Can I swap the Hendrickson ,to air bag , air leaf

Some of the things you will have to do to go from beam to bag.

[@leekazan556]

Gotta say, I’m a gear head and don’t know how the algorithm found this channel, but this guy is entertaining,has character, and let’s not forget the finger pointer. Awesome!

[@gmctech]

Same here, but as soon as I realized this guy reeeeeeeeeally knows his stuff, I was an instant subscriber. What I would have given to have a guy like this on my staff when I was the fleet supervisor at a gold mine in the high Arctic....

[@jonbrockman5308]

Agreed. I build muscle cars hotrods classics and restomods. Found this channel and watched him align a rear axle that was out of true. He's got character, KNOWS what he's talking about, clear explanation on things. And the boy got SKILL!

[@opinionsmatter9771]

Same....keep the camera on this man 24-7 he's extreamly knowledgeable.

[@4everlearning1]

I used to do what this guy does. I have to admit that he’s way better at it than I am.

[@D.M.Designs]

Same here man, cool to see. Most the guys with knowledge like this stick to themselves and do not make vids or share knowledge with out working under them for awhile. This guy put in the hard hours for sure.

[@devinmanderson]

Its guys like this that other younger guys need to go work for and learn from...I've had my fair share of class room trainings but nothing beats the guy with all the hands on knowledge. Great work man

[@marcliebich9166]

Ok.... I have refrained from commenting for quite some time, but I have to say that you are a guru and you have my utmost respect. I build transmissions for a living and I feel humbled after watching this episode. Bravo. You are the man.

[@EddieA907]

That is one heck of a undertaking. I've never seen a heavy mechanic be so ...of course you can.

[@kevinducharme1263]

I like how he's so matter-of-fact about everything. he's obviously seen a LOT of stuff go through his shop.

[@joshwokojance3790]

I’m not a heavy mechanic but every time I see you I always learn something new. It’s cool to see someone who knows what they’re doing and be able to explain it with some humor. Subscribed for the hand too.

[@terryperrott8567]

There's a lot involved in doing a suspension swap, great job

[@danielgentry6759]

Knowledge like this only comes from putting your boots on every morning and going to work. It would be great to see a young man that would be willing to learn from him.

[@David-yy7lb]

Dude that red pointer just cracks me up😂👍🏿...I love it

[@natemars1059]

I loved the walking beam suspension on my 50ton wrecker. Rough as hell empty but loaded, smooth as silk.

[@philipspencer1834]

Let’s completely rebuild this truck….. 😂 great work from Bob!

[@Hooptierescue]

Best damn tool in the shop is a torch. Had some my guys in the shop wore scared of the damn thing. Miss the days of working in a shop but my back is done jacked up doing leaf springs. Love the explaing with the detail not many guys do that.

[@oldbloke100]

The difference in ride is amazing, I hade walking beam suspension trucks for 40 years, then the last truck had air bags, I couldn't believe the difference. Great job changing over the suspension.

[@ss67camaronut]

Was told at a very young age that if you got a set of torches and a welder-- you can do ANYTHING! Found your channel by accident and dig it bro. Subbdeded👍 A few "Bender" references/animations from Futurama NEEDED! Fits you dude! Keep on bending!

[@troyboyd7984]

As a guy who has 0 experience using a torch/welding your tip on cutting the metal with the torch was solid advice. Love you're content brother. Im not the biggest semi guy but I like you and the hand. Keep up the good content brother.

[@Mondos2001]

You sir, are a BEAST!🦁

[@patrickoleary6379]

Damn dude. Ya did a damn good job with that. It absolutely is very in depth, and it's obvious you know what you're doing by this vid. Awesome to see someone with your expertise sharing info on the interwebs.

[@larrywright5024]

It’s been along time since I saw a mechanic with battle scars . Yea I got most of mine osha 😂😂😂❤

[@FlatThunder]

Air ride is the way to!....This was a great video with excellent editing! Nicely done Bendon 👍😁

[@billtodd6509]

Sir, you sure do know your suspension work. We used to have a spring and suspension shop near me that did great work like yours for over 60 years, but got bought out by another co and went belly up after only a little time. Sadly around this area you cant expect to get anything near what you do done correctly. You make it look easy. Bill

[@ypaulbrown]

wonderful Bendon.....cheers from a former Volvo Truck Advertising Photographer and Education/Training Developer......Paul in Florida

[@jondellapenna9789]

Been at truck repair 20 years man and you are good!

[@timberslasher4899]

Hendrickson Suspension is the best ever with Chambers a close second. I have ripped out many an airbag and many a spring suspension to put in Hendrickson walking beam, and double framed them from end to end. Not the other way around....lol. But my trucks do real work.

[@timberslasher4899]

@user-fl9wt2wm8o They all have their place. I run T800s, tri axle airbag in rear, with pintle tag trailers. Hauling logs. 90,000 is legal here, but being first market product they hit 107,000 or so for gross sometimes. Load is tall and its as heavy 13 feet up as at the bottom. Short brutal runs through the mountains. Its all about the trucks ability to stand up.

[@mikec3142]

Sure takes me back to a child seeing 4:3 video format. Love it.

[@ebolawarrior451]

Imagination and a smoke wrench are a mighty combination. (They use these refit tractors with the same setup for short haul coal, they ride great but we break the hell out of those springs.)

[@CP110]

Nice tip on cutting above the weld. Most people get a bit overzealous and try to remove as much material with the torch so they dont have to grind as much, especially since the actual weld is usually quite hard compared to the base material. Patience will really aide you in doing a better job. Also like that you touched on the driveline angles. Good stuff.

[@domthomas1002]

I found your channel day before yesterday. To me your "fingers on a stick", is just funny as heck. I will be enjoying this channel for a long time. Keep'em comin.

[@sheepdoglogic]

Would definitely take my truck to this man, he knows what he is doing and is a professional at doing it! HOOAH!!!!

[@stevekegerreis1962]

Thanks . I am glad that you had Bob to help you with all of that work

[@davidhuff5632]

Big job man. I've done a few and I suggest adding another air tank and relay valve if possible. I like your work.

[@njseashorechas2698]

The best teacher ever, always keeping it interesting and fun!

[@Takeithome345]

I hope you own your own biz ! Awesome content,awesome channel !

[@atzgfq23]

I dont even work on semis but some how i absolute love bendin with bendon , That is not saying i do not know what your talking about because i do , an i will be watching you a lot my friend . I am a jack of all trades master of not a damn thing lmao. You on the other hand deff are a master of bending zero doubt in that.

[@shawnsatterlee6035]

It's a simple matter of facts 👌 I don't do heavy stuff, but out in Amish land I do many one ton vans.

[@kyinvestor]

That was so much stuff. I have to study what you did to understand it all. You are vey smart about truck frames, but I bet you don’t know a lot about Chinese childbirth. 😂

[@JasonLuther1]

You're awesome man. Very good at your profession

[@adamreynolds1851]

Man I'm a body tech and do some big hits on passenger stuff and have start doing some truck stuff and definitely don't love it so much respect bro

[@blacksheep25251]

HA! Jokes on you Bendin with Bendon! I ALREADY subscribed watching another one of your videos! Live with THAT!

[@dnbstreamer]

i hope you get paid alot of money for your knowledge and skills, these videos are amazing and I would be so stressed out with all that work to do. maybe it comes with experience

[@7.3PSDA2]

when we did something similar to this... we used the donor trucks axles and all so we didnt have to do as much to the axles we had donor truck and custom truck sitting back so we had frame rail and all wasnt to bad but was alot of work. in the end its a 2012 w900 with air ride.

[@localcrew]

Hope your customer enjoys his new smooth ride. 👍

[@lucmarchand617]

Yes what you expose is true.i repair one time spicer rear end on peterbilt broke driveshaft hit railroad track at crossing yup.the yoke hit track yes folk provost,alberta oj pipelines job.you must make sure everything is line up on spot.we park a petebilt beside job and take tape& cell picture.this is explaine is not cheap but if show with money and listen what he want go for.thanks video😊

[@scotttaylor3149]

Great work sir.

[@chetraimondo4606]

awsome...love the red finger

[@kingjames7273]

Your a master of your craft 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 😊

[@billdines5102]

I've been driving trucks for over 30 years and my days of trucks with spring suspensions are over! And I spend a fair amount of time off road where alot of people won't take a truck.

[@willf5768]

Ole Bob got some exercise on this one 😊👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@aaronemery738]

Love the video.. please keep them coming.

[@dennisrichardville4988]

Just Hold On Loosely but don't let go if you cling too tightly you're going to lose it, your Gonna lose control !!! The video was just as informative as the music !!!

[@Joelittle_]

Yep the AG400L- Peterbilt low leaf imo is the best on hi way suspension.

[@jessetripp8837]

I like 99 percent of what you say and do!!! But that weld.... 😁

[@billylucas4359]

Your shower KZbin channel reminds me of all the shows me and my granddaddy grew up watching fixing vehicles I appreciate it but whoever's doing your videos is putting them in the small screen format so when you try to make it full screen play Zooms in way too much other than that the videos are great I just found when I want to put yours on full screen it's never full screen it's always smaller and if I blow it up its way to zoomed in I know another channels do you have the regular setting and you can touch it to full screen and it goes to full screen so it must be some kind of format in which you're loading it to KZbin I love you man keep up the good work I enjoy it I can't do too much of that work anymore so it makes me feel good to watch it

[@chadsmith14]

The fertilizer spreader truck i used to run had a walking beam in it. With lift custom wheels to run military tires that was a mean ass truck. It was a l9000 ford w a m11 cummins and that truck was bulletproof as any piece of equipment i have ever ran. 4th on the floor is what you spread at all day long at 14 mph. Idk if it was hendrickson or what but the truck was a long frame ren wheeler that had a box on back that my bossman tool off and added a spreader box

[@jeffwoodward464]

This guy has forgotten more than most people. Well now he is awesome.

[@martinmooneyham9706]

Been watching you on Tik Tok for awhile goad your on KZbin and yes I subscribed great videos

[@da133580]

Great video ! amazing work

[@Danger-ds7vz]

Love the content. Nice system. I do the same type of stuff but not on this level. You remind me of Jerry Reed! How bout It Snowman! My only question is where can I find me a cool pointer hand like yours.

[@MrBenbrown2008]

That is a job. I did one and turned out great, but it was a lot of work

[@zippomarx1432]

Your a genius, I think your equally as smart as any engineer, architect!! What you accomplish to these semis is amazing to say the least. Thank you for sharing with us your profession.

[@DarrenFinley]

Huh WHAT?🤔 Dude Your a Genius! But don't let it go to your head, if it hasn't already lol.🙏🙋‍♂️

[@jmaddy3]

Love seeing this stuff, can someone tell me what's the benefits of a air leaf set up, I've only ever seen all leaf or all air never seen this one

[@devoncoolman88]

Awesome work. Keep it up.

[@JoeBananas77]

Bruh, I gotta say I'm impressed. I thought I knew good mechanics but you take 1st place. Yeah

[@JeffBrown1966]

Great video.

[@industrialsized]

that is a TON OF QUALITY WORK! wow

[@bradleytenderholt5135]

So cool and very funny while being educational!

[@Darren-yu6hf]

My father bought a short wb 5th wheel truck and extended 20' and drilled over 100 holes and it was a all summer job after working 10 to 12 hrs a day, he'd get up on Sunday morning and just drill holes all day long. Just to save 2000.00$

[@metaspencer]

Another awesome video man -- great storytelling and expertise. Get those guys in the shop to stop playing music while you film so you can make some much deserved monetized $$$ on these vids man :)

[@SaerTurner]

honestly I have no jokes to make on this video it was Really good and educational loved it A++

[@leyland272]

great video

[@hilljack5764]

Alot of Heavy hard work

[@bigdog8815]

Personally, I would’ve bought a rear axle section from a wrecker and cut the frame. Swap out all the old components with new, and set er in place and weld er up.

[@keithingram3428]

Kept guys like u and me working people got short trucks and they want long trucks or they got spring ride trucks and they want air ride trucks unsatisfied truck owners fed my family rock on brother 👍

[@nicke1903]

Great videos brother

[@mikehunt3987]

Great video! Best so far! Lol Who edits your videos? I think there great!

[@J.R.in_WV]

I’d never want to swap from Hendrickson to air leaf…actually I think I’d rather swap from the Haulmax back to the old style RT leaf spring walking beam suspension if it was my truck. They’re hard to beat when it comes to longevity and articulation.

[@colewoods3704]

Yup drive dumptrucks in Wisconsin and I love the 02 we have with the old rt spring walking beam. I hate the haulmaxx

[@D.M.Designs]

Any thing off of the asphalt Walking beam for sure. You can back up on your piles save a lot of space if not able to move piles in time.

[@mattberg916]

Walking beam keeps the weight on all the wheels. Air bags off road don't adjust fast enough and then you're stuck

[@jameswilson2051]

They make an air ride for the walking beam suspension

[@J.R.in_WV]

@@jameswilson2051 I know, they call it “AR2”….it’s obscure and I’ve only ever seen one truck that actually had it and it was a retrofit. While it would still have similar articulation that setup still isn’t as solid in turns as the leaf springs are and requires dumping the bags when raising the truck body or roll-off track. I wouldn’t mind having it on a tractor but for a straight truck with any type of body that moves or raises I’m not sold on the idea.

[@vineryoulks7774]

Have a triaxle with that air bag set up and man I'm not the biggest fan.. solid work though for sure

[@jeffderus1668]

They should have gone to air trac suspension is geared towards heavy haul. Air leaf bushings are going to take a beating same with the torque rods. Other wise great video. Peterbilt has all the suspension installation drawings if you didnt have the old frame as a template

[@jamesryplewski2860]

Hey where is your shop at, and could you straighten the frame on a 1992 dodge w250, and how much would that cost?

[@williamorman4779]

Were is your shop impressive work,

[@jacobhoelewyn5242]

Another way you can do it to save some welding and cutting is to buy a complete back half housing and all then you just have to hang brackets and a few other odds and ends

[@Nudnik1]

Excellent 👍

[@robkay9227]

Nice work

[@OldePhart]

I do wish I understood this segment better. Walking Beam ? Please have Bob explain this to me.

[@TozziWelding]

Balls deep on that job, I would have told customer to get a complete cutoff, axles and all

[@frankensteinracing3520]

Last time we had a truck converted we bought a whole rear end off a wrecked truck so we didn’t have to play around as much.

[@rdillon517]

That's why specing a truck correctly the first time should be the configuration that lasts

[@dzoskin.fan1]

Hey Great Job! One thing I need to ask. Its about leveling valve. Should it be around middle of axle? In EU we Mount them not by the air spring but around centre of axle so the valve would receive real axle level signal and not disturbed by the airbag tilt. Anyways its a good job!

[@gorgonbazil2652]

what does this conversion cost? Great Vid... Thanks!

[@eugenesiedl5065]

We also went from two sets of tandems to 3 sets of tandems the front tandems are able to be raised in lower when needed no I ain't going to tell you it was easy it took a long time get everything right but I think I should bring it to you to make sure that everything is straight went and had it aligned all-wheel alignment front and back and they said we were good but you never know about the factory employees on whether or not it is actually right or not it drives really good and don't have no unusual tire wear but should have someone professional check it out to make sure

[@zburkst2928]

this guys a professional

[@nou8257]

The red finger pointer always gives it away

[@supers0nic77]

One hundred one hundred

[@richard3141592638]

Straight bag, straight bag. Hi Bob

[@eVamlite]

Big job. But will be a plus in the end.

[@rodgersrcaviation2785]

So glad I finally looked up the KZbin!!

[@Justwaitandctheoutcome]

Red pointer is awesome 👊😂

[@DAVERYHX]

Cool videos 👍

[@HeyDude93gt]

Thats a lot of work to get a smoother ride. I'd try a modern KW seat swap 1st

[@miltonmartinez1560]

How much did that job cost?

[@nickosuave8194]

Cool video.

[@eugenesiedl5065]

I got with some friends of mine and we literally built me a brand new frame that was thick and was used for Heavy Haul because I made me a 84 Peterbilt Heavy Haul truck bye-bye a new heavy straight frame and took everything off the old frame and put it on the new had to add new cross members cause stretched it out a little bit