then just weld it back on. But yea, great vid.
Excellent !!!
Bravo, you did a great job! You are more patient than me lol!
That opening scene was mint bud!
Welder ground cable attached to a magnet, Genius!
That is a 10k trailer, i have also seen d rings welded to the side of the tube, rip the tube apart, we weld a 1/4'' plate to the tube and then weld d ring on, usually on the top of the tube. Nice trailer and good work!
I have rebuilt a few trailers, it always works better to do all the welding and new wiring BEFORE installing the new deck. Access is better, welds don't scorch the decking. Otherwise, nice job.
Love the cloning in the intro.
Great improvements on the trailer, but why did you choose to put the new deck on first ?
Seems that it would have smarter if you stripped the old deck off, performed all steel mods, touch ups and paint, then put the new deck on last.
The editing in the beginning was on point
Thanks
Dude, I can save you a shit ton of time and hassel next time you redeck a trailer.
On one end of the trailer (usually the front) will have C channel to hold the lumber. On the other end it will be made from 90° angle iron with flat bar stitch welded across the top of the deck boards.
Next time cut the flat bar welds, set the boards in and weld the flat bar back on to the angle iron.
Yup in retrospect it would have been a lot easier to cut that end plate off, Most of the videos I wanted did it the way I did,
but I think that because most of those guys did not have a welder.
Your intro was amazing
I see so many people beat the shit out of themselves and trailer deck because they don't look at the way things are built.
Wood deck trailers will have angle iron at one end of the boards. They then put the wood down and weld a strip of flat stock to the angle basically making it C channel.
Cut about 4~5 1" welds and your done.
I'm definitely amazed by how you edited that video
Im glad i wasnt stoned, i woulda flipped out
Well beads look fine, as long as you got good penetration. Cosmetics are secondary. You want welds for show and best penetration then tig. Nice vid and great post production.
You can save yourself a shit ton of time redecking next time.
Either the front or rear board keeper channel should be angle iron instead of C iron . Then after they put the wood deck on, they weld flat bar across the wood to hold it. You just have to grind off the stitch welds off and remove the flat stock, replace the boards and weld the bar back on.
don't be giving the ship away
great video, Xlnt job on the welds. great idea on swapping out the front 7pin harness those are always the first thing to go haywire since they get the most use in and out and thrown around when unplugging. fyi , your not going to run a winch off the extra power wire in the plug though, too small of gauge to handle a winch.
Good video my trailer the side Chanel’s are reversed and the wood is held down with carriage bolts and I do like the jacks on the back my trailer on the ramps have legs on them and they are the pits thanks for the good ideas
That was a good video. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your projects.
Nice upgrades on the trailer !
Hey I don’t know if you will see this but I just saw your video and it blow my mind for a quick sec how you started the video of 3 of you. I really like that. And also your weld work is really good.
justridding421 Thank you, I appreciate you watching!
Daniel Woodell I wish I knew how to do that. With the video editing. Also if I was close to you I would see if you wanted to do some welding for me. Also.
Is that your wife? She shouldn't help if there's 3 of u 😂😂
I'm looking at building my car trailer so thanks for the tips👌
Good video bro keep it up.
you should let the wood shrink for a couple months before screwing down,staining or waterproofing.
Awesome beginning!
Great video, all you forgot was the glitter.
What size was the Lincoln welder. It looked like a really good welder. Was that a gas or flux core. I guess that's what you would call it. Excellent job on the welding great beads.
Great job, great video. Thank you for posting
Bad ass, I am in the market for a tow trailer for my jeep. I lack the space to work something this size but it is super motivating to maybe not buy new and make a used one my own.
gave a thumbs up just because of that intro without watching the whole video
Got less than 2 mins in and gave it a thumbs up. Nice Editing.
Thanks
This is only a 10,000 pound trailer, I didn’t understand axle ratting's when I bought this trailer, I found it on craigslist and I took the guy at his word for what he said was. Live and learn!!!
a 3500 axle has a tube of 3" and 5 stud, x 2 axles give you 7000 Lb GVW, A 5000 GAS A 3-1/2 PIPE and 5 stud 2 x 5000 is 10,000 Lb old dated 5000 axles have 8 studs an most bearings an hubs are hard to find
Hey did you realize that the screws that you bought the 1/4 inch wood and metal ones are self tapping therefore no pre-drilling through the metal was needed
Kicker 31 I started to utilize them in the self tapping capacity. And it stripped them out right away and told the tips I ended up having to get a carbide tip drill bit to drill through the steel make him work.
Good job. Keep it up
love your editing, great job
My trailer re-decking went a lot faster when I first drilled with a 3/16" pilot drill. I had a little different fasteners I got from Fa$tenall.
Yup even with the fasteners I used I really should have drilled a pilet hole. I really hope that I don’t have to referb that trailer again while I own it.
Great job my brother!!
Future reference. Pilot hole for self tapping fasteners/ or bolts as well
Thompson's Water Seal. Lowes/Home Depot. Pricey but it'll make trlr deck life extend.Later
better to custom saw full 2x6 black ash, hard as nails an don't root
Thompson's is junk! Linseed oil and Turpentine mixed 50/50 is the stuff to use. use it on concrete, wooden fences, Masonry block. Apply with a sprayer or roller, better product and alot less expensive as Thompson/s too. I've been in the Ready mix business for 35 yrs now, never ever had any problems with it.
Very Good Video!
Man nice work on the intro bad ass a couple of things I want to add 1 you spend a good amount of time making sure things were done right and you blown all that nice wiring sky high with those scotch connectors at least get some butt connectors that have the heat shrink build in to the they cost just a little bit more but will save you a crap load of time later by having all of your lights working like there supposed to 2 do not try and run a winch on that extra wire you now have a wench is going to pull way to much thru that little wire however you can use that wire to charge a battery other than that great job and keep up the good work
Good lookin welds 💪🏼💪🏼
Awesome video with the mutli-takes. Works well!
put grease on the light connectors. they will corrode if you dont
pa h make that dielectric grease and I will agree, otherwise you are making a mess that will still have corrosion.
Plasma cutter for the win!
Nice prep work for welding , but then go and use junk wire terminals . Should have used heat shrink butt splices .
That intro flipped me out. I thought, Triplets, Identical triplets at that
Another great video as usual, keep up the great work. And if you ever think of replacing that trailer, check out Butler trailers, very high quality trailers near you.
good vid but those scotch locks for wiring are no good they will stop working in no time.next build use soiderles crimp style that has heat shrink,you will be alot happyer with them.
Great job!
Nice editing brother... lol
You deserve one billion likes for the intro 😩😩😩😩😩
When I was younger, I used to have to do drugs to see triple people. This was cool.
they got me, nsver seen that effect before lol
Nice bead on the welds
Great video production ;)
wish you lived close to Nashville, i'd bring you my derilict trailer to restore for me. i like the reason for a lot of the upgrades you did here*
Don’t know how I got here But Lol that’s some nice editing.
Hi Dan,
Figured I would go back on comment on the very 1st video of yours I came across over this Thanksgiving holiday. I have really enjoyed your videos and have about watched all of them now over the last 3 days. You've got me inspired to go out into my big shop and run pex for my air compressor now. Just trying to do some more research now about what all I need and how I want to run it. Wish you were my neighbor! haha.
Just subscribed and did the notification thing to help you out the other day, glad to see a youtuber from the PNW. I am in Olympia myself, are you close? Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and look forward to watching your next video!
-Ben
all the welding and grinding and Cutting should have been done before installing the new decking (would avoid charring or burning the new decking) Other wise good job
Blue scotch locks are garbage, solder wires and shrink wrap.
Pretty cool how you did that shoot on the trailer! Instant subscribe for that! I enjoy your content thanks
Love the video game theme music
You mentioned wiring for a winch up to your plug. What size winch are you planning on using? Most winches need heavy gauge wire from battery up to winch. I don't think wiring up to bumper can support a winches needs.
Matt Bowman You are correct if I end up putting a winch on the trailer which I would really like to do I’ll have to run a separate set of leads.
Daniel Woodell good call. Heavier wire is better for the longer run but regardless the wiring in your trailer connector is not heavy enough for a winch. If running off your truck battery, be sure to keep your truck running, nothing worse than draining the truck battery using the winch and can not start the truck
Yeah that trailer and truck wiring won't run a winch, but that circuit is for a battery charge wire which could be used to keep a trailer winch battery (and/or breakaway switch battery) charged up from the truck. The 7-pin connector circuits are, in no particular order: 1) left turn/brake, 2) right turn/brake, 3) ground (not "neutral"), 4) backup lights, 5) electric brakes, 6) tail, 7) battery charge.
John Dough Yea 7 is battery charge lol... keep a trailer hooked up to your truck over night with 7 being a charge line you will kill the battery by morning. The Center pin/#7 is a constant Hot. So it’s just a live positive at all times.
@@lastchancecris On my truck the battery charge pin is hot only when the key is in the on position, so I don't have that concern. ('99 Superduty chassis cab.) Your mileage may vary.
Question for you sir. I have a car hauler that Id like to use on occasion to take my zero turn in for service. My issue is the spacing between the steel channel cross ties used to make the ramps are too wide for the front tires on the mower. Trying to drive the mower up the ramps is very uncomfortable at best. Any ideas on how to modify the ramps so its a bit easier to on/off load vehicles with smaller wheels?ThanksSteve
Man that opening scene freaked me out a bit 😅
Go to a specialty fastener store to get deck screws or you will pay way too much.
Kickass intro
Hej, That was good. Lets watch 8.3k subscribed. 1/4/19
Question about your taillights you got from eBay. Why did u swap the clear ones for red ones at the end?
Looks like the tractor loader needs some work doing on it also because the forks were dropping down when you unloaded the timber around 2.49
I do not know what you paid for that box of connectors. But they are available at almost any -arts or big box store in a smaller quantity.