Mate so glad you up and running making videos..as a cat person myself ( got four ) and having lost two being run over over the years I know how hard it is..she had a great life with you mate...Mike in the UK
Thank you for the videos.. I know it's tough during this time, I can see it in the video. My condolence to you and your family. Much respect to you... Robert Vela from California.
Good Job C.B., if you were rolling this truck, as your welding rig, you could call it . . . “ The Super, Super , Service truck ! 😂 Lol 😝. Take care buddy Roe 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸
I have wondered about going bigger and I would definitely hafta go bigger if I decided to add a crane but I'm not sure about it...going over 10K# on the door tag means I'd hafta get a DOT # and stop at weight stations and all that....not sure it's worth it and really if I was gonna go that big it would probably be worth going all the way to a Peterbuilt with a really capable crane....dunno
Customer is doing the rest when he builds the rear bumper...he just doesn't have the hoist like I do to make the hitch and bed work easy so he got me to do that part
I noticed that the sub-frame on the bed had already been notched through the bottom flange to go over a gooseneck. I definitely would have welded something from the ends of the gooseneck ball mounting block over to the side plates (probably 1/2” or 3/4” flat bars stood on edge. 2 or 3 on each end) to stiffen your 3/8” plate on top of the truck frame and transfer the weight directly onto the truck frame and eliminate any flex in your 3/8” plate even if I had to make the notch in the bed sub-frame longer. As far as creating pockets between the flat bar stiffeners to hold moisture, mud and cow s___; I would have drilled weep holes through the 3/8” plate between the stiffeners while I had the mag drill out. Also, for those who don’t know, you never mentioned the importance of placing the gooseneck ball slightly in front of the center of the rear axle. I have placed them at both 2 and 4” inches in front of center depending on how much bed length you have from the ball to the rear of the bed to allow for turning room while hooked to a trailer. Any thing to cause the gooseneck hitch to transfer trailer weight to the front axle of the truck which is the whole reason for a gooseneck hitch in the first place. And yes, I realize that pipeliners; with their mini-trucks, don’t pay any attention to that 🤔. And, while I’m already this deep in the weeds, I think I would have scrapped the thin side plates for 3/8” or 1/2” plates. But, that’s just me. Hope you’re well.
That trailer hitch, truck bed frame, and those running boards need a good cleaning off of the rust, and a good rust preventative paint/primer mix applied. The owner should do that, and protect his investment. Nice work on the hitch, CB. I’d love to find a deal like that to make myslef a mobile rig for my Bobcat 260 efi, and compressor and toolbox.
How far forward of the centerline of the axle did you put the center of the ball? I have a similar project coming up with my 93 F350 can and chassis with a flatbed. Thanks for the great video!
Sorry I don't have an exact measurements for that but I think you should be able to get a pretty good idea from watching the video....I don't have that truck here to get an actual measurement of it
Customer is doing that when he builds the rear bumper...he can fabricate but he just didn't want to tackle the hitch & bed... My hoist made easy work of dealing with the truck bed...if he had to lift that with a tractor it would have been more of a hassle and more risk of damage
Nice work! I never tried, but did you use the special cutters for drilling through two layers? I figured if you did you might have mentioned it in the vid.
Mate so glad you up and running making videos..as a cat person myself ( got four ) and having lost two being run over over the years I know how hard it is..she had a great life with you mate...Mike in the UK
Thank you for the videos.. I know it's tough during this time, I can see it in the video. My condolence to you and your family.
Much respect to you...
Robert Vela from California.
Great job CB
Thanks for watching!
You made that come out perfectly
Thanks 👍
Good Job C.B., if you were rolling this truck, as your welding rig, you could call it . . . “ The Super, Super , Service truck ! 😂 Lol 😝.
Take care buddy Roe 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸
I have wondered about going bigger and I would definitely hafta go bigger if I decided to add a crane but I'm not sure about it...going over 10K# on the door tag means I'd hafta get a DOT # and stop at weight stations and all that....not sure it's worth it and really if I was gonna go that big it would probably be worth going all the way to a Peterbuilt with a really capable crane....dunno
You are a great man.
good work as always
Thank you for another great video, I like the variety of things you work on.
Top class welding as usual
That came out great. Nice welds..
Nice job 👍
Great video as usual! Cheers from Australia
Cb, sorry for you loss.
Safety chain ubolts in back seat the hole time...nothing to hook them to....iny updates...doing same to my 3/4 chevy...great video
Customer is doing the rest when he builds the rear bumper...he just doesn't have the hoist like I do to make the hitch and bed work easy so he got me to do that part
Nice build 👍
I noticed that the sub-frame on the bed had already been notched through the bottom flange to go over a gooseneck. I definitely would have welded something from the ends of the gooseneck ball mounting block over to the side plates (probably 1/2” or 3/4” flat bars stood on edge. 2 or 3 on each end) to stiffen your 3/8” plate on top of the truck frame and transfer the weight directly onto the truck frame and eliminate any flex in your 3/8” plate even if I had to make the notch in the bed sub-frame longer. As far as creating pockets between the flat bar stiffeners to hold moisture, mud and cow s___; I would have drilled weep holes through the 3/8” plate between the stiffeners while I had the mag drill out. Also, for those who don’t know, you never mentioned the importance of placing the gooseneck ball slightly in front of the center of the rear axle. I have placed them at both 2 and 4” inches in front of center depending on how much bed length you have from the ball to the rear of the bed to allow for turning room while hooked to a trailer. Any thing to cause the gooseneck hitch to transfer trailer weight to the front axle of the truck which is the whole reason for a gooseneck hitch in the first place. And yes, I realize that pipeliners; with their mini-trucks, don’t pay any attention to that 🤔. And, while I’m already this deep in the weeds, I think I would have scrapped the thin side plates for 3/8” or 1/2” plates. But, that’s just me. Hope you’re well.
nice job, that should get your friend going well!
That trailer hitch, truck bed frame, and those running boards need a good cleaning off of the rust, and a good rust preventative paint/primer mix applied. The owner should do that, and protect his investment. Nice work on the hitch, CB. I’d love to find a deal like that to make myslef a mobile rig for my Bobcat 260 efi, and compressor and toolbox.
Keith's Truck Service is in PA. East Freedom area
That is a nice truck frame. You guys are spoiled down there...There is nothing left of a truck like that up here in Canada
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Can you use the Arc Captain on this job?
Sure could have
How far forward of the centerline of the axle did you put the center of the ball? I have a similar project coming up with my 93 F350 can and chassis with a flatbed. Thanks for the great video!
Sorry I don't have an exact measurements for that but I think you should be able to get a pretty good idea from watching the video....I don't have that truck here to get an actual measurement of it
where the safty chain hook,ele plug.
Customer is doing that when he builds the rear bumper...he can fabricate but he just didn't want to tackle the hitch & bed...
My hoist made easy work of dealing with the truck bed...if he had to lift that with a tractor it would have been more of a hassle and more risk of damage
Not flimsy crab then i would say fabricated by someone who new what they were doing. Not (hina 💩
Nice work! I never tried, but did you use the special cutters for drilling through two layers? I figured if you did you might have mentioned it in the vid.
I used the standard mag drill slug cutter bit...the one that cuts like a hole saw