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maybe someday lol i have another video coming out talking about some things thats went on the last few months and why i have been not getting videos out like i should. we are not doing much outside work currently we have like 6 of our own trucks we are building or trying to get in to build right now. thanks for watching

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Very cool!

Would you mind recommending the local shop down here in New Orleans. I have a 379 I'm looking to get alot of work done to

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when you can find them like that that is great. we cant always find them with enough rail left on

if you don't have a cut off long enough for 1 weld you can unbolt the front drive axle suspension and cut the original frame further back and still only have 1 weld. with the insert i wouldn't be worried about it but id prefer a single weld as well.

we did this in 5 days

the abs is the main hurtle when doing these conversions. it took us over 3 weeks to figure it out and my brother doesn't let that secret out since it took so many man hours to get figured out. we will do these swaps for people if they want it done. thanks for checking out the video. fee free to give us a call at the shop if you are looking to get any work like this done. 7126523834

no, not if its done correctly

just a stretch or with a different cut off?

@@McDonaldChromeShop just a stretch

yes its cheaper parts wise and way cheaper labor wise

this setup will work on most any truck

i believe they are, i would need to confirm with my brother who actually does the builds, i run our chrome shop and to all of our media.

when you use an insert there is no reason to use a z cut or any other cut the strength is in the insert. we will not do a stretch without an insert we have seen too many other peoples trucks come into our washout with the frame having issues. in 20+ years we have never had an issue

@@McDonaldChromeShop cool! Very interesting! Thank you.

@@McDonaldChromeShop , totally agree !!!! I don't like the way "we" do the jo I nuts most of the time, but if the truck will see heavy loads and abuse, if they have me do the work, it gets the sleeve, just like you did on this project !! I'm betting you got the cutoff here. Very nice work !!!!! Wish I lived closer,,, but there is a chance I would spend summers in a sled,,,,,,, 😀👍

thats how we would do it

@@McDonaldChromeShop I'm on east coast,how hard is it to find cut off with disc brakes

over 20 years of doing this and we have never had an issue with frames. that's why we use inserts, we feel its the safest way to do the job.

we did this in a week or so

depends on length and a few other things but without knowing specifics ill give a range of $8k-12k i would need to know more to get closer, we are really booked but your welcome to call and i could get it closer for ya.

You can get it done in Miami the right way !!! Heat treating your chassis and no double frame for 4k

@@dulian08 can you recommend the shop that stretches frames in Miami ?

no this was a customers truck. we only filmed what we did to the truck

@@McDonaldChromeShop ok

over 20 years of doing this averaging around 15-20 a year never had an issue even on trucks that have been rolled or in other accidents. frames have never had a fault.

Always some know-it-all boomer telling people who have actually done things that they can't be done.

it was off of a newer peterbilt but i dont remember the details off the top of my head

i cant i was out of town and the customer picked it up on a sunday. my brother is not one to do much filming so when i got back and it was gone i was bummed we didnt have any video of it from the side completed but it is what it is

10-4 good work like videos 👍

It depends on the how we are able to get the disc brake cut off and front axle for and how long they are stretching for the cost of the driveshaft to be made but we usually quote $25,000. We always figure on coming in at or under what we quote but we have to have our ass covered if unexpected things happen. I cant remember exactly but i think this job got done for a few thousand under the quote even after having to change out the rears and changing all of the studs so he could have all aluminum rims also i believe we did a stainless steel deck plate, and machine polished his wheels. i think he aded a few other small things that he wanted done also.

Never had one crack yet

Not if done right. But to me this wasn't done right. I always go frame to frame than insert. Buy I also respect people's truck and put up protective plastic to cover all painted parts...

that shows for sure you have never stretched a truck then. over 20 years of stretching trucks like this and using inserts and have never had a crack or complaint. we have on the other hand had to redo other peoples work who cut the frames at angle or with z cuts but did not use inserts and the frames cracked and were bowing. One of the trucks we stretched was mine we added 6 foot to the frame made it 331" wheel base and i hauled cattle with it for over 5 years before we sold it and never had an issue. we have had trucks we stretched have roll over accidents and frames were all in tact no issues where we did our work. But im sure your right with all that knowledge you have from over 2 decades of doing this. oh wait you said you have ZERO knowledge thats right makes perfect sense

It depends on the how we are able to get the disc brake cut off and front axle for and how long they are stretching for the cost of the driveshaft to be made but we usually quote $25,000. We always figure on coming in at or under what we quote but we have to have our ass covered if unexpected things happen. I cant remember exactly but i think this job got done for a few thousand under the quote even after having to change out the rears and changing all of the studs so he could have all aluminum rims also i believe we did a stainless steel deck plate, and machine polished his wheels. i think he aded a few other small things that he wanted done also.

@@McDonaldChromeShop 25K dam I'M getting my done for 20k less

@@bigcubandog so you bought a disc brake cut off with good rear ends, 5th wheel, drive shaft made, correct length studs for dual aluminum rims not too short for steel/aluminum rims, and had someone install all of this and get the ABS system working all road ready and legal for under $5,000? more power to them if they can do it for that. We simply can not,

@@McDonaldChromeShop Yes I'm pay $5000 for the same job you doing on that video, strech to 300wb, disc brake frame painted on my freightliner classic 84"

@@bigcubandog sweet wheres this being done at? id like to send them everyone thats calling us to do it.

are you talking just like this with the disc brakes and front axle?

@@McDonaldChromeShop yes

@@McDonaldChromeShop yes would love a ball park for rear cut-off with disc and ect.

@@isaacmontoya9144 usually between $20k-$25k depending on how we are able to get the stuff bought

@@McDonaldChromeShop what does it cost to get a cut off installed , I have an 07 w900 that’s at 220wb , I bought a 2019 ag380 cutoff with full rails. I want to take it to 285wb.

depends how we find the disc brake cut off. they are getting harder to find. every job is different but we quote between $20k-$25k out the door. there are a lot of small issues that come up with this conversion.

@@McDonaldChromeShop did you guys add air ride to the front as well?

feel free to find the copyright free music we need to use and send it our way. the longest process of making a video is finding the music we can use.

@@McDonaldChromeShop I will work on that keep up the good work👍

a z cut is only needed if your trying to do it not using inserts. we have had many trucks come in here that were z cut with no inserts that were cracked and bowing that we had to redo for the customers that were done somewhere else originally. we only stretch using inserts for the strength.

some days its not a choice. its hard finding royalty free music sometimes. i figure if its that bad for someone they can turn the volume down

@@McDonaldChromeShop yup

gladly! But sadly i cant buy the rights to mainstream music. @nd the longest process for any video edit i go is finding copy right free music to use. so if the music is terrible that i find feel free to turn the volume down of not watch... i do the best i can with the time i got to make these videos. thanks for watching

It's more than that. All 3 axles replaced, new wires, airlines and driveshafts just to start. Everything under the truck has to be extended or replaced

Like Danny mentioned new drive shaft was made, hanger bearings, all air lines and electrical extended, add cross members where needed, in this case the the cut off had steel and aluminum rims on it when it was purchased so we had to beat out all the longer studs on the old cut off and install on the new one. also swapped out his rear end gears so he kept the gearing he wanted. check all wheel seals and bearings in the new cut off make sure all is good or replace anything that needs it. on the front axle we check bearings and seals too. then we set the ride height and make sure everything is true and will drive great. One of the hardest parts we learned on the first one of these we did was getting the ABS to work right from the truck that had standard breaks to the disc brake cut off. im sure im missing some things. but thats the basics

usually the case lol

so to address your concerns, first we would for sure use more original frame rail off of the cut off if the cut off had that much rail. its difficult to find disc brake cut offs in the first place we try to get them with as much frame attached as possible but again that all depends on how long someone is trying to go. also to add to the difficulty to find these cut offs is many of them out there are off of automatics with paccar gearing set up to work with their paccar automatic transmission and you can not swap that out and make it work with a manual. so most important is to find one that came off of a manual transmission truck which is hard enough then get, then the longest rails possible but pretty hard to find both on the same cut off thats right for every build. second we use long inserts to strengthen the frame as much as possible. third there is this magical thing called liquid mask, its used to protect things when your painting or doing other such things then it can be washed off nice and easy. Fourth we are very glad you wont be using our shop. As we are booked up for basically over a year out and this is exactly the reason we work on very few customer trucks these days. this month along we have turned down 7 complete builds with anywhere from $80k to over $120K budgets, 4 stretch jobs, and 2 wanting disc brake cut offs installed, because one we simply are booked up between customers who have seen in person the quality of work we do and really like the work we put out and with our own trucks we build for resale. So to sum up for ya we are totally ok with not having your business Stephen but thanks for watching!

read the other response to the same question. its covered with liquid mask that we can wash right off when we are done.

First learn how to talk or spell. Second their is a magic product called liquid mask. It protects the paint and then comes right off. So before having one of the dumbest comments I’ve seen in a while maybe start building your own. I’d like to see them

we have been stretching trucks for over 23 years never had one issue with a frame we have done even if a truck has had a rollover acident. we double frame and add cross members. you do you we will continue to do what has worked for over 2 decades. we have had multiple trucks that were stretched by someone else pull in our driveway with there tanks dragging because someone else's stretch failed. good news is if you do not like how we do it do not have us stretch you're truck.

also this was not a stretch job they wanted a disc brake cut off put on, so thats what we did

i had the last 4 videos before this get copyright strikes for music so we use what we can find. if it bothers you just turn your volume down. We will keep trying to find better music but honestly that process is what takes us the longest to produce a video

where in this video are you concerned about an open pit? the last worry one of our employees have is walking into an uncovered pit that does not move. our pit 98% of the time has a truck over it and the other times there is a cover that goes on it. we do not through the cover on if we are just going to put another truck over it right away, so really have no idea what you are talking about. side not we have had this pit for 12 years and no one has fell into it.

if you're worried about brads crack you're focused on the wrong thing in this video. When your working on trucks for 10+ hours a day the last thing you are worried about is if your crack is showing. but hey you focus on whatever you like. thanks for watching brads crack

turn the volume down

@@McDonaldChromeShop Rather changed channel.

turn the volume down

quick fix to that. turn the volume down

turn the volume down. problem solved