There's something extremely cool about using timber from your own tree's on your own land, that you felled yourself, then cut to size on your own saw mill, which you then restore your own trailer with. The level of satisfaction at the end of a job like this must be immense

Impressed how easily ventrac pulled such a trailer.

Really impressed by the ventrac.. Such a versatile machine

No cameras were harmed in the making of this episode apart from 2:42 😂

Sitting watching something boring then see a notification that there is a new diesel creek video. There goes the next hour. Love the content.

Matt- What you need for those hubs is EP 00 Grease. It is a semi-solid grease. You can pump it in as a liquid but under pressure it is semi -solid. Farm supply stores sometimes call it spindle grease. They use it for automatic oilers on balers and cotton pickers. They recommend it for oil hubs on trucks and it works great!

Love seeing that sawmill MAKING MONEY!!!! Every board you saw is cash in your pocket. Looks fairly straightforward to run as well. SO nice. Again the new shop lets you work in comfort and focus on quality work. Congrats on yours plans coming together so nicely, your discipline and hard work have built SO much.

It really amazes me how you managed to have a full working workshop somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Completely self-sufficient. Just incredible achievements done there. Keep up the good work!. Greetings from a follower from Belgium

Matt, you do have some amazing skills and knowledge, i.e. cutting your own boards out of a tree on your land and putting them on your trailer, not to mentioned your mechanical skills. Good job!

That Ventrac is a badass little machine. Wish I had one! Thanks for the videos. 👍👍

That Ventrac is a beast! I didn't expect it to pull that trailer! It's nice to see Supervisor Rosco on the job. Great work as always Matt. Thanks for sharing.

I missed your cheery "Hello"! "Must be in a bad mood", I thought. "Naw, he is FOCUSED!" BIG JOB AHEAD. Glad you are back!

Super envious of the nut and bolt shop at your fingertips. I have to run 6 miles to Ace Hardware and pay a king's ransom for their stuff. You have it made!

Matt, you could use some of that rustic trailer wood to make picture frames. Years ago, my dad's boss would buy old barn lumber to make picture frames with, and got good money for them. He owned an architectural door manufacturing company, and sold many of them as well. He had a technique to make the doors look old, and that added value as well as the durable finishes he used.

I am not even 6 min in and I am tired and my back hurts just watching you strip the deck off the trailer....I just love this channel!!!! have a safe 4th of July Matt!

Matt, you are a man of many talents. You know how to repair machines, you are good at using excavators and you also know how to work with wood. Always a pleasure to watch you work.

You said you had a project in mind for the saw mill....and you delivered. One of my favorite videos because you told a story without "telling" a story......masterful!

Matt, you're a hard worker and a man of many talents👍 There is nothing more satisfying than overcoming obstacles and doing the work yourself😁 Have a great Sunday my friend!

If you need to redeck a trailer I really suggest using a carriage bolt with a concave d square washer on the underside. Is very strong clamping force and you don’t run into the problem of trying to dodge every cut off screw in the frame. Did our 35ton carry all trailer this way, has been working great moving our 25ton mill

Gives new meaning to 'from scratch'. Nice job.

If you’re looking for a decent wood preservative, Matt, I used Cabot Australian Timber Oil on my trailer and it looks great after a couple of years. It has a slight yellow colour. I also put it on a workbench that I leave outdoors for part of the year and it’s in good shape too, after a few years. This stuff is sufficiently stinky that I figure it’s got good oily preservative stuff in it. 😊

15 Minutes into the video and still no words from you Matt ? are you ok ?

I missed the talking through the process in the beginning of the video. I’m impressed the ventrac was heavy duty enough to drive that trailer up to the shop without picking the front end up. Also bet you can’t wait for the overhead crane so you can click a button to pick the trailer/any other equipment up.

look how easy that is in a nice shop and all your equipment in the same place. plus no laying in the dirt!!! looks great!! Fantastic job!!

Good morning Matt. I've seen a lot of people hang a 5 gallon bucket off of the sawdust chute to catch the sawdust from the mill. God bless and have a wonderful day.

Greetings from Central NH Lakes Region - Your comment about coating the underside of the wood with used oil is a good idea. For the top, I would recommend using a good quality wood stain. It will penetrate better than oil and won't leave the mess of oil residue. That will effectively slough off the rain plus giving the wood some UV protection since the trailer sits out year round. It is the UV that does the most damage.

Ok. That little Ventrac pulling that massive trailer really surprised me! I want one!!!

It's amazing how little stuff can pull big stuff

Way to go. A nice refurb project. The trailer has been given yet another lease on life. Awesome video

This young man is becoming a national treasure!

I have to say this is a very good video showing hands on work and less...."Imma gonna do this and Imma gonna do that." Thank you.

I thought you were gonna make this a “Silent Movie” there for awhile…haha. Very Very nice work on the “NEW” trailer!! Thanks

Matt, you need to figure out a way to collect that sawdust from the sawmill to use for soaking up fluid spills in the new shop.

The only thing better than watching one of my favorite KZfaqrs refurbish a trailer is to watch them mill their own lumber for the project!!

Should have added 4 more d-rings between the existing ones for more options to strap down equipment.

Wow thats a lawnmower.Awesome job making your own lumber and deck on your trailer .Nothing more satisfying than doing that work yourself.Great work,have a safe ang great day.Greetings from Alberta

That looks like a fun little project. I'd bet a lot of us wish we had the setup to rehab a trailer like that. Nicely done as usual. You were in my neck of the woods. I'm about midway up the mitten 6 miles east of the puddle they call Michigan. We will just have to imagine I waved as you went by. Twice. Happy upcoming 4th of July to my fellow Americans and those who wish to celebrate it with us you are more than welcome. Edit: I meant the machine was the fun project. The trailer looked too much like real work.

The whole opening scene was very satisfying :D Dad bought a home-built equipment trailer, made from an old mobile home frame. They used these heavy 2x8's that looked more like cut down railroad ties for the deck. One of the first things I did was install some anchor points and a hitch mount for our winch at the front. I also sealed the boards with used motor oil, did about three coats to really let it seal in. Next is to install new ramps that actually allow for machines to ride up onto the trailer without getting stuck.

You can use that Slag wood to feed your wood fired boiler for your shop's radiant floor heat.

Would've never thought that ventrac could pull that trailer, that's a badass machine

Love your channel bro! I really enjoy your great video shots....you go to a lot of trouble to really make us feel like we are actually there! Your content, presentation and editing is great!

I love what you have done with the place, Matt. Like the guy down VVVV there said, Tom1k9, it is VERY cool you're at the point of using trees from your own land, processed by you in your own shop to restore a trailer that's still got a lot of life in it. God Bless

Amazes me how strong that little tractor is. :)

Lots of saw dust you can keep to Patch Holes and Fix Cracks in other wood projects Them boards are looking nice Matt 13:12 @Diesel Creek

I would have done the same thing as you did with the choice of available wood. But now that it's done I look at Google which indicates Silver and Sugar Maple are both rated as non-durable and not suitable for outdoor use. Oh well, that's the fun of having your own saw mill.

Diesel creek start to the day hell ya to this and happy 4th matt

Great job on refurbishing the trailer to help with your trips. Nice to see that the lawn ornament crane is still around. Shop is getting filled up. Lol

Just having that sawmill and being able to replace the deck in-house is really awesome. A tip from what I've seen "Kris Harbour Natural Building" do: just hang a bucket below the sawdust chute/exhaust to save some cleanup.

I kept waiting for you too introduce yourself and tell us what you were going to do today! “Hey everybody! I’m Matt and this beautiful 8 wheel beast behind me is a…..”

That’s awesome! Love the fact that you milled your own lumber. I really enjoy your content keep it coming brother!

the one (only upshot) to silver maple is you saved some weight there, its only 2/3rds white oak. Oil early and often if you want it to last more than a few years, stuffs no better than white pine. locust or white oak is really where its at. Bog standard galvanized carriage bolts are a good alternative to the self drill tap screws, drill it from the top, drop in the bolts with a few whacks to seat them then go under and slam on all the nuts, its more work, but its IMO a lot more secure

You need to get a vise and mount it to a receiver hitch. When needed you can slide it into a receiver just like the winch. I kept one with my recovery gear for offroading.

Matt, trailers hold a soft spot in my heart for some reason. This video is one of my favorites on KZfaq!

I love that bolts and nuts cabinet. It's like Doc Brown's large suitcase full of money from different eras in Back to the Future. Gotta be prepared for all nuts and bolts possibilities!

When you cut the 7" thick slab I was like "What is he doing?", and then you rolled it on its side and cut all those boards at the right width and I have to say that was brilliant!

At the shop I work at which is a trailer specific repair place we tell customers there's usually about a 3 deck limit on redecking trailers. After that it just be best to try and refurbish to a steel deck. Who's just too many holes and screws stuck in the runners at that point

I'm impressed! That was a lot of trailer to move with a glorified lawn mower.

When you got the Wood Mizer I was like, "Ooh, he's gonna be glad he got that. He's going to get a lot of use out of it." And I see you are! Hope you keep it, Matt! It'll pay for itself many times over!

Top job as usual. I never miss an episode of my most favourite You-tubber channel. Keep up the great work. David in the UK.

This week I redid the deck on my $100 4x8 trailer with trex boards I salvaged from a deck. Here I am thinking I’m doing something pulling my little 4x8 around my property with my $125 John Deere and then we got Matt over here making his own boards for his dually twin axle monster. Great video as always!

It's really great to see you able to use your own timber to re-deck the trailer. It is extra work, but with the price of timber, it's well worth it, and it is in line with your ethic of reuse and rebuild :)

Somebody needs to sponsor Matt with a rotary screw compressor for his shop…

13:53 Now if you could get your shirt supplier to put Velcro or a button on that pocket or make it deeper. I suffer by my phone falling from standard T-shirt pockets when leaning over. Love the Creek overhead lead-in shot, the music is perfect. I missed your voice intro which sets up the episode. If anyone is troubled by it, hey . . . that’s why God made volume control.

Hardly any talking in this video! Love it!!

Aside from the great work on the trailer itself, you should get great props on your visual story telling skills! About 16 1/2 minutes into the video without a word. Love the multiple camera angles just during the initial moving of the trailer itself. Great job, appreciate the hard work going into your videos! Keep it up.

Can't wait to see you get that overhead crane in. Would help you out a ton for the projects you've been doing. Great video as always.

16 minutes and 45 seconds before a single word was spoken. And I was glued to the screen the whole time. Really well done video, Matt.

I've watched almost all of your videos, and I really like them. I also think that The Semi-Supervillains are the perfect choice for your music. You got a good picker!

Hi Matt, Nice how you made the refit of this old trailer complete so it now will be a reliable partner for you to pick up all kind of vehicles like you just are doing in this vlog. Wish you lots of success with all your ongoing projects and send you love from the Netherlands

From Mustie1 straight to Diesel Creek. That's a good Sunday if I ever seen one!

After cutting your boards to length the ends should be painted with oil base primer. Preferably 2 coats. Takes less than 30 seconds per end. This prevents the ends from being sponges that attract water as end grain tends to do. This will prevent the ends from warping as badly as yours have. Search This Old House archive for this method/tip that will double the life of your deck. Just a suggestion.

Matt matt matt. You are under utilizing your square. Use it as your guide. Put you saw against the square and you will have a perfect square cut every time. Great job mate.

I love the way you refurbish old equipment

Would love to see that trailer painted in colour with your pickup, really nice setup!

Couple things. One to keep the DOT from bothering you. Those ramps need a strap across them. A mixture of 10W motor oil and diesel fuel. 50/50 works great on the bed once it dries out

This was probably the second or the third video I watched on this channel, about 8 months ago. I appreciated a nice little refurbishing video but that's about it. Now I'm back after having watched almost every single video you put out and man do I appreciate this video way more. Cutting your own lumber from your own yard and assembling it on a trailer in your dream shop. Must be the best feeling ever

Yet another awesome Diesel Creek video... so great seeing Matt use projects to fix projects to haul more projects to fix!

Matt , whoever commented that introducing yourself as always and narrating your content is full of excuse the French “SH-T !!!!!” Please don’t change for these TROLLS seem to get a high off , beautiful people like you that make life more meaningful !!!! Keep up the awesome content Matt!! I really enjoyed the fact that you’re using your own wood, directly firm the supplier , the back woods !!!😅 awesome choice the Silver Maple!!!!!

Good to see some old Proto tools being used

LOL... the Drive over cinematography is EXCELLENT!!!

When I can start my Sunday with a Diesel Creek video, I know it's going to be a good day. Thanks, Matt!

Thats an awfully handy lawn machine ya got there. She squared up and drug that long trailer like a disobedient child. Such a trooper!

I'm glad you are not afraid of tackling any project. I am currently renovating a 10,000 pound capacity tandem trailer I was given by my brother. Removing the old oak lumber was a bit of a pain and will be installing new sawn oak lumber courtesy my neighbors home built saw. I gave the neighbor some Wood Miser blades to do the job. I think I am going to build him a blade cooler to add to his saw to extend the life of the blades. Always great videos and thanks for this timely trailer project !!!

I restored a trailer similar to this (not tandem axles) but I sandblasted the frame and powder coated it. I didn't have a saw mill, so I used pressure treated wood. All new wiring & lights and it was so satisfying. You have a great trailer and I love the wood & winch.

That is awesome that you milled your own wood! The trailer looks awesome now. This is gonna be interesting with a dozer. I hope it's the next video😊

Thank god was waiting eagerly for new content 🤗

Matt, i will take some pictures the next time we change the deck on our machine trailer because we kinda solved the problem with the self tapping screws hitting the old screws. We mounted wooden bars into the frame of the trailer so that we only use wood screws to hold the deck down. It works like a charm and its a pure pleasure changing the deck now 👏👏👏 Good ideas from Norway 😁😁🇧🇻🇧🇻

Thank you Matt and there is always something new and interesting on your channel keep up the good work that you do and can not wait for the next one!!!

Nice job, I really love what you do❤ keep going Matt👍

Really impressed by that little Ventrac. I guess that’s why they are so damn expensive. I think I would rather have another skid steer for what those puppies cost, but still very impressive!

special treat today we had Diesel Creek watch Wes work and Mustie all in one day, I'm a happy man 😊.

For your next project, maybe build some kind of collection system for sawdust from your sawmill? So that it all gets sucked into a giant can rather than all over your concrete :-).

I always enjoy your content Matt. Looks like you have covered much of you road with asphalt millings - the road looks very smooth. Is it holding up well to heavy equipment usage?

Man you have the most badass lawnmower

Some kind of fume / dust extraction hose for the shop. Something that you can swing / reel down from above and it will stay in place. Something that can handle being put over an exhaust pipe or extreme dust.

Matt's going from forrest to freeway and I'm waiting for paint to dry on a headache rack I'm building. Always time well spent if you're watching Diesel Creek.

Good job, Matt! That trailer is going to see a lot of use, I predict. I'm looking forward to what you've got to show us in upcoming videos!

I wait for your posts. Great stuff ❤❤❤

the first cut slabs = are great for making rustic looking shed cladding ! - i have used it a lot - free from the timber yard .

Only me that was waiting for the "What's up everybody, welcome back to diesel creek" ? 😊