i'm impressed with your rotisserie, it looks so simple yet handles all the weight. i had started looking up trailer builds to get ideas on building one and ran across your channel...it has helped me so much. i'm a pretty decent welder and have built a lot of things but never a trailer...thanks for the help
I like the way you’re doing the ad reads...VO with your content still playing on screen. We actually didn’t have to fast forward through the ads. Well done.
How could anyone dislike your video? Miller fans? store-bought trailer fans? aluminum trailer fans? Seriously, you are so thorough you have earned all of our upmost respect. Andrew Camrata would be overjoyed!
Stick welding isn't easy but can be very satisfying when you've mastered it, learned from my dad when I was 12. Great skill to have in your toolbox. Fantastic build, but I think The Rotisserie takes the cake. Smart use of scrap. . .impressive by any standard
Wine differentiation is an excellent EXPERIENCE. Steve O'Donnel provided the experience from his own collection of $5.00 bottles -- included many first growth Bordeaux. His collection was created by searching out of the way package stores -- I did the same from "3 for bins". Have fun sharing your experience -- remember that the only bad wine is what you spit out. Merry Christmas.
I often weld at a family member's place because I'm renting an apartment and don't have room to otherwise, but I only ever manage to go there at the end of the day and thus get little daylight time. So what I ended up doing is just make a cable with a nice powerful lightbulb at the tip that I hang over my shoulder from the back. It's great for welding, and especially since it's so close and bright, I can usually see the work even with my helmet on. Because I have a long cable on the bulb I can just hang it from a high place and get good ambient lighting that way for when I switch to grinding or lining things up. I do relatively small stuff that I can move around so shadows aren't often a problem, but lamps and electric cables are cheap and durable so you could get a few more sprinkled around. So yeah, in short if the sun going away bothers you as much as it bothers me and you just wanna keep working until people come tell you to stop grinding because they're trying to go to sleep, then perhaps give that a go. With proper lighting it might even look good on youtube
It was watching your welding...that I realized how hard I was suppose to hit the scaling off the welds. So just this weekend, I was working on turning my old car into a snow plow and I really hit those welds hard to knock off the scaling. Excellent.
I think that trailer could withstand a direct hit from a nuclear warhead. Good idea to use the metal decking. Will make the logs slide on much easier when loading them. The trailer is coming along great.
Matt I guess I am getting a big wake up call on the many people that watch your weekly video's I have been in a big part of my life a Master Machinist,welder ,electrical ,repair Small shop backhoe,bulldozer owner service and a big reloader and shooting sports as well as a ham radio operator ,and if I can't find a part I make it. Also Have a 14 in lathe and a small mill with 50 years of tooling too keep it going.I am 70 years old and it makes me feel really great that people came back to me threw your video with a remark that is with out words very dear to me. n2wjs Charlie.
Very nicely engineered and executed. Watching you work it is obvious that appearance is (almost) as important as function. I totally agree! Suggestion (although you may be way ahead of me on this): Add a second gusset behind the crossmember on the hitch arms to mount an electric winch with remote control to manhandle logs that need a little persuasion during loading or tie down. We run the wiring through felxible non-metallic liquid tight conduit like Seal Tight, using the weather tight fittings as much as possible. Water pipe or metallic tubing and duct seal is not as weather tight or as clean an installation. On heavy duty trailers we run the Sealtight inside water pipe for the longer runs down the length of the trailer to the tail, license plate, and back-up lights.
I would haul that frame to your nearest hot dip galvanizing plant. I had my frame hot dipped galvanized for a very reasonable fee and it lives outside, near the coast and it is bombproof against weather. I never need to worry about scratching it either. The heavy zinc coat is very robust. For your envisaged use galvanizing is a good option. You would need to consult with them about piercing closed spaces to avoid explosions due to air expansion.
The plant I use handles very large fabrications for stadiums, chemical plants etc. For a plant like that your frame would be easy to handle with their moving equipment and overhead gantry hoists. Any tubing that is completely closed must have two small holes drilled to allow the zinc to flow right through and out of those spaces (which you want) and to ensure no high pressure air build up which would be very bad in molten metal bath.
Wow. Your new tag line ought to be "Happy Extreme Backyard Fabrication". You are an impressive person doing amazing things. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas Jake Same. Matt you appear quite proficient. Have wondered where you honed your skills. On the job, school, military ? Nice design and choice of stock ! The rotisserie...Wow, great decision.
Who do you hang out with? I’m a fire fighter and sitting at the kitchen table with other guys we bounce idea off each other all night long. You must have ppl you talk with to get these ideas? If not, you are one smart guy.
Looking great so far! FYI if you want to save time plug welding plate onto tube in the future, depending on how thick the plate the hole definitely doesn't need to be that big. Try a couple 5/8 or 3/4 inch holes in the corners. Enough with smaller 7018 rods to get a couple passes in
The magnitude of this trailer, and building it alone proves that you are a heck of a worker, love your precision and ingenuity, your welding is great, but you did not showed the welds when you switched to mig...I am certain they are perfect...I prefer mig welding, you can go on and on, no sticks to change...great work young man! Cant wait to see the next video!
yes, but you get a thicker single pass bead with less effort and time when stick vs MIG. I do flux-core MIG welding mostly, simply because that's what I practiced on and thinner steel can be welded with MIG vs stick. I do eventually intend to practice stick welding because it's easier to weld thicker steel.
You and Mrs. Clause enjoy the holidays with your sons and daughter. The build is coming along nicely. About vertical welds, gravity has an effect. Thanks for sharing.
Nice work on the metric conversions when you are discussing the decking. Normally I just zone out when people start discussing measurements in old money.
Merry Christmas Matt. Awesome build. I hope you have that entire trailer sprayed top to bottom with LineX premium when your done. It deserves it. Can’t wait to see it at work when your finished.
Merry Christmas. 😊👍👍👍🎅 When you do the wiring . I like to use three junction boxes. 1 in front 1 between the axles and 1 at the rear . Makes things easier in the long run. And do like some. Adhere to a color code. This is the code i use . Brown is TM Yellow is LT Green is RT White is GD Blue is Brake Red is Axillary Black is back up lights. This is the code I use. What ever you use follow it For your convenience. 😊
Have a tip for you Matt Buy a big bottle for your welder. Then get an adapter to fill the little ones(flea bay) it’s way cheaper that way. I use just 100% argon so don’t need to switch around for aluminum Works fine! Just make sure your tanks are inspected during the normal intervals And watch your pressure ratings. Seems like there are more 02 bottles out there than argon so I had my tank certified and switched to the right valve at that time. You will find that some places will give you crap about titles and all that crap just look around you might need to drive a bit to get a supply house without bs.
Hi Matthew excellent video and you have a great work ethic that trailer will be so strong Merry Christmas to America from the U.K. Regards Steve U.K. London
nice job . it doesn't hurt to add extra weld like you did. but you definitely got enough weld on the coupler area. if you look at production trailers, you got it done. and your coupler channel mount seems thicker then most ive seen. which is good.
I have sawdust running through my veins and have done very little work with metal but I really enjoy watching you as you build your trailer. Very impressive. Merry Christmas!
You are awesome Matt, Merry Christmas and a great New Year, wishing you the best from the Great North West, My son is no longer in Rochester but has taken a job in Tampa Bay. but I plan to go back to Minneapolis to see some of his wife's family back there, take care and hope to see. you soon.
Most of the time I have no clue what you are talking about, but I enjoy the quality of your work and your obvious love of what you do. Merry Christmas to the entire Cremona family and many blessings upon you.
Good idea welding it in the flat or horizontal positions, a lot of fab shops would have done the same, as you can really turn up your heat and sink that weld in to get better penetration, and it’s just a lot more comfortable. We are doing something similar at our shop by flipping a dock gangway to weld in horizontal and flat, except it’s 75 feet long.
Looking great! I'm jealous already. You may want to consider enclosing the gusset at the front of the tongue so that you don't create an area that will collect debris and hold moisture against the metal there.
Matt the work looks great with all the weight of the trailer and the logs you will be hauling you might want to look into trailer breaks less ware and tare on the truck
You are an amazing woodworking, metal fabricating McGuyver, actually. You better than McGuyver 💯💯💯. Your awesome please keep the vids coming Matt🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏. I'm still learning Everytime you put up another vid. God Bless n Happy Work Dat
It's looking great Matt, thanks for taking us along for the ride. Next time (if there is a next time LOL) for your rotisserie on one or even both ends make up two round plates that have a hole in the middle to go on the pivot points, one plate is welded to the rotisserie stand, and one to the fixture you attach to the trailer. The two round plates kind of rub against each other and in any position you can put a clamp on them to stop the rotation right where you want it. You can even drill holes in the plates to just put a pin or bolt through, very easy then to position your trailer in any orientation no matter if it is out of balance or not. Merry Christmas from Tokyo Japan!
Have a great Christmas, everyone!
Si feliz Navidad para ti también, i love your ideas, great work My friend👍👍👍👍
Happy Holidays to you and your family Matt!
Matthew Cremona same for you and your family!!!!!
Merry Christmas! Thanks for sharing your metal/wood journey on youtube!
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
I built my tinyhome trailer the same way on the pivot after watching your video, thanks for the idea.
Awesome!
@@mcremona
How important is it to use rods out of the oven, as opposed to no oven?
i'm impressed with your rotisserie, it looks so simple yet handles all the weight. i had started looking up trailer builds to get ideas on building one and ran across your channel...it has helped me so much. i'm a pretty decent welder and have built a lot of things but never a trailer...thanks for the help
I like the way you’re doing the ad reads...VO with your content still playing on screen. We actually didn’t have to fast forward through the ads. Well done.
Thanks! I do what I can to make them enjoyable and/or non intrusive
That rotisserie setup is genius. Definitely going to copy that on my next trailer build if you don't mind!
go for it. thanks!
seen and used one's for cars and frames just adapted for a trailer
And if he minds you won’t copy it? Hahaha
How could anyone dislike your video? Miller fans? store-bought trailer fans? aluminum trailer fans? Seriously, you are so thorough you have earned all of our upmost respect. Andrew Camrata would be overjoyed!
Stick welding isn't easy but can be very satisfying when you've mastered it, learned from my dad when I was 12. Great skill to have in your toolbox. Fantastic build, but I think The Rotisserie takes the cake. Smart use of scrap. . .impressive by any standard
The rotisserie idea is awesome & that mini skid looks like so much fun to operate. Great work :)
Thanks!!
Wine differentiation is an excellent EXPERIENCE. Steve O'Donnel provided the experience from his own collection of $5.00 bottles -- included many first growth Bordeaux. His collection was created by searching out of the way package stores -- I did the same from "3 for bins". Have fun sharing your experience -- remember that the only bad wine is what you spit out. Merry Christmas.
Thanks Neil!
I often weld at a family member's place because I'm renting an apartment and don't have room to otherwise, but I only ever manage to go there at the end of the day and thus get little daylight time. So what I ended up doing is just make a cable with a nice powerful lightbulb at the tip that I hang over my shoulder from the back. It's great for welding, and especially since it's so close and bright, I can usually see the work even with my helmet on. Because I have a long cable on the bulb I can just hang it from a high place and get good ambient lighting that way for when I switch to grinding or lining things up. I do relatively small stuff that I can move around so shadows aren't often a problem, but lamps and electric cables are cheap and durable so you could get a few more sprinkled around.
So yeah, in short if the sun going away bothers you as much as it bothers me and you just wanna keep working until people come tell you to stop grinding because they're trying to go to sleep, then perhaps give that a go. With proper lighting it might even look good on youtube
So fortunate to have made the sawmill and trailer when you did. Steel prices these days are nuts!
It is impressive what one guy can do with some planning and ingenuity! Truly impressive work sir. I look forward to the next phase.
Thanks!
Your video reminds me of myself. It's real out there you're in your yard making things happen I believe in you dude!
thanks!
Usually I pass over welding videos but I am quite intrigued on this trailer build. Nice job!
Good job Matt, it's really starting to look like a trailer and not a bunch of metal welded together. Bring on the next video! !! !!!
Thanks Mark!
What a fantastic idea to be able to spin it around.
It was watching your welding...that I realized how hard I was suppose to hit the scaling off the welds. So just this weekend, I was working on turning my old car into a snow plow and I really hit those welds hard to knock off the scaling. Excellent.
Dude. Excellent idea with the turning jacks or horses.. That was a unique move.
I love stick welding 7018. Pure joy.
Vertical-up stick is all about slowing down. It will look like it's dripping down, but that's just the slag.
Thanks for sharing that, heavy duty, good for you!
I think that trailer could withstand a direct hit from a nuclear warhead. Good idea to use the metal decking. Will make the logs slide on much easier when loading them. The trailer is coming along great.
this guy has a brush for his trailer merry christmas everyone love u
The trailer rotisserie is amazing
Matt I guess I am getting a big wake up call on the many people that watch your weekly video's I have been in a big part of my life a Master Machinist,welder ,electrical ,repair Small shop backhoe,bulldozer owner service and a big reloader and shooting sports as well as a ham radio operator ,and if I can't find a part I make it. Also Have a 14 in lathe and a small mill with 50 years of tooling too keep it going.I am 70 years old and it makes me feel really great that people came back to me threw your video with a remark that is with out words very dear to me.
n2wjs Charlie.
This video is awesome! Welding, trailers, dudes....they just go together. 👍🏻👍🏻😎😎
Cool young man great job
thanks!
I love Matt's Metal Working page!! =)
Building it for D-Day. Wow going to handle monster logs with ease.
Darin Bicknell makes military equipment look crappy
OOOHH the many jokes rolling round in my head from that comment!!!
Trailer is looking good man.
Love your rotisserie design, quick n easy and strong. I to am building a trailer and want all the weld in a flat position.
This is a very heavy duty trailer for sure!
That steel deck, wow! Good thing you bought the big truck!
Great work! Thanks for taking the time to make, film, edit and share.
7018 is a perfect choice for trailer fabrication
Nice work with the frame/tongue fish plate!
Very nicely engineered and executed. Watching you work it is obvious that appearance is (almost) as important as function. I totally agree!
Suggestion (although you may be way ahead of me on this): Add a second gusset behind the crossmember on the hitch arms to mount an electric winch with remote control to manhandle logs that need a little persuasion during loading or tie down. We run the wiring through felxible non-metallic liquid tight conduit like Seal Tight, using the weather tight fittings as much as possible. Water pipe or metallic tubing and duct seal is not as weather tight or as clean an installation. On heavy duty trailers we run the Sealtight inside water pipe for the longer runs down the length of the trailer to the tail, license plate, and back-up lights.
I'm pretty sure you'll be able to transport a small tank when you're done. Excellent job.
I would haul that frame to your nearest hot dip galvanizing plant. I had my frame hot dipped galvanized for a very reasonable fee and it lives outside, near the coast and it is bombproof against weather. I never need to worry about scratching it either. The heavy zinc coat is very robust. For your envisaged use galvanizing is a good option. You would need to consult with them about piercing closed spaces to avoid explosions due to air expansion.
I’m waiting to hear back from them. Not exactly sure what to expect
Cool Matt
Never realized you can hot dip something that large. This answers my previous reply comment on rust proofing under the decking I suppose.
The plant I use handles very large fabrications for stadiums, chemical plants etc. For a plant like that your frame would be easy to handle with their moving equipment and overhead gantry hoists. Any tubing that is completely closed must have two small holes drilled to allow the zinc to flow right through and out of those spaces (which you want) and to ensure no high pressure air build up which would be very bad in molten metal bath.
Wow. Your new tag line ought to be "Happy Extreme Backyard Fabrication". You are an impressive person doing amazing things. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Excellent work like always!!! ⛰🦅
thanks!
Awesome build and great design. Can't wait to see the finished product. I picked up a couple of pointers watching your weld construction. Thanks.
Merry Christmas Jake
Same.
Matt you appear quite proficient. Have wondered where you honed your skills. On the job, school, military ? Nice design and choice of stock ! The rotisserie...Wow, great decision.
I enjoy your videos. You seem to have the right tools for each task.
Thanks!
Thank you for your TH-cam channel and may you and your family have a Very Merry Christmas.
Can’t wait until the next video
Who do you hang out with? I’m a fire fighter and sitting at the kitchen table with other guys we bounce idea off each other all night long.
You must have ppl you talk with to get these ideas? If not, you are one smart guy.
Looking great so far! FYI if you want to save time plug welding plate onto tube in the future, depending on how thick the plate the hole definitely doesn't need to be that big. Try a couple 5/8 or 3/4 inch holes in the corners. Enough with smaller 7018 rods to get a couple passes in
Get a needle gun to get the slag out super easy
Have a great holiday!🎉🎊🎁
Hey you have a Frenchie. We have 4 of the little buggers and each has a unique personality.
Trailer coming along nicely
thanks!
Merry Christmas Cremona Family! Now 2 observations, your neighbors must hate you, Lindsey must be an angel.
The magnitude of this trailer, and building it alone proves that you are a heck of a worker, love your precision and ingenuity, your welding is great, but you did not showed the welds when you switched to mig...I am certain they are perfect...I prefer mig welding, you can go on and on, no sticks to change...great work young man! Cant wait to see the next video!
Thanks Tony! You can see them when I was cutting the rotisserie mount on the back
yes, but you get a thicker single pass bead with less effort and time when stick vs MIG. I do flux-core MIG welding mostly, simply because that's what I practiced on and thinner steel can be welded with MIG vs stick. I do eventually intend to practice stick welding because it's easier to weld thicker steel.
Trailer is looking good. Merry Christmas
Thanks!
Like I said before, excellent planning! Great job Matthew Cremona
You and Mrs. Clause enjoy the holidays with your sons and daughter. The build is coming along nicely. About vertical welds, gravity has an effect. Thanks for sharing.
If u dontpratice vertical up where u can’t see it u won’t learn
that's some very nice work there buddy
That’s a cute skid steer
Nice work on the metric conversions when you are discussing the decking. Normally I just zone out when people start discussing measurements in old money.
Alan Livingston you mean freedom units right lol 😂
eric Rotermund “normally I zone out when people starting discussing measurements in freedom units”
Merry Christmas Matt. Awesome build. I hope you have that entire trailer sprayed top to bottom with LineX premium when your done. It deserves it. Can’t wait to see it at work when your finished.
That's heavy duty!
I see you're all decked out for the holidays.... Merry Christmas to you and your family Matt! 😃👍🏻🎄👊🏻
Thanks Fred! You too!
This is what I saw about a month ago ! Nice job Matt.
Merry Christmas. 😊👍👍👍🎅
When you do the wiring . I like to use three junction boxes. 1 in front 1 between the axles and 1 at the rear . Makes things easier in the long run. And do like some.
Adhere to a color code. This is the code i use .
Brown is TM
Yellow is LT
Green is RT
White is GD
Blue is Brake
Red is Axillary
Black is back up lights.
This is the code I use.
What ever you use follow it
For your convenience. 😊
Have a tip for you Matt
Buy a big bottle for your welder.
Then get an adapter to fill the little ones(flea bay)
it’s way cheaper that way.
I use just 100% argon so don’t need to switch around for aluminum
Works fine!
Just make sure your tanks are inspected during the normal intervals
And watch your pressure ratings.
Seems like there are more 02 bottles out there than argon so I had my tank certified and switched to the right valve at that time.
You will find that some places will give you crap about titles and all that crap just look around you might need to drive a bit to get a supply house without bs.
Hi Matthew excellent video and you have a great work ethic that trailer will be so strong
Merry Christmas to America from the U.K.
Regards
Steve U.K. London
nice job . it doesn't hurt to add extra weld like you did. but you definitely got enough weld on the coupler area. if you look at production trailers, you got it done. and your coupler channel mount seems thicker then most ive seen. which is good.
Thanks! I used a channel pressed from 1/2" plate vs 3/8". The cost was about the same.
You are a very good welder. Great work 😊
Love the rotisserie. I have built 3 trailers now and that would have come on handy. Nice work.
Looking Good Matthew... Merry Christmas to you and all your family
I have sawdust running through my veins and have done very little work with metal but I really enjoy watching you as you build your trailer. Very impressive. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, That is one good looking trailer. Can not wait to see all the workings take shape
You are awesome Matt, Merry Christmas and a great New Year, wishing you the best from the Great North West, My son is no longer in Rochester but has taken a job in Tampa Bay. but I plan to go back to Minneapolis to see some of his wife's family back there, take care and hope to see. you soon.
Most of the time I have no clue what you are talking about, but I enjoy the quality of your work and your obvious love of what you do. Merry Christmas to the entire Cremona family and many blessings upon you.
A very Merry Christmas to you and your family. Very nice job on the trailer, can't wait for the finished product.
Good idea welding it in the flat or horizontal positions, a lot of fab shops would have done the same, as you can really turn up your heat and sink that weld in to get better penetration, and it’s just a lot more comfortable. We are doing something similar at our shop by flipping a dock gangway to weld in horizontal and flat, except it’s 75 feet long.
Wow! Good job man!! 🤠👍
Looking great! I'm jealous already. You may want to consider enclosing the gusset at the front of the tongue so that you don't create an area that will collect debris and hold moisture against the metal there.
Merry Christmas Matt
Matt the work looks great with all the weight of the trailer and the logs you will be hauling you might want to look into trailer breaks less ware and tare on the truck
My old trailer had brakes as will this new one. Thanks!
Hi Matt, best wishes for a Merry Christmas to you and your family.👍❤️
Thanks Giovanni!
thank you Matt .happy holidays
Best wishes Matt and thank you very much for an entertaining and very informative channel. More in the future I hope!
Thanks!!
And of course MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!
Merry Christmas Matt to you and your Family.
As far as the welding ,a E-7024 would have been a good choice being though you positioned everything in the flat position..great job..
Matthew is a metal/wood worker Par Excellence
just wanna say one thing other than this a great build. Get it galvanized! the only real way to protect all of your hard work.
Thank you!
It is worth investigating Matt. Less maintenance in the long run. You will need to drill more drainage holes in the frame first.
Merry Christmas to you and your family! Enjoying the build!!!
That is one hell of a tough trailer build. With the angle of the back of the deck and frame it reminds me of a 1958 Chrysler Imperial rear end.
Another great video. Thank you! )))
nice stands great work!!!
What a genius!
Well done 👍
Merry Christmas to you and your family and that trailer looks great.
Awesome my man great work
Whole lotta weldin' goin' on!
You are an amazing woodworking, metal fabricating McGuyver, actually. You better than McGuyver 💯💯💯. Your awesome please keep the vids coming Matt🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏. I'm still learning Everytime you put up another vid. God Bless n Happy Work Dat
We christen thee Urban Logging Land Cruiser - USS Cremona. Looking Great, #MassiveMatt! #MerryChristmas, Cremona Crew!
Qué buen trabajo y muy buenas herramientas, y se ve que excelente soldador y algo que asombra es qué trabaja solo sin ayudante.
Matt, you are a perfectionist and the welding certainly demonstrates that. A very Merry Christmas to you and your family..
Thank you Dean!
It's looking great Matt, thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Next time (if there is a next time LOL) for your rotisserie on one or even both ends make up two round plates that have a hole in the middle to go on the pivot points, one plate is welded to the rotisserie stand, and one to the fixture you attach to the trailer. The two round plates kind of rub against each other and in any position you can put a clamp on them to stop the rotation right where you want it. You can even drill holes in the plates to just put a pin or bolt through, very easy then to position your trailer in any orientation no matter if it is out of balance or not.
Merry Christmas from Tokyo Japan!