Repurposing A Flatbed For The 1945 M-5H-6 - Part 2

This one ended up being a bit bigger than I anticipated, when finishing the flatbed morphed in to a 40 mile round trip test drive/junkyard adventure.
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[@davidrudd9846]

Great video !! Your talk really got me thinking about those 'old time' farmers back on the Texas Panhandle cotton farm I was raised on Those guys could damn near build or repair any thing My Dad had a JD A and a JD B and his 'fancy' tractor was a JD 720 He was the ultimate John Deere man You are 100% correct about the rubber tires during the War He bought his JD A in 1950 he had to change the steel wheels to rubber. After he got back from Korea that is .

[@geoffowler8065]

Great vid, great story and pic at the end.

[@tomclaes450]

Super video greetings from Belgium europe 👍💪👍

[@skimboards4life865]

Awesome seeing the truck put to work! Also I love seeing people exploring junkyards. Great video.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@skimboards4life865 thanks!

[@mightyquin4955]

Very Cool!! Loved to see the junkyard... I need to find a place like that for cub implements and H parts. Hopefully for an A, B, C, and M someday!

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

You can never have too many

[@mattjanzen86]

What a cool old beast to have bought that young and keep! I've had my S120 since I was 19 (37 years now)... Keep up the great old truck work!

[@dustcommander100]

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to make it. Loved the junkyard!

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@dustcommander100 thanks for taking the time to watch it!

[@patricksydlik1893]

I love that you are saving these old trucks. I live in Michigan and if you can find them, they are normally so rusted.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@patricksydlik1893 yeah, growing up in Wisconsin I know the drill. We lost the IH I learned to drive in to rust, there was just nothing left to repair.

[@PAPAROUSwhatsinthedirt]

I love seeing people use old trucks and tractors. I use to run Oliver Cletrac.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

Love old Olivers! My dad has a 550 that’s been in our family for three generations.

[@PAPAROUSwhatsinthedirt]

@@BareKnuckleBinder Awesome I had a couple of the Hg Oc3s with the steering wheels dropped a 289 Studebaker motor in one of them.

[@marionstorm9004]

@@BareKnuckleBinder My dad started me on an Oliver Super 55 utility tractor.

[@TheCajunHomestead]

Sorry to hear about your Dad and the passing of your good friend. Thanks for taking us along. I am somewhat of a IH collector. I have a 1948 KB-5 flatbed, that I want to haul my IH Mod.AV, The KB-5 is missing some of the grill, got one? I also have my Dads IH 140, and to Cubs. I also have 7 IH Cub Cadet garden tractors, and also 4 IH Scout 80’s , which all need restoration. This does not include the couple John Deere’s and the David Bradley’s, Yeap the junk yards will get you.

[@cablecallen]

That truck is AWESOME!

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@cablecallen yeah, I found it when I was 14 and thought it was just the coolest thing ever. Still feel that way!

[@BartComeau-h6b]

Great video! I watch every one you post.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

Hey, thank you!

[@LightningFabrication]

Awesome video, you touched on a lot of things I could relate too. Great job on the flatbed also. I think we've all had older friends who we learned a lot from. Interesting to talk to, friends who were willing to help with any project we had and we helped them with their projects.

[@BartComeau-h6b]

Awesome truck!

[@collintate3396]

Awesome video , keep up the great work …..

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

Thank you!

[@cliffhaupt5413]

Thanks for taking us on a road trip to the junkyard. How many miles was it to that junkyard? Hope you make a video of what’s in that tool box. I love that kind of stuff.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

It was about 16 miles or so to the junkyard, but the truck only goes about 40mph so it seems a lot longer! Unfortunately I already emptied the toolbox, not too much in the way of treasures but the farmer had an entire hardware store's supply-worth of cotter pins.

[@danmcneil8004]

Another great video Eric, the junkyard is killer. Hope to see it someday. Keep on truckin buddy

[@blackbuttecruizr]

Great use of this old beast

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

Thanks! It's a blast to drive.

[@DwayneRouthierJr]

There is a R140 in terryville Connecticut, about 50 miles from me. 2500$ but it's pretty rough.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@DwayneRouthierJr yeah, I’ve seen it. Cool truck all the same.

[@DwayneRouthierJr]

@@BareKnuckleBinder indeed.

[@bruceklassen8261]

How did you figure out to use motor oil on the flat deck, amazing video, loved the tractor yard

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

When I was a kid all the old farmers used motor oil to treat the base of wooden corner posts on the fence line and on any wooden uprights for sheds that went in the ground. Turns out it works great for trailer decking and flatbeds. With heavier oils you’d want to dilute it diesel or turpentine, but my wife and my mom both drive Subarus that use 0w20. It’s thin enough that those super dry oak boards soaked it up almost as fast as I could brush it on. I probably ended up putting on 7 coats!

[@michaelmann6277]

Squatch253 would have a field day in the tractor area

[@jaredowen4187]

I need to know where this paradise is located. I would love to peruse this property for potential treasures!

[@JeronWhite]

Will you have a handle do I have a done

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

I didn’t understand that?

[@johnnyholland8765]

It is a shame that truck was cut down. I had much rather have a 6x6 but would take anything I could find at this time. Good job on the bed. That oak will last a long time and tough as nails.

[@SecondWindMechanical]

Sounds like a worn out detent , detent spring or shift rail in the tractor transmission. Willys Jeeps have that problem with jumping out of second gear when detent spring or detents wear out on the synchronizer ring for second and third gear.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@SecondWindMechanical yeah, I was thinking it might a worn or bent shift rail. I don’t believe this critter has detents.

[@ryrob37]

I'd have a hard time not staying in that junk yard all day

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@ryrob37 I usually pack a lunch 😂

[@montwolfman]

Squatch253 should visit the tractor yard for his missing front wheels that he has been looking for forever.....

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@montwolfman @squatch253 is welcome any time.

[@montwolfman]

@@BareKnuckleBinder Yessir. Don't know that he would make the trip down from Minnesota but he sure would appreciate getting in touch with you I think. Do you know his channel?

[@montwolfman]

@@BareKnuckleBinder I just looked at his channel but I don't know how to email him directly

[@glenncourtney4876]

Your flatbed needed more red tractor parts on its return trip.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@glenncourtney4876 couldn’t agree more. Got a video coming up this month with plenty more coming home.

[@notajp]

I kept looking for a B in that tractor yard. I’m needing a valve cover, starter, and carb. Not that I’ll ever be able to go up there and get anything…..😢

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@notajp there’s at least one B carcass up there but it’s deep, deep in the weeds.

[@ruhtra-k]

Good video. I have a question for you. Did I see rubber between the long channel and frame? I am restoring a KB-3 with a stake bed. Bed sits on two long 3x8 oak boards. Not reusable. I plan to replace with channel like you have.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@ruhtra-k there’s no rubber, but it’s common to put wood strips in there to prevent rubbing and allow some shifting. That why it’s so common to use u-bolts to clamp a flatbed on: it prevents frame cracking and stress by allowing the bed to shift slightly under pressure, more than bolts will allow.

[@WIDESIDE72]

Seems like we’re like minded. I’ve got half a dozen old Cubs as well as a Super A I mow with. Sold a Super C with fast hitch implement ms my dad and I redid before he passed. Working on a 57 Chevy 3600 NAPCO 4x4 as we speak. I grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast near Port Lavaca. Everything is gone from down there. I lived near Leander now. Where’s the tractor yard at?

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

Tractor yard is in Southwest Wisconsin, I live down in Kyle, TX.

[@bigmikeyz0071]

Lazy bastards put the cover back on it’s not hard people. It’s devastating when you need a certain part and somebody left it opened and ruined perfectly good parts.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

I agree completely.

[@aaronbrown3573]

Just like you don't leave your beer cans lying around your campsite or leave your fishing line snag cut off in a tree or bank when a little effort could remove it. Some folks just have zero pride and respect for themselves and others.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@aaronbrown3573 that’s it exactly.

[@judithtyson9763]

I like your videos where you worked on the trucks &explained what you were doing. I don't like these live chats.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

Lots of those on the way.

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Hey, I agree 100%!! Long line of IH in my family, all the way back to the '30s. Unfortunately, I dislike this format so much I have unsubscribed as I don't want videos popping up in my feed with a "premier" 8 days in the future. Not one single creator to whom I subscribe is doing this, so no thank you.

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Oh, and I absolutely WILL NOT participate in ANY live chat. Sayonara!

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

@@Watchyn_Yarwood interesting! I had no idea it was being that annoying on your end. I’m not interested necessarily in a live chat, I was just attempting to schedule videos. I’ll look into removing that, sorry you had to 86 yourself.

[@douglasbeyer6735]

@@BareKnuckleBinder What name brand red flannel are you wearing? Thanks great videos