What I DID NOT KNOW about equipment trailers. Please Watch before buying
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- I drive to Diamond C in Texas to see how they build trailers. I ask POINT BLANK what are shortcuts manufacturers take? I couldn't believe the answer.
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Hi Stan, I would like to add my two-cents worth to the powder coat portion. I am a paint engineer and I wrote a book on pretreatment and powdercoating. While it’s probably true that some manufacturers don’t use a powder primer, their metals are probably pretreated with a bonderizing agent that is applied after the part has been washed. Companies can use either acidic or alkaline based cleaners and alkaline based cleaners are preferable to get the metal clean. So, the metal is cleaned, then rinsed, then bonderized, then maybe phosphated, then sealed…. When steel gets bonderized, it’s put through a phosphate bath, forming a finely crystalline, zinc-phosphate coating. This layer then gets rinsed and sealed with a chromate conversion coating. This process creates a “sticky” environment for paint that doesn’t need additional priming or prep. That’s basically the prep for most. Some companies wash their metal then submerge the metal in a tank and it’s called “Ecoat”. That’s short for electrodeposition. The nice thing about Ecoating is that the company can adjust the electrical charge of the liquid paint in the tank getting the same amount of Ecoat material thickness equally everywhere on their product. No runs or drips in areas. Then their product may go out the door with Ecoat only or they might topcoat over the Ecoat with powder-coat. Ecoat itself is very durable! It would be an ideal base for powdercoat. Just one useless thing I want to point out. Remember a few years back seeing all those pickup trucks with peeling paint? They were from the big three companies. Well, what happened was the company used Ecoat and cured the Ecoat too much! Ecoat used as a base coat needs to be “partially” cured so that the topcoat can bind to the Ecoat. They cured it too much and the topcoat which you see did not adhere properly and the result was the “peeling”. Poor to no intercoat adhesion. Also, did you know that most car and truck topcoats are not air dried but rather need heat to cure it. That’s why it is so hard to make paint matches afterwards. Cool huh? One thing the “rep” did not mention was the powder-coat type. There are Epoxies, Polyesters, Superdurable Polyesters, Epoxy-Polyester Hybrids, Fluoropolymers, Urethanes and TGIC’s. TGIC’s are TriglycidyI Isocyanate and are the very best at UV prevention! This is something needed for trailers or Farm Implements that will be out in the sun’s rays. So, whatever any company uses for a pretreatment prior to powdercoating and applying the powdercoat itself, needs to have consistency in the process. Process control gets lost in many companies because administration doesn’t understand how important process control is to the paint longevity. Skipped titrations and/or using the cheapest chemicals doesn’t help make happy customers. Companies should always use “ASTM” American Society of the International Association for Testing and Materials for testing their paint methods and Standards. I have been to countless companies that want my consultation but as soon as I get there, they say “this is the way we’ve always done it”! How many times have you heard that??? Why call me if you’re not willing to make changes. Again, if you always do as you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got!
Proud American family business 🇺🇸. Excellent product production methods and standards. The new trailer coming to market looks incredible. Nicely built. 👍
well said👊
This was a rather refreshing outlook. Clearly a company that cares about their products and strives to make their customers satisfied.
If I buy a trailer, I am going to buy one from these guys. “Intentional” is not a word you would normally hear from a company that builds equipment trailers. Impressive company and processes.
Super cool video. Big fan of these types of videos. When the owner is willing to give a tour and answer questions, you know they mean business.
You know they have nothing to hide. When I was there- nothing was "off limits". I could go where I wanted and ask anyone there a question. That was impressive.
Impressive craftsmanship. Seems like the confidence comes from their production method rather than the products they make.
When you show them "this is what right looks like" the product speaks for itself.
Thanks for the tour of a great company. Something tells me the big fish has a lot of happy employees.
It is great to see a company that takes the time to do things the best way possible. Pride in an American product.
In a former life I was a salesman for PPG products and sold to many automotive dealerships and industrial shops similar to this. Everything that salesman told you was true and I am impressed with the details they do. Electrostatic powder coating is the state of the art for industrial applications. Just so you know when electrostatic is used the paint material wraps around the item being sprayed and is attracted to the surface like it is magnetized. Sherwin Williams is an excellent paint supplier and I know this because I also sold their products. This seems to be a great company and I wouldn't hesitate to purchase their products. This is the difference between a true Made in USA company and an import. Great video!
I agree with you 100%. I was so impressed by how they build their trailers.
Wow so a large company that builds quality products and is made to last, This is something you don't see everyday anymore.
Heck i live in Australia and want one :)
Well said! Yeah- a big company that strives to improve their quality. I think thats getting rarer
@@Dirtmonkey Your not wrong, I paid about 2k for a very small 6x4 box trailer dam thing was a cheap chinese kit but purchased it fully assembled and was not aware. My point is it's starting to rust it was POORLY welded, other issues vs spending more dollars and buy something made and built to last not rust out.
@@adamjones2025 that’s just what happens when you buy crap that’s cheap and made in China. Especially a harbor freight trailer LOL
@@vinceschannel8927 Yep, trouble is i didn't know at the time, won't be getting caught out again i can tell you.
I own 5 diamond c trailers , never had a problem! Can’t believe you just discovered them, Acme has been selling them for years!
Tell you what Sir , your hat 🧢 maybe on the wrong way , but your head certainly ain’t. This is a great insight for all you hard working construction people, and a brilliant shoutout for made in the 🇺🇸 USA 👍 Tam.
😂👊 You always have the best things to say- much appreciated my friend
Diamond C, made in America with pride! It's nice to see a company that strives to improve what they build in the pursuit of excellence. I appreciate their effort and achievements. Thanks Stan!
you wont find too many trailers shipped in from over seas.
@@DieselRamcharger I agree with you. I don't personally know of any. I could of left the country of origin out of my comment. However, I'm happy to see quality American made products. No matter what they are.
I always enjoy Factory tours. Thanks for taking us along.
As a woman that's been around a lot of trailers, I'm sitting here in awe thinking Sweet. Nice video.
Thanks!
I love going behind the scenes to see how things are made. This is another excellent video, Stan! Diamond C really engineers and builds their trailers exactly how they should be built - very durable and to stand the test of time. It's surprising to learn that primer is intentionally skipped for other competitor's trailers. Thanks again, Stan!
my little welding heart is in love with that shop from a fabricator to more those guys rock
Amazing trailers. Amazing factory system. I would recommend these trailers to anyone in the market for quality construction. This video was very helpful and I am certain Diamond C will now sell many more trailers because of your efforts in showing their system and units.
%100
That is a drive, but a pretty drive. You go to the neatest places to educate and entertain all of us. Thank you. 😊👍
Glad you enjoyed it
What a slick trailer…thanks for the video to see behind the scenes at Diamond C. Great products!
All those skip welds could be full welds. Oh the crevice corrosion. Hopefully they seal all these welds during paint. That being said, this is the best paint process I have ever seen being used on trailers and I have been in the coating business over 30 years. Kudos to Diamond C for putting the time and money into a great paint system.
it really is the most thorough system I have seen
Through the years I've watched the family business grow, and while I don't know them personally, it's been exciting to see their success!!! btw....great video
That painting process is how the old school metal Tonka toys, the ones that lasted forever, were painted. I remember them showing us that in 79 during a school tour.
No doubt my son (3) found mine (Tonkas), put away when I was his age (1982), and is now playing with them daily!
@@boundarysentinel4181 those are worth 600-700 lol make sure he's easy on them
I've still got two of em somewhere. Need to get em out and make sure they aren't rusting away. Played with them real hard, and never was able to break anything on it.
Sadly they are made of plastic now
Thank you Stan! Great information. Thanks for taking the ride and the time to video all that.
Great informative video! Thanks for the field trip Stanley and Tim!
Definitely on the paint, my dump trailer looks like it was painted with latex house paint over oil metal, the paint falls off just looking at it. That's impressive quite an operation thanks and more please!
This tour was so incredible
Jacob knows the product well. Refreshing.
yeah- he lives and breathes it
I cannot go a day without learning new things ... those trailers are excellent . I hope they are available in Canada , we could use that quality and paintmanship up here . You can do more of these videos any time in my opinion Stan . Thanks .
That is an impressive trailer! Can't wait to see you have it in action.
Dang that was the most informative video on trailers I've ever seen, well put together video didn't leave anything to chance with their trailers.
I just purchased a Big Tex 18' equipment trailer, added a LED post light on the front, 360° swivel. I really like the MAX ramps as well. Watching this video helped me through the purchase at the vendor, who is also a fan of your channel. Thank you Stanley for making this video!!
Very cool!
Support construction ,interesting factory. Thx
I had Western snow plow, horrible rust under paint, huge paint blister, scaled off
These trailers are awesome, I'm impressed I don't even have a hitch.
Another amazing video. Always love the music you use in your videos.
Thank you!
Totally awesome!! Absolutely love it! Love all your content! Keep it up.
Integrity and Pride in their work. Love seeing that! America 💪. Good to see Tim.
Beautiful trailer!! Hell of a build process!!
Nice tour & congrats on the new & very nice trailer.
Liked this video. Will definitely be looking into these guys for a trailer when I need to buy one.
That picked up Gracie perfectly, I thought there was a parrot in the house while watching that opening.
Awesome video ! I am sold all my future trailer purchases will be Diamond C trailers ! Super impressed with their attention to detail ! From my years of experience this trailers seem to be unmatched in the industry!
Thanks for this video! I am in the market for a trailer and this gave me some extra info to look at before buying! Hope you had a great day today! Stay safe! Keep up the great work!
Glad it was helpful! I learned a LOT from this trip. Have a great week CZ
Outstanding behind the scenes tour Stanley! I freaking hate rust I used to dream about powder coats for the frames and subframes in the 70s.
Hopefully other manufacturers will take note and perhaps the prices might become more competitive and come down just a wee bit without compromising quality and integrity.
I hope and pray this trailer works out for you and we get to see it in action!
Thanks so much for all you do, take care and God bless
Thanks for showing this important trailer information. Glad I haven't replaced mine.
Wow! What an amazing tour. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Well that was awesome that he let u behind the scenes of his factory was really kool to watch he seems like a kool guy
Cool - I've seen Diamond C for some time now. Cool to see the factory. North East Texas.
Pretty cool place right?
A wise man will always be willing to learn!!! Gbu brother!!!
The fact they use recycled rubber that gets molded into 2x4’s is incredible. Idk if they’re the pioneers for doing that on a trailer deck but well done!
I would like to know about that composite decking material too. I hope Diamond C will post more info on their website.
the company is called Rumber and no they are not pioneers for using the cheapest material available.
I watch most CZcams videos on 1.5 if not 1.75 speed, this one I backed down to regular speed because I didn't want to miss a thing! Great video Stan! You and Tim were just down the road from us here in Tyler!
THANKS STAN, TIM AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO JACOB !!!!! HE REALLY IS SO KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HIS COMPANY AND EVERY ASPECT OF THE LINE. EACH PROCESS. TELLING YOU FACTS CLEARLY AND PRECISE NUMBERS. I BELIEVE HE HAS RISEN THE BAROF QUALITY AND QUANTITY FROM HIS FATHER !!! TECHNOLOGY HAS TO HAVE HELPED HIM DO THAT I'M SURE. SO MANY HAPPY EMPLOYEES HELPS TOO. YOU CAN TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR WORK WHEN YOU HAVE A BOSS LEADING THE WAY BY EXAMPLE !!!
JUST LIKE YOU STAN.
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY !!!!
GO GET EM BOYS !!!!
Now this is a Trailer I can stand behind as well. Thank you for visiting them and showing it. This is really like a auto manufacturer done it back in the 70's today all is robot controlled. Negative charge on the trailer and positive from the gun so it's bonded well to the metal. Works great for better and thicker coverage. Hey I like gray :-) .... I think what is missing on this Cadilac is Air ride adjustable suspension. I can tell how many times my trailer is empty and jumps all over the darn road because it's empty. Once I put 2000lbs on it it just rolls smooth.
Great video! Very impressed with Diamond C!
Love the info Stan, very informative vids.
Impressive. Loved the video
Love it ...great build great concept
Another great helpful video
That new trailer you drove 1,000 miles to pick up is awesome! Makes me wanna go buy a Diamond C trailer
Fun tour!! Good stuff.
Thanks for the very informative video. Looking at buying a trailer and this makes me want to reevaluate some things. Good job!! Made me subscribe too.
Is a proud American company. When Stan said to him that he was taking extra steps to make sure everything prior to paint was spotless and squeaky clean sold me sold me. The reason I say that now is too many companies do not take pride in their workmanship Or quality anymore , They're just worried about putting money in their pocket. It's just the idea that he is spending a lot more money for extra manpower to add additional steps in order to create a premium quality product gives me Goosebumps. When I go to buy my trailer in the next year or 2 it will definitely 100% be diamond c. Stay and thank you for taking the time doing this video Stan thank you for taking the time doing this video. I just like the whole trailer I'm laughing because as I'm writing this post I keep thinking of more things of this trailer that I like like the hidden wench and the huge storage compartment above the tongue so many trailers have so much wasted space up there it's crazy that nobody has done it like this before.
you said it well. I agree with you.
I would have bought a ticket to take this tour……Stan, you brought this super informative trailer video to us for FREE. Big Thx. I am in the market for a dump trailer and I will be reaching out to these folks.
Great work and thanks for sharing this with us take care
Thanks 👍
@@Dirtmonkey You're welcome 👍🏻
Thanks Stan, that was great to watch but more important to me it was educational, please do more stuff like this...
Thanks, will do!
Awesome video and beautiful trailer! When you can sit by yourself and say out loud WOW that's impressive (manufacturing side) and then say it again when you were showing your trailer. I can see a Diamond "C" in my future! Thank You, Sir!
Well said!
Thank you Stan for another great video 👍
Thanks for hopping on so fast!. Hope you enjoy the show.
Thanks for this video makes me think different on trailers.
Glad to hear it!
Thanks for the intro, these guys look great.
best trailer on the market hands down ! ! choice of materials and attention to detail , as well as CUSTOMIZATION .
My little 16 ft trailer, been thinking of how to utilize that empty tongue space just like that. Thanks for showing this!
Glad it was helpful!
I’m glad I bought a Diamond C my first go around I have the 14ft dump trailer so versatile and build strong! 💪
Well very impressive that's an awesome shop
outstanding factory n trailer....hope it works as goos as it looks...sweet
Long drive but looks like you got an awesome trailer to head back home with!!!
Yeah- this is the nicest equipment trailer we have ever owned.
Stuff you didn’t know that you didn’t know and now you know lol 👍 👍
pretty much exactly
And I don't have a whole lot of use for a trailer like that.
Thanks to you Stan and Diamond C Trailer.
Those are nice trailers
Thanks for the tour
Glad you like them!
Wow I didn't realize how well built diamond c trailers are compared to other. More and more cheap junk trailers are being built and falling apart within a year. Great content!!! Much appreciated.
Right me too! Thanks for bein here Jason 👍
Great video very interesting
Good job, thanks for sharing.
Great video there are so many trailer builders out there right now and unfortunately a lot of junk on the market. Research is key and seems like you found a responsible builder that is experienced. Painting is my biggest pet peeve on utility trailers. Best I've ever seen is a manufacturer local to me that finishes the whole trailer in what they call a "Stinger" coating. Its normally only used as a rock guard in the highly susceptible areas of the trailer. They however do the whole trailer in it and its a super hard coating tough as nails coating. IMO, its the way to go for harsh snow and road salt climate areas ...
Those are some really nice trailers wow!
Stanly I’ll be your hat man 😆 you are great my friend!!! God bless
Great video, no wonder Diamond C is so highly rated. I'm in the Utah snow and this is the trailer brand i would buy.
I bought a Bri Mar dump trailer new from the dealer. The trailer worked well but the paint job was horrible! The trailer started to rust four months after I bought it. At first it was surface rust but not far after became see through rust. If I buy another trailer I will buy A Diamond C. Thanks for another great video. 😎
Great video!! Thank you!!
Awesome
Made in the USA 🇺🇸
Love seeing American ingenuity.
Awesome video!
Me admiring the forever floor
N here is a peekaboo winch for u wit a clever lever
Both of those things were amazing in my book. That forever floor is a game changer I think.
Great trailers. I do enjoy factory tours.
Hey Stan, I really like these tours of factories you do, as well as your regular content. One thing that I think would be awesome to see you do is see if you could get a tour of a factory-like one of the John Deere ones in Iowa or one of those other major brands. The tour video alone would be worth it, but I think that it would be made even better by the type of questions you ask. You just tend to think of the exact type of questions I want to ask on factory tours but never actually ask!
I try to ask questions that I think you guys would want to hear about
huge eye opener.....wow, thanks
it was for me as well.
Very cool video man
That lpx is super slick. Know what I'm buying in the future for an equipment hauler when I get some skid steers
I like your videos this one was useful ty
Thanks Stan, I appreciated this content. Nate
wow , very informative . another great one stan.
Glad you enjoyed it
Me being old and this not ever going to be read is hard to make any comment other than "A good video" and leave it at that. I have had a idea for trailers that is super easy to do to modify existing trailers or build into a new trailer for the hard access spots so that no more running curbs or twisting frames to the point of being "Racked" or twisted and not level with the road bed anymore. Since they incorporated torsion beam axles, my system would also be a natural way to make it unbelievably easy for any driver to keep his cool in a tight loading dock or be in a turn only lane and your forty feet of trailer says the guy who wouldn't let me have some room is now going to wear some of my paint! I drove lowboys and delivered some mighty big and heavy loads in my days of trucking as well as being a mechanic all my life. Too bad we couldn't talk
You don't need to talk to me- you should talk to them about your design
Great information and very timely. I’m in the market for a high quality dump trailer… of course waiting on inventory availability at nearby dealers may be awhile.
Glad it was helpful!
awesome vid stanley, very informative. now about that hard hat you were wearing
Man, these guys are only 10 minutes drive from my work. I never knew they were around. The only trailer dealerships in the area sell Big Boy trailers. These are SO much better.
Diamond C has a really solid track record and build quality
Great video Stan!!
Much appreciated🙏