Sherwin williams has a color called cyber grey. It's a lovely royal blue in the light and almost black dark grayish in low light. It's wild and plays tricks on people.
How about combining the two comments above? Paint the roof white then have the word 'Demolitia' in custom reflective tape? In my opinion, it would look awesome for drone shots. Just a thought.....
Spray the floor with white Rhino Liner, bonds well with wood and it will give it some insulation, it will also make clean-ups easier if the car you are hauling is leaking after a burn-out. Spraying the bottom of the trailer also will help as well, black liner will absorb the heat and make the ramp hot as hell if you leave it down. Also, paint the roof of the trailer with Liquid Rubber (name brand) white RV roof coating, it's solar reflective, it runs around $400 for 5 gallons,I put 3 coats on my RV roof and my A/C run time was cut in half. (South Carolina which also gets very hot and humid)
Rhino Liner is a great idea. It’s tough as hell and provides insulation as well as being easy to clean. I was thinking just do the bottom but you’re right on doing the floor too. Doing the interior walls might be overkill but Matt would never have to worry about accidental damage. White might be lame but as an interior color it can’t be beat for being able to see what you’re doing without having to run the lighting. Even with the lights on having colored walls can mess with your color vision- “Bring me the blue box.” “It looked blue inside the trailer.”
Try reflective silver paint on the trailer roof to reduce solar heating. Or solar electric panels with an air gap between the panels and the trailer roof.
Solar panels on the roof, with an air gap is asking for trouble. It will act as wing, allowing air to travel under it, which will create lift. That lift carries with it a HUGE risk of ripping the entire thing off. Wind/air is no joke. To a human it is not that big of a deal; standing still, the air just travels around and over us. But at 60+MPH, things change. Just look at tornadoes, they rip through houses like they are made of paper. Once you get past 60mph wind speeds things start to get really weird.
TRick I learned from my dad, if you are parking the trailer on asphalt, get a roll of indoor outdoor carpet to keep the asphalt cool around the trailer saves on keeping it from radiating up through the floor. And you leave less tools behind if you work on a floor covering you roll back up and bring with you.
Matt, for 'plugs' for that hole.... you hit on it when you put the hitch in instead of the winch. Weld up a little table to slot in there when deployed, or a coat rack, etc. Endless accessories. Also, safety-cable a hitch pin to the bar in the generator hutch, so there's always one right there to use.
Matt, that interior hitch.. an idea for when the trailer is your office... the generator is RIGHT there, make the 'hitch cover" with a standard 110 outlet and some usb charging ports. Some quick-connects on the inside and you have a hitch cover / power station.
@@bryp88, YEP, a mini-split unit would work! Those silly portable/moveable inside AC units with their exhaust hoses are a joke in anything but a very mild summer climate...and even then they DO NOT COOL efficiently at all.
Cooling tips. Paint the outside silver, white or some shiny paint instead instead of matte-black. Sure, black looks cooler, but dark matte colours absorb heat like a fuddermother.
@@xxxm981 That is ABSOLUTE GENIUS! Good call @xxxm981 ! Matt, do this. You know it makes sense. Your nards and pits with be thankfull for the lack of moisture in the long run!
Matt no matter what you will need a much bigger AC unit. I have tried doing the same thing in my trailer. Yes insulation helped but needed more AC to keep it cool through out the day.
He could probably run a second portable unit off of that one generator and it would help a lot. What would help the most though is not having any doors open, which I'm sure there is always one open.
Congrats on the dominating win! You are blessed to have such good people around you to bring your dreams to reality-- Clint and Jenna, Mikey the Madman, the Holden Bros, and the Camera Meister! (I'm sure I'm missing someone... hey, get in the video if you want to be noticed!). Thanks for continuing to include us ordinary citizens in your projects and endeavors...
Paint the interior Battleship Grey. It keeps the theme of the Demolitia and would look really cool. OD Green would look good too. And “ Hell Yeah Brother “ it was worth it for that trophy and the memories that come with that trophy. That’s the most important part. You should start a photo album to carry in the trailer. Put photos and trophies from events. Put dates on the back of the photos. This will help you keep the memories in order as you get older and for your kids. They’ll appreciate it one day. Hope this helps. Hope you have a great day with your mom today.
I just love the crew you have working with you. It seems they jump in on any project Matt dreams up. From office work to grunt work they are there and seemingly having a good time too.
Big bonus, the inside of the trailer will be much more pleasant noise-wise at a race track. Someone else mentioned the white frp they use in commercial kitchens for the inside and i agree. Also mentioned is the white roof and lighter colored exterior base color. Makes a huge difference.
they make a roll on insulation for RV's and campers called Hy-Tech Bus Kote thermal insulating paint get that and roll it on the top it will make a HUGE difference.
Need to insulate the floor too. Lot of heat radiates up from the concrete/blacktop. Can use polyurethane expanding spray foam (waterproof) from underneath maybe?
Put a mini split in for your A/C. Plenty of vids on UA-cam of people that convert cargo trailers to campers. They mount the mini split condenser to the front of the trailer and put the trailer door unit up on a wall.
@@leftyeh6495 my in laws have a cheapo 400 dollar split system mounted on their caravan for the past 5 years and zero issues. It's travelled all around Australia aswell
The amount of difference vinal wrapping the black parts white on the trailer will make in the direct sunlight is HUGE. I just went thru it with my heavily insulated truck camper. The insulation will help, but the white paint or wrap will help more. And white will be cooler to the touch than silver for sure, I tried both.
For the winch mounting it high like that maybe good so you’ll be able to start the pull into the trailer but you may want to think about adding a snatch block mount on the floor near the winch so you can redirect the cable lower to be able to keep pulling the vehicles in without damaging them or their trim/paint. Just an idea sir. And hell yeah it was worth it! Burn the tires off 🔥!
Recommendation Matt regarding the set-up of your air-conditioning unit. I had a similar style of air-conditioner that I bought for my house with accordion plastic duct work that runs from the back of the air=conditioning unit up and out the window, in your case some exhaust port in the roof of your trailer. I got rid of my portable air-conditioner because the accordion plastic duct work was poorly insulated and the hot exhaust air was heating the plastic and releasing the warm air back into the space I was trying to cool. To reduce that heat transfer inside the trailer you need to develop a plan to insulate the accordion plastic duct work maybe with R20 pink insulation rapped around the duck work with a covering of plastic and duct tape or something else that will give you excellent insulation around your portable air conditioning accordion duct work. Remember wherever you install your air conditioning unit, it needs to be clear of your winch cable.
Great work, but why wouldn't you make a cubby or door to connect pin and wires to winch it would be so much better than going outside. It doesn't need to be very big and you could mount a plug connector in it too kinda like an rv does.
Hey Matt I insulated my trailer also, I used weight lifting / exercise rubber mats to put on the floor they interlock, 1/2 inch thick works very well to keep heat/ cold out.
For interior trailer colors, you could do a light gray base with the brown/orange Desperado colors/logo or the olive/black Demo Ranch colors/logo on top of it. Orrrr.... you could do Desperado on the outside and Demo Ranch on the inside or vise versa.
Commented this in the video of adding air conditioner. That black out in that sun even with insulation will make the air conditioner work so much harder and still only get cold at night.
From someone who did the exact same thing for insulation on a Florida trailer. Insulate the floor as well. Spray foam insulation from underneath works well.
I would hire a muralist and have them paint some realistic outdoor scenes. Likes hills and grass and trees and mountains in the distance, some real bob ross stuff. Blue sky up above etc. itd make it seem like your space was bigger than just a normal trailer size. Plus, how relaxing would that be?
Haze Grey…gives you the option to have anything on the walls and it won’t clash… and definitely need to paint the floors with the rhino/truck bed liner of your choice. Don’t forget the ramp. All that work will go to waste if the ramp is rotted out from getting rained on or messed up from car fluids. Painting the roof with a good RV paint does help with the a/c. We had to redo our rv in 2019. And I’m gonna say “Hell yeah!!! Definitely worth it!!” No matter what you go through, the fun you have is worth the work you’ve done; trophy 🏆 or no trophy.
How to paint a box? Just hire or invite the coolest graffiti artists. Let them make you a piece of art inside. You've already started decorating the outside of the trailer.
Problem is with a low car is dragging on that stuff as you pull it in. I have pulled enough destroyed racecars in trailers to tell you nothing mounted to floor and winch as close to the floor as possible.
Better to use drop hitch adapters instead since the trailer is so long it is better to start the tow higher so that the cable clears the front lip like Matt said. Otherwise the cable will rub against the front of the trailer.
@@homebrewracer almost all car /equipment/toy haulers and trailers have flush mounted hinged rings or tie down points that can be used as redirects to run your winch line through.
Matt, you can get insulation that is like foil, meant for brick walls, put that on top of the floor, and then put some thin flooring on it, like laminate, so it doesn't get tore up, it will help a lot.
For the hitch receiver if you are using say a 2”x2” HSS, it should pass through a 2”x4”x1/4” HSS and be welded on both sides. That way it pulls on both sides of the HSS under load instead of just one side. This is one of the strongest structural connections. Just my advice as a ticketed welder. Cheers.
HELL YER BROTHER! Totally worth it. If you really want to make it feel cool inside paint it with a nice beach scene, might feel hot but then it'll feel like you're just kicking back on the beach. Just a bunch of blue waves, some sand and a few green palm trees.
28:10 DUDE! Do a electroluminecent custom paint job! If you know somebody who can do that, you could have different layers that'll light up with different switches!
I have the exact same winch setup, super versatile. Not only for front or back of any vehicle and trailers, you can also put receivers on the wall or floor of your shop to pull broken vehicles in. Might not be necessary with the size and layout of your shop but someone else can take this idea too
How about mounting shade cloth sail panels across the roof of the trailer? Air gap plus blocking the sun. The shade cloth could be mounted on a similar system dump trucks use to cover loads. And white FRP panels for the interior of the trailer and you can get it from Lowes or Home Depot. Used on walls in commercial kitchens.
Use the mesh tarps from Harbor Freight as awnings for shade on your black trailer. The mesh doesn't catch the wind too bad and you don't have to roll them in every time the wind comes up, and if your roof is black paint it white. It'll still look cool.
Matt, consider Rhino Lining or similar your entire trailer roof and down the curved corners halfway or so, it would greatly reduce the overall heat radiating to the inside of the trailer and making the headroom area when someone is standing up a lot lower. And actually doing thin galvanized steel layer on the entire interior wood floor and then a thick coat of white Rhino Liner would greatly reduce the radiated heat coming up through the floor from blacktop, concrete, even a gravel parking lot in the summer. It's definitely worth thinking about since you use your trailer a lot and you do take it to some very hot places. ;)
Epoxy the floor black, a nice Harley orange for the walls, and flat(?) wrap the ceiling with something cool like a Demo Ranch and Despardo Ranch combo logo.
I definitely agree with all those comments. Painting the roof either reflective, white or even solar panels with an air gap. But you're getting so much heat from that black roof.
Paint the roof with EP Henry Tropi-cool, reflects like 97% of light, used it on our warehouse roof and it makes the building feel air conditioned in the dead of summer in NC
I love my 6.0! She totes my 18’x80” pressure washing trailer with no problem! 500 gallon water tank and 100 gallons of chemicals plus two commercial machines and various gadgets so she sits probably over 7-8k when loaded with water.
White. Easy to touch up, brightens the interior the best, and reflects heat instead of absorbing it. You can also paint a mural or do a signature wall or something cool
Can we all just give a moment of appreciation for Jenna. What an amazing asset to your channel she is. Gets stuck into any project you have going without hesitation. Salut!
They make a roof coating for mobile home / RVs, c*** in 5 gal buckets that's pretty thick stuff. It really helps keep the heat off RVs, what comes in a few different colors, I've used the white and it works the best for me.
Have fun with all that polyiso. I've seen my share. I coated my bus roof, with a product from Uncle Henry, when I was doing bus stuff. Its a white reflective coating, that performs as well as the best pvc roofing I've worked with. I forget what it was called, exactly. But, the orange place carries it. Reflects over 95% of u. v. rays.
The sun doesnt shine on the bottom, however wherever you park, the heat will radiate up. So even if the blacktop is covered by your trailer, the surround blacktop will radiate to underneath and continuously heat up from below. I would use some spray liner, maybe something like rhino. Or you could use something like corebond and spray the underside of the trailer.
Hey Matt, we have a darker house because of the way the windows are facing, we went with a light sky blue and that makes it so much much brighter inside.
Put refrigerator coils into your water cooling tank on the Ranchstang. As far as finding a plug for the trailer hitch in the front of the trailer, they sell all kinds of cool looking ones for them.
Need some spray foam for the gaps in-between the C-channel struts and to reseal the split in each if your boards along with any gaps remaining behind the plywood sheets and the insulation.
Looks like you have enough room for some bubble insulation in addition to the foam. I used it on the ceiling of my garage as a quick inexpensive way to keep heat in. Worked pretty good. Should work in reverse to keep heat out.
Rhino line over the plywood in the whole inside we do it with our work trailers and it’s awesome to be able to hose it out!!! I believe you can make it different colors
They make a silicone coating you can paint the roof of the trailer and it will keep a lot of the heat out I think it’s like Henry’s Tropi-cool. I’m sure there is other brands as well but I know people who do bus conversions to RVs (tiny home) use it and it helps
Matt, I do HVAC for a living. Not only insulating will help but that hose that comes off the back of the portable AC is very hot... if you can get that to come out the side of the trailer and a short run that will cause less heat. Also just as a rule of thumb, every 400 square feet of not well insulated area, you need 1 ton of cooling or 12K BTU. With that back door open, I'd double it, whatever your number it.. Hope it helps ya.
Hey Matt, instead of walking all the way outside to put the pin in the winch, just put a hinged door on the inside so you can reach through to put the pin in.
The A/C unit discharges conditioned air outside. That air is then replaced with hot air from the outside. You should use a "window shaker" or something similar.
Matt you need to make Reese Hitch covers with dimmer ranch on them and then you would have a proper cover for that Reese Hitch when it’s not being used. And Congratulations on your big win!!!!
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I would love to have gotten these ..no way can afford them..maybe some day
I enjoyed the Journey Matt!!! Hell Yeah Brother!!!
Those rubber horse stall mats on the floor for insulation but they are heavy, shoot just put a Thermo-king unit on the front, that'll do it.
Sherwin williams has a color called cyber grey. It's a lovely royal blue in the light and almost black dark grayish in low light. It's wild and plays tricks on people.
paint the trailer white or reflective silver, Í´d go with silver match the old el Chromino
Paint the top of the roof of the trailer white, it will help reflect the sun.
Instead of white they sell a reflective paint for roofs
He should still have a few cans of El Chromino
How about combining the two comments above? Paint the roof white then have the word 'Demolitia' in custom reflective tape? In my opinion, it would look awesome for drone shots. Just a thought.....
Use Henry's silicon roof paint. It is 95% reflective and will work the best to reflect the heat
Those are my exact words!!! Why are so many trailers are painted black???
Spray the floor with white Rhino Liner, bonds well with wood and it will give it some insulation, it will also make clean-ups easier if the car you are hauling is leaking after a burn-out.
Spraying the bottom of the trailer also will help as well, black liner will absorb the heat and make the ramp hot as hell if you leave it down.
Also, paint the roof of the trailer with Liquid Rubber (name brand) white RV roof coating, it's solar reflective, it runs around $400 for 5 gallons,I put 3 coats on my RV roof and my A/C run time was cut in half. (South Carolina which also gets very hot and humid)
Rhino Liner is a great idea. It’s tough as hell and provides insulation as well as being easy to clean. I was thinking just do the bottom but you’re right on doing the floor too. Doing the interior walls might be overkill but Matt would never have to worry about accidental damage.
White might be lame but as an interior color it can’t be beat for being able to see what you’re doing without having to run the lighting. Even with the lights on having colored walls can mess with your color vision- “Bring me the blue box.” “It looked blue inside the trailer.”
yeah this right here as for inside color id say a light OD green or even Nardo grey
Hy-Tech Bus Kote thermal insulating paint thats the good shit
Try reflective silver paint on the trailer roof to reduce solar heating. Or solar electric panels with an air gap between the panels and the trailer roof.
The panels are also more efficient if there is airflow underneath
Just good gloss white enamel paint will make a huge difference in temperature
I came down here thinking how disappointed I would be if this wasn't the first comment.
Solar panels on the roof, with an air gap is asking for trouble. It will act as wing, allowing air to travel under it, which will create lift. That lift carries with it a HUGE risk of ripping the entire thing off. Wind/air is no joke. To a human it is not that big of a deal; standing still, the air just travels around and over us. But at 60+MPH, things change. Just look at tornadoes, they rip through houses like they are made of paper. Once you get past 60mph wind speeds things start to get really weird.
@@danielduncan6806 I've seen many with an "air dam" at the front of the array to keep air from getting under the panels at highway speeds.
TRick I learned from my dad, if you are parking the trailer on asphalt, get a roll of indoor outdoor carpet to keep the asphalt cool around the trailer saves on keeping it from radiating up through the floor. And you leave less tools behind if you work on a floor covering you roll back up and bring with you.
Matt, for 'plugs' for that hole.... you hit on it when you put the hitch in instead of the winch. Weld up a little table to slot in there when deployed, or a coat rack, etc. Endless accessories. Also, safety-cable a hitch pin to the bar in the generator hutch, so there's always one right there to use.
Mikey is a freaking genius. That was a great idea with cutting the panels.
That hole for the winch is glorious. You should call it the glory hole.
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@@doctorb.5893 If she is not a burlesque dancer, she is wasting a golden opportunity.
@@MetaalMeerkat stripper on sunset
Glorious
I see what you did there...lol
Matt, that interior hitch.. an idea for when the trailer is your office... the generator is RIGHT there, make the 'hitch cover" with a standard 110 outlet and some usb charging ports. Some quick-connects on the inside and you have a hitch cover / power station.
You might want a snatchblock on the floor of the trailer so once you pull a lower car over the ramp you can get the cable under the bumper
Just commented the exact same thing and I see yours lol
Yep, the cable angle is gonna pull the front spoiler off the Stang.
I’d recommend putting a rooftop AC unit on like a camper has. Easy to install and much better units than portable ac units. Great content!
Yes. Those portable unit don’t do much when pushed to the limit. That hose will radiate heat back into the trailer. RV A/C is a great idea
A mini split would be super simple to install in there as well with the compartment in the front of the trailer.
@@pops55650, NOPE, they don't!
@@bryp88, YEP, a mini-split unit would work! Those silly portable/moveable inside AC units with their exhaust hoses are a joke in anything but a very mild summer climate...and even then they DO NOT COOL efficiently at all.
Cooling tips. Paint the outside silver, white or some shiny paint instead instead of matte-black. Sure, black looks cooler, but dark matte colours absorb heat like a fuddermother.
this is why they paint the tops of school buses white
Better even, get IR reflective paint (you could even make it yourself, there is how tos on youtube)
@@xxxm981 That is ABSOLUTE GENIUS! Good call @xxxm981 ! Matt, do this. You know it makes sense. Your nards and pits with be thankfull for the lack of moisture in the long run!
Funny enough, all of those stickers will help cool it too
And then put RGB LEDs everywhere so it can be whatever color you want.
Matt no matter what you will need a much bigger AC unit. I have tried doing the same thing in my trailer. Yes insulation helped but needed more AC to keep it cool through out the day.
He could probably run a second portable unit off of that one generator and it would help a lot. What would help the most though is not having any doors open, which I'm sure there is always one open.
Mini split!!!!!!
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He needs a regular window ac unit mounted up there with the wench. Those roll around things are a glorified vacuum cleaner.
He definitely needs a bigger AC instead of that swamp cooler or portable AC. 4 of those won’t cool as good as a window unit.
Congrats on the dominating win! You are blessed to have such good people around you to bring your dreams to reality-- Clint and Jenna, Mikey the Madman, the Holden Bros, and the Camera Meister! (I'm sure I'm missing someone... hey, get in the video if you want to be noticed!). Thanks for continuing to include us ordinary citizens in your projects and endeavors...
Paint the interior Battleship Grey. It keeps the theme of the Demolitia and would look really cool. OD Green would look good too. And “ Hell Yeah Brother “ it was worth it for that trophy and the memories that come with that trophy. That’s the most important part. You should start a photo album to carry in the trailer. Put photos and trophies from events. Put dates on the back of the photos. This will help you keep the memories in order as you get older and for your kids. They’ll appreciate it one day. Hope this helps. Hope you have a great day with your mom today.
Battleship Grey interior would be awesome!
I agree with the rino lining the floor you wont be disappointed.
I just love the crew you have working with you. It seems they jump in on any project Matt dreams up. From office work to grunt work they are there and seemingly having a good time too.
Keeping the demolitia and your brothers memory alive.
Big bonus, the inside of the trailer will be much more pleasant noise-wise at a race track. Someone else mentioned the white frp they use in commercial kitchens for the inside and i agree. Also mentioned is the white roof and lighter colored exterior base color. Makes a huge difference.
I was thinking the same thing. The white FRP is a perfect and tough lining for that trailer.
they make a roll on insulation for RV's and campers called Hy-Tech Bus Kote thermal insulating paint get that and roll it on the top it will make a HUGE difference.
Need to insulate the floor too. Lot of heat radiates up from the concrete/blacktop. Can use polyurethane expanding spray foam (waterproof) from underneath maybe?
Put a mini split in for your A/C. Plenty of vids on UA-cam of people that convert cargo trailers to campers. They mount the mini split condenser to the front of the trailer and put the trailer door unit up on a wall.
If they're not made for it they fall apart in short order.
Just because people on UA-cam are doing it doesn't make it a good idea 😂
@@leftyeh6495 Yeah, a regular RV roof top unit is always the best bet.
Stop acting like you know everything
@@leftyeh6495 my in laws have a cheapo 400 dollar split system mounted on their caravan for the past 5 years and zero issues. It's travelled all around Australia aswell
The amount of difference vinal wrapping the black parts white on the trailer will make in the direct sunlight is HUGE.
I just went thru it with my heavily insulated truck camper. The insulation will help, but the white paint or wrap will help more. And white will be cooler to the touch than silver for sure, I tried both.
For the winch mounting it high like that maybe good so you’ll be able to start the pull into the trailer but you may want to think about adding a snatch block mount on the floor near the winch so you can redirect the cable lower to be able to keep pulling the vehicles in without damaging them or their trim/paint. Just an idea sir. And hell yeah it was worth it! Burn the tires off 🔥!
HELL YAH BROTHER! Thank You Matt, Mere, fam, extended Fam, Dr and Mrs Lee. Thank you Demo and Off, Renovation and Desperado.
The exhaust on the ac unit you were using is 140degrees outside of the hose, get a roof unit
YEP.
Matt if you put air ride suspension in the ranchtang you can raise it when transporting and then lower to desired for burnouts
Mikey with all the good ideas on this project
Recommendation Matt regarding the set-up of your air-conditioning unit. I had a similar style of air-conditioner that I bought for my house with accordion plastic duct work that runs from the back of the air=conditioning unit up and out the window, in your case some exhaust port in the roof of your trailer. I got rid of my portable air-conditioner because the accordion plastic duct work was poorly insulated and the hot exhaust air was heating the plastic and releasing the warm air back into the space I was trying to cool. To reduce that heat transfer inside the trailer you need to develop a plan to insulate the accordion plastic duct work maybe with R20 pink insulation rapped around the duck work with a covering of plastic and duct tape or something else that will give you excellent insulation around your portable air conditioning accordion duct work. Remember wherever you install your air conditioning unit, it needs to be clear of your winch cable.
Great work, but why wouldn't you make a cubby or door to connect pin and wires to winch it would be so much better than going outside. It doesn't need to be very big and you could mount a plug connector in it too kinda like an rv does.
Definitely the right way.
Hey Matt I insulated my trailer also, I used weight lifting / exercise rubber mats to put on the floor they interlock, 1/2 inch thick works very well to keep heat/ cold out.
_HELL YEAH BROTHER!!_
Totally worth it!!
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HELL YEAH BROTHER!
HELL YEAH BROTHER!! DO IT AGAIN !!!!
For interior trailer colors, you could do a light gray base with the brown/orange Desperado colors/logo or the olive/black Demo Ranch colors/logo on top of it.
Orrrr.... you could do Desperado on the outside and Demo Ranch on the inside or vise versa.
White walls with big red horizontal stripes (opposite of ranchtang with a blue floor to ceiling demo ranch logo in the middle. Would look sick.
Paint it GLOW IN THE DARK GREEN!!!!!!!
Paint the roof and sides white!!😊 And YES! TOTALLY WORTH IT!❤
Commented this in the video of adding air conditioner. That black out in that sun even with insulation will make the air conditioner work so much harder and still only get cold at night.
Matt, paint the insides with light turquoise. Awesome color.
Like a 50's color scheme. Classic vintage car color.
Paint the roof white itll do wonders for deflecting heat instead of absorbing it
PAINT IT RACE YELLOW ON THE INSIDE!!!🤩🤩🤩
Paint the trailer a Sunset with red on the bottom orange in the middle yellow on the top
I like the solar panel roof idea.
That would produce a serious amount of energy!
Paint it white, don't be like Disney!
From someone who did the exact same thing for insulation on a Florida trailer. Insulate the floor as well. Spray foam insulation from underneath works well.
Closed cell spray foam on the underside would work perfectly.
I would hire a muralist and have them paint some realistic outdoor scenes. Likes hills and grass and trees and mountains in the distance, some real bob ross stuff. Blue sky up above etc. itd make it seem like your space was bigger than just a normal trailer size. Plus, how relaxing would that be?
Haze Grey…gives you the option to have anything on the walls and it won’t clash… and definitely need to paint the floors with the rhino/truck bed liner of your choice. Don’t forget the ramp. All that work will go to waste if the ramp is rotted out from getting rained on or messed up from car fluids. Painting the roof with a good RV paint does help with the a/c. We had to redo our rv in 2019.
And I’m gonna say “Hell yeah!!! Definitely worth it!!” No matter what you go through, the fun you have is worth the work you’ve done; trophy 🏆 or no trophy.
How to paint a box? Just hire or invite the coolest graffiti artists. Let them make you a piece of art inside.
You've already started decorating the outside of the trailer.
Plus try to keep the heat down is if you take that chalky black off the off the outside
You might want to mount the winch a LOT lower so you don’t rip up the front of whatever you’re pulling into the trailer.
Install a snatch block somehow to the floor n run the winch thru it
Or a rederict pulley mounted in center of the floor below the fairlead
Problem is with a low car is dragging on that stuff as you pull it in. I have pulled enough destroyed racecars in trailers to tell you nothing mounted to floor and winch as close to the floor as possible.
Better to use drop hitch adapters instead since the trailer is so long it is better to start the tow higher so that the cable clears the front lip like Matt said. Otherwise the cable will rub against the front of the trailer.
@@homebrewracer almost all car /equipment/toy haulers and trailers have flush mounted hinged rings or tie down points that can be used as redirects to run your winch line through.
redo it with led lights while you have the wood off of it! will lighten that thing up soooo much better.
Take the trailer to an insulation place and they were spray foam the bottom side of the trailer for you.
Did the cave colapse?
I want more cave content!
Same
nope, Mikey was inside at the time and pushed the ceiling back up again to stop it from collapsing.
Matt, you can get insulation that is like foil, meant for brick walls, put that on top of the floor, and then put some thin flooring on it, like laminate, so it doesn't get tore up, it will help a lot.
28:08 so "white" is lame and "black" is cool? You sound like Disney!
Paint it white, it will look by far the best and be most functional!
For the hitch receiver if you are using say a 2”x2” HSS, it should pass through a 2”x4”x1/4” HSS and be welded on both sides. That way it pulls on both sides of the HSS under load instead of just one side. This is one of the strongest structural connections. Just my advice as a ticketed welder. Cheers.
HELL YER BROTHER! Totally worth it. If you really want to make it feel cool inside paint it with a nice beach scene, might feel hot but then it'll feel like you're just kicking back on the beach. Just a bunch of blue waves, some sand and a few green palm trees.
That wench set up is gonna rip this trailer apart 👍
Yeah wenches been tearing up stuff for years, oh wait you mean winches.
28:00 so "black is cool", 28:08 and "white is lame"?
Do you work for Disney?
28:10 DUDE! Do a electroluminecent custom paint job! If you know somebody who can do that, you could have different layers that'll light up with different switches!
painting the rooftop white would help heat quite a bit, but a game changer will be chrome paint or a chrome wrap, that will cool it significantly.
I have the exact same winch setup, super versatile. Not only for front or back of any vehicle and trailers, you can also put receivers on the wall or floor of your shop to pull broken vehicles in. Might not be necessary with the size and layout of your shop but someone else can take this idea too
How about mounting shade cloth sail panels across the roof of the trailer? Air gap plus blocking the sun. The shade cloth could be mounted on a similar system dump trucks use to cover loads.
And white FRP panels for the interior of the trailer and you can get it from Lowes or Home Depot. Used on walls in commercial kitchens.
BACK IN YOUR CAVE! NOW
I second this
Might as well have the trophy mounted in the trailer
Use the mesh tarps from Harbor Freight as awnings for shade on your black trailer. The mesh doesn't catch the wind too bad and you don't have to roll them in every time the wind comes up, and if your roof is black paint it white. It'll still look cool.
Matt, consider Rhino Lining or similar your entire trailer roof and down the curved corners halfway or so, it would greatly reduce the overall heat radiating to the inside of the trailer and making the headroom area when someone is standing up a lot lower. And actually doing thin galvanized steel layer on the entire interior wood floor and then a thick coat of white Rhino Liner would greatly reduce the radiated heat coming up through the floor from blacktop, concrete, even a gravel parking lot in the summer. It's definitely worth thinking about since you use your trailer a lot and you do take it to some very hot places. ;)
Epoxy the floor black, a nice Harley orange for the walls, and flat(?) wrap the ceiling with something cool like a Demo Ranch and Despardo Ranch combo logo.
I definitely agree with all those comments. Painting the roof either reflective, white or even solar panels with an air gap. But you're getting so much heat from that black roof.
Paint the roof with EP Henry Tropi-cool, reflects like 97% of light, used it on our warehouse roof and it makes the building feel air conditioned in the dead of summer in NC
I love my 6.0! She totes my 18’x80” pressure washing trailer with no problem! 500 gallon water tank and 100 gallons of chemicals plus two commercial machines and various gadgets so she sits probably over 7-8k when loaded with water.
We put 2x4 on top of roof air gap then 1/2 4x8 plywood painted while, then some tie down eye hooks
White.
Easy to touch up, brightens the interior the best, and reflects heat instead of absorbing it.
You can also paint a mural or do a signature wall or something cool
BTW: we LOVE our RAYCONS! Bought a set for my daughter in 2020 for college ~ she graduated 4 days ago and the RAYCONS are still running strong!
Can we all just give a moment of appreciation for Jenna. What an amazing asset to your channel she is. Gets stuck into any project you have going without hesitation. Salut!
They make a roof coating for mobile home / RVs, c*** in 5 gal buckets that's pretty thick stuff. It really helps keep the heat off RVs, what comes in a few different colors, I've used the white and it works the best for me.
Put light gray speaker box carpet on walls and ceiling. Very durable easy to clean and more insulation.
Also make sure the type of light bulbs you are using are leds that run cool. One 100 watt light bulb puts out a lot of heat.
Have fun with all that polyiso.
I've seen my share.
I coated my bus roof, with a product from Uncle Henry, when I was doing bus stuff.
Its a white reflective coating, that performs as well as the best pvc roofing I've worked with.
I forget what it was called, exactly.
But, the orange place carries it.
Reflects over 95% of u. v. rays.
The sun doesnt shine on the bottom, however wherever you park, the heat will radiate up. So even if the blacktop is covered by your trailer, the surround blacktop will radiate to underneath and continuously heat up from below. I would use some spray liner, maybe something like rhino. Or you could use something like corebond and spray the underside of the trailer.
Hey Matt, we have a darker house because of the way the windows are facing, we went with a light sky blue and that makes it so much much brighter inside.
Put refrigerator coils into your water cooling tank on the Ranchstang. As far as finding a plug for the trailer hitch in the front of the trailer, they sell all kinds of cool looking ones for them.
Need some spray foam for the gaps in-between the C-channel struts and to reseal the split in each if your boards along with any gaps remaining behind the plywood sheets and the insulation.
Kelly green reflects light the best. That’s why at places like Mount Vernon (Washington’s home), the dining room was a very nice Kelly green.
You can put cool seal or white rhino liner on the floor to help insulate it a bit plus help with clean up and leak spotting.
Looks like you have enough room for some bubble insulation in addition to the foam. I used it on the ceiling of my garage as a quick inexpensive way to keep heat in. Worked pretty good. Should work in reverse to keep heat out.
You could fab a step to cover the hole of the receiver, and to access the attic of the trailer.
Get the 1” foam insulation with the reflective on one side. It will be perfect for this application.
Rhino line over the plywood in the whole inside we do it with our work trailers and it’s awesome to be able to hose it out!!! I believe you can make it different colors
Black on the bottom 3’ to hide tire marks, white on the top half and black and white checkered stick down floor tiles.
spray foam around the tow hitch, its more insulation ;) weld a backing plate on.
Skip the veneer, get all diamond plate on the plywood.
Hey Matt. You can use that internal hitch for adding a vice, a bench or anything else you can think of.
They make a silicone coating you can paint the roof of the trailer and it will keep a lot of the heat out I think it’s like Henry’s Tropi-cool. I’m sure there is other brands as well but I know people who do bus conversions to RVs (tiny home) use it and it helps
Matt, I do HVAC for a living. Not only insulating will help but that hose that comes off the back of the portable AC is very hot... if you can get that to come out the side of the trailer and a short run that will cause less heat. Also just as a rule of thumb, every 400 square feet of not well insulated area, you need 1 ton of cooling or 12K BTU. With that back door open, I'd double it, whatever your number it.. Hope it helps ya.
Henry’s Tropicoat makes a HUGE difference on the roof. It’s made for trailers and RV’s. Then put Solar on top of that.
Hey Matt, instead of walking all the way outside to put the pin in the winch, just put a hinged door on the inside so you can reach through to put the pin in.
The A/C unit discharges conditioned air outside. That air is then replaced with hot air from the outside. You should use a "window shaker" or something similar.
Matt you need to make Reese Hitch covers with dimmer ranch on them and then you would have a proper cover for that Reese Hitch when it’s not being used. And Congratulations on your big win!!!!
Who's your mechanic with all the tattoos, he's cool 😎 like seeing more of him on UA-cam family
You should paint the interior using the same light gray as your Demo Ranch cap! Would look very nice!
You should paint the inside of the trailer a big mural of your burnout cars
Hell Yeah BROTHER Totally worth it. Congratulations 👏 on winning the burn out Competition.