50 year old tractor gets FIXED to scrap STEEL. New shop lights , and digging a septic line.

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4 ай бұрын

In this video dad and me fix the blown rear tire on our 70s John Deere 302A. When we bought it the tires were iffy but we rode them until they wouldn’t hold air. I also put up new lights in the shop and dig a trench for sewer line and at the end scrap some steel I’ve been saving.
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@braxtonnelson5375 4 ай бұрын

I know that the will it run/make it run videos are popular, but a lot of us also enjoy the workshop updates and improvements! I had seen the lights in a previous video so it is interesting to see the backstory on them-- huge improvement! And a tractor is so useful in so many ways... I want one even though I honestly don't need one! Good job on the scrap metal cleanup... very satisfying to see the "junk" disappear (and put a bit of cash in your pocket!). Keep up the good work... I'll be watching!

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

Yes the lights have appeared in previous vids but I’ve been filming for this video for probably 2-3 months. Glad you can appreciate the stuff that isn’t “will it run” although the next vid we will be on the 48 again

@trevorholt4376 3 ай бұрын

It's always nice, To see so many actually recycle metal. That's what I do for a living, and it always has a very special spot in my heart.

@marktaylor8659 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing how you're working through stuff. I'm watching on Sunday night during the Super Bowl. My wife said, "you aren't even watching the game!". I said, "no, I'm watching a guy change the tires on his tractor and hang shop lights." Good stuff.

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

😂 love to hear it

@JaxonRamblers 4 ай бұрын

I discovered your site a couple of months ago and really enjoy your videos. I especially enjoy the relationship you have with your Dad. My old Pops is gone now, but whenever I'm working on my vehicles, I can still feel him looking over my shoulder like when he was teaching me the ins and outs and old Dad tricks. Now I'm the old Dad that teaches my kids.

@johnkendrick7304 4 ай бұрын

I have to admit I thought this was going to be kind of boring but as usual, you guys made an awesome video and I really enjoyed it. By the way you're not the master of none. You do a lot of great work you should be proud to shop looks awesome!

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

Thank you I try hard

@peterbogdan9176 4 ай бұрын

In life I find you don't need to be good at everything just be good at what you do don't settle for less and hire others to do what you can't this is part of the circle of life.

@plinthley 4 ай бұрын

Good to invest in the physical plant. Thanks for keeping us updated!

@bigmountain7561 4 ай бұрын

The boxes are called Double Duplex Power Boxes. But I love watching your videos because you use what you have and solve problems without spending money

@tonydowd8566 4 ай бұрын

Regardless of the project, it inspires others to do more.

@mfc4591 4 ай бұрын

Great video I was looking forward to viewing this one. Its a good thing your yard is flat and dry, forklifts don't like mud or uneven surfaces ! Have a great week.

@harleyshihtzu5558 4 ай бұрын

Another great video Travis keep them coming.

@ubertalldude 4 ай бұрын

Lights look great, that's a huge update for the shop. Nice work!

@billholemo2518 4 ай бұрын

I wait for your uploads all the time! You n Dad work so well together. I also like your long distance " lets save it," road trips!! So Real. Keep em coming 😂🎉

@Mohawk21-oi1ni 4 ай бұрын

Travis, when we changed the tires on that tractor IN PARADISE VALLEY PARKS AND REC , WE TRIALERED THEM......YES I AM SCLOFING YOU .......TRYING TO SAVE YOU A HEADACHE LATER WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN ..... BY THE WAY, THAT TRACTOR WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED BY THE DEALERSHIP FOR AWHILE AND IN THE PVPR GARAGE......I WAS ONE OF THEM AND AM SUPRISED THAT IT IS STILL RUNNING AND COMPLETING TASKS ASKED OF IT!

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

Wow you worked on this tractor?

@Mohawk21-oi1ni 4 ай бұрын

Yep....one of my family members warked for the city of Phoenix they borrowed the tractor all the time....we changed the tires just like you did, put em on a trailer, purged the hydraulic lines, greased it up , three are more grease pins near the wheel than you see in the open...... We always returned it better than we got it ..... When it was at my sites sometimes we would run the box over ASU STADIUMS BB DIAMOND

@Mohawk21-oi1ni 4 ай бұрын

Watching you struggle putting the big rear wheels in an enclosed truck bed kinda got me a lil bit......a trailer does help....

@CF_74 4 ай бұрын

Learn something new everyday I've lived in Valparaiso Indiana for 20 years never knew they made stuff like that!

@danielventura8073 4 ай бұрын

I would have to tell you, growing up in a small Southeastern Massachusetts farm town (corn and apples locally) farrners have been doing that kind of equipment repair for 75 years. I've seen it done since I was a toddler 60 years ago. Cool to see it still done.

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

Yeah love the small town farmer!

@carlbernard4197 4 ай бұрын

I have helped do tires on our tractors 🚜 on the dairy farm my parents owned. Have had a couple of scary moments with tires a bit larger than those. 😊

@1944chevytruck 4 ай бұрын

GOOD JOB BOYS!

@leonardwalters154 4 ай бұрын

The. international and the elco still my favorite builds😊

@iamrichrocker 4 ай бұрын

Travis..was cool to see another facet of your life..the lights and what it meant to your quality of life..and was great to see the camera shy Emily..you surely are a multi faceted dude..and master of many abilities..any content you show us adds to you and your channel..btw..Dad has a new hat...lol..

@MartinLuxen 4 ай бұрын

The Impala video is what got me to this channel a while ago. Subscribed and digging everything you upload. I'm really digging this everyday life stuff as well. Greetings from The Netherlands!

@carlbernard4197 4 ай бұрын

The Impala video was awesome! Also where they picked it up I had to drive commercial truck in those areas doing frozen foods 😊😊

@TF856 4 ай бұрын

Oh man! If you leave the breaker on it makes it more exciting! 😁

@WHEREVER-I-ROAM 4 ай бұрын

40:24 where FRIENDS with ((4 doors)) can HANGOUT The new LIGHTS ARE AMAZING

@DavidsOutdoors-of1vs 4 ай бұрын

I like how you rigged those lights! Simple and clever!

@williamwood7077 4 ай бұрын

Hey Travis, and Family, Great video showing some variety! I personally like the mixing it up in the style of content. A little DIY home improvement, Car/truck recovery, and then some auto mechanic stuff in your new awesome and now lighted shop is great stuff! On subscribing... I don't know how viewers of your QUALITY videos can't be! We here in our household can barely wait to see you and your awesome Dad hard at work on the old Tucson homestead. And, can you believe the amount of rain we have been getting here in AZ!! We are getting some good soakings up here in Chandler! ☔💧🌧 -Will and Teresa 😁

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

Glad you guys enjoy means a lot ! And yeah more rain than normal for sure

@carlbernard4197 4 ай бұрын

@theetravisb Just got 4" of snow overnight up here in Upper Michigan. Now the sun is trying to peek out and tge wind is blowing quite hard out of the north now. 😳 😊

@danswartwood4580 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing and your APPRECIATION to your subscribers Travis and you will see me in the next one.

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🤙🏻

@dentech4710 4 ай бұрын

Good to see your improvements to your work area and equipment.

@craigbowley6783 4 ай бұрын

I used to retread and repair those mine tires. You have to hand cut the tread pattern into those cause they come out of the mold as a slick. Actually I did the biggest tires made.🇺🇸

@userjarabecko 4 ай бұрын

Yuck i hate the smell of burning tire

@braddokken9191 4 ай бұрын

You got so much done in this video. Looking good!

@tommyjefferson9525 4 ай бұрын

Dude it looks awesome man you did a great job you deserve every bit of it man you've been working your butt off for this channel I've been watching it since you started man Keep On Keepin On

@WHEREVER-I-ROAM 4 ай бұрын

37:46 I ENJOYED THE CARPORT VIDEOS , THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO ALSO

@smarthome2660 4 ай бұрын

Love the lights. I had 6 curly florescent lights in my basement on weird circuits. 1 had no switch and 2 were pull chain. I rewired all and have 4 zones with Smart controls & 18 LED bulbs. North has 3, south has 5, east has 6 & west has 4 lights. They can be controlled by 4 switch's, app, routine or voice. What a difference these lights make & each light only uses 5 watts. I also installed a light like the ones you just installed over my PC workshop table. It is voice or app controlled. Alexa in center of my basement & 10 total in my home.

@carlbernard4197 4 ай бұрын

Now that is a interesting setup. Hands free and very effective by the sounds of it 😮😊

@itsmephil2255 4 ай бұрын

Seeing Travis driving down the street in a fork lift while piloting a DJI drone is the coolest thing iv seen all day 😂

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

Gotta do what you gotta do

@itsmephil2255 4 ай бұрын

@@theetravisb especially when it creates the coolest shots 🫶

@carlbernard4197 4 ай бұрын

What is really cool is these drives can be set up to follow you. 😊

@kjh789az 4 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this DIY video as much as the will it start and drive? videos. Same ingenuity and low cost solutions. Thanks.

@reddog6429 4 ай бұрын

I liked this video. Thanks for sharing.

@gaborhorvath2478 4 ай бұрын

Nice tractor Travis! I have a Hungarian friend, who lives nearby Lexington, Kentucky and he also has the same type tractor in the same colour and the same age! ❤🎉

@mymail8503 4 ай бұрын

You are brilliant

@13garage._ 3 ай бұрын

flying an fpv while operating a forklift. badass!

@92littlebluefox 4 ай бұрын

Love what you’ve been doing, we haven’t talked since before COVID hit. We too have started a you tube channel. See you around. Joe

@arthurquinn7515 4 ай бұрын

Nice I like the bicycle

@francoisbouchard602 4 ай бұрын

Good.job Nice tractors cool Light congratulations you show

@zonie70 4 ай бұрын

Here in Arizona , our stuff doesnt rust . But plastic and rubber have a hard time ! 🌵

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

Yeah rubber doesn’t last

@carlbernard4197 4 ай бұрын

On tractors 🚜 that are not used daily, I wound think using a silver faced tarp over each rear tire would reduce the sun exposure for them when parked. Just a thought 😊

@Jeremy-ij9bk 4 ай бұрын

Those lights look great

@nickbruni8041 4 ай бұрын

I’m sure You already know that an extra 2’ pipe slid on that jack handle makes it a bit easier….👊🏼🍻⛽️🇺🇸

@carlbernard4197 4 ай бұрын

Is always better to use a bottle jack for raising up a tractor. That is how we did it on the farm 🚜. Some large blocks and a 10 ton bottle jack to raise the tractor high enough to dismount the tire. Although these tractors 🚜 we had have tires that were over 6' tall the rear ones. 😊

@johnfitzpatrick2469 4 ай бұрын

G,day from Sydney Australia. Nice lighting upgrade for your undercover work. 🌏🇦🇺

@Mr-er6fg 4 ай бұрын

Wish i had your weather here in IN!

@danielventura8073 4 ай бұрын

Ok so now I see how your propery is laid out. You're making good use of it.

@RusThompson 4 ай бұрын

You do great work Travis. The lights make that shop now, happy for you.

@ZarkLegendz 4 ай бұрын

Great video shed looking good with the new lights

@steeliewheelies 4 ай бұрын

$30,000 tires? I’ll sleep well tonight knowing I don’t have to worry about that expense. Very satisfying to watch the pipeline go in and the lights go up, I could do with just one of those lol. I’m so happy about your situation, you have the ideal home/shop setup besides having a complete & separate building for shop work but I’m sure you’ll expand eventually. This is great inspiration for me to achieve something similar, thanks for keeping me on track. I wasn’t surprised when you kept that piece of the Westinghouse lol, I figured you’d’ve kept the whole thing

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

It was hard getting rid of it . But no one’s looking for parts and it wasn’t in good shape. It’s just a hard sell

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

And appreciate the kind words. Yes blessed immensely to be in the situation I’m in.

@johnruppe1699 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Sunday morning shop update show, Travis! And we all know Emily was riding your ass to get rid of the junk pile before her friends came over for the superbowl party! 😂

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

Haha I’d been piling it up for 3 years was time for a scrap run

@carlbernard4197 4 ай бұрын

@@theetravisbI really thought you had more than 1200 pounds there for sure. At least you got something for it. The scrap metal prices have been in the toilet for quite a while now. I spent about 8 months running a half round for a scrap yard in Central Massachusetts when I lived out there. 😊

@ericlessault8006 4 ай бұрын

I love you guys! Best regards from France.

@brytonmack3960 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video! I absolutely love that first gen you have! Would love to find one to fix up one day!

@RustyInventions-wz6ir 4 ай бұрын

Nice work. Love the improvements

@blackbuttecruizr 4 ай бұрын

How nice of you to put hook ups in for my RV for my next visit! 😂😂😂

@rayscrafield2106 3 ай бұрын

Put an LED bulb in that old drop light. Those things are outlawed in most shops and service stations.

@TorquePowerVideo 4 ай бұрын

You've got a lot of toys to play with! I'd love to have a tractor of my own. Oh, and land to play on with it 😄

@TF856 4 ай бұрын

If you ever plan on enclosing that area I hope you have planned ahead for more than one light switch. And some people would have put that large of an area on two separate circuits.

@johnlydon533 4 ай бұрын

Great video. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼👍🏼

@fernandogarbarino5096 4 ай бұрын

good work and good video very much informative greeting form argentina

@buddycarroll9665 4 ай бұрын

Cool trucks!

@craigbowley6783 4 ай бұрын

You can get those tires retreaded for about half the price of new ones.

@TheCrackerBox 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for another , Brother !

@hubertbelden652 4 ай бұрын

And still better than a master at one

@jimpatnode4445 4 ай бұрын

The new lights debuted a few episodes ago.

@armandopatane5343 4 ай бұрын

Nice job and work = as always

@davidkeys1879 4 ай бұрын

I heard on another channel that if you take car batteries to auto zone or O’Reillys they’ll give you $12 each core charge. Way better than scrap price.

@andybbeck2043 4 ай бұрын

really like your old retail fridge are u restotring it

@user-pg4yl5uz4l 4 ай бұрын

Vid was awesome!

@tomnorris2681 4 ай бұрын

Maybe rub your hand on the inside of the tire to make sure that there isn’t still something in the tire that will puncture the new tube

@Mr-er6fg 4 ай бұрын

Use a shop rag Experience speaking!

@rodneyprimm5984 4 ай бұрын

Awesome content. Thank you for sharing this with us. God bless 🙏

@jackwhite1738 4 ай бұрын

U needed those tires

@corydriver7634 4 ай бұрын

I’m sure a plumber will chime in here but that 90 degree elbow should at least have a clean out on it (should probably have been a sweep 90 also). If you have a clog in the future that’s where I’d look first. Personally I’d have put a couple of more clean outs evenly spaced along the entire run, 200’ is a long run and it looks like you have a bare minimum of fall. Good luck.

@userjarabecko 4 ай бұрын

💯

@jonathankennedy2856 4 ай бұрын

So crazy that you guys can do your own electrics!! you try that here in Sweden and your not a qualified electrian your going to jail!! great job!

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

That’s crazy.

@EricB-somejibberish 4 ай бұрын

Love any kind of video from your channel - did you ever think of painting that floor? I painted my slab and it seems to clean up easier than when it is raw concrete

@junkyardsearcher6407 4 ай бұрын

Maybe on that tire that you’ve had to put a few tubes in, you should remove the tire completely, then feel around inside the tire to see if something sharp is pushed into the tire itself. If you don’t feel anything, it could be stuck in the rubber, you could also spray contact cement into the tire, cut a tube open and glue a “liner” inside the tire. It will probably stop the tubes from getting punctured. If it happens again, try gluing another “liner” around the outside of the tube. What happened with the lights you had in your carport before? Or are these in addition to those?

@jamesmoon8947 4 ай бұрын

Well done that Man.😊

@xozindustries7451 4 ай бұрын

Lights look good. What are those white boxes that are next to the house? They look like old washing machines

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

They are. Early 50s Westinghouse washer and dryer

@lorinewsom734 4 ай бұрын

Use the Hilo for tires

@terrytye6497 4 ай бұрын

Got to do a little different stuff sometimes to let us know more about you. Good job.

@ParFektion 4 ай бұрын

Really nice video. Great job man 👏🏻 Of course I'm susbsrcibed 👌🏻 Wouldn't want to miss the next video 😄👍🏻

@robertlacob8831 4 ай бұрын

Looking good Travis! And the lord said, Let there be light! Wow! Talk about working under the lights! Can't wait for more Theetravisb films on the Chevy. What happened to the "62 Chevy?

@noahingram8052 4 ай бұрын

I think this is like 2 months old haha im still waiting on the dodge radiator video to

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

No it’s new I’ve been putting this video together since last year.

@josefredydiaz127 4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍 nice back to work for

@williamhamill813 2 ай бұрын

I farm and Carililes are cheap but they are good tyres.

@richardthomas1743 4 ай бұрын

HEY! Good morning and thumbs UP!!

@lukewalker1116 4 ай бұрын

so you remove the lid and can poop down the pipe?

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

Yeah had to test it had the whole neighborhood try

@lukewalker1116 4 ай бұрын

lol good videos man

@userjarabecko 4 ай бұрын

@@theetravisb 😄

@calmanny 4 ай бұрын

Great Video, looking forward to the Toyota update. Baja truck?

@joesangalli882 4 ай бұрын

Fill the front tubes with tire slime. Those thorns wont make it go flat.

@userjarabecko 4 ай бұрын

Noone wants to change slimy tires

@TF856 2 ай бұрын

You should let the box down so you're not lifting that weight also. That will make it several hundred pounds lighter. And on that kind of tractor (construction skip loader) you could put down pressure on that box to lift the back wheels off the ground anyway. YOU DON'T NEED THE JACK! And you certainly don't need the jack to get the front wheels off the ground by using that loader bucket!

@92littlebluefox 4 ай бұрын

I forgot to mention, that using Romex in ANY kind of conduit is a big no no☹️ thought you might want to know.

@kellyg46 4 ай бұрын

Also, what was the sense of using waterproof fittings and conduit in a non weatherproof 4x4 box? Also need a GFI.

@userjarabecko 4 ай бұрын

@@kellyg46 i dont trust those metal boxes

@jackpenner7538 4 ай бұрын

I don’t know how many lights and plugs do you think you can run off one breaker maybe you should check it out before you burn your house down or maybe that’s what you want us to see that would make awesome content

@theetravisb 4 ай бұрын

Those leds don’t pull much amps

@georgepins9387 4 ай бұрын

Why did you elect to go with tubeless rears instead of going with tubes, which would have allowed you to load up the tubes with one of the liquid solutions available? This would have given you much more weight on the rear end, with obvious traction benefits.