Chris is a hard worker. One of the best additions to the channel and the whole FSC conglomerate.

Big pat on the back to Chris I’ve been a half a$& diesel mechanic for 25 years and I can see that guy is not lazy and is a pretty darn good wrench. On another note I never knew how much I needed a plasma cutter until I got one.

Thats going to be one heavy stepdeck.

should have given me a call I would have came over and supervised the rub rail lifting and moving!! LOL lots of hard work welding right there. Hard work makes life easier down the road!!

Good job ,good video,keep content comming,that's what trucking is all about fix on Sunday ready for monday

I sure am glad that you 2 got that warp straightened out- sometimes that will ruin a project! I’m sure glad it didn’t ruin yours! The trailer is coming along great ! Best of luck to you both with it! Can’t wait to see it all done! Keep up the great work guys!

One should protect your arms from the welding rays / sun burn. I don't, but usually the under side of your arms where the sun doesn't hit it, will get burned.

One of your best videos so far, I love to see you fabrication skills.

CHRIS IS SO SMART AND EXPERIENCED

Glad you see you welding and getting stuff done the drivers that are in my area are just helpless and don't offer nothing.

I absolutely love your shop videos, watching you put your trailer together is very riveting!

@fsctrucking

19 күн бұрын

No rivets were used though...😅🤣😂

@hughstephenson2957

18 күн бұрын

I think he's "welded" to your content Steve!! 😂😂😂

Just back in from Sunday roast chris very experienced engineer all so you are steve

OK guys! Love the way you Git-R-Done! Excellent video and love your content! Keep it coming!

Great video Steve glad to see your stepdeck trailer is coming together nicely. It's good to see Chris maintaining your trailer and Orwell for that next load. Looking forward to your next video stay safe Steve and Chris.

Steve has gotten a lot done in the shop since Chris started working.

@fsctrucking

18 күн бұрын

We have been trying very hard to improve our situation here.

@idasedin4626

17 күн бұрын

If you keep up this pace, the Ford truck will soon be ready for a new life on the road.

This year's YT Emmy for "Best Use of a Bar Stool During A Fabrication Video" goes to Chris of FSC Trucking! Famous Quote; "Take yer time, I got this!" LIKE#950

@fsctrucking

19 күн бұрын

Facts

Hey Steve how are you doing today my friend Iike the watching KZread videos they are very educational videos and keep up the good I think that chirs is doing a great job by helping you out on project lie Orwell

Just another suggestion clean slag off welds with a needle scaler or 4 inch grinder with a six inch brush on it

Service videos is a plus alot young people getting into it need to know you can service your own equipment...

My hands got burned just watching you weld with out gloves 😂, I had to replace my tailgate on my end dump, and the jeans I was wearing had a big hole at my right knee, and man did my knee get burnt from welding

Orwell is looking good

Your helper knows his stuff, but he looks tired.

@truthseeker2321

18 күн бұрын

All mechanics look tired. My dad was a mechanic, and he looked tired all the time when I was a kid.

I like the shop vids. Can’t want to start seeing the cabovers get built 🔥🔥🔥

Great work.👍👍 Best wishes from the North.

Warped steel is a pain in the butt. Good job Steve and Chris. Starting to look like a trailer.

Looking good yall have a great safe blessed week 🙏. Won't be long before your using the trailer he is doing a great job he is a good asset, to ya brother be safe

Awesome video 😊

I miss the rusty wheel. LoL

Chris is working hard so Steve will soon need more trucks and trailers.

Bad flooding from the rain Friday morning. I had to pull my boat out of the water because the boat lift won’t go high enough 😂

Gee all Chris gets is a bye 😂😂

Hey Steve. Like the shirts.

@danielseelye6005

19 күн бұрын

Available in the merch store, link in description. (Do my part to help shill. 😁)

My uncle had me do the same crap back in 1982. I miss him. His truck lives on. Phil Kohlloer . IT Phill

Way to celebrate the fourth with those shop sparklers. 😉

Use a air line to cool off the welds to prevent warping.Just a thought.

Welcome back Steve

That truck could sure use a rusty wheel in the back...

Great video Steve loved it

Kudos on welding both sides of the butt joint, a lot of amateurs wouldn't. Hope you learned the lesson in that banana of a rail, weld all the small stuff on after it's attached to the frame. I have to stress something very strongly, and it's not just a peeve. Grind out any stick weld you did downhill and reweld it uphill. Wormholes and large slag inclusions are a massive issue. The only rod you can weld with downhill is 6010/6011 because it barely has flux. 6013 has a heavy amount of flux that pushes itself into the puddle if you try going downhill. Think how strong it would be if it was swiss cheese, because it very well could be. That's a world of liability you don't want to have.

Push harder, it’s going to be fine! 😊

Good afternoons yall thinking summer is here

Looking good gentlemen

Prior to completion of the new trailer, think about taking it on a semi-shake down ride with the emphasis on the shake. Some gentle twisting and bouncing will destress the metal you added/adjusted similar to shot peening parts.

Orwell look’n good!!

Good job guys!

How about some closeups of your welds?

Where is that awesome girl you had some welding done for you before !!!!

@Jesse_Jessie_James

19 күн бұрын

I believe she was injured at her former job and think Steve said she shut her shop down.

Another great video Steve........

Brother you keep your trucks up In your shop too

Fantastic! 🤓

I think it would be a good idea to get Maggie to help you weld, if she is available.

@kapekodbob

19 күн бұрын

I think so too. His welds are not right.

@fsctrucking

19 күн бұрын

She hasn't responded to my texts. So there's that.

🍭SWEET🍭Hope you had a nice 4th Steve🎇🎉🎆🙏🏼💖👍🏻🌞🇺🇸

13:35 Outside on the BAYpron.

I second that , what a great guy . Carl uk 🇬🇧

Starting to look substantial again. For a while it looked almost too far gone.

That’s gonna be one heavy wagon…..

10 hours late but great u tube

Hey Steve just curious if you think Chris could go over how he did your dump valve on your truck? I got a 79 on peterbilt airride i'm trying to find the best/easiest way to hook it and what switch to use, ect. Would love his input on this! Not really any good guides for this out there.

Nice hair cut Chris.

Question from a non-welder here - what is the idea behind hammering the weld after it cools off??

@fsctrucking

18 күн бұрын

Knocks the flux off

Hello Steve,hey I was just wondering if you're going to make the back part of the step deck trailer into a dovetail so you can load things with wheels on it or just leave it as is,let me know something okay, I would Appreciate it very much if you can okay thanks 🤔

should weld your pocket last on a down hand

You need to grab the recording deevice and show us up close what's going on so,we can yell at ya on how,to do it

Dam Jen's dressed up like she's your boss. That's how I work underneath trailer's and semi's I use ramps. I don't use Jack's or benpack lift's for semi's. Year's ago we nearly had a terrible accident when a benpack lift just started messing up bad. Lucky we was able to get tue truck down quickly. I called benpack lift's and told tuem ti get there $#@_ out.

@fsctrucking

19 күн бұрын

Jen is my partner in everything we do. She may not be "in charge", but she kinda is. She performs her tasks as asked, and with motivation.

@hughstephenson2957

18 күн бұрын

My wife really wasn't interested in the trucking biz beyond the $$. My aunt was instrumental in my success. Even at 70 odd years old she wasn't past jumping behind the wheel and pulling loads to get the job done. And yes she had her commercial license . Had one since 1964..

Hello

Put the 1in lights in your siderail

@hughstephenson2957

18 күн бұрын

I tried that with one of my dock height trailers and it lasted about 4 months because every light was beat out of the rub rail and so I had to build brackets and inset them under the outer main rail

Its amazing what you two fellas are able to accomplish.

Have u considered putting a automatic tranny in orwell ? 6 or 8 speed auto ? I dont know if that would be good for what/how u haul..

@idasedin4626

10 күн бұрын

Will probably never happen as Steve says that anyone who can't shift a truck can't work for him.

Welding

Well, sometimes when trailers have too much to drink...

❤❤❤yall look so pretty in your FSC industrial work shirts.

Would a freightliner argosy cabover(with the swing out steps) suit u in what u do ?

@idasedin4626

8 сағат бұрын

If it is older than 1999 and it is not possible to have Eld because the engine cannot handle it.

Don't know what year it is but, that's alot of time labor material, you still have old axles and frame , after you sand blast paint your into alot of money I'd of looked for a clean used trailer, you can write it all off!! Correct?

@idasedin4626

18 күн бұрын

Steve mentioned that he bought the trailer new in 06/07 and hasn't used it in 3-4 years due to rust damage.

@jeffbronowicz3264

18 күн бұрын

@@idasedin4626 it's called updating your equipment its still an 06 or 07 when your done also if something would happen insurance claim wise it's still on 06 or 07!!!

@jeffbronowicz3264

18 күн бұрын

Insurance companies don't like paying today especially on older equipment I don't know how any trucks you own but I have two tractors oldest is a 17 and a 19 both peterbilt gliders, three trailers oldest is a 15 then a 19 20 I trade my trailers while there still worth good value !! My 19 I speced out paid $67.000 they offered me $58.000 to $60.000 on a trade a month ago !!! Need I say more!

Yep it was my b day

I was using one of them big grinders one day, and it kicked back and got tangled in my shirt and just ate my belly up. I still have the scars.

@fsctrucking

19 күн бұрын

And the stories too. Worth it!

bells ?????

The way I prevent steel channel from warping when joining two lengths together is by welding a temporary rib of 1/4"x 2"x 4' steel to the face of the channel. I then take piece of scrap metal and wedge them in the center of the joint on each edge of the flange and I tack each side so when I weld the flanges the weld can't pull the flanges and twist and warp the metal. After I grind and sand you can't tell it was welded.

You guys need a steel fabricator, what are you well still it should not move no more than a quarter inch north south east or west . Good luck

Good evening. Evolution makes a 15" metal chop saw, it has a carbide blade, 14" blade size. Had a abrasive blow apart, jogged the memory while watching the video. Figured what the hell.

Don't forget to LIKE video's you watch ❤❤❤

Why robots do a much better job of welding, they weld all joints that need to be welded.

@Leotheconstructionguy

19 күн бұрын

Robot my ass

Who needs hearing protection? 🙄

@fsctrucking

19 күн бұрын

What?

@hughstephenson2957

18 күн бұрын

Eh? Say what? 🦻🦻🦻

@CCscott

18 күн бұрын

@@hughstephenson2957 Guess he didn’t hear me. 🧏🏽‍♂️

Hey Steve, I know your personal friends with Tim gentry. Please help him with his channel his live videos ain't that good and his channel is going suffering because of it

@bigredgreg1

19 күн бұрын

I used to follow Gentry & Sons when FSC had a much smaller channel. I commented then that Tim should see how FSC films and edits content. The frustrating part was that FSC wanted to emulate Tim because Tim had a bigger subscriber base. Thankfully FSC stayed on track and continues to grow.

@fsctrucking

19 күн бұрын

I am personal friends with the Gentrys. And no I am not and never "emulating" Tim. He has his and I have mine. At times we work together. But mostly we are friends with common goals and interests. He is going though stuff currently. I am his friend. I advise him and am there for him as needed, if needed. I want nothing but the best for him. This can be perceived differently between fans of our channels. And many different opinions come from that. Ultimately, my business is mine, Tim's is his. He is a friend I support 100%. KZread is a distant thought around a friendship. Fans will watch, or they won't. But I will be there regardless.

July should be American pride month.

@jrw41069

19 күн бұрын

Yea it's called Independence Day

@Leotheconstructionguy

19 күн бұрын

Obviously you don’t live in America 😂😂😂😂

@jrw41069

19 күн бұрын

@@Leotheconstructionguy yes I'm born and raised in America 55 years. Originally from Boston, now in Florida

@frankcarchedi737

18 күн бұрын

Why

Big dummy ,real life Homer Simpson .