Repairing a Cronkhite tilt bed equipment trailer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2025
- Our favorite landscaper has destroyed yet another trailer for us. The salt and snow didn't help this trailer either. It is time to repair it and make it safe for the road once again. I also have an update on the dump trailer I repaired a few weeks ago. He has been hard at work destroying that as well!
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So now we know where those LAID OFF Baggage Handlers from O'hare are working !
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I believe even they might take better care of the trailer. lol
@@vehcor REALLY?
The best part of the week, BBF only at Vehcor.
Thanks!
Definately 😎
You should pre-fabricate bolt-on rear wedge ramps.
Next year, you only need to unbolt them, replace them and refurbish the old ones.
Knowing them the mating surfaces would be broken somehow.
So...as an automotive technician of 51 years , I look forward to seeing your rebuilds done on time and completed. I too have performed many total rebuilds through years using the very techniques that you have been using. I commend you on your thoroughness. Please keep up the great work.
you can hear this trailer screaming for mercy every time its used. those are the sounds it makes. no mercy is to be granted.
I cant get enough of these videos Scott, ive watched ever one you posted, thanks for your humor and awesome content
Thanks for the support!
I really like watching these. It's kind of like being given a pile of rocks and being told to put this bridge back together. Without being given the rocks.
Those guys could break an anvil with a feather pillow!
Now we need a video from you Wes
They would break both the anvil and the pillow! These guys are pros!
Or maybe tear up a crowbar in a sandpile?
Honestly Wes, I thought I'd come to the wrong channel.
You probably dont give a shit but if you're bored like me during the covid times you can watch pretty much all of the new movies on InstaFlixxer. Been streaming with my brother these days xD
In Maine, pre-rusted parts usually cost more because they blend so well.
That rust belt trailer patina!
@@vehcor Should have put in some cavity wax, Scott, for shame haha.
I was replacing the ABS sensor on my mom's car last weekend and discovered someone had cut and spliced the main wires from the loom to the sensor. My first thought was, "Somebody's been here before!" Turns out they just twisted the wires and taped them up. Well, I discovered the cause of the intermittent ABS light. Wish I had found that before buying a new sensor.
I own a landscaping company with 9 employees. Am never at job sites because I spend 80 hours a week at the shop fixing what they break …..I gave up a long time ago trying to explain how to properly do things .
I understand, so does the owner. Repairs just become a cost of doing business.
Their landscape work must be awesome. Thanks for sharing
Could slide a piece of pipe over the leaf bolt like a sway bar link. Would let you tighten the nut and lock it down without worry of crush.
Bolts down battery box
Vehcor: That's not going anywhere...
Landscaper: And I took that personally.
@vehcor thank you for another great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
I recently bought a 1992 Hurst 10K tilt trailer that has spent it's life in NW Illinois. The frame and deck seem to be in much better condition than this one you're working on, thankfully.
My first project is cutting of the garbage winch mount plate, and building a receiver hitch for my winch.
Much more to do on it later, with all new brakes and rewiring the lights. I might even add a break away brake set up to it 😎
An easy Day Scott! My yard man says a tool is to get the job done as fast as possible. Sometimes you have to forgo the tool.-- YIKES!. Looks like your Landscaping crew wrote the playbook.
But Return business is always good! Always fun to watch your fixes! Rich
That Illinois rust looks a whole lot like Upstate NY rust. Our pizzas are different, but rust is rust.
You said it! And we even have our own corruption here in ny
Happy trailers to you until it’s bent again, happy trailers to you the work will never end, happy trailers to you it’ll be in your shop again. Happy trailers to you the afternoon crew needs to lend a hand.
That ramp design is perfect! For Texas not salt belt
I love these videos. We can say I'm kinda hooked on trailer videos..
The land of corruption and rust! Love it. Those guys are really hard on equipment!
Watching your videos is so soothing!
Thanks, I enjoyed the video, and the humor. Please keep up the good work.
Many chuckles watching this one.
Even the spare tyre has a decent looking gash in it. They really do take the destruction as a personal goal :)
I think the gash is what designated it as the spare. lol
Just bought an item from your store. Trailer plug holder. Great idea!
Wooooo..hooooooo.. Scott gets to be the destructo wreck em fixer upper. I saw your enthusiasm from the 1st minute in to make this back to glory. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and be well.. ill catch you some fish from the OBX.
Trailer repair... You're right... this is a "Boring Build Friday"! LOL I'll still try to enjoy it. I like your work.
Instant hit the like button and shared. Always happy to see a trailer rebuild video here. 😉🙂
I love your sense of humor
I don't work on cars so Scott's build techniques that he shares are not useful. The sarcasm techniques are why I'm here. They are extremely useful. I put them to use daily.
Only you Scott, could make fixing up a trailer fun and entertaining to watch.We have a couple of farm trailers and try as you might some time shit just happens when you use them,oh and goats and horses find wiring quite tasty.Horse piss is quite the catalyst for some good old weight reduction and We never found a fender we coudnt smash, a tail light we couldnt break or a jack we couldnt drag off.So I can totally relate.Keep up the good work.
Landscaping is brutal job. 12 hour days minimum during peak season. Scarfing down burgers and energy drinks in the truck between locations.
Snap-On bearing leaf! Too funny! Keep up the comedy, I can help but giggle like a kid watching your videos!
and for the low price of $5.27 a week for a year
@@chrislongbeard Yea I caught that. Cant wait until Friday!
Nice -- Flat trailer turned into Box trailer and spare tire jumped from the side to the Center Must of been the NOME !!!!
Great job,thanks again for sharing.
I'm surprised you didn't use at least 3/16'' for the ramp replacement... seeing how the landscapers use the "if it fits, it ships" method.
When Scott says "don't ask"...we know, man...we know.
Sometimes I wish I could witness the destruction!
21:14 someone did his arm day 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Wow, that salt does some damage. It's almost like the US auto industry have shares in salt companies. We use grit in my country, so glad when seeing this video. What a mess. I wondered why you didn't paint it until I saw the one month later video.
our likes worked , you got Snapon , you are welcome :D
Just another day at the office,nice work as always,thought it was just me that uses anything at hand to handle bearings away from picking up dirt.
Love the trailer videos, keep it up 🤘🏻
love those rinky dink supports. guaranteed repeat work!
hope you are up on all your shots working on that deep rust .
I just got my rabies shot yesterday!
At least you did not use my client Mr Spotty for target practice on the fender. He is still unsettled after you sealed him in the transmission on the last build.
from the Netherlands thanks for the video Scoot
Whats about using a washer to prevent losing bolts?
That was pretty cool. I wonder if it would help to add some drain holes in the tops and bottoms of the new ramps that way the guys can really wash them out? I suspect the centers lasted longer because the could rinse out the salt better.
No better trainer than the cattle prods!
5:49 I’m a little disappointed you didn’t try your favorite body panel removal tool.
Scott... You totally missed your calling as a standup comedian!!! haha JWS- Jackknife Warning System. Training and an electric cattle prod!!! haha
From the sound of it, I'm certain my dentist owns a die grinder.
Better than an air chisel I guess!
If this were listed for sale would the ad read' "rust in the typical areas"? :)
You find the best Rusty things to repair
To get a wheel back on that mount - you CAN do it. I am assuming you change a flat. Therefore no resistance as the rubber flexes. Fill it up with air after mounting.
When I saw the title, I figured there would be a Walter Cronkite reference appearing somewhere ("and that's the way it is, repairing a tilt bed equipment trailer that almost bears my name - too bad I can't collect any royalties from it")
Scott, that’s “not going anywhere” groundworkers, hey guys he’s challenging us again
I was so disappointed, I didn’t get to see cavity wax being put inside that ramp assembly
They would probably scrape that right out of there anyway...lol!
They will destroy it before it can rust! lol
Leaves are on sale in the fall... You have humor, Scott.
I was laughing through this the whole time.
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Nice work
You have such fancy tool to get that sheet metal up.
Great builds on vehicles
Looks like your hands full repairing trailers
You ever try marine type grease
For wheels and works on chassis if you apply
Only suggestion
Keep up good builds
God bless
Keep safe
In all my years as a equipment mechanic I have never seen lithium grease used for wheel bearings.
its miracle whip
You must not work on marine equipment. This is made for boat trailers with axles regularly submerged in water. It has been better than the most expensive synthetic wheel bearing grease for this company.
@@vehcor That is interesting. I've seen the blue-ish stuff but not familiar with this.
@@vehcor we use water proof grease for those applications that is formulated for use in water . It sticks to everything and if you get it on cloths it’s there forever. It’s hard to get off your skin too.
@@georgedunham6833 isnt that stuff called Vaseline?
Nice fix.
Top job again
Thanks!
Great video
Always use tompac bearing grease. In our stuff keeps water out great.
I can only imagine this company at work on a demolition contract...
Good Job
I live I Southern Illinois I understand rust.. Good video
Nice video wondering what's the best way to put cab corners in a 1995 k1500
Have a look at Fitzee's Fabrications. He's got a lot of useful videos on rust repairs.th-cam.com/channels/6JPmJ_aicru8XPWr3EvJnw.htmlvideos
I like the trailer content!
Beating that fender was quite Satisfying, lol
Do they rinse off the road salt with salt water in a pressure washer??
Yes and then soak it in a salt water tub! 😂
Good afternoon Scott, I don't know what your labor rate is, but around here they would have thrown it over the hill at the recycling center and called it quits. My buddy had his car trailer in similar shape and it cost him 2500 dollars for the maintenance and paint. Take care and good luck.
Your weather sounds just like ours, in Ottawa Canada. But coming from Ottawa, I am hearing a little drama Queen.
laughed my ass off at the update at the end
Great video, thanks for making another one, if rust is such a problem, why no rust protection inside the ramp boxes?
Didn't feel like spray painting the inside of the new ramps? or are the ramps already going to outlast the rest of the trailer
"That's not going anywhere"
Challenge accepted!
Tip-o-the-day....put bearing & grease in a ziplock bag and twist ;-)
My old man was a pipeline welder but took in project like this as an afternoon project. He would have broken out the cutting torch and big angle grinder and been done in about two hours.
He only used a wire feed to weld rust repair panels on cars.
And you said that one of these days that you would retire,but think about all the excitement you would be missing working on other peoples shit.then you would be really boring.please keep your day,night ,weekend jobs.that way I would have to find another way to entertain myself and I’m to lazy to do that.great video as always,keep it up.😎😎😎👍👍👍
I didn't know they made trailers out of Cheetos. Oh wait, that used to be called rusted steel. My bad. At first I thought King Kong used the end of it as a toothpick. LOL.
Everything metal turns into a cheeto around here! lol
Great Job!!! Thank You... :-)
If the trailer brakes are electric, do the brake shoes actuate evenly?
I couldn't believe it , but upon moving to a state where salt is used that stuff even corrodes aluminum
You are hilarious my friend 🤣
I need remplace ac condenser Explorer 2018 3.5 turbo i need take radiator and fans? For that job
Those guys used to work at R&D for the army testing durability.
shouldn't you put some holes in that bottom plate to let the water out? Or would that actually let the salt in more? I'm from Texas, we drive our trailers until they are old and completely broken in 20 or 30 years mostly without any repair.
I think it's recommended to back off the axle nut around a 1/4 turn after tightening. Gives a little room as things heat up. Also, did you adjust the brake shoes?
I am so glad I live in Texas. We just have to worry about tire sun damage. And idiot drivers. But our trailers last and don’t rust out.
It could be a lost cause but it could use a trip to the sandblaster and a coat of zinc primer
Jack of trades……Scott!
Lol! Thanks Scott!
Does my son work there? Looks like my trailer after he borrows it!