I was a mechanic at a heavy truck shop. I built a few boxes like that. The cut-aways on the sides is an old trick, but a great update to yours would be to paint the hooks to know which are long and short chains. I also put chunks of 8" pipe inside vertically to house each long chain. That kept all chains from covering others and making them heavier than need be. One thing I think you goofed on is making the cut-aways too deep. It looks like you could steal chains from your box. Maybe your not worried about that, but a few of our long haulers went to some pretty sketchy places. Like you said, it can always be re-welded and changed. Always loved coming up with better things and making them work!! My boss was sure shocked at all of our drivers telling him how much they liked the new chain boxes. Yeah, the boss thought I was wasting time.. Showed him!!!!
You guys might want to paint the hooks on the chains or the first couple links to indicate which ones are the long ones and which ones are the short ones. It will wear off, but something easy to do to save you from rummaging through all the chains.
“When you got a small deck, you gotta use the whole deck” lol, that’s what she said. In all seriousness, I love that you thought through the problem and realized opportunities and made changes! So many people just live with problems and never look for positive changes. Great work and always think about ways to make life easier for you and others in your circle! Merry Christmas!!!
"I've seen worse. It's not that bad, but I've seen worse. When is MBTS going to be back?" As much as we love to see MBTS's welding skills, it's nice to see everyone else putting in the work regardless of what level you are at. Honestly, Captain Kleeman did a mighty fine job. And it was DP Approved!
Maybe that cylinder could be used for a dump truck. I haven't made it that far in the Captain Kleeman video library, but I've seen the thumbs for the custom-built dump truck. I'll find out what cylinder is used when I get to those particular videos.
I watch to see if I would do it that way. At first I couldn't se your vision, then about a quarter way in, I thought brilliant. Great job Mike, you dah man.
Excellent thought process(es) there for sure. Love that chain idea, that makes it whole lot easier. It would be cool to see the fork mast mounted up and ran - just once before salvaging begins.
Cap’n, that low profile on the front of the trailer opens up a lot of loading options. I liked your clever solutions. Keeping the binders organized and inside the box is a smart move. I’ve never seen a mud flap that stopped all the dirt and grime from showering the trailer! Now about that forklift mast… if the cylinder doesn’t work out on your dump trailer… you can make a log splitter that will split whole logs! Or, install it as a lift on the main mast of the TH-cam yacht! Think of the wind you’d catch. Or, weld a flag pole on the top and just run it up to full height when you want to show off… from your place, it’ll be the highest flag in Derby! That was a great find… the possibilities are endless!!! I hope you have a wonderful family Christmas!
Mike and DP. Thank you for some wonderful content this year. Both your videos have been a joy to watch. Merry Christmas. From Jack and Family from Brisbane Queensland Australia.
Cuttin & Weldin how much more fun can a guy have??? Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. You were one day ahead of yourself. This Thurs and manyana is Christmas Eve. We are going to Indy tomorrow to be with our daughter and her hubby.
Well, looking back at the bell tower, I'll have to admit I was rrrr, uh, rrrro, rrronnnn, er wrong. Oh that hurt 🤣😂. I had suggested leaving the patina, but after seeing how beautiful it is all painted up by the pond I gotta say well done. Thank you for the videos. Hope you and the family have a wonderful and joyous Christmas. God Bless. John here, from the back-roads of Northeastern TN.
Good ideas on the chain box. It's kind of counter-intuitive, if you have a small deck, you have to use the whole deck, but it pays to have a big, organized box too. Hope the Derby gang has a healthy and Merry Christmas.
Capt. Kleeman, you be you and I keep being suspense for the next episode of the Capt. Kleeman homestead show hope you and the family have a fabulous Christmas 2021 see yah next year 🎉 God bless from South Carolina viewer
At my age “SLO-MO” is perfect!!!!🤣😂🙄 nice job on fabbing the chain box for ease of function. That is a good way to learn welding and fabrication. Nicely done sir. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
$350 was well worth the steel you gave for it. I can see several projects in that piece . DP’s shop was the cleanest I’ve seen in a while. Good way to say thanks btw.
Your creativity when it comes to fixing things is amazing! Been trying to figure out your cap & what it means/stands for. Quite interesting. Love your channel Captain! Keep ‘em coming!
Hey CK! This is Sean, please clean up my tape measure, I'll pick it up when I come for my last check. Thanks! 🤪 Hope I can catch a bit of your live vid after you and your family celebrate Christmas! Really enjoy your humor and great attitude! You make by day!! 👍
That was a really good buy. I thought your welds looked pretty good. You are like a lot of us homesteaders. Jack of all trades and master of only a few but we make do. Merry Christmas and God bless you and the family
The key to fabricating new things and storage solutions is.. it's never right the first time or the second time or the third time... It's when you finally get tired of modifying it and decide it's good enough!!! LOL love the videos love your attitude. Wish you and your family and friends a Happy and prosperous New Year.
Just a note on your remote mic, I found out, for myself anyway, it's just as easy to slip a small digital recorder in my shirt pocket with a mic plugged into it and then sync it up with the video in my editor. I used to hunt and move the sound to try to get them synced up but then I found this magical "Auto-Sync" function and that made it my go-to for around the shop and forging vids. Oh yea, and I refer to it as not fabricate but fabricoble.
Mike Merry Christmas to you and your family I hope you have a great Christmas keep up the great videos I don't care what anybody says you doing a good job you did a good welding job too also God bless all you and your family as always and stay safe and keep out of trouble and have a great day this is Bob from Vero Beach Florida God bless also I hope you take my advice about your Roundtable and make part of it a Welding Table so you can weld better okay ciao for now hopefully I'll catch you for your last screen on Sunday if you have it
A couple of thoughts (sorry, not very deep ones). Seemed like when you were welding you were raising your hand a little in a tapping movement rather than following the seam in a line (but you got it stuck together regardless). And maybe hang both hooks of the long chain on box edge (less chain length to remove and less chance of loose hook catching anything). Harry's Business and a Happy New Beer.
Great job on the trailer clean up, I had to laugh when you were bouncing thru the ripper marks in the parking lot because when I saw DP testing it there I was thinking "wont that make the lot rough" and sure enough it did lol also proud of the way you guy look after each other Merry Christmas!!
Capt, you did pretty damned good for on the fly fabricobbling. reused as much of that hassle headache rack, found solution to chain storage problem. only thing that would drive me nuts is the chain hooks sliding back forth. maybe weld in stop tabs to keep the chain hooks from wanting to slam from one side to the other?
Off by one day, the video appeared on Dec 23, not Christmas Eve. Lol. You've been working so hard, you lost track of time. Anyway, I love your videos. Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🎄👍
Chains and binders are always a Pain in the butt too keep organized on a Trailer. You did a good job getting them straightened out. The forklift front end. I figured You would either put a 3 point hitch attachment on it. So You could hook it up on the back of your tractor. Or the Skidsteer bucket attachment like you talked about, only using it all too make your little tractor into a forklift..LOL.You could take one lift out so you can use that part for your road Drag. All just suggestions. Great Video...
Your getting to be a good fabricator Mike, Mike , you and your Family have a great Holiday season, be safe, and until the next video, May you have a Blessed weekend🙏🙏🙏🌲🌲🌲
Always looking forward to seeing your videos. I want to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas. Thanks Captain for bringing us along. Stay safe
Herry Christmas eve eve to you and your family. I like the chain box improvements. Good luck on your fabrication projects. Remember welding is an art that you get better with practice.
Fabricating is exactly what you were doing! You take a two dimensional object, and turn into 3 dimensional reality!
You did a great job & checked in with the Boss too. Excellent.
Thank you!
Sparks flying in slow motion is always cool!😁
💪
Pretty nice
Thanks captain appreciate the help
No, thank you!
You're both wrong as it's THANKS TO "BOTH" of YOU!!!
Appreciate You Having us Along, Catch You On The next One. Keep It Safe Out There
I was a mechanic at a heavy truck shop. I built a few boxes like that. The cut-aways on the sides is an old trick, but a great update to yours would be to paint the hooks to know which are long and short chains. I also put chunks of 8" pipe inside vertically to house each long chain. That kept all chains from covering others and making them heavier than need be. One thing I think you goofed on is making the cut-aways too deep. It looks like you could steal chains from your box. Maybe your not worried about that, but a few of our long haulers went to some pretty sketchy places. Like you said, it can always be re-welded and changed. Always loved coming up with better things and making them work!! My boss was sure shocked at all of our drivers telling him how much they liked the new chain boxes. Yeah, the boss thought I was wasting time.. Showed him!!!!
Letting the shop time slide, is a class move Captain Kleeman ! I'm sure Mike will take note, and keep treating you like the valued employee you are.
You guys might want to paint the hooks on the chains or the first couple links to indicate which ones are the long ones and which ones are the short ones. It will wear off, but something easy to do to save you from rummaging through all the chains.
I laughed out loud at 16:50 when you tried to blow the fire out with your mask still on! Great idea on the binder storage. Much Better-er!
I have done that more than once 🤪
Merry Christmas to all the Kleemans, and thank you for the year-round entertainment you give us!
Still no room for plunks... the most ignored, red headed step child of the tool world...(sigh). Great video, keep 'em up!!
“When you got a small deck, you gotta use the whole deck” lol, that’s what she said. In all seriousness, I love that you thought through the problem and realized opportunities and made changes! So many people just live with problems and never look for positive changes. Great work and always think about ways to make life easier for you and others in your circle! Merry Christmas!!!
Life's too short to live with fixable problems. Merry Christmas!
@@CaptainKleeman True statement right there.
"I've seen worse. It's not that bad, but I've seen worse. When is MBTS going to be back?" As much as we love to see MBTS's welding skills, it's nice to see everyone else putting in the work regardless of what level you are at. Honestly, Captain Kleeman did a mighty fine job. And it was DP Approved!
Can't wait to see the forks on the 755 and the dump trailer creation.
Should be a good time!
Maybe that cylinder could be used for a dump truck. I haven't made it that far in the Captain Kleeman video library, but I've seen the thumbs for the custom-built dump truck. I'll find out what cylinder is used when I get to those particular videos.
I watch to see if I would do it that way. At first I couldn't se your vision, then about a quarter way in, I thought brilliant. Great job Mike, you dah man.
Thank you Todd!
Happy Christmas to you, your family and to all my co follower's! Best wishes from Norway 🇧🇻 🇧🇻
Thank you sir!
As a grandmother I didn’t hear much of your last commentary as I just kept thinking. “Go wash your face”. 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂
Happy Holliday's!🌞🇨🇦👋⛄
"FABRICOBBLE" that's what I call it as I make it up as I go along!
Love it
Excellent thought process(es) there for sure. Love that chain idea, that makes it whole lot easier.
It would be cool to see the fork mast mounted up and ran - just once before salvaging begins.
Nice Glad hand holders 😁
Wonder where a fella got something so cool and handy lol.
Improvements are great for everything. Glad we had a, hind sight and a forward thinker there at the same time!
It's a handy combination
This video is great. Comical like dirt perfect thought.
Captain great video! You’re a good man, you appreciate what others do to help you and you believe in payback! Thanks for sharing! Kevin
Thanks Kevin
It has been a real prvalidge to be able to watch the videos you have made. Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year.
Nice job on the trailer mods!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!!! And to your viewers too!
Cap’n, that low profile on the front of the trailer opens up a lot of loading options. I liked your clever solutions. Keeping the binders organized and inside the box is a smart move. I’ve never seen a mud flap that stopped all the dirt and grime from showering the trailer!
Now about that forklift mast… if the cylinder doesn’t work out on your dump trailer… you can make a log splitter that will split whole logs! Or, install it as a lift on the main mast of the TH-cam yacht! Think of the wind you’d catch. Or, weld a flag pole on the top and just run it up to full height when you want to show off… from your place, it’ll be the highest flag in Derby!
That was a great find… the possibilities are endless!!!
I hope you have a wonderful family Christmas!
Hey I like those ideas!!
Great job Captin keep up the good work buddy
Thank for watching!
happy Saturday, to you and your family.
You as well!
Mike and DP. Thank you for some wonderful content this year. Both your videos have been a joy to watch. Merry Christmas. From Jack and Family from Brisbane Queensland Australia.
Cuttin & Weldin how much more fun can a guy have???
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. You were one day ahead of yourself. This Thurs and manyana is Christmas Eve. We are going to Indy tomorrow to be with our daughter and her hubby.
Keep doing you! That's the guy we love to follow. Thanks!
Have a great day with your family. :)
Thank you!
Well, looking back at the bell tower, I'll have to admit I was rrrr, uh, rrrro, rrronnnn, er wrong. Oh that hurt 🤣😂. I had suggested leaving the patina, but after seeing how beautiful it is all painted up by the pond I gotta say well done. Thank you for the videos. Hope you and the family have a wonderful and joyous Christmas. God Bless. John here, from the back-roads of Northeastern TN.
Hey I'm glad youre coming around to the paint! Thanks for watching
@@CaptainKleeman Merry Christmas to y"all and a Happy New Year.🎄🎆
Good ideas on the chain box. It's kind of counter-intuitive, if you have a small deck, you have to use the whole deck, but it pays to have a big, organized box too. Hope the Derby gang has a healthy and Merry Christmas.
Very well said 😂
Never saw a chisel with a rubber hand protector before! I like it. I've gooned my hand more times than I care to remember. I like the organized fix.
Great Job as Always !!!
Thank you!
Make it happen Captain......
Capt. Kleeman, you be you and I keep being suspense for the next episode of the Capt. Kleeman homestead show hope you and the family have a fabulous Christmas 2021 see yah next year 🎉 God bless from South Carolina viewer
Nice. Clean. And shaven. That's how you make your deck look bigger. Merry Christmas Captain.
😂😂
Merry Christmas to the Kleeman family
Merry Christmas and thanks for the new blow nozzle you gave Mike 😂
At my age “SLO-MO” is perfect!!!!🤣😂🙄 nice job on fabbing the chain box for ease of function. That is a good way to learn welding and fabrication. Nicely done sir. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
Hahaha, hey thanks for watching and Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas 🎄 and a happy new year for you and your family., Interesting videos you have put out you hardly ever complain.. Bravo 👍.
$350 was well worth the steel you gave for it. I can see several projects in that piece . DP’s shop was the cleanest I’ve seen in a while. Good way to say thanks btw.
Love the one take outro. You are you. Don't change for no-one.
Appreciate the feedback!
So Mike did get a Ripper for Matts pond job. Nice work on the Trailer .Merry Christmas To you and the Family
Merry Christmas!
Great video, love your ideas. Great job. Wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas. Love watching.
Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas
Thanks for a great year of videos! Merry Christmas to you and your family, Mike!
Merry Christmas!
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼
Looking forward to a pond update. Still not sure how your going to get that concrete boat into the pond.+
Your creativity when it comes to fixing things is amazing! Been trying to figure out your cap & what it means/stands for. Quite interesting. Love your channel Captain! Keep ‘em coming!
Thanks for watching!
Its Engine 6
Merry Christmas Mike have a safe and happy New Year as well if I don't see any upcoming videos thank you for your content and all you do for us
Hey CK! This is Sean, please clean up my tape measure, I'll pick it up when I come for my last check. Thanks! 🤪
Hope I can catch a bit of your live vid after you and your family celebrate Christmas! Really enjoy your humor and great attitude! You make by day!! 👍
Lol, hey thanks for watching
Merry Christmas Eve.....Eve
Merry Christmas!
That was a really good buy. I thought your welds looked pretty good. You are like a lot of us homesteaders. Jack of all trades and master of only a few but we make do. Merry Christmas and God bless you and the family
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Looked good sir. That fork lift will make lots of good projects. Merry Christmas 🎁🎄
Merry Christmas to you guys!
The key to fabricating new things and storage solutions is.. it's never right the first time or the second time or the third time... It's when you finally get tired of modifying it and decide it's good enough!!! LOL love the videos love your attitude. Wish you and your family and friends a Happy and prosperous New Year.
Hahaha, love that
Have a happy and joyous Christmas to you and all your family plus a huge thank you for all your videos.
Merry Christmas and thanks for all the support!
Merry Christmas To the Kleeman family and friends!!!
Merry Christmas!
on the long chain hook the end on the second third link.
Hey kleeman. Just a thought!i would try to put the boomers on eder side of the bed next to every hook point along the bed!!?
Good video as always, keep it up 👍👍👍😎😎😎
Thanks for watching!
Just a note on your remote mic, I found out, for myself anyway, it's just as easy to slip a small digital recorder in my shirt pocket with a mic plugged into it and then sync it up with the video in my editor. I used to hunt and move the sound to try to get them synced up but then I found this magical "Auto-Sync" function and that made it my go-to for around the shop and forging vids.
Oh yea, and I refer to it as not fabricate but fabricoble.
Now that's interesting. I may have to try that. Appreciate the tip!
I love the ripper trenches in the middle of the parking lot 🤦♂️🤦♂️
You're going to sit there and act like you weren't involved 😂
Lol
I love doing that type of "fabrication" Nice work. Also, great deal on the fork setup. My titan QA forks were over $600.
Starting working on the forks today, fingers crossed I'll have them finished in time for sunday's video
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada !.
Nice work! Congrats on the fancy new video gear and Merry Christmas to you and your lovely family!
Merry Christmas and thanks for always stopping by!
Another good video
Thanks for watching!
Mike Merry Christmas to you and your family I hope you have a great Christmas keep up the great videos I don't care what anybody says you doing a good job you did a good welding job too also God bless all you and your family as always and stay safe and keep out of trouble and have a great day this is Bob from Vero Beach Florida God bless also I hope you take my advice about your Roundtable and make part of it a Welding Table so you can weld better okay ciao for now hopefully I'll catch you for your last screen on Sunday if you have it
Tool box looks good should work fine for you
Thank you sir!
Have a Merry Christmas Kleeman family. Stay safe brother.
Merry Christmas!
Capn', you continue to amaze me. Great work. Happy holidays.
Thank for watching!
Your Good
I was thinking that you might want to install a sloped drip edge on each side of that box to keep water out... Looks good! Ron...
It has holes in the bottom to let the water out . Thanks for watching
Hope you and yours have a great holiday season. As always good luck and God Bless.
Same to you!
Man that fuel is high! Scary stuff right there! Have a Merry Christmas!
A couple of thoughts (sorry, not very deep ones). Seemed like when you were welding you were raising your hand a little in a tapping movement rather than following the seam in a line (but you got it stuck together regardless). And maybe hang both hooks of the long chain on box edge (less chain length to remove and less chance of loose hook catching anything). Harry's Business and a Happy New Beer.
Thank for watching!
Great job on the trailer clean up, I had to laugh when you were bouncing thru the ripper marks in the parking lot because when I saw DP testing it there I was thinking "wont that make the lot rough" and sure enough it did lol also proud of the way you guy look after each other Merry Christmas!!
Capt, you did pretty damned good for on the fly fabricobbling. reused as much of that hassle headache rack, found solution to chain storage problem. only thing that would drive me nuts is the chain hooks sliding back forth. maybe weld in stop tabs to keep the chain hooks from wanting to slam from one side to the other?
Merry christmas Mike and the family from Ontario Canada
Hey captain great video.merry Christmas to you and your family. even with the problems you had with this video it turn out great anyway.✌️😎👌👍🇺🇲☃️🎄
Merry Christmas!
Off by one day, the video appeared on Dec 23, not Christmas Eve. Lol. You've been working so hard, you lost track of time. Anyway, I love your videos. Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🎄👍
Calendars are hard. 😂 Merry Christmas!
Enjoy your videos , you and your family have a Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas!
Good job
Thank you!
Love the chanel and all your projects. Keep up the good work. Hope you and your family have a merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas!
I still find it amusing all the dot load securement rules that exist, but its fine to hang chains and binders by gravity/friction without a strap.
Right?
Chains and binders are always a Pain in the butt too keep organized on a Trailer. You did a good job getting them straightened out. The forklift front end. I figured You would either put a 3 point hitch attachment on it. So You could hook it up on the back of your tractor. Or the Skidsteer bucket attachment like you talked about, only using it all too make your little tractor into a forklift..LOL.You could take one lift out so you can use that part for your road Drag. All just suggestions. Great Video...
Your getting to be a good fabricator Mike, Mike , you and your Family have a great Holiday season, be safe, and until the next video, May you have a Blessed weekend🙏🙏🙏🌲🌲🌲
Always looking forward to seeing your videos. I want to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas. Thanks Captain for bringing us along. Stay safe
Merry Christmas!
Watching on Christmas Day here in Australia. Merry Christmas Mike and family.
Merry Christmas to you and your whole family Mike. Keep up with making good content and we’ll keep watching.
Merry Christmas!
👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🗽🙏🏻 Enjoyed!
Thank you Larry!
nice up gradeing on the ol trailer make it better for working. merry christmas to you and family and friends. cheers captain.
Same to yours!
The slow motion shots are like watching Captain Kleeman in The Matrix. Lol. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Merry Christmas to you Mike, Chelsea and the girls may Santa bring all that you wish for from NZ.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you too buddy.
Herry Christmas eve eve to you and your family. I like the chain box improvements. Good luck on your fabrication projects. Remember welding is an art that you get better with practice.
Thank for the support Chuck!
Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and the family!!!
Merry Christmas!
You are having to much fun 😂🤙
Good video. Merry Christmas
Same to you!