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Materials cost was about $1450 plus beer. Myself and Corey (guy in the pics) made $250 each for 2 evenings of work. Not worth it one bit, but trying to get our foot in the door with some bigger companies that this guy knows. They are ordering several cab and chassis trucks and we would like...

We painted it on the truck, looking back it would have been easier to lift it off but too late now lol. The deck is 14gauge, the horizontal supports are 3/16 and the outer frame and head board are 1/4”

It does look close in the pics, but the edges of the bed are about 1” outside of the tires. Also he has air bags on the rear for towing which are empty in these pics. With 30psi in them it sits about 3” higher and cant compress enough to rub. I wanted to notch the sides and make a small...

Lucky for me we had a friend that’s a painter who owed me a favor so he was able to do a better job than I ever could. So here it is a $2000 flatbed with a 5th wheel. I literally made $250 for this job and so did my helper but since it’s for a guy with a lot contacts in the construction...

Somehow I missed taking pics of the horizontal braces every 12” that the sheetmetal is welded to, but I promise it’s there lol. We incorporated the 5th wheel hitch same as it was with the original bed, it just bolted thru the sheetmetal to the brackets on the frame.

So a customer wanted a flatbed with a budget of $2000. Normally I wouldn’t be interested, but since he has a lot of connections for future work we agreed to do it. This is the 6th or 7th flatbed I’ve done, however it is definitely the cheapest as far as materials. So here come a lot of pics...

Any heavy duty shop you work at will have a 1/2 air line with the big fittings for 3/4 and 1” guns. All you’ll need to do is run a whip hose on your gun to match. I usually make mine out of 1/2 air brake hose since we always have some around. A whip hose is nice because it keeps the big...

I use 3/4 guns daily. They can run with a 3/8 hose but they’re not running at full potential. I use 1/2 hose with the 1/2 npt quick couplers. The cornwell has a 3/8npt inlet, the IR is 1/2”. The IR 2161 is my favorite more power than you need 90% of the time, for the 10% it can’t do I have...

One box is totally doable if you have somewhere else to put your special tools that come in cases. Those are a massive space hog. I can just barely cram a full set of hand tools in a hf 44” box. Then I bought a Yukon box with the wood top and full top drawer on the bottom it’s 2 cabinet doors...

I would buy from the local shop. If you have any issues they’re close by, and good service is something many people forget about when shopping online for the best deal. Definitely go with brand name also, warranty and parts availability is much better than the el cheapo brands.

If you had to buy only one i would go with the mid torque. The stubby will be too weak for alot of suspension and seized fasteners, and the hi power will be too big and awkward for small work. They both have their place really, just like you wouldnt use a 3lb sledge to drive a nail or use a...

Why wouldnt a Fluke meter work?

My main tech loves SK, i think theyre ok, the only thing i dont like is that alot of the older sets are mixed 6pt and 12pt. I would prefer all 6 or all 12, the new sets come this way, but for the price i can almost buy a snap on set

I use cordless and air, but if i had to pick one it would be air for sure. Only in the last few years have the 1/2 battery impacts become good enough for service calls. Before that, you needed a 4wd service truck with 100 feet of hose to reach equipment that was out on a muddy site but we were...

Make friends with the guys at your county roads maintenance shop. Bring them some donuts or something. When they cut a piece of plate to patch a hole in the road they usually toss the leftovers. Ive gotten some nice pieces of 1/2 and 3/4 plate this way. You can also just buy it, but if you...

If you could figure out a way to attach said file to a sawzall you could really save some time and your wrists lol

A pin type anvil is used so the socket wont fly off in use. The hog ring is used instead of the ball so it can easily be replaced when it wears out.

Your hobart is a much more expensive machine i would trust it to make cleaner power than the **** harbor freight calls a generator

If im lucky ill spend an hour or 2 on the weekend and clean out my truck and sort the tools but when you spend all week in the damn thing its the last thing i feel like doing. Alot of things get lost, broken or sacrificed to get the job done, so its easier to just buy used from the pawnshop to...

Its all about knowing what works and what doesnt. I have my expensive tools all nice and organized and use them when i have serious jobs to do, but since alot of what we do is mobile, most of the week i work out of a service truck or trailer with minimal tools compared to what i got in the...