Braxton,s Truck Went Down!! 10 Year Old Truck Owner..

[@scubasteve7946]

You can lock the power divider, pull the axle shafts out of the front axle, build some plywood or steel covers to cap off the hubs, and just run it as a single drive axle for the one trip. No probs and get it rolling.

[@bmw535igangsta]

Yeah DOT would love that...

[@scubasteve7946]

@@bmw535igangsta I always laugh when people put extra periods at the end of all their comments like they're a regular prophet. But tell me how often you've had your axle shafts inspected and what section of code it says that you cannot operate with a single drive and tag axle because there are lots of them out there.

[@petedeluisa6315]

@@scubasteve7946 ...that's called an elipse...

[@jcsully]

Lock in the power divider, remove the intermediate driveline, and run it. That'll give you time to get a matching set of diffs.

[@jjneitz]

I was going to suggest this. Get the boats delivered and order a new drive. No harm done.

[@tracymankey9314]

That welder is amazing he is good keep him around ❤

[@millionmiler]

Love the work yall done but the safety chain I always thought needs to be hooked to where the hitch is cause those hooks on the bed gonna rip off if the trailer detaches You need to add a pinned hitch to some of the regular tractors so you can rescue the load

[@samueljoejr5191]

This is another example of what Americans do, to make America great. Keep fighting the good fight. Thx.

[@bigpaulrc3531]

Tim don't burn yourself out try to take a break mate

[@markgero5645]

Thanks Tim for introducing me to Lawrence. He has my ecm now and should be done today. Sounds like you folks lost power yesterday due to an ice storm. Again thanks Tim for introducing me to a great guy with the tools and experience to get me back on the road. And Quickly I might add, God bless,

[@jamesritter623]

We use to use those same pintle hitches with the spring cushion on our dump trucks and we pulled 953's and those 46,000 pound off road fork lifts and they would wear the spring out after about a year of use and we had one of them break right at the spot where it twists at ,so we went to the bigger more heavy duty hitches they still rotate but they don't have that weak spring, you have to keep an eye on the hitche every load just like you did with the last setup

[@daniellucas7918]

take the drive shaft between rears and lock the power divider in and go

[@allynbroderick]

I may be wrong, but by removing the fifth wheel and adding the pintle it is not a stinger anymore and you will be over length. My buddy hauls boats with stingers and gets double checked for length alot

[@jamespimental6919]

I'm thinking it was fifth wheel because you shouldn't have a bunch of tongue weight on as pintle hitch

[@paulmanssen5616]

Your doing good Tim,you've been through a rough ordeal but your going to make it step by step,proud of you!

[@Itsdre416]

I agree 👍 💯

[@Gearhead143God]

💯

[@kustommotors8784]

Don't Stress Tim. Use the diff on the other truck. That's the quickest fix. Then get another for that truck when you start checking it out and getting it road ready. The pintle hitch set up is perfect. I pull 3 different equipment trailers with a pintle hitch just like that one. Haven't had a single issue. Keep em rolling. Everyone here at the shop is pulling 💯 for all of you.

[@TravisLaRoche]

Redundancy is key when it comes to maintaining these trucks. Most companies would benefit greatly from you and your team’s preventative maintenance standards. You do have some great Mechanics working under you. Your father is a great “O.G” mentor that has traditionally values/ morals. Power team raising some great little mechanics lol all jokes aside; keep it up Timmy. I know you will!

[@jesstrueblood2317]

You probably thought of this already, if your front diff is a locker you could pull the rear driveshaft to see if that will let it move.

[@TheSeper]

Man I wish I had a boss like you you sound awesome to work for no matter what they may be doing,

[@lorettathompson4806]

It will make it love you all to God bless

[@massbassattack4510]

Right these guys keep on killing it no matter what life throws at em, prob the best trucking channel out here in youtube land and they keep it raw and unfiltered for the most part, love to see them do another live for q and a

[@kroge007]

The entire Gentry family have keep their chins high and are moving forward like gusto. Have faith and you will he surprised as how far he takes you all. All the Best!!

[@steveperyer4850]

Just keep digging GNS, and you will get through this. There will be a light at the end of this tunnel, and you will be headed back up the ladder, because you guys work together, and get charging on. Changing the diff from the other Argosy, is your best bet. Just do your best, as you are doing what you can, plus right now, because of your situation. God bless, and we all love ya brother.

[@GARYJ22]

Hi Tim and everyone at Gentry & Sons, You mentioned about getting some new Trucks yesterday and you also mentioned that you would like to get a Scania Truck. Seeing a Scania in England is very common. The Trucks you have in America do look better but I’m pretty sure that the Trucks in England, Scania, Mercedes and so on are much more comfortable and better to drive, I hope I see you with some new Scania’s soon.

[@greghowse3767]

Hey Tim do not get rid of that welder he is a Godsend to your company You point him in the right direction and if stand there to long you will be welded to the frame as well Keep going Bro this is what I like watching your stamina not to give up I have not seen Brax for a while is he Ok Yes we know it’s been hard on your family with what has happened That young Father of yours has past on a great Gene of not giving up Shit Happens head down and bum’s up Cheers Tim from Australia 🇦🇺

[@jamesdutton2751]

Keep your head up Tim you'll get it all figured out my man you're doing a great job

[@jorgenegrete7494]

I'll make a big prayer for you please don't stress prayers are with you God bless

[@temahenoniania6623]

Watching from south Australia keep up the good work tim and braxon

[@anthonytheitalian2863]

My brother used to lease out 26’ box trucks every three to six months he pulls them in his shop to do fleet maintenance he checks everything so he avoids the DOTS and other crap too he had a system it works well

[@alvaanderson1123]

Just keep going Tim things will get better. How about changing the rear end to Hendrickson that's widely available

[@vdub4201]

pull the driveshaft from between the two rear ends.. Pintal hotch looks great!

[@amerritt261]

I really felt for you having to start over. Now I 100% understand. We lost our home on Sunday.

[@charlesroberts6965]

Some days are tougher than others but your doing what it takes knuckling down and fixing the issues. Always remember everything is hard before it becomes easy.😇🇺🇸🔧🛠️👍

[@terryjohnson3541]

Tim Take one of your old dry vans and use it as your inventory trailer x. You can put shelving and set up a system to use for all your inventory easy peasy.

[@dennislamers986]

Dale is quite the fabricator. Looks like a very heavy duty hitch . Kinda like the ones they put on pick-ups for pulling farm wagons.

[@ham-wu4rg]

Tim just relax don't get stressed out it will all work out there will be prayers coming from this way 🙏🙏🙏☺️🙏

[@neilmyhill8975]

The hitch should have a brace bolted on from that top lug on the hitch back to the trailer

[@williamdennissmith6695]

Going to look great going down the road. Be sure to check clearance on turning radius on the air and electric trailer lines before it's test flight. 👊😎👍

[@lorettathompson4806]

Because of the bad design you should rebuild the hole tunge

[@lorettathompson4806]

Because it's not mad. Probably

[@ericgriffin397]

Gosh o tater, Tim I'm sorry about all this mess but I know your gonna beat this mess. Prayers for y'all brother!! Braxton you got your hands full young man.

[@glennhunter7018]

Man brother is your luck ever going to change and get better just keep strong you will make it you got to be the hardest working man I ever seen I will pray for you for things to get better be safe

[@jamesbagos3459]

Up here in Michigan where we pull what we call short doubles we use hitches like that to hook the trailer draw bars to. The difference is the draw bars don’t carry any weight so those spring loaded hitches both pintle style and fish mouth aren’t carrying weight only pulling it. My concern for you is those hitches are rated at 40,000# but is that tongue weight or pulling weight it’s rated at?

[@ronniephipps6555]

Try disconnecting the drive shaft between the 2 rears and see what it does then

[@charlesbeatty2916]

Dales good people ,I've helped him before with church projects .funny seeing him in your video ...and like you said , if he's says it will hold , it will hold !

[@travisstokes2037]

Your one he'll of a fighter you and your hole team the drive behind you all is just awesome much respect and much love for you all

[@VanWinger]

Man that is a bummer, does sound a lot like my luck - Where I fix one thing just to find out two other things are now broke. So I just go ahead and try to fix two things at a time so my stuff stays at least the same level of brokeness.

[@Jerrylee84]

You and your family team you all show that a positive mind things will get better

[@shakiepete7782]

I thought stuff like this only happened to Puerto Ricans. Dude may God bless you and keep going forward 🙏.

[@toby0395]

Only problem I see with the new hitch is the d rings for the safety chains are no where near heavy enough

[@wynottgivemore9274]

I fell the same, but to be perfectly honest that hitch isn't ever gonna come off. But yeah I'd change the safety hooks.👍

[@chrislawley1334]

And the chains didn't appear to be crossed

[@toby0395]

@@chrislawley1334 He stated later in the video that they crossed them

[@jonkeau5155]

Well… having been in the RV industry, size is not a good indicator of strength every time on hitch parts… only difference between a 5k hitch ball and a 30k hitch ball visibly is the weight stamped on it, if you put chains for sway bars side by side they look identical but one brand is rated for three times the weight… we just don’t know what Tim bought so it’s best not to make assumptions 🤷‍♂️

[@toby0395]

@@jonkeau5155 I can guarantee you dot will look at those and say they are not heavy enough, I've been there.

[@jaredspear8140]

Keep your head up brother. Just being tested right now to see how strong you/your team is! I tried watching your live the other night but it kept locking up and repeating. Tried logging out and coming back. Just wouldn’t reset. Good luck brother

[@MicroAppleStudios]

If you have spare axle shafts, you can cut them and make a hub cover and run it like a tag to get you thru the run

[@h.h.legacydiesel6724]

You can count the rotation of the diff, mark both accurately! Spin both, you come out with three (3) plus a smidgen rotation for each diff. If one runs long? It will be more than a 3.08 might be a 3.30 ? Good luck Tim, get some sleep! Then go hard at it. God bless ya Tim. ✌🏻🧡 ❄️ 🌬 🇨🇦 .

[@robertknoll8439]

Tim,Have a Good Day Brother...Your gonna be Bigger than ever💪🏻

[@davidanderson2393]

Trucks can really kick you when your having a bad week, I worked for drivetrain rebuilding companies for 20 years and have seen a lot of issues from mixed axle ratios. I'm you know tooth counts are stamped on the end of pinion and on the ring gear, never go bye what is stamped on a housing or tag since things get swapped around over years or someone stamped the wrong ratio on a tag. Good luck with what you find, I don't suppose the oid core unit is still their to get a tooth count or know where it might be to check.

[@goldenyears9080]

take a deep breath and remember the struggles we have in this life make us who we are. God bless and be safe

[@brentlance2379]

Overdrive Rebuilders in Concord,NC.. have a huge selection of ready diffs and trans. Guys r super knowledgeable

[@davemiller5875]

I really enjoy your channel. I am praying for you. You will survive these setbacks.

[@t.l.robinson2162]

You have been blessed to meet and have some very good friends.

[@pat.omeara2562]

keep on trucking tim all will work out for ye all your hard work will pay off from ireland

[@mikescenters5785]

Prayers up for you all

[@garymiller652]

I’m a contractor and use/ go through allot of power tools and I order them from Ohio power tools. They always have discounts and are cheaper than everywhere else. Even if you find it cheaper they will match it! Figure I would share that with ya Tim I kno how expensive that stuff gets lol i usually have a few Milwaukee tools walk off each week!

[@stumpy2816]

Hang in there fella. Its got to get better.

[@franker1111]

You should put another brace from it up to the bed in the center of the brace half way out

[@timbullins6852]

Glad you changed that it is a hell of a lot safer 10/4

[@garyshope8378]

Always count the ring gear teeth on old one and new one

[@closewatermelon]

You said it best, when I survive this month I’ll be unstoppable again :)

[@jasontengan4554]

Wish you had kept Blue Collar in your fleet, not a cab over person but that one is my favorite, also the yellow one you had!

[@Peteblz1]

You and your family are doing great ! Keep up the excellent work and you'll make it through this and rise up from the ashes like a phoenix. I know it must feel like one thing after another. But you are overdue for some good luck. God has a plan for us all we just have to get out of the way sometimes and let him work.

[@Eric-eg6uh]

You probably fixed it by now can you pull the driveshaft between the tandem let rear axle coast

[@allanstephenson9336]

Love the hitch. Had 1. On my dump. AWSOME

[@BentleysWorld2023]

I was about ten minutes away from your shop I wanted to stop by and say hi and thank you for posting your content I’m an Owner operator for United Vanlines but I didn’t want you to think I was crazy for stopping by to say hi.

[@BentleysWorld2023]

Delivered in Tallahassee Fl then sat at the darn freightliner there in midway fl for 4 days with a bad acm and a bad def pump 3k later finally back on the road and had to turn and burn.

[@JasonSmith-vd1sz]

Tough times don’t last, tough people do!

[@ruston723]

My 2007 Argosy started it life out as a boat hauler it is a 265 wheel base truck took the bed off and put a fifth wheel hitch back on it

[@jasonlukasik5595]

All stingers bottom out I’ve been hauling cars for 20yrs and can’t count the amount of times I’ve drug trailer and fifth wheel. It’s just art of the game with those. I would have rather you just sent it to cattrell ind in Gainesville ga to fix it the way it was designed.

[@jeremybrown9785]

Hey Tim just buy a roll or trailer wire and hard wire the hole trailer

[@davevaughn7399]

I see on them fifth world break on a car carrier years ago in Lafayette Indiana on 65 whether or not the trailer set down in the state and went straight down road can come to a stop nobody got hurt or crashed or nothing

[@nigelhales874]

Great watching again tim 👍 the same here in the UK 🇬🇧 get stopped ✋️ by dvla we call them wheel tappers they check the trucks

[@edrife]

Tim I hope you can find the right ratio differential for your truck...if there that tough to find I'd consider buying set cutoffs more available option to get parts...pray it works out for you.

[@flyingnippers]

It’s a shame with the crane, you can’t get those show boats lifted onto another trailer, or even a split load just to save yourself hassle with the company, and give yourself a bit of time to get the back end right. Of course it is what it is, but you going to need rest to be your best! Hope it all gets sorted and you all get back on top !

[@michaelwilkerson6736]

@tim_gentrystop screaming people

[@mathewseger880]

I went back and watched the mustang videos again and I hope you get out and do some racing soon with all the races coming up! Awesome content for us and a good stress reliever for you 😂

[@mathewseger880]

@@kurtfoulke5130 he still has a running trucking company I’m sure he has already went through and made back what has been sent to him twice lol

[@mathewseger880]

@@kurtfoulke5130 you’re just mad nobody will ever care about you that much lmao

[@georgewest4643]

Funny when ya showed that hitch in a video I thought I was light😳

[@georgegodwin1098]

Great Job but now the law states because you have a pinto hitch you can only be 65 ft max. It's not a stinger anymore.

[@scubasteve7946]

Just make sure the driver knows that stinger truck can't turn as tight anymore as before- don't jacknife it 😁

[@bradenconway9066]

I’ve got a couple buddies that say a Detroit is inferior to a CAT or a cummins, the problem is they’ve only driven detroits that have been poorly maintained. I have a neighbor with a 14L Detroit 550hp in a volvo that will out pull his 600 cummins in a pete any day and he won’t even deny it. He does swear by cat motors for lugging though

[@dackerson5]

Tim, ya'll get it figured out. You guys are overcoming the odds when most would thrown their hands in the air, but ya'll are getting it done! Love the videos! Keep with it, you have this!

[@richardspence9591]

Tim couldn't you put some roller wheels close to were the trailer would stuck let it roll instead of getting stuck on train tracks and whatever else it normally stuck on. Put roller wheels that normally comes on roll off dust bins those tip of roller wheels.

[@Olesnapper]

Awesome content I like those old fld

[@danielcollins1590]

Hang in there Tim I will pray for your team

[@alanlanghorn7393]

Did you send the old diff off you would check the teeth on the new one before fitting it always check the teeth on the new ones before exchanging the old ones. Hope you can sort it out

[@rickyramos3159]

Your doing a great job bro, keep it going! Don’t forget you also need to get some sleep, keep that head on your shoulders sharp

[@garrettthompson8314]

Hello Tim Praying thing's will start Improving I love see your Videos Thank's

[@brockjean874]

Drop the back drive shaft and run it on the front drive axol let the back one just hangout till you can find a center that will work

[@kentstryker7208]

The only way it would cause trouble with different ratios if you had power divider in. It it's out it's only putting power to one axel. Good luck

[@mstg966]

Check out Ups doubles the short trailers have pintle hitches with scuppers so they a lot smoother and the trailer don’t bounce around I can tell a difference

[@johnneudorf4084]

Nice to see your trucks rollingAgain. God bless you all.

[@spizkavas9710]

Hey Tim don’t ask Braks he’s still learning mate. Things do happen you work them mate like a grown up…He will have his turn as an adult.

[@jasonthompson6255]

Put some flat plate steel on the front of trailer from the under side of that lower section up to the upper section near the pin because I can see that catching a rail line or something and it'll stop that trailer dead

[@robertsmith7580]

Hang in there Tim praying for you

[@King-ri6xw]

You have the kinda of luck like we do, I just wish all of our luck would change quickly!!

[@jasonlukasik5595]

Man that’s a lot of leverage out on that tongue ! I hope that works out for you man.

[@GhostedSnugs06]

Hey Gentry! Saw your truck earlier in the day in my home town, your truck was shiny and looking cool!

[@williambowers5783]

Just take the shaft off on rear rear and run it with power divider on till you get the right gears I always count ring gear and pinion teeth make sure you got right one just saying

[@jayisted1417]

Tim fingers crossed for you man hope you get some luck for you man

[@jameswilson322]

He will be OK, there fighters . Don't think they are going to lie down.

[@tracymiller1881]

I like the way you fixed up dad's service truck Tim.....

[@donwiley1055]

Good job Tim keep up the good work

[@stephensapp4101]

Check with DOT. Without a 5th wheel, its no longer a stinger.

[@FishFind3000]

Yea I think your right “Stinger-steered automobile transporter means any vehicle combination designed and used specifically for the transport of assembled highway vehicles, recreational vehicles, or boats in which the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame located below and behind the rearmost axle of the power unit.”

[@stephensapp4101]

@@FishFind3000 Exactly. Our entire fleet are stingers. Have been personally checked many times to verify I have a 5th wheel. Florida most often.

[@ronaldfulton1175]

It was a stinger setup using a fifth wheel and kingpin. Now it is a pintle and lunette setup.

[@stephensapp4101]

@@ronaldfulton1175 Yea, I know. Gotta be 5th wheel for a stinger. Shoulda repaired and strengthend subframe.

[@stephensapp4101]

@@kurtfoulke5130 Also, Ive never seen a pintle support half a semi trailer. Only tung weight or draw bar. Not designed for this use.

[@jeremypociask9873]

That was a good video I know you guys We'll get that truck going again I'll be praying for you guys👍🙏