Decking the homemade trailer | Part 4 of the trailer series

[@timberray9572]

Seeing your boy at work gives me hope for humanity.

[@kennethpickens4084]

Amen to that ...everytime I'm working my 3 boys are with

[@daveopenz]

Your a great dad !! Teaching you're young boy how to get on the tools will make him a most capable and practical dude

[@paulsway]

I just use used motor oil mixed with a little diesel works great and is next to free

[@robertredfork598]

You need to do a video of you shopping at the dollar store for shop supplies... I’m sure you have a lot of solid tips we could all use!

[@Hwy24built]

Seeing you teach your kid while he's young is awesome to see. My dad did and I'm glad he did good work

[@cobracustomsrestorationsan8330]

I love your videos it’s nice to see a smaller KZbinr do stuff. Smaller you tubers care about videos unlike some big ones

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

I appreciate that! Ill swing by.

[@cobracustomsrestorationsan8330]

@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 thanks

[@btj1844]

Really nice project . You had a good helper .

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Yeh, hes learning the value of skills AND hard work. Thanks for watching!

[@ChipsAndSparksGarage]

That’s a beautiful trailer! Your attention to detail really shows. Great that you have your helper on the project, too!👍

[@lucky15driver]

So nice to see a dad and lad project go so well. Great job guys!

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Thanks so much!

[@cobracustomsrestorationsan8330]

I like your taste in vehicles and trailers

[@mustanggun]

Nice work

[@daveainscough5000]

No take a router in between the boards, then add l,e,d, light strips ,in between, it will light up light up like the moon ,dave from Detroit mich , love the build

[@robertb5437]

awesome vids.... look into running a 4 ga wire from the truck battery to the back of your truck. then a 4 ga. wire from your trailar battery up to the hitch with a quick connect. then your battery with stay charged up.

[@soundchoicesystems8255]

I know I am a year late, but it looks great. Add an up and down button next to the lock on the dovetail and you don’t need to worry about the block of wood. Wire it in parallel with the main remote so you can use either.

[@slamsshenanigans2296]

Little dude kicked but, great worker!

[@jessicav2510]

Nice job and you have a really cute helper. Have him in more videos.

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Thanks!!

[@FromSteelToWood]

Looking nice! That was funny to see mini Vincent work with you!

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Haha, James, hes a good helper. Hes learning the ropes.

[@dieselwrench1826]

Enjoyed all four videos. The trailer looks great and your attention to detail made it better. I have a 30’ bumper pull I built for a one time use to pickup components for a steel building. I was going to shorten it up and turn it into a gooseneck with a dovetail. However you have inspired me. Any insight or detail you can provide on the hydraulic ramp would be appreciated. Great build.

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Ive been very happy with the ramp. I do have had a bit of accelerated wear on the edge of the wood that protrudes when the ramp is down. Its just chips and splinters, pretty minimal. I bought the cylinders from surpluscenter years ago. The pump is in the description of one of the videos. Thanks!!

[@travissteed2342]

Used motor oil seals a deck and you get it pretty much free when you change your oil in you rig

[@jacrispy8802]

And after it dries it isn’t oily surprisingly

[@billyjarvis27]

Why don’t you run leads from the battery in your truck to the back bumper, like the leads you would use for a snow plow that have the connector on the end. Then use the part that wires up to the snow plow and run it to the battery on the trailer. That way you can have it constantly charging the battery while you have the trailer hooked to the truck plus you have a bigger battery capacity and don’t have to worry bout it not having enough power to lift a heavy load

[@Junky_garage]

4 years later, how it looking? Where di you get the hydraulic cylinders from?

[@gregbannish8423]

Wow, amazing job! Some people coat their wood decks with used motor oil, another cheap option...

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

I do a lot of wood fence post butts with used oil but I dont think I could bring myself to do it on my trailer. Its stinky, especially during the warm summer months. That said; I have sprayed it with diesel. Thanks for the heads up

[@rv-eb3wu]

you did a real nice job, I was left wondering why you didn't lift it up from one side with your forklift and then spray your stain on the bottom side of the wood.

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

I could have I suppose, It would have been messy though. Thanks for watching!!

[@4schitzangiggles]

Need to let the water escape or it will really shorten the life of the wood

[@anthonyrice9545]

Wonder how much money you could make if u started a business building custom trailers? Very good work 👍👍

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

That's an interesting thought. I live in CA and the local trailer sales lots are sold out of enclosed trailers. The general consensus is that its due to the mass exodus as well as the construction boom.....which seems contradicting in my opinion.

[@cobracustomsrestorationsan8330]

Also on 1947 pickup we have the same vehicle so what I design could also be used on your truck

[@OffGridAussiePrepper]

What type of wood used for the deck, why not use checker plate for the entire deck and what was the final weight of the trailer alone and then how much weight can u put on the trailer?

[@diynick3503]

If you hold the can sideways and pour it won’t splash so much

[@bryansalter7883]

Hey Sir ! May I ask your opinion on Steel plate vs white oak !? From the numbers I have come up with the steel may be a little lighter!? With the money being about the same??

[@stevenbrowningsr1144]

Thought is good about the mesh to protect the PV panel, but it will shade the panel causing a loss of power generated. Maintainer panels don't make many watts anyway.so shading them ruins their output.

[@skeets6060]

Nice build, but the wood would have been coated with a couple gallons of old motor oil that works well and its cheep

[@drewt3210]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Used motor oil is the best trailer deck and side board preservative there is. Keeps water out, lets the wood breath.

[@BrycenHale]

What type of fasteners did you use to hold down the boards?

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

I use big T50 torx heads specifically made for trailer decks. I get them at the local ag supply for $2.25 lb

[@janeblogs324]

$2 a pound sounds way cheap. How many do get for that?

[@johnryberg8786]

Hook your battery into your trailer plug. When its plugged into your truck it will charge the battery

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

It is, I think theres a fuse burned out somewhere

[@keithmoore3047]

I need a gooseneck version of that trailer….. $$$$????????

[@brianharmon8985]

Turn those bungs upside down when your pouring and you won't get the glug.

[@tat255987]

"Honey, have you seen my whisk"!???

[@doughboy1966]

@12:13 the knots in the wood look like a smiling face.

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

yeh, thats funny

[@johnmazza9432]

You're not using pressure treated wood ? Why ?

[@elplevonrooo395]

He wants to be Under Budget I’m guessing. That wood is expensive.

[@chopmusic1]

How did you register it? Get title? VIN? Etc...

[@elplevonrooo395]

Hear in Phoenix you take it to the DMV and it gets inspected for the proper requirements for the size of trailer. You present recipes for the material you used because it’s home build and they give you a serial number, home built trailer title and permanent plates.

[@travissteed2342]

The bottom?

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

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