26FT ROLLBACK DOING THINGS IT SHOULD AND SOME THINGS IT PROBABLY SHOULDNT!
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- I BOUGHT THIS ROLLBACK ALMOST A YEAR AGO. IT NEEDED SOME WORK FROM DAY ONE. I DID A GOOD BIT OF REPAIRS IN THE FIRST FEW MONTS AND CONTINUED WITH SMALLER REPAIRS HERE AND THERE AFTER. IT REALLY HAS BECOME A VERY RELIABLE AND VERSATILE TRUCK FOR ME. I KNOW AS LONG AS I OWN IT, IT WILL STILL NEED BE MORE REPAIRS. I DONT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL. HOWEVER, A TIME COMES WHEN YOU HAVE TO EVALUATE WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT IT COSTS YOU, WHAT IT SAVES YOU AND IF THERE WAS A BETTER SET UP. THAT IS WHERE I AM WITH THIS TRUCK. IT CAN CARRY ABOUT 11,000LBS LEGALLY. THE BED IS CAPABLE OF MORE. I THINK THIS BED WOULD BE BETTER SERVED ON A 32,000LB GVWR CHASSIS. A FEW UP GRADES TO ME WOULD BE AIR BRAKES, AIR RIDE AND AN AIR RIDE SEAT. I HAVE JUST THE CHASSIS FOR THIS BED. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT RENT SPACE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND.
When I was able, I love bringing new projects home ! My wife didn’t Lol !!
Even though that Jerr-Dan bed isn't a match made in heaven, it works for you! I ran a 4300 DT466 with a 6 Speed and a Chevron Bed that was way faster to load, but the heavier stuff would bog down the winch and the lift. I don't see yours doing that! May take a bit longer to load, but you are sure going to get it loaded without stress! LOL😁
this bed will handle 11,000lbs . tilt and slide like its 3000lbs. the 26ft is very helpful as well.
It suits your needs, runs well and you use it frequently. Most that watch understand if it wasn’t this way then you’d modify or move it. Thanks again.
Dear Paul R.
👍👌👏 Exactly!
Best regards luck and health.
That rollback is a great investment to make your job easier :)
I love those old Interational S Series... call me a sucker for them lol
Hello from the Netherlands .
thanks for the video JC .
Sincerely, Hollandduck
As a tow company owner i say ya did a great job on ford and your truck fits your needs so who cares that its not a show truck . Only thing i would say to watch is on the winchout if you had controls on passenger side it would be better to have used those to keep you out of path if cable broke . But lookin at truck some of those older beds only had driver side controls
Wish i had 4 or 5 operators with your skill and common sense
your right. it only has driver side controls. if i had known i needed to winch that truck out, i would have brought a short truck (like my little f450) and just pulled it. i dropped the truck at one of my properties and then went to get the tires at another. i guess that is just how life works.....
Somehow CZcams let me find you. You got an awesome channel! I enjoy your builds and knowledge
well, we are happy to have you here. hope you finds lots of videos you enjoy.
Having a reliable truck that gets you there without any hassle is a great asset to have. It’s near perfect for what you need it to do. I’d say that’s money we’ll spent👍. Take care
Many years ago when I helped do repossessions we ended up dragging a lot of cars up the bed. We always carried some soapy water in a dish soap bottle to make things slide a bit better on the bed. There were many times that wouldn't work to get them off the truck and we would put the snatch block on the back lip of the truck and snake the cable back to the farthest point of the front of the towed vehicle and attach it there and drag the vehicle off just as handily as we did on.
The only time that really backfired was with cars that were low such as Corvettes or flat tires to try to keep it from being towed. Roll backs weren't real wide spread back then and not thought of as much as hook type wreckers. I guess folks thought 4 flat tires would scare us off. I was a mean little undesirable back then and usually carried the protection for the driver that prevented most altercations. The only time it didn't I left a 12 guage impression on a guy who had already tried to shoot us. When the sheriff got there he said the guy was trouble and probably deserved it. At least the guy had some cool scars to show the guys while he was doing his 40 years times two for attempted premeditated murder.
I'm glad most criminals are bad shots.
Geez....... that was a long time ago!
I'm a lot more pleasant to be around now....... LOL!
Cheers
Terry
i too am a much different person today than i was years ago.
@@j.c.smithprojects marriage and the military plus some darned good friends straightened me out.
Praise God for that.
Be safe J.C.
Terry, you have some interesting tales to tell of your repo-man days. And blasting someone who is trying to kill you when you are just doing a lawful job is NOT being an unpleasant person. Guy was very lucky he made it to prison.
Not only has it paid for itself but it is there when you want to move something
@@MrTruckerf thank you! That was a time in my life I can laugh at now. There are quite a few stories from the repo days. That's where I learned to hate hide-a-bed sofas. But that's not for here my friend....... LOL!
Merry Christmas!
I, bought a Ford F-350 roll back used it a few times then parked it for one year now just geting back to doing something with it now
Thank, you for sharing you're video
Great video J.C.Smith the truck works for what you need and when it doesn't you will either modify it or change trucks to fit your needs. Thanks for sharing stay safe J.C.Smith.
Great idea with using the bed to push a vehicle back 🤔 Never thought of that and I'll have to remember it. Would definitely come in handy. I'd be all for a future build like you mentioned on swapping the bed to a heavier truck. Take care 🔧🔩
It's always good to listen clever guy . I like your channel very much.
Mr JC Like Mr Gary said I would love to have someone with your skill set. Thanks for sharing and stay safe
just doing what i have picked up by watching you and your crew mr. hal.
It works for you. That is the most important part. Your sense getting you experience as operator.
Bed push, snatch block common for some.
We like to say work smart not harder.
sure can do a lot with a rollback.
Thank you for sharing
like that truck its a good one
Put some 3/4" led lights on the sides 👍.
Anyone who says you’ll never make money with any truck just doesn’t have any imagination lol,keep on keeping on JC 👍👍👍
Anyone who said that JC won’t make money with that truck has never watched a JC Smith video before in his life. JC already knows the value of a truck seven different ways before he ever calls and makes an offer on it. And every time he uses it, he gets a new idea in his head about how he can improve the unit and will make him even more money!
you have been watching for awhile and obviously paying attention! we make our money when we buy it. we increase our profit by creating value. we secure our future by selling quality not value. thanks for the kind words.
Not only watching I’ve owned trucks for over 40 years don’t think I’ve ever had one that didn’t make me money one way or another, and I just love trucks anyway 😂
I know you have done it in the past. And I can't speak for anyone else. But I would love to see a walk through of the trucks you have and your plans for them. Especially the ones you have with no real plans but they have to stay.......
that video would be hours and hours long. each of my 3 properties have somewhere between 30 and 40 trucks. there are only a few trucks i will keep until my last days....then they will go to my son. all the others can go.
Makes sense. Will watch anything you post. Maybe you could throw in a couple here and there. Lol.
Its a great truck for what you do!! And as you said since you fix your stuff and you are not driving it 8 hours every day nor paying a driver it works fine for what you do! It doesn't carry a $60 - $70,000 price tag as if you bought a nearly new truck with nearly new bed and equipment so you are risking less capital and still getting the job done! Allowing you to use that capital to buy some more trucks to redo and sell!!
i watch rollback prices pretty close. a nice one with the capacity of this bed could easily cost me over $100k....USED! im plenty ok with my junk.
@@j.c.smithprojects You are much more tuned in than I am on the pricing. I have some general knowledge but not very accurate when it comes to the bed and extras that you are running. But that is even more capital that you can use for making future business!
You saved me from buying one of those chevy 5500's. You always seem to hate the one you were hauling with but never said why... I bought an f350 instead...
oh i have shared the reason why many times. i am not a duramax fan. the only reason this red truck is still here is because my plans for this truck include ditching the isuzutrash engine.
@@j.c.smithprojects Cummins or cat swap JC ??
undecided. i have both here.
Your unloading that truck just like the tow truck guys do it. I use to drive one and thats exactly how i did it. Especially if you a car or truck thats wrecked and has no turning wheels. I would stand that bed as high as possible and run the bed up back and forth til it forced the car or truck off. Once its close to ground just slide the bed out from under it amd use the bed to push it back where you want it
New flat truck hauler that pulleys near the bevel on bed an ran cable back to extra winch es great job happy Christmas
i have some idea including a second winch at the tail
@@j.c.smithprojects with your fab skills, you could build a "side puller".
The commercial ones mount just behind the cab.
Truck frame would be perfect for the structure!
i have a side puller somewhat designed in my head for the next rollback...if time allows.
😎👍
id much rather have a 32k lb gvrw with air brakes than 25k with juice. under cdl trucks sure to sell better but from a usability standpoint id much rather have the higher gvrw plus air brakes are far better/safer imo. what really does not make sense is my fuel truck is a 25k gvrw with juice brakes but its hazmat so it still requires a cdl. if a load requires a placcard it requires a cdl regardless of weight. makes no sense to me why that truck was built that way. unless maybe the laws were different back then
i could see the laws being a b it more laxed back then. remember common sense was common back then!
Easiest wood to steel deck conversion I have seen is to weld firing strips onto the cross members then the deck plate.
i want to get the deck as low as possible for the next chassis as it will likely have 11r22.5 tires
Do what makes you happy, it’s your money not theirs!
Side note. Sorry I haven’t been commenting/around lately. Been busy with work and had my furball get sick and had to put him down, and ended up adopting 2 which has been a handful and a half, but the youngest one was watching the video with me 🙃
i sure am sorry to hear about your loss. i hope the new ones have a nice long life.
@@j.c.smithprojects me too. The one I had to have put down was only 13 years old (orange and white cat that was cool as hell) he ended up having lung cancer and that’s what ended up doing him in, it was a struggle watching him struggle to breath and move. But, he’s in a better place now, hopefully with all our other previous pets and his grandmother who had him till she passed
I would leave the side channels alone and just put a smooth steel deck on it. A little bit of a side lip can save you a headache, esp when you're moving something with a locked wheel.
Wassup Jc
They must have had a amatuer hour when they put that wood on that bed. Never put wood down unless its staggered. It sure makes it stronger if you do it that way
I dont know if your state is the same as texas where i live but if you only transport your own vehicles here your. Not required to have a tow truck plate
we dont have a "tow truck plate". anything over 10,000lbs gvwr gets a commercial truck plate. that is regardless if you are in commerce or not. im not required to meet any of the commercial requirements because i am "not for hire or in commerce."
It cost nothing and its making and saving money. Tool box and winch. Keep on rollin
it is truly the cheapest truck i own and use.
Boy that road salt is tough on those truck frames..goodness gracious that frame is junk on that old truck
that is not junk. it is far from it. you southern folks are fortunate. rust never sleeps and winter road salt is its catalyst.
It’s funny how people who don’t do what you do always telling you what you can’t or shouldn’t be doing.
seems the people that have the least skin in the game yell the loudest.
I couldn't remember but does that 4300 have 19.5 or Lo-pro 22.5 tires? Also I want to wish you and your wife Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.
19.5"
We’re is the mini truck?
Some cases liquid soap will work out for sliding stuck wheels on to the body
probably better on a steel bed. this wood bed is so uneven and rough, i dont know if it would work.
I have been told that the duramax motors have major head issues and old head gaskets when they get close to 300k..is that true.
i have no idea. i have owned many and replaced head gaskets on several they had all different ranges of miles.
Do you still have the Chevy that you put the new dump bed on
its in the shop right now.
Hey jc hope you and the misses are well might you have a front seat fer a 2002 super duty 4door doesn’t need to be perfect
only one i have is a bench that we removed from the f450 we did a few month ago. it needs recovered.
@@j.c.smithprojects what is your price on it
look back the f450 i did a few month ago. you can see what it looks like
Watching here in Australia, can you CDL?
i have a cdl but this truck does not need one.
You havnt slowed down still wanting projects
i will probably be working on trucks until my last days.
A, lot of times the winch will break the stuck wheels
i winched it on the truck without the skates hoping that would happen but not luck.
Do as you wish . But I don't believe in side pulling with your deck slid back so far . I personally broke trucks and seen them break pulling hard like that
i didnt go there with the intensions of winching that truck. if i had, i would have brought the wrecker. i agree. side pulling can do quite a bit of damage when pulling more than is safely allowable.
@@j.c.smithprojects I do like the wooden deck . It is much safer then steel floor beds you won't slip on it walking and chains don't slide away on you
i have owned both and prefer a steel deck in most cases.
How's project overkill coming along
gathering parts. going to pick up my tanks soon from the polisher.
You dont need strobes . Your not running wrecks and police calls. Some people man
Some people amaze me the stuff coming outta their mouths
Selling those 4500 wheels?
no. like i said in the video, i am using them on another truck.
@J.C. SMITH PROJECTS
I might be a redneck... Im on the beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and look! a new rollback video notification. So here I am watching you half way around the world! 🌎
watching truck videos is my vacation. hope you have a good time there.
@@j.c.smithprojects Mine too haha. Say, I have an old "equipment bed" that has solid links instead of hydraulic cylinders for the bed tilt. is that the only difference rollback vs equipment bed? Im thinking about changing the links out for cylinders and adding an extra spool valve.
i did a video of putting one of those beds on an international. the one on this blue international is an equipment that controls the tilt by the rear stabilizer cylinders. yours might be able to change out the fixed length arms for cylinders. being able to adjust the tilt angle is a huge advantage sometimes.
What do you think about the wooden bed
it has its benefits. especially when your hauling things besides vehicles.
@@j.c.smithprojects think about getting a 2005 but it don’t have a engine decal
2005 what?
@@j.c.smithprojects international I think it’s 4400 it’s like yours with the wood deck but I don’t see a dt decal are anything on it I’ll have more info tomorrow
@@j.c.smithprojects it’s dt466 just feel good about it hope I can get it