thats why you dont drive those kind of thing lol

The bill is always too high till I show you the work involved. After a few of these trucks they are not that hard but labor intensive...we gonna have to work for that money

Hi , worker who works on lorry and tractor have been treated like shit for years but it charging. Customers will ask now if they help you to get reliable work done.

I appreciate it a lot!

Pi worked at krop forge we made themiworked inthe heat treat dept hot hard work

Truly heroic, thanks for sharing

Reminded me of “shake hands with danger”

Don’t put your fingers where you wouldn’t put your member.

Awesome! Thank you!

Funny you mention this but we found out the wrench we have next to the press is the correct size for a spacer...we use that now.

It is hard for me to get full length videos out like this so I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I try to cut like a surgeon. that is the goal!

this one was one of the most exhausting ones I've done. I can usually have the beams out and on the floor in about 2hours max. this one took 4 hours and way more cutting and burning than usual. After that I had to take a nice long break and do something else for about an hour and a half. I had to gather my strength back so I could re-bush the beams.

the only thing that saves you down there is that there is a lot less rust. Other than that, still a difficult job.

This one was special. They are usually easier than this...but yes quite the challenge for someone new.

this one did not want to come apart at all. Like the title says, worst one I've done...at least in a long time.

You can always strip the beams out and bring them to a shop to rebush.

they still make that same air chisel. Closest one I could find is the Chicago Pneumatic CP9363-3R 3" stroke with a 5/8 anvil....the one we use is a 3" stroke with a 3/4" anvil (I believe, been a few years since i pulled it apart)

You are spot on about the risk of EXPLODING TRUCK TYRE= DEATH HAZARD

Thanks for watching. I cant wait to start filming again.

we would wait for the new employee to be washing his hands for morning teat, press was next to wash basins, then watch them leap of the ground along with the press when the bush cracked

heat! get the torch out and heat it up!

We like to give our customers their own beams back. I would hate to rebush a set of beams, send them out to a customer and find out that they where bad or cracked or bent or twisted.

@Simcoe Spring Service That’s a good policy. I like to avoid this setup as much as possible. If I do have a beam suspension, when serviced, I want the beams crack tested. I know they don’t fail very often, but when they do, it can be bad. All of this stuff is getting pretty old now. The beam failure that happened in my circle was about 30 or 35 years ago when these things were newer. You guys do really nice work. You have a bad habit though. Using your fingers for a line up indicator is bad business. I can’t show you what will happen if you keep doing this, but my wife can(grew up on a farm). Take care and thanks for a good video and keeping a good old time spring shop going.

Hehe, after the first few times, I got too tired and asked for help.

oh, that is fun. we've done a few of the aluminum saddles with the rubber block suspension. Replaced quite a few in my day. not so common anymore.

yes i need more time to post more content hehe

every time I see one of these old ones I know it is going to be a tough job. at least the newer design (same beams different bushings) is easier to remove and re-install. I've had some nightmare Neway suspensions to work on too hehe. I guess they have all their own style of difficulties.

yes, but you are needed and that matters too.

@@simcoespring Thank you, for taking the time in answering.

thank you.

oh yes the pits sure do make it so I can do my job. Wouldn't want to do this work without them.

Much appreciated!

Awesome, thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it!

thanks. we spend a lot of time cleaning. probably the most unappreciated part of our job that nobody knows about.

Yes and yes

Yes and yes. I wouldn't want to do this job without my pits.

@@simcoespring What are the dimensions, and how thick is the concrete?

I could do a separate video on that.

I was a mechanic for almost 30 until a life changing injury and right next to my bay were big two a** Champion air compressors with only a 1/2 plywood wall between them and me. Like you the air chisels was one of my go to tools doing suspension work. I also have played drums most of my life, drag raced a Nova with a blown BBC on Methanol and still shot competitive skeet and trap That said I never wore ear or eye protection except for shooting and then only because if you didn’t they wouldn’t allow you to shoot and my hearing the last time it was tested it was better than average for someone half my age. My father who since his twenties has worked in a office and shot skeet with me and always wore the best ear protection money could buy has tinnitus and needs hearing aids. I am not saying you shouldn’t wear ear and eye pro but like most things in life I believe they should be personal choice and we don’t need the SS aka Safety Sally’s who 99% of time are armchair experts telling people what and how they should do things.

Good you guys are doing well. Im 53 I worked in factory work 20years and did part time mechanic work about 10 of those years, mix in lot lawn mowing. I've lost bit more than 50% my hearing and use 3m brand headband type earplugs in hope to hang on to some hearing. Ive managed to work safe for the most part but some tall blond was tying her shoe and uhh did bump my head on a hilo fork.