Dumpster Business Down: This Could Have Cost Me Everything!

This is 100% why you set up a maintenance schedule and don't wait until something is at the point of failure to replace them! Brakes should be maintained like oil in your car, especially on a heavy hauling truck! What I did was silly and could have cost me thousands in dumpster business losses. Not only that, it was not safe! To say I overlooked something for too long and got lucky is an understatement. I was always too busy and didn't want to stop the truck for a day if it could be hauling dumpsters instead!
When an employee is using your truck, it's sometimes hard to know what the truck needs if you dont have it pre scheduled out. I have NOT neglected to do regular maintenance, such as oil, fuel filters, and tires on my truck, but my brake pads decided to leave the chat after 120,000 mile! So I got every penny out of those...
In a panic, I rushed to change the brake pads in an emergency. But guess what? The parts store didn't have the wheel seals I needed in stock! They also decided to give me the wrong brake pads.
Of course, I already had the truck torn apart, and I had dumpsters and equipment to run for the rest of the week 😱! It felt like a major setback, and I was worried my business would be down for weeks. Because they couldn't even give me a date to find a wheel hub seal, and this is an OEM part from the Ram dealer!
But hey, I'm not one to give up easily! I scoured every corner of the town until I found the wheel seals I needed. It was a close call, but we managed to get the entire truck back together with only minor things that need to be taken care of tomorrow!
Lesson learned, right? Regular maintenance is crucial to keep our businesses running smoothly. And hey, even when things don't go according to plan, we can always find a way to make it work!
But at the end of the day, this neglect could have been discovered during a terrible accident and cost me more than a day of headaches. I'll be initiating a process to make sure this never happens again.

[@ChaosFragrances]

Nice man, fellow Illinoisian here - about 2.5 hours out from you. Keep up the grind!

[@rollingops]

Awesome! Thank you! Small world 🌎

[@MikeD1199]

Daily check list for truck and trailer . Important to do when running commercial.

[@rollingops]

Yep, we definitely have one now! Something that includes everything!

[@jeffpistritto9524]

Quick tip take your seal to a bearing supply company and they can match up the seal . I go to a local place and they’ve always found a match !

[@rollingops]

Not a bad idea! I know we do have one of those in town

[@kingyankee69]

Atleast you cleaned the shipping oil off the new rotors 😉

[@rollingops]

Lol, after a few stops at least

[@seanslawns]

RollingOps Rolls with the punches, ain’t no thing big dawg!

[@rollingops]

Loving that! I roll with whatever thrown our way, can't stop!

[@lonestarcollectiblezcom2602]

Hey Clayton, this was a cool behind the scenes, down and dirty video, but now, we need to dust ourselves off and come up with a regular maintenance plan and schedule for all of your vehicles, tractors, trailers etc. because maintaining your gear is just as important with using your gear on the daily! I'm OCD about maintaining all of my vehicles and yes, it's a pain sometimes, but I always like to depend on them for reliability so they are ready when I am! Speaking of which, I think my Denali needs a new battery soon, so I need to go get one while I'm thinking about all of this maintenance! Keep grinding and hustling! Great channel sir, keep up the great work and can't wait for more reveals! I'm going to suggest that you also carry some stock of these hard to get parts when you can, so you can take a truck out of service for a day and do the required repairs and won't have to depend of there not being a strike by the UAW and such! Just a suggestion my friend to help keep Rolling Operations moving forward! Thanks, Brian

[@james.elmore]

Those rear brake pads still had probably 150k miles left on them!

[@rollingops]

I know!

[@billypierce4247]

Makes me feel better im not the only one who has problems with parts never fitting😂😂 i always gotta tell them how to search up the parts... getting the right parts is usually worse than the actual job it seems

[@rollingops]

It never fails, I should of known

[@tannerhoover6846]

If you see this, you should really buy the new Ryobi half-inch impact. There is two of them a high torque and mid torque. Both of them would’ve easily done those lug nuts. I have both of them and they are bad ass.

[@rollingops]

I actually do have one of those as well. Just was of course somewhere else! It is handy

[@kylehamm7287]

Start hoarding parts for the dodges and store them in your shop, just like if you were hoarding toilet paper and hand sanitizer

[@rollingops]

Already on it, this is not something I want to happen often.

[@GraceTorqueGarage]

Had pads that bad before, got your money worth out of it 🤣🤣

[@rollingops]

@@GraceTorqueGarage every penny and then some. Haha

[@nickmorgan8434]

wishing you the best from here in Peoria Illinois

[@rollingops]

Close by, appreciate that!

[@markchristensen5206]

Once you find the correct parts, order more, for the future, you have one of a kind equipment

[@rollingops]

We will be hoarding some things for sure.

[@markchristensen5206]

@@rollingops be sure to get a couple sets of bearings and races

[@dezmoney4039]

Shouldve checked the discard and run out on the rotors have them machined if anything replace if necessary and you replace the front twice before u touch the rear anyways

[@ridinwithwheelz188]

When your front brakes are going bad, you will feel it in the brake pedal. And yeah, those front rotors are fried. We live and learn. I got in my mom‘s truck to go get the oil changed before a baseball tournament and when I hit the brakes turn in I knew she had the same problem. Also cost me $600 new rotors and brakes. I half ton cab Dodge. Just checking up to a life lesson learned. When we learn the hard way, we never forget.

[@rollingops]

Yea, the front rotors will never be back in spec. But maybe the rear could be kept as backups.

[@BentIronBins]

Ha ha always fun to work on your equipment. Your luck seems to be as good as mine 😑. Duallys are a pain having to remove the axle. Make sure you change your transmission oil it’s overlooked too much.

[@rollingops]

Yep, we will be doing that next, trucks will all be getting a once over now!

[@BentIronBins]

@@rollingops yep when there the life blood of your business you have to take care of them. Glad to see that you do your own maintenance a mechanic can eat up alot of profits

[@rollingops]

@@BentIronBins I try to do as much of it as I can, no expert by any means, but it's usually just nuts and bolts!

[@ParrishFarm]

Love my exhaust brake I use it all the time

[@rollingops]

It's a game changer

[@thomast6638]

Hey i noticed in your videos you are strapping down your equipment outside the outside rail or (rub rail). If Dot gets picky they will write a citation. Make sure you go under and back up the vertical channel with your hooks. Nice work btw i enjoy your channel.

[@rollingops]

Thanks for the tips! I def need to work on some of the binding!

[@markb2007]

I have one of Ryobi’s smaller 1/2” impact. 300ft/lbs I think? Found a few jobs it couldn’t handle so I moved up to the biggest they have which claims 1,170 ft/lbs of breakaway torque. It’s a beast for sure!

[@rollingops]

Some are def better than other models! They still usually rake care of what I need!

[@AlwaysOnP0int]

I'd get a single axle daycab or medium duty truck with air brakes. I know those duallies are bad af for what they are but it's just so much easier to do a brake job on air brakes, release the brakes cage em or back off on the slacks, pull the wheel, drum, pop rollers out, pull springs and shoes, takes about 5 mins per wheel end, if that. Reinstallation just as quick with the right tools. Without the right tools the springs can be a bitch but you can fight em on there. Lasts twice as long, stops twice as hard with twice the load. Maybe like a Ford F650 or 750 with the small cummins in them. Oughta make a good truck for your workload, probably overkill a bit. Anything to do with truckin tho, overkill is always a good thing. You can also get all the wheel end parts almost anywhere that sells truck parts, including wheel seals. The stuttering from a stop, after checking the filter and ws, I'd check your fuel lines, I had this happen on my Dodge once, fuel lines were dry / weather rotted and cracked and pullin air, and that's all it ended up being. Swapped those and it ran perfect again. It had an air dog system on it too. Ran that mf all over the country for a couple years while back haulin cars, I'd never go back to a pickup. Even nowadays when I rent a skid steer or something, I pick it up with the freightliner lol

[@rollingops]

I'm definitely looking at getting a f650 or derated 750. We are also looking to do something pretty crazy with our current "vintage 750" and using it way more than I originally anticipated. With a possible power train replacement. It could be a really awesome truck to utilize!

[@chargermopar]

The faster you locate and repair a problem, the less damage you will have to deal with!

[@rollingops]

Absolutely

[@jakekerr1189]

Man it happen I have had a right front caliper lock up and take out the rotor and caliper the last 2 summers in a row on my ram 3500. I don’t know why the other brakes were ok and it was looked like ours both times!

[@MIGHTYX2010]

Good content in this video! -now to comment what you already know😊... Your driver needs to assess some things in his life, like how lucky he did not make himself non-breathing or not becoming natural selection. So you are not wrong but you're not right either😮 come on not checking your brakes in over 100K miles. I know you got thousands of things on your mind and stuff like this can happen but it shouldn't happen. Plus your boy should have had your back and protected himself also. He's the one driving the truck all the time. You guys should try to back each other up when it comes to possible non-breathing activities. Good stuff thanks for showing the truth. I like how your channel is growing fast and you get lots of comments too. -There's another KZbinr that just broke 50k subscribers and only gets 15 to 40 comments per video because he blind monitors so many people😢 Keep up the good work. I hope you start making some good money from your videos! 👍

[@rollingops]

"Non breathing activities" I'm literally going to name my document that when I'm restructuring my maintained schedule for us! I love it, because it's the truth.

[@kylegrimm]

When they feel “crunchy” you know something is wrong

[@rollingops]

Absolutely

[@lovemycountryhatemygovernment]

Using the excavator as a trailer dolly. Yep. Been there done that! Ha!

[@rollingops]

Handy as can be!

[@toddfallone858]

"I wonder how big those are supposed to look?" - missed opportunity.

[@rollingops]

Ayyyyy 😆

[@junkcrusaderssturguess3184]

Get one of those harbor freight off road floor jacks

[@rollingops]

On the list for sure!

[@D3thM3tal]

Visual inspections man - there was nothing wrong with those rear brakes, you did all that for nothing. You should have know what was up when you yanked the wheel and the rotor was fine and the pads were still at 60-70%. You should grab every owner's manual you have and put on your calendar when you need to inspect maintenance intervals - weather it be by time or mileage. It would have prevented this - what other maintenance items have you ignored on the truck your business depends on? Good content - fantastic hustle man.

[@rollingops]

Hey, I won't argue. You're 100% correct man. That's why I kept the rotors and even the pads as an emergency backup. I put it in the description, but I've always been incredibly diligent with fluids, tires and filters. But I let this particular maintenance item get away from me. And there is no excuse! Could of been way worse.

[@D3thM3tal]

@@rollingops It's clear you learn from mistakes and adapt - it's a skill many overlook. Keep it up - might be worth a thought exercise for some disaster recory options to keep the business going in the event something out of your control happens.

[@harleycullen4525]

Hey give . All the other trucks the once.over bloody crazy what you can find

[@rollingops]

We will be! Already found a couple things

[@markchristensen5206]

Order, the new seals, several of them.

[@rollingops]

Already did! Backups already on the shelf now.

[@XavierKelly]

We had 3 vehicles go down this week.

[@rollingops]

That is def no ideal

[@dmacosta1]

Part of the game game on

[@rollingops]

Absolutely, I can't pause it for too long either!

[@ridinwithwheelz188]

And always keep your rotors. Since it’s 119,000 miles he should be able to turn in and stay in spec

[@rollingops]

Yep, I plan to keep the rears. The fronts were actually really bad, crumbling the rotor, so those are gonners

[@All-Seasons-Services]

I like your videos guy. 112 thousand miles is good for one set brakes.

[@rollingops]

Appreciate you, we actually got 120,000 miles out of that set.

[@All-Seasons-Services]

@@rollingops 120 thousand not bad at all my friend. Make that money. Keep the expenses as low as possible to keep profits high. You already no that. Keep making those good videos

[@MikeD1199]

Don't resurface rotors . It is not worth it . The thinner rotor does not handle the heat from braking as well . All of the manufacturers cheaped out on drums and rotors years ago . The days of machining and reusing drums and rotors are long gone due to a lack of quality metal .Hand torque those wheels . Crank down and pray is likely to warp those new rotors .

[@rollingops]

Yea, felt like it was probably best to get a fresh set. Especially after 120k miles 😄

[@fightzoid]

I'm just here for the chrome socket on an impact comments.

[@rollingops]

They are coming in fast, I promise!

[@Djkyle65]

The stock dodge pads and rotors are 1000 times better quality then brake best. I would save your old rear rotors and have them turned if they are still within spec.

[@BentIronBins]

Not a fan of the stock rotors or pads but Napa I’ve had really good luck with

[@rollingops]

Really wish we had a napa. Closest one to me is about 100 miles out

[@larrytanks3844]

which kubota skid and excavator do you have? looking to purchase one and i’m sure you have a great model

[@rollingops]

Kubota KX-040-4 and Kubota SVL65-2!

[@tynichols909]

What’s the part # in Trevor’s Mac tools impact set never seen that 1/2 impact set

[@rollingops]

I'll have to ask em!

[@Lifes_Apprentice]

Buy a mic for Go Pro. I have what is called a Media Mod for mine. It has an external mic built into it and audio will be perfect

[@rollingops]

That's what was on it! And it sounded like a tin can! I gotta figure out why

[@Lifes_Apprentice]

@@rollingops It sounded like a normal go pro with no mic. The media mod is like a shell that goes over go pro and has a mic in top corner with a wind muff. If you had that on the go pro something is wrong

[@rollingops]

@@Lifes_Apprentice yep, that's exactly what it is. I need to see what's up with it

[@ridinwithwheelz188]

Keep this in mind your front brakes are always always going to take more abuse than your back. It did not look like your dumpster trailer has any trailer brakes.

[@rollingops]

Yep, fronts were tost. But the trailers luckily do have a brake as well.

[@markchristensen5206]

Keep the old rotors, and pads. you may not be able to get them , next time, reason, we dont make those anymore

[@rollingops]

Only ones I could keep were the rears. The fronts were toasssst

[@tannerhoover6846]

Also, what is citywide cleanup? I must have missed it.

[@rollingops]

City wide cleanup is when a town pays a waste management company to collected a large portion of trash. Usually a dumpster company because it's outside of the regular weekly trash pickup

[@megaskinsgaming6225]

You remind me of Romanatwood

[@rollingops]

Dang, ill take that as a compliment, his channel is huge I think. 😳

[@jaimeg9058]

Obligatory chrome socket on an impact comment. I’m assuming 1/2” nonetheless.

[@rollingops]

Ya got me! Haha I knew they were coming 🤣

[@jaimeg9058]

@@rollingops had to do it. Keep up the good work, man. I’m trying out here too.

[@rollingops]

@jaimeg9058 keep grinding, the momentum shift does come!

[@foreshee10]

Get all your parts together before the job

[@ddssmith09]

What site did you use to build your website?

[@rollingops]

Word press, and a couple pluggins. Did it myself

[@ddssmith09]

Do you build websites for others as well?

[@billschreiber4902]

Napa

[@rollingops]

Wish we had one within 100 miles of me

[@6.7Bill]

Go to rock auto

[@chrisallen2005]

They don't have a storefront if I remember correctly. Still have to wait for the parts to arrive.

[@6.7Bill]

Only online orders cheaper and easy to plan the repair.

[@rollingops]

Yea, I order maintained parts ahead usually. This really became more of an "emergency" - I needed all hands and trucks the next day, no exceptions. So I couldn't wait. Definitely not ideal!

[@6.7Bill]

Trust me I understand shit happens. Great content! Worked my way up to 11 dumpsters Iv never seen a video of someone painting dumpsters or replacing the floors. Or buying used cans and fixing them. Have you bought used cans yet?

[@rollingops]

@6.7Bill probably half of mine are used. But I always seem to find pretty mint used ones! So I haven't had to redo any. But I know a couple guys that go to a sand blaster, blast them, then get a harbor freight spray setup and go to town!

[@BigP85]

Hmm don’t wanna sound like a douche canoe but you must have a list they do every morning before driving the vehicles. It’ll save you on insurance plus cover your rear in the end. You are setting yourself up for failure again not trying to sound like a douche canoe but people will sue you and your company over spilled milk these days. With the court system being so messed up you’ll lose what you cherish that would be your company.

[@rollingops]

I 100% agree. This was a major oversight on my part. Which is exactly why u said "could of cost me everything"