I'm in process of buying new RGN and this video is very helpful. I started with 45 ton tandem RGN then added a flip axle, then bought a single axle jeep and now I'm planning to buy a 2-3-2 combination. Keep up the good work sir.
I was wondering how this process worked. Thank you very much for doing this video! I learned a lot from it. You’re very professional. Keep up the great work!
Traded my old Diamond years ago much the same set up as your cozad. Used to detach my short neck same as you demonstrated, Old timer explained the purpose of the extended ramp, just pull your pin and let the short neck fall. Kinda terrifying the first time but it does work. Ive always ran mechanicals, Figured less weight more money. My new trailer uses airbags in the hat, saves even more weight. Have a great day.
Great video, a lot of us heavy haul guys don't want to give out the tricks of the trade. Keep up the training, I have never used a mechanical neck, I know how they work, but my 24 years of heavy haul has been with ground bearing and non-ground bearing RGN. Also have done a lot of scissor neck and flip tail as well. Great job.
Thanks, I appreciate it. I’m all about sharing, we all gotta learn from somewhere... if my tips help someone, then great! Thanks for watching, take care!
I've worked with both Tom Pistachio's (Cozad) trailers and Murray trailers. They are quite light because of their axle configurations. Unfortunately, they do not permit well as you go east. I was supposed to go to Guam for Cozad to oversee a natural gas vessel move across the island back in about 2013. Body lice are bad in Guam so I had already had all the hair removed from my body. Then Senator John McCain proposed a 30 million dollar cut to the US military budget on Guam and Guam responded by cancelling the project permits and I was left with no hair and no severance money. I mostly ran 13 axle/ 50 wheel traffic on Seibert, Liddell, and Fontaine trailers. I often worked with a pilot car driver who used to be a lady bull-hauler. One day we stopped for lunch and the waitress was a bit disrespectful to pilot car lady. She super-glued the plate, the silver ware, the glass, and THE TIP to the table. We had a big forklift that could stack both jeep and stinger on the main deck.
Gonna be running a 12 axle cozad from now on. Never run a mechanical or a cozad, so I've been looking for videos like this one to learn how its done. Up to now I've just been running hydraulic RGN for 15 years. Time to move on to bigger things I suppose!
I always carry a highlife jack for when I have to lift neck usually if blocks are slick and fall out dropping neck. Sometimes I bungee cord them in place. There are a few tricks to learn when pulling a cozad style trailer. Many guys will pull one once hate it because they don't know the tricks. It's so nice to be so much lighter then other trailers.
That’s a good idea. I do have a bottle jack that I have had to use on RGNs if the block slips and left the neck drop too low to reconnect. I’m still learning about this Cozad, Thanks for watching, and thanks for sharing your tip about the jack. 👍
I have looped a chain through holes in the neck to keep the blocks from spitting out, also pour methyl hydrate on the blocks and ramps if there is any ice or snow.
Kurt Peters I use a bungee cord around block hooked to holes, one on each side. I do it all winter. I also hit it with hammer and carry a draw knife and taper block. I keep my eye out for hardwood 3x3 or 4x4. I just moved 8 loads 200 miles to Salt Lake a week ago. Guy called today to move 2 excavators to Ely NV but I don't really want to I'm end dumping now. Fun and easier.
I saw one of these broken down in Sterling ND, they had hit an overpass with a big coil of pipe, must have broken the trailer, they had a welder out for 2 weeks it seemed patching it back together. He did an awesome job
@@GoodDayFarm, will be cool to see. I guess you did show part of the process but I commented before I watched the entire clip...and wasn’t even sure my comment was accepted. Living in a rural area with sketchy reception makes it a hit and miss proposition. I’d love to see how the Studio is set up, and what you’ve got under the hood.
Lol I always wondered how you mechanical guys did that lol. Looks like it can be a pain in the but. I luv the power towers I run one and my jeep neck is hydraulic. But the main neck is mechanical
I’m not a driver but a heavy haul trailer operator here. Looks like a slick setup, and was curious to see how you were going to deck that Jeep haha. I’ve seen setups in Canada on 10 axles that you can deck and detach the jeep/neck without a secondary removable neck. They have a horsecock(5thwhl pin) hole on the front of the trailer that allows you to winch up and insert the pin for hook up! Pretty fucking neat 😂
@@GoodDayFarm its a pintle hitch on the back of the detachable neck. You unhook and drop the jeep detach the neck from the float. Hook the pintle up to front of the jeep back it on the deck and then hook the neck back pn the float
Our trail king trailers don't have jeeps like that with detachable necks. We would have to flip the neck of the trailer itself over and then deck the jeep and then hook the trailer up. I'm pretty sure they don't have stands either which means if you are unloading by crane, you have to get the crane to hold onto the neck of the trailer for you while you deck the jeep.
Yep, most other brands are a much bigger process to self deck…. But you can do it. Hard to explain, if I even get under a trail king or something similar, I’ll do a video on that to, I’ve done it a few times, but it’s only if you’re in a real pinch with no crane or forklift to deck your hero for you.
I would say, most drivers, 99% of the time, are going to deck up either with a forklift or crane. Also, decking this way is pretty much only going to work with a set like this, where the necks a swap able…. You can do it with the other style, but is more difficult. Thanks for watching!
Murray and Aspen both have gave the driver leave the long neck on the back of the jeep and use the short neck on the lowbed when stacked. I'm guessing Rackley as well.
Great video man. I wanna offer you a suggestion that might help you out a lil. I pull a trail king 2+3+2 and I installed a air bag override on my truck to raise my neck up the extra length I needed for clearance, might work out for you so that you dnt have to do the chain deal.
So much mucking around. The Australian setup is much easier. Unhook the dolly off the float, back dolly up onto float, unhook truck, hook onto float and go
I can load about 130k in WA and be legal on all my axles, gives me a gross of around 220k But as I go east, I can load a little more. The most I have had on it was 140k, but it could handle a lot more. Trailer is rated for 150k. If I wasn’t worried about being legal, I’d be totally comfortable putting 180k on it. That trailer is overbuilt!
The song is The Demon’s Smile, by Martin Klem. I got it off Epidemic Sounds, it a service I use for copyright free music. You can also find it in Apple Music. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching. 👍
5:35 I feel so sorry for you. I ran a lowboy for years and that is all B.S. Screw all that. The trailer manufacturer should have put a stinger on all of the necks!!!!!!! There are times you're breaking apart in roadways, in the rain, on slopes... don't have time for this dangerous unnecessary chaining and pulling crap!!!!!
This is only for decking the jeep. I wouldn’t do this in a road. And I only do it I need need to get under length for an unladen permit... nit all states make you deck.
It’s not that often I have to deck the jeep, and I always have the option to use an on-site crane or forklift. This method is only for when necessary. 👍
Thanks for the video I want to make a Jeep for a tag along trailer to pull behind my coach you can see my trailer on my channel thanks for sharing your videos
Those white pinstripes on red really make the setup look special. Someone has really good taste.
Thanks! The boss man wanted to do something to make it stand out a little. 😎
I'm in process of buying new RGN and this video is very helpful. I started with 45 ton tandem RGN then added a flip axle, then bought a single axle jeep and now I'm planning to buy a 2-3-2 combination.
Keep up the good work sir.
Oh, that’s great! Thanks for watching!
You truckers sure earn every dollar you make! Thanks for keeping the country flowing! Be safe and keep the greasy side down
Copy that! Thanks for watching! Take care!
Drove 35 years in that country,thanks for video
Thanks for watching!
I was wondering how this process worked. Thank you very much for doing this video! I learned a lot from it. You’re very professional. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words.
@@GoodDayFarm You’re welcome!
Traded my old Diamond years ago much the same set up as your cozad. Used to detach my short neck same as you demonstrated, Old timer explained the purpose of the extended ramp, just pull your pin and let the short neck fall. Kinda terrifying the first time but it does work.
Ive always ran mechanicals, Figured less weight more money. My new trailer uses airbags in the hat, saves even more weight.
Have a great day.
Airbags in the top hat? Pretty cool!
Great video, a lot of us heavy haul guys don't want to give out the tricks of the trade. Keep up the training, I have never used a mechanical neck, I know how they work, but my 24 years of heavy haul has been with ground bearing and non-ground bearing RGN. Also have done a lot of scissor neck and flip tail as well. Great job.
Thanks, I appreciate it.
I’m all about sharing, we all gotta learn from somewhere... if my tips help someone, then great!
Thanks for watching, take care!
I'm in the intermodal side of trucking.
I've been training our new employees how to intermodal. Cause it's rather specialized.
You service rail yards, or ocean ports?
@@GoodDayFarm rail
Gotcha…. That’s something I’ve never done.
I've worked with both Tom Pistachio's (Cozad) trailers and Murray trailers. They are quite light because of their axle configurations. Unfortunately, they do not permit well as you go east. I was supposed to go to Guam for Cozad to oversee a natural gas vessel move across the island back in about 2013. Body lice are bad in Guam so I had already had all the hair removed from my body.
Then Senator John McCain proposed a 30 million dollar cut to the US military budget on Guam and Guam responded by cancelling the project permits and I was left with no hair and no severance money. I mostly ran 13 axle/ 50 wheel traffic on Seibert, Liddell, and Fontaine trailers. I often worked with a pilot car driver who used to be a lady bull-hauler. One day we stopped for lunch and the waitress was a bit disrespectful to pilot car lady. She super-glued the plate, the silver ware, the glass, and THE TIP to the table. We had a big forklift that could stack both jeep and stinger on the main deck.
Gonna be running a 12 axle cozad from now on. Never run a mechanical or a cozad, so I've been looking for videos like this one to learn how its done. Up to now I've just been running hydraulic RGN for 15 years. Time to move on to bigger things I suppose!
I hope this video is helpful. Being able to self deck sure can come in handy sometimes, if it gets your length down to avoid pilot cars. 👍
I always carry a highlife jack for when I have to lift neck usually if blocks are slick and fall out dropping neck. Sometimes I bungee cord them in place. There are a few tricks to learn when pulling a cozad style trailer. Many guys will pull one once hate it because they don't know the tricks. It's so nice to be so much lighter then other trailers.
That’s a good idea. I do have a bottle jack that I have had to use on RGNs if the block slips and left the neck drop too low to reconnect.
I’m still learning about this Cozad,
Thanks for watching, and thanks for sharing your tip about the jack. 👍
I have looped a chain through holes in the neck to keep the blocks from spitting out, also pour methyl hydrate on the blocks and ramps if there is any ice or snow.
Kurt Peters I use a bungee cord around block hooked to holes, one on each side. I do it all winter. I also hit it with hammer and carry a draw knife and taper block. I keep my eye out for hardwood 3x3 or 4x4. I just moved 8 loads 200 miles to Salt Lake a week ago. Guy called today to move 2 excavators to Ely NV but I don't really want to I'm end dumping now. Fun and easier.
That is a slick setup. I've only seen fixed neck jeeps the you crane on your deck after. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah, it comes in handy sometimes.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks, wasn't planning to learn so much about this operation. Very interesting. Thanks
Thanks for the comment, thanks for watching…. One of these days, I’m gonna redo this video, so I can show things in better detail.
Travis is a beast! These guys haul our Kalmar forklifts an top picks for! Nice job man!
Thanks Hank! I really appreciate that!
Damn never thought of hooking up those chains to take your boards out!!! Great idea!!!
Thanks!
That info you have on this vid is some bad ass info to drivers how has some brains!!! 💯... You made me fell stupid with this great vid!!!!!
Thanks! I’m just trying to share some tricks I’ve learned... 👍
@@GoodDayFarm bad ass info!!!! Trump 2024
I want a job like that
I saw one of these broken down in Sterling ND, they had hit an overpass with a big coil of pipe, must have broken the trailer, they had a welder out for 2 weeks it seemed patching it back together. He did an awesome job
Wow! Takes a lot to break one of these!
Thank you very much
hello. thank you. thank you. great lesson for many wanna be-s to watch. great presentation. very professional. good-dayy
Thanks!
Good man operating
Thanks! 😞
Only thing I’d have liked to see you show was the actual process of uncoupling the neck from the jeep/trailer.
Nice video.
Yeah, I need to reshoot the video, using a tripod show I can show the whole process.
Thanks for watching!
@@GoodDayFarm, will be cool to see.
I guess you did show part of the process but I commented before I watched the entire clip...and wasn’t even sure my comment was accepted. Living in a rural area with sketchy reception makes it a hit and miss proposition.
I’d love to see how the Studio is set up, and what you’ve got under the hood.
Lol I always wondered how you mechanical guys did that lol. Looks like it can be a pain in the but. I luv the power towers I run one and my jeep neck is hydraulic. But the main neck is mechanical
Definitely has its pros and cons!
@@GoodDayFarm I see lol
I’m not a driver but a heavy haul trailer operator here. Looks like a slick setup, and was curious to see how you were going to deck that Jeep haha. I’ve seen setups in Canada on 10 axles that you can deck and detach the jeep/neck without a secondary removable neck. They have a horsecock(5thwhl pin) hole on the front of the trailer that allows you to winch up and insert the pin for hook up! Pretty fucking neat 😂
Yeah, I’ve heard of something like that, but I’ve never seen... I would like to, sounds interesting.
@@GoodDayFarm its a pintle hitch on the back of the detachable neck. You unhook and drop the jeep detach the neck from the float. Hook the pintle up to front of the jeep back it on the deck and then hook the neck back pn the float
My whole life I've been using a crane to do that you just saved me tens of dollars
Haha! That’ll get ya another 6 pack!
very interesting video thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Our trail king trailers don't have jeeps like that with detachable necks. We would have to flip the neck of the trailer itself over and then deck the jeep and then hook the trailer up. I'm pretty sure they don't have stands either which means if you are unloading by crane, you have to get the crane to hold onto the neck of the trailer for you while you deck the jeep.
Yep, most other brands are a much bigger process to self deck…. But you can do it. Hard to explain, if I even get under a trail king or something similar, I’ll do a video on that to, I’ve done it a few times, but it’s only if you’re in a real pinch with no crane or forklift to deck your hero for you.
Get a tripod and show us this start to finish, and flip the stinger if your truck has that ability as well. Awesome viddy!
Yeah, I need to do that! Stringer doesn’t flip.
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful equipment!!! One day I hope to have the Chance to operate that same exact equipment, but not run and night 🤙
Haha! Hell yeah! 😎
I’m finally gonna be able to try myself 😅👽
Hell ya!
Hey man my name is Logan I'm a rigger we loaded you a few months back at ati in millersburg OR. I helped you tarp up. Saying hey drive safe!
Hey! Small world! Thanks again, I really appreciated your help with that load. Take care!
63 quick and easy steps to put your jeep on to your hauler bed.
Haha! Yep! But, it can be done if you don’t have a crane or big forklift handy. 👍
Always wondered how the decked those jeeps
I would say, most drivers, 99% of the time, are going to deck up either with a forklift or crane.
Also, decking this way is pretty much only going to work with a set like this, where the necks a swap able…. You can do it with the other style, but is more difficult.
Thanks for watching!
I like that your neck you can keep on the Jeep makes nice to be able to load yourself is cozad only company that does this
I can’t say for certain, but yes, they are the only one I know of.
It can be a pain sometimes, but definitely a nice feature.
Thanks for watching!
Murray and Aspen both have gave the driver leave the long neck on the back of the jeep and use the short neck on the lowbed when stacked. I'm guessing Rackley as well.
There is also, Siebert/ Kaylen Trailers. they have a Mech neck set up.
Question. That "rat tail" looks tiny considering the loads this setup hauls. What if that fails underload?
That’s doesn’t hold the neck on…. The collars “dog bones” do.
Great question though. 👍
Great video man. I wanna offer you a suggestion that might help you out a lil. I pull a trail king 2+3+2 and I installed a air bag override on my truck to raise my neck up the extra length I needed for clearance, might work out for you so that you dnt have to do the chain deal.
Good idea, but it would have to raise it about 10 inches, I don’t think the bags will extend that much.
@@GoodDayFarm yes sir yuod still use a board or two but it might make it a lil easier.
I’ll have to look into that, thanks.
good video
Thanks!
So much mucking around. The Australian setup is much easier. Unhook the dolly off the float, back dolly up onto float, unhook truck, hook onto float and go
This is not the American setup, just a mechanical setup. Most guys use hydraulic trailers that are much easier.
That ever cool 😎
Thanks!
👍😉
Yeah, we cheat...have a palfinger crane to deal with our Cozad and the dolly.
Haha! Yes, best way to do it!
Stupid awesome
😂🤣😂😎💪😏😊
On a good day start to finish, how long would this take? Great video
Thanks! I’ve got it down to about 45 minutes, but I’ll admit, I don’t hustle, I take my time. Unloading is a little quicker.
Wow that is a painful process!!
Haha! Yeah, but sometimes it is necessary.
how much do you charge per mile with that setup before permits and escorts?
We average around $9.00 a mile.
That’s a nice setup but it seems like a lot of messing around
Yeah, it’s not often I have to deck up like this, but when I do, it’s nice to be able to do it. 👍
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What weight can you haul legally an haul illegally but still haul
I can load about 130k in WA and be legal on all my axles, gives me a gross of around 220k
But as I go east, I can load a little more.
The most I have had on it was 140k, but it could handle a lot more.
Trailer is rated for 150k. If I wasn’t worried about being legal, I’d be totally comfortable putting 180k on it. That trailer is overbuilt!
You need a swamped!!
Swamper
Is that a 10' wide?
Sure is!
Really nice rig!!
@@calebmoen4729 , thanks!
Can you please tell me the background song you played here?
The song is The Demon’s Smile, by Martin Klem.
I got it off Epidemic Sounds, it a service I use for copyright free music.
You can also find it in Apple Music.
Hope that helps.
Thanks for watching. 👍
Thank you so much and I'm enjoying watching your channel too!
No problem, and thanks! I appreciate it!!
Are you under 80,000 lb empty?
No, roughly 83,000 with that truck, 88,000 with my new truck.
5:35 I feel so sorry for you. I ran a lowboy for years and that is all B.S. Screw all that. The trailer manufacturer should have put a stinger on all of the necks!!!!!!! There are times you're breaking apart in roadways, in the rain, on slopes... don't have time for this dangerous unnecessary chaining and pulling crap!!!!!
This is only for decking the jeep. I wouldn’t do this in a road. And I only do it I need need to get under length for an unladen permit... nit all states make you deck.
Nice job.... I’m sure you can do that in less than half the time if you just dove in and did it instead of explaining yourself to the camera 😂
Yeah, sure... I just want to make sure people watching understand the steps. 👍😎
How long u been back in WA?
I currently live in Colorado, the company I drive for is based in WA.
How have you been?
Sounds like way to much work. Australia has really easy to use heavy haulage floats.
It’s not that often I have to deck the jeep, and I always have the option to use an on-site crane or forklift. This method is only for when necessary. 👍
Thanks for the video I want to make a Jeep for a tag along trailer to pull behind my coach you can see my trailer on my channel thanks for sharing your videos
Thanks for watching... I’ll go check that out.
Seems unnecessarily complicated. Just saying. Apparently the engineer has never tried his invention more than once. lol 😂
Yeah, it’s a lot of work, but when you have to deck up, or undeck…. And there isn’t a crane or forklift, it’s handy to be able to do.