thedonleroy - Yep! My Dad was awesome! Miss him everyday. Lost my Mom in 2016 it is amazing how much you miss your folks when they are gone! I know they are in a better place. But still...
10:15 A cluster of Kuster , glad to see the three of ya together , making memories for sure. Always warms my heart when I see Dad n his two boys working side by side !
Fixing her right the first time will pay dividends for years. It will be fun to be along on the grain runs to visit beautiful WI. Good luck with the skid steer find. Both hugh upgrades to productivity. Good luck calving and be safe with those new cattle.
Truck on, wish I was close I could haul a few loads with you all. Nice job with all new parts that will last a long time and be safe and the DOT will leave you alone.
Good thing is you know your truck one end to the other, and know how to repair it. That's being an owner operator., most don't have enough since to work on their own equipment. Great job to you all.
Awesome. Get you a tube of dielectric grease and everytime you fix one of those grounds, put a light coating of that grease on there and it should help it to last a lot longer.
Ryan , since you are a new to driving semi trucks and you jumped in as a owner/driver doing all this work to the truck and trailer is a God Send in my opinion. Not only have you had your dad to help guide you through the repairs, it has given you a massive leg up on understanding your truck from the ground up! Now as you will be gaining experience as you drive if something don't sound or feel right or you get a warning light on the dash your going to leaps and bounds ahead of the average driver with the same experience as you have! By you basically rebuilding the entire brake and air systems in your truck your going to know where to look when a problem incurs, and they will happen sooner or later. But now you already know the entire system so you are far above the average driver and will know when to go Ohhhh crap or knowing when something can wait until the next repair visit. You lucky to have a dad who can teach these things before you actually need them. Be careful and safe...and you owe your dad a few beers for passing on his knowledge 😉...lol
Is everybody else is saying it is nice having a dad as smart as yours to help you work on things mine taught me a lot and I appreciate it and I still do always good to see you your dad and Travis working together toward one common goal didn't big red going for this upcoming season ready for test run down the road be safe
Good idea changing out them brake chambers, I blew one out beginning of February then blew another couple weeks back, good work nice feeling having her all road ready
Fantastic video Ryan. Its so nice to see you your dad and your brother helping on big red. Thanks again for the ahsume video. I await your next adventure
Gravel roads are hard on the hopper bottom doors. They’re usually chain and sprocket drive or rack and pinion. I usually cut off the chain, weld on new ones every year or so as they fill up with rust and dirt, which leaves no room for the sprocket teeth. If you leave it long enough it’ll break the pillow blocks the sprockets are mounted on. Give em a good cleaning and they open easily. 👍
That has to be nice to cross so much work off your "To Do" list. I'm sure you learned a lot in the process. Now you can start to focus a little more on your usual spring tasks, which no doubt will be many and under quite a bit of time pressure when conditions are right. When you bought Big Red last fall, I was excited for you. Now, after all this winter work to bring it up to standards, I think we all have a better appreciation for what it takes to keep equipment like this operational (you, most of all). Thanks for showing both the highlights and the lowlights. When you get this rig out on the road, you will know that you and your dad (with a few key assists from Travis) were responsible for all of it.
Nice vid, best option is to replace the questionable parts. Previous owner(s) did little to no maint. You guys now have a safe and dependable rig for moving grain. Cheers!
Always like your videos if you ever get bored you can now work on trucks. Lol. It's nice to know that you have done all you can to make that rig safe and dependable.. Good job
Maybe if you have a body shop friend he could buff your truck paint out with the right buffing compound.. Does amazing things. Removes the oxidized dead paint. Pretty easy. Couple of hours if somebody knows what they are doing. Wax up it of course keeps it looking good. You have a great dad. Make sure you tell him. Not many are as lucky as you and Trav.
You thank yourself in the end for doing all around repairs. It's hurts up front. But the knowledge of your truck gained by doing all this work is invaluable. You will feel things go wrong now. And be preemptive with repairs. And you have a date to go by now.
It's going to he nice to have your own truck for hauling your own grain or extra storage while in the feilds. Less tire wear(driving on the roads) and less hrs on the tractors.
Your decision to replace all parts was very wise, especially when you had it apart...now you know your truck is safe and reliable not to mention if DOT inspector stops you...all this work and expense will pay off in the long run and the truck will be great for hauling your grain...also if you haul for other farms you have a extra source of income...a wise decision...good luck!
To get the doors to open easier, take the stop out and remove the doors and clean the tract. use a dry graphite spray. Grease will make thing gum up. I work on 4 sets of Wilson doubles, and 2 sets like the one you have.
You guys will have a good running semi when you guys are all done fixing everything I wonder how it even ran you guys have fixed a lot gerat job👍👍 thanks for the videos!! 👍👍
Haha your dad looking at the brake can being in 2 different holes.. sometimes you go to work on something, and you spend half the time trying to figure out what the person who worked on it before you was thinking lol. You mentioned the brakes operating sluggish, how are your S - cam bushings? In Connecticut I get a lot of crap from DOT about having worn out or even slightly worn out cam bushings. Maybe someone said that already and I missed it I’m not sure. Also down below in the comments someone mentioned using the shop vac to hold the coolant up while you remove sensors or plugs in the engine block, that does work really well it’s a handy trick good idea
Used that same weld trick to get a big bearing race out of a concrete mixer drum frame; I had beat on that race edge for a while with a big drift punch before I found that trick on YT; came right out after.
Yes it was a big job for you folks on the tractor and trailer and you had to spend more money than you wanted too. Look at it this way when you are going down the road hauling 40 to 50 thousand pounds of grain you are going to know that things are ok because you and your family made it that way. all the work that you have done should last you many years on the farm so you made a great choice.
Great video again Ryan. I miss the farm life so much. FYI, if all you did was let the truck idle while checking the antifreeze, it not likely warmed up enough. When I was a mechanic I worked on a number of large trucks. You really need to take them for a drive and then check.
You got one a bad ass truck now for a new paint job next??? Nothing like one on one time with dad its great. Could u imagine what your grandpa say about the truck?? Thanks for the video Ryan have a good one!!!
Take care of things and do it right. Everyone loves a cowboy until you get caught. I watched my dad and he always try to do it right. The payoff it’s safe and no one gets hurt
You are really smart to make sure everything is working properly. It sounds like that truck is basically as good as new now. Question: You mentioned that you don't have a CDL. How much can you legally drive it without one? Are there only certain roads you can go on?
That took a lot of time and work. You guys must feel like you just finished a crash course in beginner truck repair. Great job, I hope she treats you right in return.
Now that you own a truck & trailer & everything comes down to cost, but you should be thinking of a concrete work pit or pad to make it easier on yourselves, plus better for the parts your fitting. The effort that you all, have put into that semi will pay dividends in the long term. Good luck with the skid steer.
If the abs light is on, it not a bad thing. Your brakes are still going to work normally just like a trailer that doesn't have abs. The only thing that will be different is the tires are going to lock up instead of pulsing if you have to step on the brakes hard. Either way the truck will stop.
I had an 06 Dodge Cummins that was overheating at a car show one night. It was at 250 for about 5 minutes. A friend of mine who was about to graduate from the CAT program at Linn Tech opened up the radiator cap and coolant blew all over his face. Had to go to graduation the next day with a few burns.
Ryan you can rebuild those brake chambers and throw them on the shelf. It’ll save you a bunch of money in the future! ****FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY*** be sure to have someone who ABSOLUTELY 10000% KNOWS WHAT THEIR DOING help you!!! If you take them apart wrong THEY CAN AND WILL KILL YOU!!! However it is safe to do if you know what you’re doing! Thanks for the video!
Perfectly legal to run with trailer abs not working. Tractor abs has to work but trailer abs doesn't have to work. Anyone who drives would rather the trailer abs works but if it goes out and the light comes on we know if it's seen we will get inspected but it's still safe and functional to drive.
It's nice to have a dad that knows a little about everything. I miss my own.
I hear ya! I lost mine in 2008.
My Dad was the same. We lost him in 2005. Still miss him.
thedonleroy - Yep! My Dad was awesome! Miss him everyday. Lost my Mom in 2016 it is amazing how much you miss your folks when they are gone! I know they are in a better place. But still...
thedonleroy - sorry for your loss!
BBDcummins sorry for your loss also. Good and Great Dads are not replaceable! Cheers to them! 🍻🍻
It’s pretty cool that you have a dad as smart as yours. Definitely a lot of respect to that man.
You are fortunate to have your dad and a friendship with your brother! Not everyone can say that,
10:15 A cluster of Kuster , glad to see the three of ya together , making memories for sure.
Always warms my heart when I see Dad n his two boys working side by side !
Ryan, you and your dad and Travis have did a great job on rebuilding the fright liner and have learned a great deal from fixing the truck nice video.
Cool to see you and your Dad doing the stuff to get the truck back to where it should be. Makes me miss my Dad for sure! Todd the retired trucker
Dads are priceless. Lost mine when I was 30. 21 years ago.
I'm sorry for your loss.
If you take off the rad cap and hold the shop vac to it you can change things like that without draining or loosing any coolent
Doesn't have a rad cap though
Fixing her right the first time will pay dividends for years. It will be fun to be along on the grain runs to visit beautiful WI. Good luck with the skid steer find. Both hugh upgrades to productivity. Good luck calving and be safe with those new cattle.
Nice video Ryan!!!
Truck on, wish I was close I could haul a few loads with you all. Nice job with all new parts that will last a long time and be safe and the DOT will leave you alone.
Good thing is you know your truck one end to the other, and know how to repair it. That's being an owner operator., most don't have enough since to work on their own equipment. Great job to you all.
It's great to see you guys all working together to get the job done. Love the old filter as a shop seat. Thanks for all the videos!!
Awesome. Get you a tube of dielectric grease and everytime you fix one of those grounds, put a light coating of that grease on there and it should help it to last a lot longer.
Ryan , since you are a new to driving semi trucks and you jumped in as a owner/driver doing all this work to the truck and trailer is a God Send in my opinion. Not only have you had your dad to help guide you through the repairs, it has given you a massive leg up on understanding your truck from the ground up! Now as you will be gaining experience as you drive if something don't sound or feel right or you get a warning light on the dash your going to leaps and bounds ahead of the average driver with the same experience as you have! By you basically rebuilding the entire brake and air systems in your truck your going to know where to look when a problem incurs, and they will happen sooner or later. But now you already know the entire system so you are far above the average driver and will know when to go Ohhhh crap or knowing when something can wait until the next repair visit.
You lucky to have a dad who can teach these things before you actually need them. Be careful and safe...and you owe your dad a few beers for passing on his knowledge 😉...lol
Is everybody else is saying it is nice having a dad as smart as yours to help you work on things mine taught me a lot and I appreciate it and I still do always good to see you your dad and Travis working together toward one common goal didn't big red going for this upcoming season ready for test run down the road be safe
Good idea changing out them brake chambers, I blew one out beginning of February then blew another couple weeks back, good work nice feeling having her all road ready
Oh this FLD 120 brings me back to my early trucking days... Very nice
Fantastic video Ryan. Its so nice to see you your dad and your brother helping on big red. Thanks again for the ahsume video. I await your next adventure
Gravel roads are hard on the hopper bottom doors. They’re usually chain and sprocket drive or rack and pinion. I usually cut off the chain, weld on new ones every year or so as they fill up with rust and dirt, which leaves no room for the sprocket teeth. If you leave it long enough it’ll break the pillow blocks the sprockets are mounted on. Give em a good cleaning and they open easily. 👍
Ready to see Big Red on the road with a load!
I am glad you almost done with big Red it gonna be nice to have big red on road again
That has to be nice to cross so much work off your "To Do" list. I'm sure you learned a lot in the process. Now you can start to focus a little more on your usual spring tasks, which no doubt will be many and under quite a bit of time pressure when conditions are right. When you bought Big Red last fall, I was excited for you. Now, after all this winter work to bring it up to standards, I think we all have a better appreciation for what it takes to keep equipment like this operational (you, most of all). Thanks for showing both the highlights and the lowlights. When you get this rig out on the road, you will know that you and your dad (with a few key assists from Travis) were responsible for all of it.
Nice vid, best option is to replace the questionable parts. Previous owner(s) did little to no maint. You guys now have a safe and dependable rig for moving grain. Cheers!
Thanks for sharing Ryan..
Always like your videos if you ever get bored you can now work on trucks. Lol. It's nice to know that you have done all you can to make that rig safe and dependable.. Good job
Good job sod buster you and your pa did a real good job on the semi and trailer. Swell videos. Sam
Maybe if you have a body shop friend he could buff your truck paint out with the right buffing compound.. Does amazing things. Removes the oxidized dead paint. Pretty easy. Couple of hours if somebody knows what they are doing. Wax up it of course keeps it looking good. You have a great dad. Make sure you tell him. Not many are as lucky as you and Trav.
Awesome video and glad you got both fixed up too haul.
You thank yourself in the end for doing all around repairs. It's hurts up front. But the knowledge of your truck gained by doing all this work is invaluable. You will feel things go wrong now. And be preemptive with repairs. And you have a date to go by now.
You guys are going to know that truck & trailer, frontwards and backwards. Good experience !
Cool Series, I can't wait until the summer and you get some use out of that rig. Yahoo Dad & Ryan.
Thanks love the videos on the Big Red . Ryan and Dad .
It's going to he nice to have your own truck for hauling your own grain or extra storage while in the feilds. Less tire wear(driving on the roads) and less hrs on the tractors.
Getting closer Ryan, look forward to seeing you hauling soon.
Sounds like a real fixer-upper.
Glad that you guys are (Hopefully!!) finished wit Beg Red! It'll sure be a good feeling, pulling out of the field with a load of grain!
Your decision to replace all parts was very wise, especially when you had it apart...now you know your truck is safe and reliable not to mention if DOT inspector stops you...all this work and expense will pay off in the long run and the truck will be great for hauling your grain...also if you haul for other farms you have a extra source of income...a wise decision...good luck!
To get the doors to open easier, take the stop out and remove the doors and clean the tract. use a dry graphite spray. Grease will make thing gum up. I work on 4 sets of Wilson doubles, and 2 sets like the one you have.
You guys will have a good running semi when you guys are all done fixing everything I wonder how it even ran you guys have fixed a lot gerat job👍👍 thanks for the videos!! 👍👍
Haha your dad looking at the brake can being in 2 different holes.. sometimes you go to work on something, and you spend half the time trying to figure out what the person who worked on it before you was thinking lol. You mentioned the brakes operating sluggish, how are your S - cam bushings? In Connecticut I get a lot of crap from DOT about having worn out or even slightly worn out cam bushings. Maybe someone said that already and I missed it I’m not sure. Also down below in the comments someone mentioned using the shop vac to hold the coolant up while you remove sensors or plugs in the engine block, that does work really well it’s a handy trick good idea
Good job with you three working (reminds me of our UNION SHOP MECHANICS at my place of employment when they work on our MILK TRAILERS)....
Ryan Is Gonna Wreck us all on Battlfield 5's firestorm with the tractor
Used that same weld trick to get a big bearing race out of a concrete mixer drum frame; I had beat on that race edge for a while with a big drift punch before I found that trick on YT; came right out after.
Just finished binge watching from your first 2017 video.....love your vids! keep up the great work!
I sure did learn a lot from this series of videos!
Yes it was a big job for you folks on the tractor and trailer and you had to spend more money than you wanted too.
Look at it this way when you are going down the road hauling 40 to 50 thousand pounds of grain you are going to know that things are ok because you and your family made it that way.
all the work that you have done should last you many years on the farm so you made a great choice.
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After cleaning your grounds you should put a little Dielectric grease on them. It really helps, that's what I use on my trailers
Great video again Ryan. I miss the farm life so much. FYI, if all you did was let the truck idle while checking the antifreeze, it not likely warmed up enough. When I was a mechanic I worked on a number of large trucks. You really need to take them for a drive and then check.
I have a international 886 I am working on. Started in November and still working on it.
Looking forward to see the old girl back on the road 👌
Amazing jobs well done.
Your service brakes will work normally if the abs is not working but is good idea to have it functional
You got one a bad ass truck now for a new paint job next??? Nothing like one on one time with dad its great. Could u imagine what your grandpa say about the truck?? Thanks for the video Ryan have a good one!!!
Thanks for the great video
Love the videos keep up the good work
man i used to do trucks and trailers all day for work man and trust me bearings and wheel seals are a constant killer man but great job bud keep it up
I enjoyed watching your vid and the Busch beer ad 😄 it's like they know me
like the air filter seat. LOL
Take care of things and do it right. Everyone loves a cowboy until you get caught. I watched my dad and he always try to do it right. The payoff it’s safe and no one gets hurt
Very interesting as usual! Thanks for the great videos.
06:28 It's cold! Your Dad deserves a nice pad for that metal stool.
you need to get a couple giant how farms work decals and stick on the sides of the truck and trailer
You are really smart to make sure everything is working properly. It sounds like that truck is basically as good as new now.
Question: You mentioned that you don't have a CDL. How much can you legally drive it without one? Are there only certain roads you can go on?
Love the videos Ryan. Keep them coming. 👍
Glad its done should last a while
nice air seat you were siting on
That took a lot of time and work. You guys must feel like you just finished a crash course in beginner truck repair. Great job, I hope she treats you right in return.
Now that you own a truck & trailer & everything comes down to cost, but you should be thinking of a concrete work pit or pad to make it easier on yourselves, plus better for the parts your fitting. The effort that you all, have put into that semi will pay dividends in the long term. Good luck with the skid steer.
Check all the rollers that the door rides you may have to pull them and clean them good that was my experience with the Wilson hoppers
You guys need if you don’t already have a 1 inch impact gun. All those truck wheels need big torque!
The “slack rod” is actually called a s-cam because if you look at the end it looks like a S and it acts like a cam against the break shoes
Good video
You need a heated shop and a heated floor. Would love to see videos of the design to complete build of the shop.
Ryan, Unless i missed it somewhere did you get the truck AND trailer aligned, makes a big difference when driving and saves ware on tires
Loved the vid man
I love the videos I’m almost caught up to the 3 year mark between rocket and Jamie are my most favorite costars
I thought that light meant that the ABS was working! Because most of the trucks I see have that light on! lol
Good video, family working together
You guys need a heated shop on the main farm!
Heated shop is great but they cost big money.
Grounding is key for all electrical systems. I have grounding problems on my 1940 A-C B.
If the abs light is on, it not a bad thing. Your brakes are still going to work normally just like a trailer that doesn't have abs. The only thing that will be different is the tires are going to lock up instead of pulsing if you have to step on the brakes hard. Either way the truck will stop.
Use some crc battery terminal protectant on ground spots and cables for lights and etc. Prevents build up of corrosion
Love your videos I will start working on the how farms work map very soon
@Anthony Meyer ok I will
Own a CDL school and you can learn a lot about truck and trailer repairs
Don't get discouraged!! Home stretch! You've thrown money at this bad Larry! Just a little more and your gucci!
Good move on the decision to do basically a full rebuild on both axles.
Ryan, I am very proud of you through this overhaul.
RK Harm24 this ain’t no over haul... this is just a piece of shit that is acting like the piece of shit that it is...
You guys are having to much fun
Scotts Shop Rags make the best tissue paper.
I had an 06 Dodge Cummins that was overheating at a car show one night. It was at 250 for about 5 minutes. A friend of mine who was about to graduate from the CAT program at Linn Tech opened up the radiator cap and coolant blew all over his face. Had to go to graduation the next day with a few burns.
Yup scratch my last comment about the cam bushings lol I just noticed new cams and bushings
Keep your good brake cans never know when you might blow a pancake and need a quick fix
Great outro ryan!
Ryan you can rebuild those brake chambers and throw them on the shelf. It’ll save you a bunch of money in the future! ****FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY*** be sure to have someone who ABSOLUTELY 10000% KNOWS WHAT THEIR DOING help you!!! If you take them apart wrong THEY CAN AND WILL KILL YOU!!! However it is safe to do if you know what you’re doing! Thanks for the video!
Hey Ryan I might suggest a dry lubricant vs grease that would collect dirt and road grim. Good dry lube would be dry slide or neo lube 1.
If you can fit it into your budget, get a new front chrome bumper, it will really dress up semi. :)
Are you gonna do any custom hauling with that semi?
Having a semi will be so handy. Especially if u get a flatbed
Perfectly legal to run with trailer abs not working. Tractor abs has to work but trailer abs doesn't have to work. Anyone who drives would rather the trailer abs works but if it goes out and the light comes on we know if it's seen we will get inspected but it's still safe and functional to drive.