My Trailer Is Totally JACKED (And A HUGE House Upgrade)

Franklin Stud Finder: amzn.to/3M9m4WR
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Bulldog Jack: amzn.to/3Fornhp
Bulldog Jack Foot: amzn.to/45xO79b
I finally found the perfect place to build the ultimate car guy compound. Tons of car parts, tools, and a motorcycle were left behind. So today we're going to sort through everything, throw a ton of stuff away, and start cleaning things up. A new house, a new shop, and a place to build cars better than ever before... but the house has some strange secrets of it's own.
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[@amadeo_serrano]

I have had the ideal stud finder for years: my mirror. 😉😂🤣

[@WatchJRGo]

😂😂😂😂 worth the pin.

[@auzmo]

Boooooooo

[@marcmo7138]

My wife's works flawlessly. lmao

[@matthewholzinger1042]

My problem is having a SPUD meter. 🥔🍟

[@garfixit]

😅😅😅😅

[@JohnsTinyWoodshop]

The replacement jack that you bought is actually a better version than the existing one. I've worked at a trailer parts store for nearly two decades and those grey Bulldogs are nearly unbreakable

[@trssho91]

A thought about the trailer jack, I usually put an upside down bucket over the top the jack when the trailer is parked. Keeps rain and water from getting down into the jack and making it hard to use.

[@abhijeetmankar772]

JR, am always amazed at the depth of your knowledge base and how much you know and how you present it on your channel. I learn so much from your video. Kudos!!

[@mr.h4714]

One caution with high efficiency furnaces....ya may want to step ot down a couple notches....they are great amd save you a nomimal amount of money each month you use them. The downside, replacement parts are bananas....carrier and bryant draft induction motors $1,100 to $1,600....$1,500 blower motors, etc......you lose any savings and more the moment that 1st repair comes along. Those are just part prices...no labor

[@damondurham5683]

Nothing like watching your own trailer wheel pass you as your flying down the highway at 2am with another 500 miles still to go. My first reaction was - I need to get some rest the halucinations are real. Then I saw the sparks and noticed a drag with my load LOL. Had to get a massive tilt bed tow truck to pick it up and drop it at a shop in the nearest town... Oh 60 miles away. Had to replace both axles and hubs + new wheels and tires (and a fender when I got back home.) Added $2.5k to what was a killer deal on my de tomaso pantera! Fun times. And cat 3 for the TStat now that's some serious repurposing!!!

[@loves2rock247]

I’m a hvac technician we have a lot of problems with nest and ecobee thermostats we like the Honeywell pro 8000 Wi-Fi for the reliability and the versatility it provides. I would recommend that you look into Bosch equipment and setting up a duel fuel system to make your system very energy efficient hope this helps and good luck with your project.

[@scott1134]

Duel? Do they fight to the death? 😂

[@nachobroryan8824]

@@scott1134 No, they drive a brown tractor trailer and try running over a guy in a red plymouth.

[@MikeBMW]

@@nachobroryan8824 Dennis approves this comment - unwillingly, though ...

[@EpicValleysStill]

😌 just a laid back WatchJRGo vlog before bedtime. Thank you sir.

[@erscustoms911]

Waiting for hvac and water heater vids please also duct cleaning and resizing all ductwork haha😂, honestly very interesting. I like trane!

[@gtoger]

Was operating a fleet of 7 Nests. By Nest #8 (after Google and now they're milky-white with the "touch" ring) they'd changed the networking on the setup so it had to be done 100% on app. And then didn't work right. Junk. Now I'm down to 3 Nests and happily running 12 Ecobees. In one of the office buildings we had all programmable thermostats. But tenants just set it at their preferred setting and then put it on hold. So HVAC in those spaces runs all the time. Since moving to Ecobees we've cut the electric bill by a little over 18%. The Ecobees are paid for in less than 2 years. Tenants can still make their space as comfy as they like... just not when they're not there.

[@nachobroryan8824]

That original jack sounds jacked up but not like on Monday Night Countdown.

[@martind5534]

fun fact, ecobee now has a doorbell that shows the feed on their smart premium thermostats

[@WatchJRGo]

WHOA.... If I wasn't doing all UniFi that would be sweet. The UniFi doorbell does show on the Max phones so I might just put a couple phones in 😳

[@tschuuuls486]

@@WatchJRGo Maybe someone will reverse engineer this and build a home assistant integration. Then you could pipe the video from the unify doorbell into the ecobee. Home assistant is just awesome like that.

[@shakey2634]

@@tschuuuls486 Right, until it gets hacked. My energy company wants everyone to have a smart thermostat so THEY can adjust your temp at their discretion. No thanks.

[@cristianvasiliu9025]

@@tschuuuls486 LTT also set a bounty for someone making home assistant integration.

[@briankannady6469]

I started in with ecobee several years ago because i read that the remote sensor situation was better than nest, and the thermostats in my house were not located in great spots to keep the rooms i cared about right. They've always worked out great. Fast forward three years and as the IT director for my company I inherited the facilities director hat as well. We had a huge interior humidity problem, and huge problems balancing the temperature in our building. I put in 14 ecobees and put sensors in every room, which allowed me to track temps and adjust vents to properly balance the temperature. The ecobees can also be tweaked to widen the start/stop gap in cooling when it is over humid, because fewer long runs of the AC is more effective at dehumidification then more short runs. Also, in our business we have to log temps for regulatory purposes, and the ecobee smartbuildings software does all that for us. In the end, the ecobees have made a huge difference for us

[@amoni1959]

The pencil sharpener by the furnace is a nice touch. U should keep that JR.

[@Spillmansgarage]

Put a bowl or a cup on top of the trailer jack when storing it. Will keep water from getting into it when you store it. I use some old wire to keep the wind from blowing it away.

[@MikeBeauchamp]

I cant say enough about the quality of life improvement switching from nest to ecobee 3. Just night and day. Good choice!

[@Cartier_specialist]

You probably should've known the jack was seriously locked up if your dad said it was hard to crank. Remember how easy he made it look to crank the old model T Ford?

[@sleepyhollow783]

And the antique 🚜 tractor.

[@isaacsoderlund9677]

My thoughts exactly! If Sr. says its hard to turn....lol

[@SmokyMountainsCouple]

Make sure you add the room sensors to the ecobee so you can have it focus on rooms when you are in there or scheduled to focus on them.

[@lindawilson4625]

The depth of your knowledge just blows me away :-)

[@shephusted2714]

you should get the knuckle trailer - it is pretty innovative - do an alt design or become a franchise owner/seller, the basement is a hellhole just like the mini resort - clean them both up and get copacetic - more content

[@scott1134]

I own an HVAC company and the ecobees are hands down the best smart tstat. I’ve replaced so many nests.

[@avioncamper]

JR always has the latest in tech. He is way ahead of me. I am not making any stud finder jokes.

[@HiggsBJ]

Make sure you run a cost benefit on the high efficiency stuff. Sometimes your spending money that you’ll never recoup with the high efficiency furnace. A lot of variables involved.

[@DakotaCarlson92]

Keep up the good work JR loving these home videos getting to learn some new tricks!

[@douglasmayherjr.5733]

I would definitely recommend going with a plastic vented high efficiency furnace. They can be sidewall vented or up through the roof. The bad part is the old furnace will outlast anything that you install now, besides a boiler. Heat pumps can save money but lose efficiency below 30 degrees or so. Air to Air versions are limited by cold outside temperatures. You may be able to install Geothermal wells, but the installation costs are high and payback takes a long time. Thanks for the videos. Good luck.

[@Dabodizafa]

I've always used a magnet to find studs behind drywall. Please keep the squeaky floor board by the thermostat, squeaky. It gives the house character.💯

[@tedstriker754]

I had one of those jacks, I just welded a 3/4" nut on the top shaft and ran it up and down with a cordless drill and socket attachment. No more cranking.

[@richc9503]

Wow, that furnace was an antique!

[@Scotty_in_Ohio]

Had/have an EcoBee (original) for more than 10 years now with 3 or 5 sensors (currently only using 3) and it's been flawless. You can opt out of the "we'll integrate with your energy company" thing and the updates have worked without any issue. I've been tempted to upgrade but mine works just fine - set it and forget it - I've not used the geofence feature since someone is almost always home but I can see that would be a great feature.... Mine doesn't have a color screen and didn't want another home listening device - I think the remote sensors are more expensive in the new versions too.

[@itsnotme07]

Lots of great stuff in this video JR!! Will be interested to see how your Ecobee works out. Love my 2nd gen Nest! Course I hate how Google manages it....and maybe if I get a home management system, I'll want to move away from it. We'll see. But that stud finder is really great.

[@AndyZ325is]

That Furnace is older than I am. But in all reality, it would probably outlive me.

[@TNels]

That good ole smell of dust burning off the heat exchanger is a sure sign of fall.

[@renoflames]

I went to a Strip Club and one of the dancers had a stud finder like that. I also just put Electric water proof jacks on both of my trailers. Nice works well and rear screw down jacks for heavy duty RV. I do not need to be hooked up to load. You are doing a good job keep it up. Going camping tomorrow had enuf.

[@93LT1RamAir]

Loving the late night posts!

[@jk9086]

I had the first gen in my old house and put the Ecobee Gen 4 in my new house back in 2017. Love it. It is color, shows day, time and weather. Only has Alexa integration. May need to look at the new generation since it has Siri. Great content!

[@lesm285]

I love my Nest 3s! They are also the only thermostat that works with my 2 wire system.

[@timkaldahl]

The minute I need a subscription to use something is the minute I keep looking for an alternative.

[@mariodagenais6625]

I bought the ecobee 5 Pro and I’m so happy by all the features it has. And the temperature is so well maintained.

[@mikesweet5848]

Jesus the day I ever spend $270 on a thermostat.

[@garnerifigous]

John loves the new stuff, maybe addicted to showing us, though he buys the best and gives honest reviews on his gear imo…

[@WatchJRGo]

At least they seem to last the rest of your life, I've had that 3rd gen Nest since the day it came out (nearly 10 years) 💯

[@cloudyview]

There's almost always discounts through you electric/gas company, and frequent sales. I got mine for 170, for the same premium model

[@hubie3111]

Im a hvac installer i have 2 of those love them i got mine for $120 each with my discount awesome stat

[@tuneskramer69]

Around 10 years ago i spend €6000,- to get my shop and house a Evohome system it is just another thermostat with a lot of censors. It supports OpenTherm cause i live in Europe and at the time nest did not support it. Now you can buy Nest with opentherm support, ecobee doesn't support it still. Anyway i made my money back with savings on the energy bill. So i bet you can get your $270 back real quick on savings

[@jbrunsonjr]

I have that stud finder- love it!!!

[@VanisleNSX]

I have older model Franklin stud finder and I love it's simplicity. I bought it from Costco a few years ago.

[@macgroober1396]

That studfinder is awesome!! Modern thermostats...not so much. At least in my experience, the Nests. My gf has had two straight up fail in 4 years. I'll forego being able to manipulate my HVAC from afar and save having to spend $300+ on a thermo every couple years. The old tech is far superior.

[@akletke1]

I bought into the ecobee system when I put a zone controller in. I have three of those units feeding into a zone controller that then tells certain dampers to open or close. The reason I went with the ecobee is that it had the ability to group the three stats together and they share common settings like heat on/off, cool on/off, fan on/off so all three would change when you changed one unit from heat to cool. Then they turned off the grouping feature due to it causing some backend problems on their end and they didn't inform anyone about it. Just randomly one day I go to change my system from heating to cooling and the other two didn't follow. Still an issue a year later as we change from cooling to heating. And their scheduling is a little dumb. Can't change/manage schedule from the app, have to do it from a browser. Although using the smart sensors in rooms instead of basing the entire house off of one sensor on the stat in a hallway makes a huge difference by itself. You'll like it but it does have some quirks. And yeah that's the best stud finder ever. I've had one for a few years now.

[@billylemire5469]

I borrowed a buddy’s Big Tex trailer and while hauling it 350 miles to pick up a jeep the jack decided to all but completely lower itself. I went to back it into a driveway and it hit the lip of the driveway and bent it. Luckily every trailer shop sells them with the same bolt pattern so I bought a new one and when I returned it I had to explain why it had a new jack…. Live and learn trailers always have issues. Also have had to track down a bad ground on a marker light on an enclosed trailer that rendered all the lights nonfunctional. I feel your pain John…

[@WatchJRGo]

It's not a trailer if something isn't wrong 😂

[@erniewarinner7692]

I have two of the ecobee premium thermostats. Love them. You can even stream iTunes to your ecobee.

[@kathleensauerbrei5199]

The first thought came to my mind when I was watching you play with the installed thermostat was “boys and their toys.” Lol

[@wrenchesinmotion3282]

Electric jack FTW.

[@nectorlopez8929]

It is perfect the Echobee 😂😂😂

[@Sexyshawnlxix]

Shoulda bought a Honeywell T9. Such a fantastic thermostat!

[@scfunnyehlol]

I like the pencil sharpener on the left at 19:46 lol I haven't seen one of those in years

[@gusherb94]

Glad you finally saw the light and switched to Ecobee. They’re contractor/pro friendly and have lots of settings in the installer menu that Nest doesn’t have, like adjusting temperature swing. And they don’t do any weird shit like randomly cycling the compressor on and off within the course of a minute.

[@GrotrianSeiler]

Very interesting video JR. Cool!

[@user-hv9gk5tc8z]

Welcome aboard the Ecobee fan ship. Been running 2 of them for about 5 years now back when they were called the 4 series. Aside from my Rachio irrigation controller, the Ecobee’s have been the best reliable home automation in my house. Only negative is the battery life of the remote sensors could be better.

[@brantleyhudson2892]

That stud finder is amazing. Beats the fire out of the zircon I have.

[@cppctek]

Wow I may give ecobee a try next time but i do also love my nest 3rd gen’s.

[@csebastian71]

Can’t believe we used to play with the mercury when we were kids.

[@bryan688]

I have that stud finder. It is the bomb.

[@ROBinJVILLE]

the led lights on that stud finder is sweeet.

[@juliusodian]

JR, for an ex tech-IT & DIY guy, you need to go with Home Assistant. You can create thermostats and connect all your smarthome equipment with one platform. Its pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it. Also, you can bridge all the smarthome ecosystems.

[@Devastator0]

Yo JR that stud finder is amazing, you didn't put a link in the description for it! I wanna grab one haha

[@WatchJRGo]

The link should've been there, I moved it to the top! 💯

[@Devastator0]

@@WatchJRGo Thanks mate, I can see it now. It legit wasn't appearing when the video was up initially. Ordered it! Thanks again & keep up the great work & good luck with the new place!!

[@69Dartman]

I had a big comment typed but KZbin deleted it, probably because I accidentally put a link in. We have a trailer at work that has the garbage Harbor Freight folding jack with a plastic wheel on it. Impossible almost to roll over asphalt when it's loaded, single axle. The last one I bought a 6 inch heavy rubber dolly wheel on it and it rolled so easily 😍 10 years later I forgot to fold it away and destroyed it and the nice wheel that was half wore down 🤬 I'm going to get another one someday as HF still sells them too. I also have the Costco version of your stud finder and it really is as nice as you say with the huge row of lights on top, you won't miss anything.

[@HillDill]

"Waller'd out" Ahh there's the south finally coming out JR. Lol!

[@punkrockford]

Home kit and separate temp sensors for each room. I love my ECCOBEE.

[@tony_25or6to4]

We installed Ecobees on the three units in our data center. They work great.

[@WatchJRGo]

So far I really like this thing 💯

[@EstorilE36M345]

Feels like the tongue of the trailer needs like a little “bag” over it to keep all that stuff out of the weather when the trailer is just sitting in the yard…like a mini car cover

[@JamesJackson-Hailey]

I have a stud finder that looks identical but green. Had it for 15 years or more and it’s great

[@AaronPowellvox]

Old school nest thermostats were awesome. The new ones suck since Google bought them. The ecobee thermostats have always been awesome. You have to make sure you put the red wire on the correct terminal. They have RH and RC. I’m not sure but only one of them is the right one. I believe it’s RC. That stands for red Heat and red Cool. Old school methods would have separate thermostats for heat and cool.

[@JohnDoe-zr6bk]

Good morning JR

[@scottcol23]

Was waiting for the stud finder dad joke..... But the outro was great lol

[@Smokey_A]

Love my ecobee's.

[@JustJake_0]

When I saw the title I was hoping you got one of the cheap electric jacks that they have on amazon. I've been wanting to get one for my camper but I don't know if they're any good at all

[@WatchJRGo]

So Brian had the cheap electric one on his Haulmark... THREE OF THEM FAILED (six months apart). It was so nice to just hit the switch, but water gets in them and they die quickly. 🤷‍♂️

[@JustJake_0]

@@WatchJRGo well I guess that's exactly what I needed to know. What about the harbor freight electric one?

[@jrodigan5]

Number 3 on the trailer problems is the license plate is always getting bent or ripped off. Lol.

[@tman2damax]

You can add the newest nest thermostat to HomeKit with matter now

[@WatchJRGo]

Yeah, I used to run a Linux box with Homebridge (back when Nest dev accounts worked) to make it happen. It worked but would drop all the time and always need updates to the repos for Nest and Homebridge. I just gave up and use the Nest app 😛

[@samhuntley344]

I hope that door and door frame at ~18 minute mark is staying. Really nice details

[@TheJwbenjamin1001]

I love my ecobee. It’s 2nd gen and has Wi-Fi connection problems after a couple months but I just reset it and it works fine again.

[@SilentServiceCode]

Imagine hooking up that thermostat to that 1982 furnace

[@jspaulding4106]

Next time you have to replace a trailer jack, get one where the foot adjusts up into the jack body. Pull the pin, drop the foot to the nearest pin hole, save yourself a ton of jack handle twirling.

[@glassvial]

That stud finder looks cool, but what about tight spaces, does it work if you flip it 90 degrees? When I had to get a smart thermostat, I went with the Sensi Touch (and now the Touch 2 is out) - I had to go with a rectangular shape due to the way the old one was mounted which limited my options, but I've been happy with it. Hope that Ecobee works out for you.

[@matthewlovvorn1950]

I have installed hundreds of Ecobee thermostats for my customers and have not had 1 complaint! I have had several of my customers with NEST thermostats who have had several issues.

[@ManMrKrazy]

Proof that it does not matter what you film I will watch it lol

[@TheRealAlpha2]

I have a nest thermostat that just went in this past year and I haven't once actually needed the google home app. In fact I down loaded the Home app first thinking I needed that to control it, but nothing worked until I downloaded the Nest app itself. Maybe at one time it was a requirement for the installer to set it up? But I literally just deleted the Home app all and my Nest app still works.

[@thundermite1241]

Make shure to coat all moving surfaces on the trailer jack so it cant rust cause it will even if its coated

[@timothyhill9571]

Put a grease fitting close to the top of the jack that's what we did to make them last longer on farm

[@kerrylewis2581]

I'm going to buy that stud finder

[@beebop4333]

OBSERVATION great job JR. Its so amazing how people live and dont care about anything. Theres so much dust and grime everywhere. JR please wear a mask. Nice vids and commentaries about electronics

[@dommy114]

The new Nest thermostat is a huge step backwards compared to the old, but still so much nicer than the ecobee. Home Kit is for babies.

[@Hacker4life]

JR, can figure out how to fix damn near anything. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[@silverbackag9790]

or fuck something up.

[@douglasbray3563]

Good Evening John Ross

[@WatchJRGo]

Hey Douglas! 🍻

[@bradknick4220]

Just need the 3lb coffee can over that jack...no rightous jack should exist without one.

[@veryexciting]

JR’s Trailer of theseus.

[@murry001]

as an Australian, you're speaking another language to me with the house stuff

[@jskidpatrol]

Howdy JR!

[@jmillerdesign]

If you think the modern Nest thermostats are bad, you should try setting up other Nest products. I agree, they fell hard when at one point they were the best.

[@jake_of_the_jungle9840]

Jr that ac looks original. Mine had an old Honeywell control center from the 60s with relays and it had that same weird little wires, it worked great and even blew cold.

[@QSSCEO]

Nothing beat the Honeywell T87F Those White Rodgers were OK Ecobee is a good choice... 1st Gen Nest was great...since Google took over... their sub bases fail continuously, and they don't sell just the sub base on their website. POS Product... I had a 1st Gen Nest and loved it... Fun fact... Your WR thermostat was made the 42nd week of 1977 and the control was replaced later on and was made the 5th week of 1985.

[@user-kf4zw5pu7d]

No washer left behind 😊

[@beebop4333]

SUGGESTION JR, b4 everyone used plastidip for cars, i used it for my tools and to cover plastic pieces on my work trock and machinery that would get ruined by the outdoor elements or UV. Sand lightly, then Dip that jack handle in plastidip a few times....or coat with ur own preferred coating

[@raycox4139]

I was so happy with my first digital thermostat until I went to adjust it. I had picked up a static charge from the carper and when I touched the screen, it zapped all the settings, and I had to re-set everything. I learned to touch the nearby light switch first.

[@rwdplz1]

"I need to do more in one day than fix a trailer" I'd call that a perfectly productive day, any day I get at least one project done.

[@svpracer98]

This reminds me that I really need to find a jack foot for the equipment trailer I have access to.