You have doubts that we want you to make more videos??? Of course we want more videos, it's a joy to see someone actually repair and repurpose old discarded equipment/materials and make good use of it. Your videos are always interesting, entertaining and informative. Keep up the excellent work!!
I still thoroughly enjoy your videos, I’m a furniture maker and almost all my tools and machinery are restored often from an unusable state. And 90% of my materials are recycled, reclaimed or junk collected from the road side. I’m deeply envious of you skill and knowledge with electronics, we’d all be poorer without you content and thoughts. So hoping you can keep it rolling, though I can imagine it’s no small undertaking.
I don't know how common they are in Germany, but in the US one of the first things we generally do with those pumps is thread on cam-lock fittings to eliminate the threading on/off issues all together. When you are in the rain in the dark and trying to work in a hurry, the cam-lock connections are really nice.
You and I are of the same thinking. I did recuperate and reuse stuff all my life, sometimes out of necessity, most of the times by convictions. I am appalled by my neighbors attitude, throwing away perfectly good items and buy new cheap (chinese?) stuff instead of fixing them. I cannot remember the number of bicycles I picked up from their "garbage" only in need for a clean up and lubrication that I brought to charity or Coop inhabitats only to get wide eyes and smiles from the kids. Same with lawn mowers, tools, great furniture from granma's only in need only of a clean up, and sold in fashionable "vintage" boutiques at high prices. Same with cars. I never, ever bought a brand new car. Always 2 or 3 y.o. ones in need of basic maintenance that I keep in top condition for at least 15 years ! We live in a wasteful era. At 70 y.o. now, I'm debtless since decades, own a very nice, modern (my desing) comfy house, 2 cars - one a 35 years collectible, the other my daily reliable car etc. People and relatives ask how I do/did it ? Well, I don't have huge lease car payments on the latest BMW or Ford SUV, I prefer putting my money in vacations and travel, not the new expensive cheap gizmo.
Where I live in Canada (Toronto area) we have not been able to roam through refuse and recycling sites for many years. Government, insurance, and safety are to blame for us losing this valuable way to reduce/reuse/recycle not to mention save money. It is a shame not to mention a colossal waste of resources just melting them down and in most cases just sending them to be trucked away and most likely buried. Truck and auto parts are, for the most part, the only exceptions. I really miss that feeling of discovering hidden gems and repurposing them. Keep up the great work on the channel and YES, of course we want you to keep on making your kind of videos! Make the kinds of videos you yourself enjoy and we will happily follow along; it is why we watch and subscribe! All the best.
11:30 all the dust is grinding wheel. If you keep your grinding wheel barely poking through or only go back and forth and score away 90% of the material, your discs will last vastly longer with only a small hit to time.
true, a lot of people put too much pressure and lose half their discs. The higher the rpm the more material removal. The more "engagement", the more disc removal.. most of the black dust is literally the grinder disc.
Am I the only one that feels nostalgia watching his intro video. I've been following him for a long time. I remember watching is shop tour video in the basement of his house and watching his hour long videos of him explaining electronics and engineering. Man I miss those. I love this channel. Keep up the awesome work my man. You're an inspiration.
Totally agreed on the comments of the pump... I hate Web 2.0, IoT, mobile apps for everything, unnecessary electronics and connectivity, and all these trends that not only overcomplicates things, it often does not deliver in the supposed conveniences it's supposed to give, because you are essentially trading wasting time on one thing for another - eg. software and firmware updates, synching issues, dealing with bugs in code, proprietary crap, dependencies on the manufacturer, etc. I rarely ever see a piece of household or shop gear that is really definitely improved by new Internet connected electronics. In fact, I can't think of a single thing that was made better as a whole, without major tradeoffs. It's kinda laughable really... I'm tired of hearing people who bought this thing or that thing that can be activated, opened or run via some mobile app, only to hear later on that they returned to the "old way" because they were tired of dealing with the thing not working for multiple reasons all the time... the servers were off, the system was outdated, the mobile app wasn't working, a power spike took the whole thing off, electronics were giving some unknown error code, the company went bankrupt and took functionality of their products with them... yadda yadda yadda. How did we go from a point where we were worried about planned obsolescence issues and cheap materials being used, to this next level garbage of connected crap that seemingly won't go away no matter how bad they are?
Well there are a few things like smart smoke detectors that trigger all at once or if that doesn't work only that one, things like irrigation systems that are essentially time controlled sockets, cameras if there is no room for wiring The important thing is they need to work even if the internet is down for a period of time or it needs to be hosted by yourself to ensure reliability to you
If you stick to open source or easily available firmwares, you can actually build something very decent. Being able to control your lights/surveillance cameras, control the A/C or feed you cat when you're away is very convenient IMO. A system that opens and closes the blinds and windows automatically to save on heating or cooling is also a big yes in my book. I wouldn't put my trust in anything that I didn't build myself or isn't open source, though, but as long as I can maintain it myself with little to no effort, why not?
*You* my man, when it all goes to shit (like it _someday_ will,) are going to be a part of the 1% of people that actually thrives in the new conditions! You will be well equipped, with _a lot_ of the *most* important knowledge you could possibly want at a time like that! Love your series! Much respect, from Norway!
The survivors will be those who can grow food and murder the other would-be survivors and take their stuff. Sadly, technological knowledge has nothing to do with it.
Wow 3 or 4 years later still living you ❤ Geez almost 500k subs already, I wonder where you were at when I first started watching. Glad to see you in my feed again😎
This is very sad and should be corrected. I would suggest you and your friends write a letter to every legislator to make a permanent exemption for private individuals to collect 2 years household consumption legal or remove the whole statute. One day a legislator will believe there are lots of people in favour of this because he gets mail every year and make it happen.
You have come such a long way as a fabricator. That trailer rebuild is absolutely daunting but you have no problem now properly assessing and rebuilding it with everything you have learned. Great job! It's inspiring to see someone fearlessly take on projects and come up with solutions. Hope this trailer goes a long way for you.
I appreciate and relate to your stubbornness in regard to continuing the repair of that box trailer. I sometimes feel that stripping back something that looks almost too far gone to it's bare chassis and rebuilding from that point is still easier than just starting from scratch. Stripping back a project all the way to it's basic framework then building it back up can be less intimidating than having to design and fabricate the whole thing without any beginning design drawings or dimensions. It is also very satisfying to see an old machine renewed and rust proofed from the bones up. Good work!
A key point with trailers is that it is very difficult to get a home designed trailer to pass roadworthy inspection. Rebuilding a trailer with nothing but the name plate original is easier to pass than a much stronger home made unit in most countries.
You're videos are always on my "Reserve for watching while drinking my morning coffee"-list. During my coffee I only want to watch a video or two of which I know is gonna be good. You also inspired me, my dad's impact drill died after some abuse by my brother. It was a pretty nice Bosch one, my dad got a new one under warranty. For some reason Bosch didn't want the old one back, so I replaced the brushes in the old one and now I have a free, working, impact drill.
It’s sad that the younger generation has perpetuated this trend of a disposable lifestyle. I was born in Europe and my parents emigrated to the US in 1965. My parents lived in an era where everything had a value and fixing or repairing was the norm. I luckily was raised to appreciate what America has to offer and I thrived in it. I have the ability and knowledge to teach but sadly only occasionally is my suggestion used but more than likely things are cobbled together in a shoddy way only to fail eventually. I appreciate your opinion and enjoy your videos. We are a kindred spirit. Thanks again.
Diese Videos sind immer sagenhaft! Ich bin genau auch so dass ich Alte Sachen immer repariere trotz der manchmal großen Arbeit. Ich schau ihre Videos seit der ersten repairathon- es ist einfach inspirierend zu sehen. Würde cool sein Sie zu treffen nächstes mal ich in Deutschland bin! Vielen Dank für all die harte Arbeit!
Skills and habits like the ones you showcase are becoming more and more necessary for people to learn and practice. Keep up the great work and thank you for making these videos for us, they are always an inspiration!
Love all your stuff, always interesting, though I’m jealous of your “freedom to roam” in the scrapyards. Trailers are fun! I bought an old trailer, the wooden body was rotten so I reduced it to axle and draw-bar, then made a steel tube frame skinned with aluminium and floored with ply-wood. It worked well and looked good till I bought a small motorcycle... that wouldn’t fit, so I had to cut the body in half and insert a forth section into the middle of the tube frame. Doesn’t look quite so nice now, but it still works well. It looks quite like your trailer, but without the tall sides and roof. Please keep going with these videos, they are always an encouragement to save and recycle useful stuff. Thank you. Les in UK
Nice work on the trailer. Lots of possibilities come to mind. Base Camp. When the caravan is too much. Building slide in modular units for different jobs. Whatever the plan it needs a spare tire.
I would have just sold the scrap and called myself lucky for getting out of the deal with more money than i started, but holy hell! you made it look beautiful.
Maybe get an empty IBC, holds one cubic meter and has an outlet at the bottom. Put it up elevated. It's square, so it fits in a corner. Combined with a raspi/micro controller, filter and little pump +relays and valves it can do the watering. If you were to fetch clamps and vise, you could see it in person 😝. As for the trailer, very nice. We have an old east german home made one we got for cheap. Maybe you could use some rubberized paint for the bottom? Lidl sells (sold?) it now and then in rattle cans. Probably better for pebbles hitting? I am a brush guy, too. But for big flat surfaces rolling on produces the better result.
I was also going to suggest a couple of IBCs as the stacking can give a good head of pressure. I’m planning to catch all my house rainwater this year into storage... just need to get my partner to agree how we disguise them / protect them from the sun. 😀👍
22:05 That's a rookie mistake, hand behind target. Screwdrivers love to slide off and spear hands (and yours was begging for it) almost as much as hammers love to ricochet and squash thumbs. 10/4 about the over burdening of robust equipment with flimsy electronics.
Another interesting repair-a-thon. I share your dislike for web based home apps. I've built several home projects and while they have web based interface they all run on our LAN and are independent of the internet.
I share you sentiment on so called "smart feature" (Basically "We want to control the user how they use their device, and when they should buy our new products") thus really like reverse engineering them and making open source solutions to them cause I am in control of my freaking washing machine or toaster or fridge or whatever, not the manufacturer. As my moto to corporations that implement these "smart features" goes: If I have not offended you please wait your turn, I will get to you eventually.
People seem obsessed with smart devices. I've no idea why they are attracted to them so much. There are certain things like smart thermostats which make some sense, but a smart pump sits at the opposite end of the spectrum 🤦🤦
Same, i have some 30 connected items, and the only issue i have had is with the "cloud connected" bulb i got locally, it was the only one there but it's gone now.. because it was sheit. Pretty strange though, since that company was one of very few with a dedicated home assistant team/integration. But they should have had the sense to make it local instead of cloud.
It's frustrating that so many people fall for the scam of "smart" appliances and home automation that requires an ongoing subscription and connection to a remote corporation's servers. All the functionality can be obtained more cheaply, efficiently, and securely with independent equipment entirely within the home. Let Google know whenever I want a light on, wait an appreciable interval for it to happen, and hope they don't brick my connected devices? No thanks.
Yes more videos please, to watch you find salvageable, repairable and reusable things from the scrap yard is awesome, I like how you can repurpose lots of things and save money.
The stonework in those homes are beautiful. I live in Pennsylvania and most of our old Barns were made by the the Pennsylvania Dutch in the 1800s and use a traditional German design. There are so many still standing after hundreds of years and I've always admired the craftsmanship.
Thank you a lot for inspiring me :) Currently I'm restoring a very old (80s) rusted racing bike (incl painting and basically restoring/replacing all the components). Your vision on "why" gained me a lot of strength to continue with it, even though it maybe does not make sense economically. But it gives me a lot of satisfaction, skills and I'm also saving it from being thrown to a landfill :) As to what you could do with the trailer: winter is coming, and maybe you could make some sort of heat collection system. Instead of charging expensive batteries, solar panels could heat an insulated water tank inside the trailer. Then this heat could be used somewhere else later (warm shower?). Not sure if that's viable for anything, but maybe you could make this to work :)
Great job on that trailer! I love rebuilding little trailers like that ! This is my favorite episode so far ! Been watching for long time. Your solar power is really good to watch as well. Keep up the good work!
this is a nice brain snack I look forward to every time. Thank you for posting your adventures. I am from Canada, and have considered doing this sort of video myself, as I do a lot of parallel things to you. Good to watch how others approach similar topics.
I would really like to know how much do you spend for that "scrap". Nice video btw. As a electrician and programmer I totally agree. IoT and controllers for products that worked flawless for decades without that.
It occurred to me that your solar paneled trailer could be a mobile workshop. The potential perhaps to salvage more efficiently because you can bring a careful selection of hand tools as well as power tools. I’m assuming the scrapyards wouldn’t object to some onsite dismantling, as long as the items are going to be purchased anyway. A vise, a workbench, maybe a plasma cutter. Battery box for the power converter riding on the trailer tongue.
I once did a similar conversion on an old trailer I had acquired, but in addition I installed stubby shock absorbers (telescopic dampers) to each axle and which improved the ride of the trailer more than I would have ever thought possible. I recommend that you also fit shockers to this trailer, I promise you wont regret it
Wish I could weld. Just can't add another pile of gear for another interest. I have toooo many other hobbies and not enough room to store all my toys. Love these Repair A Thons!!!!!!!!!!!
The arrangement of the contacts - the shape of the bars, how they are routed, and even where the wires attach - are all arranged so that when the contacts open, magnetic forces tend to push the resulting arc away from the contacts, effectively extinquishing the arc. On large contactors, there is even an arc-distruptor made of vanes of metal or mica or other materials, insulated from each other, to break up the arc as it tries to move away from the contact bars. It is the Lorenz force, the same force which pushes the armature of a railgun...
We have the same pump in our basement :) I just swapped out the starter capacitor 2 weeks ago as it began to not start pumping or needed several attempts and the electronic showed an 'error'. Now it runs great again :). In case of our pump, alas 5000/6 inox, it was a 16µF Capacitor. The electronic is a so called "Trockenlaufschutz" (run dry protection?) with a manometer that switches of above a certain pressure and on below a certain pressure. It can be swapped easily. Our original one cracked 8 years ago and I switched for a T.I.P. one. I guess every major hardware store will have their one brand ones :)
I hope you keep making these, definitely my favourite series on RUclips. Informative, inspiring, and cathartic to watch things be brought back from the scrap. Great stuff
this is absolutely one of my fave vid series, and i look forward to the next instalment because when they come out, it truly makes my day. that trailer might just be large enough, since you can now stand in it, to become a mobile work space if led interior lighting, and a small work bench with shelving were installed on one wall, with it's own power supply. having something like that is very useful if you perform a lot of work away from your main shop, and a purpose built trailer from a manufacturer would be many times the cost of what you have invested in this one. in addition, since you are the one building it, the unit will be customized to suit your needs precisely. i have a 2m x 3.5m trailer that i enclosed and converted for that very purpose, and as a carpenter, it has proven to have been one of my useful projects ever.
Lovely trailer restoration, and nice box & contactors too :) I absolutely agree about reliability, adding more bells&whistles and the trend of over-complicating things. You stick to the Unix philosophy of doing one thing and doing it well. I like that.
I love your ethos and videos that inspire us all to use existing material rather than always buying new stuff. We recently had a pool installed and I was able to make a shed to cover the pump and salt chlorinator without spending a single cent. The door has composite hinges from an unused corrugated iron gate, corrugated iron from a panel lift garage door and a homemade door covered by clear uv protected acrylic sheet so that I can see the pump readouts without opening the door. Posts were from an a disused steel fence.
21:30 these kind of pumps aren't made like waterpumps from the fire brigade, it's for solid garden installations; using plastic has one advantage: it will barely corrode and the 1-2 times you're supposed to tighten this spot, it'll be watertight as it kind of provides additional sealing due to being polymer.
Excellent! So-called 'scrap' in the U.S. is becoming more & more expensive. Your videos allow greater knowledge to perform more useful salvage and implementation.
You turned it into a high class trailer after a lot of work. If it was me I would just have sold it and taken the money and run. Profit is not the main driving force in my life, the same as I see in yours, but we all need money to live you know. I think the same about the putative Combined Heat and Power System that you have most of the parts for. You could sell a refurbished system of that size for several thousand euro. Just a few sales of this nature would see your way to a good portion of a years income. It also enables you to continue to work on the things you love.
Im going to set up a rainwater collection tank because my roof gutters just drain into the city sewer as it is commonly found in the majority of buildings here. We just have an abundance of water and never cared really but that mentality is changing as heavy downpours test the limits of the city sewers and in low areas flooding does occur frequently. So I want to make a difference in that regard and use rainwater instead of tap water for irrigation. Water Management is becoming important.
I absolutely love your videos keep them going being a tinker / inventor myself passing on knowledge like you do inspires people to do the same to learn more.
You could make an emergency help center out of that trailer. Wherever you set it up, you get free electricity and WiFi with internet acces via mobile service, heat or at least insulation as an emergency shelter, have a refrigerator for storing insulin, maybe even add that water pump for helping transport drinking water from different containers. Having some sort of mobile pump system, and I mean not for grey water but for clean water either rain or drinking quality at hand would be something different most people wouldn't think about when adding something to a vehicle like this. I think most will concentrate on electricity, putting solar panels on it and batteries, but that's it. I think having something more versatile actually requires that you put more functionality and thought into it as a unit or a system that has everything you need for your problem solving in the field. Wouldn't it be cool to have a trailer with which you can turn up at a body of water or a tank, use your batteries and solar panels to use a pump and snatch some water and fill into a container that you can easily load and unload on and off that trailer. Of course you could do this more easily with a pump powered by gasoline engine, but what if gasoline was scarce and expensive? You already spent that fuel on driving to the place to collect your water, but now with a trailer like this you would use that free electricity for pumping instead. I think the entire water supply thing is really interesting. I would love to see more videos with you experimenting with all kinds of setups in this area. Like water purification. What does it take to make rainwater drinkable or water from a lake or a small pond. Is DIY water treatment feasable? Could that even be made possible and be put into such a trailer for example? I mean we all need drinking water before anything, except heat of course. How many people would this trailer sustain? If you can create a trailer that can provide enough drinking water indefinitely for one person if it sits near any body of sweet water that would be a cool goal. I remember seeing Ukrainian citizens in the occupied regions gathering around supply trucks of the Russian military. They got free electricity and basic aid and supplies, but they had to listen to the Russian propaganda from TVs at those sites. If people had these kinds of trailers in their neighborhood, they wouldn't have to go to that place. Also what if those help centers by the government never show up to begin with?
i built a box like yours on top of a hand me down trailer i got from my father purchased in 1981. Built the frame from angle and clad it in thin ply. served me well for a few years as a tool trailer for my mowing business. allowed me to load it and leave it loaded with tools secured inside. cant wait to see what you build from yours. the body looked bad but thankfully the chassis looks good.
Thanks. I also think that cars, trucks, agricultural , all kinds of household equipment can be built to work much simpler with fewer so called features and to be more reliable.
I cannot comprehend why you don’t have a million plus subscribers. This is content that all people who want to stop needless waste and try to refurbish an item rather than scrap it at first breakdown need for good ideas. Please keep going, I share your videos with friends who I hope will subscribe to your channel which to be honest is far more interesting than some idiot screaming swear words at a gaming console!
That transverse leaf spring suspension looks like it would allow a lot of lateral sway in the trailer. Perhaps an anti-sway bar would be a good addition? Should require just 4 connections-2 to the trailer frame and 2 to the axle. You & your channel have been a great inspiration to me. Only you can decide whether it’s worthwhile to film & post your repair-a-thongs and other projects, but I pray you will continue to do so! It must be a ton of extra work, but we are very grateful to you for sharing your knowledge & ideas. Thank you and God bless you.
I hope you are able to not just survive, but thrive in the upcoming Winter. From what I'm reading in the news, it seems that the energy shortage in Germany and elsewhere in Europe is going to make life very difficult there.
I hear you about resilient systems. That's why I just started learning permaculture in Geoff Lawton's online permaculture design course. As for rainwater, the cutting edge of that seems to be "Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design" by Rob and Michelle Avis. In the US, IBC totes are huge and pretty cheap, but not sure how many are used in Europe. Keep up the great work!
I enjoyed the film, as always. It's a Nice Saturday morning when I get to drink my coffee while watching a new video you made. I just saw this because RUclips evidently 'unsubscribed' me from your channel (and I didn't get a notification). The trailer is a great project. I thought Americans were a wasteful bunch but that electronic control box being thrown away takes the prize! That thing is a Goldmine! I really can hardly believe someone would throw that away, That wins the Grand Prize for waste, stupid and lazy! Take Care and Good luck on the builds! -John
You're really speaking for many of us when you say that solutions "are going in the wrong direction!" As for what we would envision for the additional solar panels: In case of true survival scenarios there is only so much one can expect from low wattage devices. Providing a light source will always be on the list, and recharging small devices for such time as that may apply. Personally I consider a way to access music, literature and video archives to be of legitimate importance and could include this on a small budget of hardware and power
Really love these videos, I’ve learned a lot from them. Water management is extremely important I now have 2 120 liter bins collecting water which is not nearly enough for my vegetable garden. Next step for me to buy 1 or 2 IBC containers. These hold 1000 liters each so that is big step up. Thinking about putting them in the ground since I don’t have enough space to place them.
Totally agree with you about adding complexity ( "selling points" ) to relatively simple systems. We're storing up catastrophic failures for the future. Marketing folk have obviously never heard the saying "Keep it simple, stupid!"
Hi, just wanted to say I love your videos and mention at around 18:20 you mention Locktide. I think you mean locktite (that is the brand name although other products are generally called by the same name) but the general name for that type of product is thread lock.
As always you make logical, well done amazing videos. I think repair of rusty trailers is not the best use of your time or genius talents. I love the way you reverse engineer electronic circuits. Would like to see you design/build a safe cord wood gasification system to run electric generator. Energy independence is a valuable asset.
@@thewhitefalcon8539 I have a Keurig that's broken. Gonna try to desolder the pumps and motors and some of the components I can find data sheets for. I wanna use the pumps and motors to make a drip irrigation system. I have never soldered but the components all seem to be 12v so I could power with a battery pack. Thank you for the encouragement I got my soldering iron last year and have been nervous to even try.
@@ashtreylil1 Sounds reasonable. All the big things like pumps are probably attached by wires, not soldered directly to the circuit board. So you can probably cut the wires, then strip the new ends and connect them wherever you like. I find that solder is actually a pretty annoying way to make connections outside of PCBs - you can get yourself some spade or ring connectors and a matching crimp tool (not if it's really expensive, some are). Or a block of screw terminal connectors where you can screw a wire into each side of the connector. Though those options have their own annoyances - mainly they have to be about the right size for the wire, whereas solder is pretty universal. Idk if it's worth desoldering small components instead of just getting new ones. Here's a reminder to use safety glasses when soldering - just in case a piece of hot solder happens to flick directly at your eye. Very low chance, but if it did happen you'd be half blind, so good to take precautions. Apart from that the worst thing to worry about is screwing up whatever you're trying to do, or completely ruining the soldering iron tip and having to get a new one for $10 - both no big deal
Hi and thanks so much for the video!! The trailer rebuild was seriously impressive. As for the rainwater storage, if you're interested into building independent, resilient and reliable systems, you might want to look into permaculture :)
All ways very interesting Gerolf, I live in Australia on 3 acres and I am taking steps to be totally independent of the system. I don't have running water just tanks and a dam but it will not fill this year because of lack of rain. My solar system is nearly complete.
Im keen for more videos of all sort! I've been going back through the archive and the early ones were terrific in the deep diving into particular electrical tools and components
As far as stubbornness on the trailer, maybe, but more than that is that you fixed it yourself and you’ll always be able to look at it and know that. Also I find myself saying “why can’t things just work”, all these fancy app driven things that don’t need to be app driven. Anyway, thanks for another great video.
Great job with the trailer. I think it was worth saving and we have the same rules here in Australia, anything over 750kg including the load has to have brakes. The only thing I can add is to get a spray can of fish oil and go over any seams that are not sealed and I guarantee you it will not rust. Sealant can be a problem because if there is a leak and water get in it can’t get away. Just the blue cabinet with nothing in it will cost a couple of hundred €. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Mate your skills are just next level , I love that fact that like me you just won’t give up too 😭😭🙏 trailer looks wicked can’t wait to see your full plans , never stop these , add more random objects like the snes etc
The whole thing with wireless connectivity in appliances reminds me, I have an air-conditioner that lasted one year before something failed in the electronics, and yes, it has wireless functionality. Now it constantly power-cycles no matter what buttons are pressed and will even turn on briefly if activated fast enough between power failures. We were going to warranty it but that was never gotten around to, so I'll likely swap in the electronics from another (older, but still modern/digital) unit since it's just the electronics that failed. Great finds and repairs! Shocking that somebody threw that pump out when it was just the add-on module that failed.
Idea for the trailer: If you don't need it for cargo, you could turn it into a mobile workshop with tools hanging on the walls and a charging station for power tools that gets power from the solar panels.
That's what I thought too. Could be really handy if someone bought an old property in the forest for example and needed a covered workspace to get things repaired and set up.
13:34 Not that surprising. Plywood on metal frames are extremely notorious for this. I occasionally buy trailers to use the frames for various agri stuff at my brother's farm. And that's one way to get them cheap, i eye this style in particular because they're always going to be rusty. One that i actually fixed as intended, i basically had to cut everything under the top most part of the plywood and replaced it with box frame. 23:09 you should get even more water storage. I have 2000l in my basement alone and it's still barely enough to service water for the vegetable patch for a few months.
Wonderful video - restoring a trailer, brilliant. You could make several old trailers into something nice: Camper, bar, minihotel, offgrid fishing cabin - it could be a long list!
up to 300w power generation on a mobile platform - you could probably put a 500ah@12v storage system in there, then use it for a number of tasks - given the theme of your channel, power generation for component disassembly at scrapyards / offgrid mobile workshop ;) looking forward to the next video!
I've just found your channel and I'm hooked. It is my wish to visit germany in the near future to study engineering. You guys are the best.Big up from 🇯🇲.
@14:27 That steel frame with sheet metal walls weighted probably around 40 kg. And TPAI was carrying it like it was just a 15 kg sag of potatoes. Respect. :D That's a dedication: if you like to work with steel you keep your strength so the work would be fun, not torture. :D
in the uk trailers don't have paperwork. no test either. you do what you like to it. so long as you take responsibility for it and making sure its safe is down to the person towing it.
On the pump digitalization: In Norway many use these pumps for water supply on cabins. From wells, rivers, rain water collection tanks etc. Then it makes more sense to have apps and digital control (when your pump is placed in an outhouse or in your cellar). But for emergency use I fully agree. You have many german firewater pump suppliers: Most of the smaller mobile pumps used by civil defence or other small fire services use them. They ofcourse come with petrol or diesel motors to be used in emergencies or away from power. Almost all the pumps I have seen in our national fire service is from German manufacturers. Norway actually has an abundance of old fire pumps that have been sold out from our national fire departments that are driven by the more or less trusty VW beetle engine. A simple trailer with a pump and a boxer engine. Nothing more, nothing less. A lot of farmers etc still have them around for backup.
Amazing finds and love that you practically got the trailer for free! 3 panels ... you could provide emergency power, with batteries onboard if you go camping... Totally agree about the wrong direction on software and hardware obsolescence...i have a wifi-controlled lightswitch and two serious issues. After 9months LeGrand decided to discontinue it and for reasons that it has burned out component. And no further support on other products. IoT seems to be a future problem with waste of items that have no further use because they will require firmware or software fixes that aren't sustainable to the manufacturer.
That control panel is great, I like the old Siemens control control gear with the white tops 👍🏻 and the trailer is worth a lot more now you reconditioned it ...great video
Nice trailer and it's good to go for hauling anything. With the solar you can use it for light camping also. I like your waste not want not approach to tech. Thx!
We have a small garden with a cascading rain water barrel collection set up, this has a solar panel with an old car battery powering a 12V caravan pump, this works most of the year round. Cheers
I have the unfortunate feeling that Germany is going to have a rough winter this year. I'm glad to know that you, at least, will be as prepared as you can be, and that you have been thinking ahead for quite some time.
That capturing of losses idea is a very impressive idea. Just to think that you could run exhaust tubing thru a water heater or even as the heat tubing in a furnace would change up how much energy is lost over all. And the amount of soot you could capture to eliminate from pollution if you could drop exhaust gasses from approx. 250 degrees F(121.111 degrees C)down to 80 degrees F(26.6667 degrees C). That could actually be very clever for giving companies raw carbon and other trace elements back to refine and manufacture new objects from. Still like seeing the work on things like the trailers and the ideas you offer with the pumps and other insights. Really enjoy thinking on what ideas you give.
You have doubts that we want you to make more videos??? Of course we want more videos, it's a joy to see someone actually repair and repurpose old discarded equipment/materials and make good use of it. Your videos are always interesting, entertaining and informative. Keep up the excellent work!!
Now more than ever, I would say, with things to come.
We need more videos for sure
Keep it up! we all love your work.
Hear, Hear! The man speaks the truth PostApocolypticInventor.
I still thoroughly enjoy your videos, I’m a furniture maker and almost all my tools and machinery are restored often from an unusable state. And 90% of my materials are recycled, reclaimed or junk collected from the road side. I’m deeply envious of you skill and knowledge with electronics, we’d all be poorer without you content and thoughts. So hoping you can keep it rolling, though I can imagine it’s no small undertaking.
I don't know how common they are in Germany, but in the US one of the first things we generally do with those pumps is thread on cam-lock fittings to eliminate the threading on/off issues all together. When you are in the rain in the dark and trying to work in a hurry, the cam-lock connections are really nice.
You and I are of the same thinking. I did recuperate and reuse stuff all my life, sometimes out of necessity, most of the times by convictions. I am appalled by my neighbors attitude, throwing away perfectly good items and buy new cheap (chinese?) stuff instead of fixing them.
I cannot remember the number of bicycles I picked up from their "garbage" only in need for a clean up and lubrication that I brought to charity or Coop inhabitats only to get wide eyes and smiles from the kids. Same with lawn mowers, tools, great furniture from granma's only in need only of a clean up, and sold in fashionable "vintage" boutiques at high prices. Same with cars. I never, ever bought a brand new car. Always 2 or 3 y.o. ones in need of basic maintenance that I keep in top condition for at least 15 years !
We live in a wasteful era. At 70 y.o. now, I'm debtless since decades, own a very nice, modern (my desing) comfy house, 2 cars - one a 35 years collectible, the other my daily reliable car etc. People and relatives ask how I do/did it ? Well, I don't have huge lease car payments on the latest BMW or Ford SUV, I prefer putting my money in vacations and travel, not the new expensive cheap gizmo.
Where I live in Canada (Toronto area) we have not been able to roam through refuse and recycling sites for many years. Government, insurance, and safety are to blame for us losing this valuable way to reduce/reuse/recycle not to mention save money. It is a shame not to mention a colossal waste of resources just melting them down and in most cases just sending them to be trucked away and most likely buried. Truck and auto parts are, for the most part, the only exceptions. I really miss that feeling of discovering hidden gems and repurposing them. Keep up the great work on the channel and YES, of course we want you to keep on making your kind of videos! Make the kinds of videos you yourself enjoy and we will happily follow along; it is why we watch and subscribe! All the best.
11:30 all the dust is grinding wheel. If you keep your grinding wheel barely poking through or only go back and forth and score away 90% of the material, your discs will last vastly longer with only a small hit to time.
true, a lot of people put too much pressure and lose half their discs. The higher the rpm the more material removal. The more "engagement", the more disc removal.. most of the black dust is literally the grinder disc.
Am I the only one that feels nostalgia watching his intro video. I've been following him for a long time. I remember watching is shop tour video in the basement of his house and watching his hour long videos of him explaining electronics and engineering. Man I miss those. I love this channel. Keep up the awesome work my man. You're an inspiration.
Totally agreed on the comments of the pump... I hate Web 2.0, IoT, mobile apps for everything, unnecessary electronics and connectivity, and all these trends that not only overcomplicates things, it often does not deliver in the supposed conveniences it's supposed to give, because you are essentially trading wasting time on one thing for another - eg. software and firmware updates, synching issues, dealing with bugs in code, proprietary crap, dependencies on the manufacturer, etc. I rarely ever see a piece of household or shop gear that is really definitely improved by new Internet connected electronics. In fact, I can't think of a single thing that was made better as a whole, without major tradeoffs.
It's kinda laughable really... I'm tired of hearing people who bought this thing or that thing that can be activated, opened or run via some mobile app, only to hear later on that they returned to the "old way" because they were tired of dealing with the thing not working for multiple reasons all the time... the servers were off, the system was outdated, the mobile app wasn't working, a power spike took the whole thing off, electronics were giving some unknown error code, the company went bankrupt and took functionality of their products with them... yadda yadda yadda.
How did we go from a point where we were worried about planned obsolescence issues and cheap materials being used, to this next level garbage of connected crap that seemingly won't go away no matter how bad they are?
Plus everything made with plastic and expensive and have a shorter life and works like garbage
You've summed up a lot of reasons most IT people don't buy "smart" appliances.
Not to mention they are stealing your data.
Well there are a few things like smart smoke detectors that trigger all at once or if that doesn't work only that one, things like irrigation systems that are essentially time controlled sockets, cameras if there is no room for wiring
The important thing is they need to work even if the internet is down for a period of time or it needs to be hosted by yourself to ensure reliability to you
If you stick to open source or easily available firmwares, you can actually build something very decent.
Being able to control your lights/surveillance cameras, control the A/C or feed you cat when you're away is very convenient IMO.
A system that opens and closes the blinds and windows automatically to save on heating or cooling is also a big yes in my book.
I wouldn't put my trust in anything that I didn't build myself or isn't open source, though, but as long as I can maintain it myself with little to no effort, why not?
*You* my man, when it all goes to shit (like it _someday_ will,) are going to be a part of the 1% of people that actually thrives in the new conditions!
You will be well equipped, with _a lot_ of the *most* important knowledge you could possibly want at a time like that!
Love your series! Much respect, from Norway!
The survivors will be those who can grow food and murder the other would-be survivors and take their stuff. Sadly, technological knowledge has nothing to do with it.
Wow 3 or 4 years later still living you ❤ Geez almost 500k subs already, I wonder where you were at when I first started watching. Glad to see you in my feed again😎
In some parts of my country (USA) it's actually illegal to collect rainwater. They consider it an "illegal reservoir".
This is very sad and should be corrected. I would suggest you and your friends write a letter to every legislator to make a permanent exemption for private individuals to collect 2 years household consumption legal or remove the whole statute. One day a legislator will believe there are lots of people in favour of this because he gets mail every year and make it happen.
After 3 weeks of hospital appointments and radiotherapy. This is just the video I needed.
You have come such a long way as a fabricator. That trailer rebuild is absolutely daunting but you have no problem now properly assessing and rebuilding it with everything you have learned. Great job! It's inspiring to see someone fearlessly take on projects and come up with solutions. Hope this trailer goes a long way for you.
I'll say! He essentially replaced all the parts aside from the wheels and suspension. It was less of a rebuild and more of a salvage operation 😅
I appreciate and relate to your stubbornness in regard to continuing the repair of that box trailer. I sometimes feel that stripping back something that looks almost too far gone to it's bare chassis and rebuilding from that point is still easier than just starting from scratch. Stripping back a project all the way to it's basic framework then building it back up can be less intimidating than having to design and fabricate the whole thing without any beginning design drawings or dimensions. It is also very satisfying to see an old machine renewed and rust proofed from the bones up. Good work!
A key point with trailers is that it is very difficult to get a home designed trailer to pass roadworthy inspection. Rebuilding a trailer with nothing but the name plate original is easier to pass than a much stronger home made unit in most countries.
You're videos are always on my "Reserve for watching while drinking my morning coffee"-list. During my coffee I only want to watch a video or two of which I know is gonna be good. You also inspired me, my dad's impact drill died after some abuse by my brother. It was a pretty nice Bosch one, my dad got a new one under warranty. For some reason Bosch didn't want the old one back, so I replaced the brushes in the old one and now I have a free, working, impact drill.
Probably the best series on RUclips. I’ve fixed an air compressor learning from this series
It’s sad that the younger generation has perpetuated this trend of a disposable lifestyle. I was born in Europe and my parents emigrated to the US in 1965. My parents lived in an era where everything had a value and fixing or repairing was the norm. I luckily was raised to appreciate what America has to offer and I thrived in it. I have the ability and knowledge to teach but sadly only occasionally is my suggestion used but more than likely things are cobbled together in a shoddy way only to fail eventually. I appreciate your opinion and enjoy your videos. We are a kindred spirit. Thanks again.
Diese Videos sind immer sagenhaft! Ich bin genau auch so dass ich Alte Sachen immer repariere trotz der manchmal großen Arbeit. Ich schau ihre Videos seit der ersten repairathon- es ist einfach inspirierend zu sehen. Würde cool sein Sie zu treffen nächstes mal ich in Deutschland bin! Vielen Dank für all die harte Arbeit!
Skills and habits like the ones you showcase are becoming more and more necessary for people to learn and practice. Keep up the great work and thank you for making these videos for us, they are always an inspiration!
Love all your stuff, always interesting, though I’m jealous of your “freedom to roam” in the scrapyards. Trailers are fun! I bought an old trailer, the wooden body was rotten so I reduced it to axle and draw-bar, then made a steel tube frame skinned with aluminium and floored with ply-wood. It worked well and looked good till I bought a small motorcycle... that wouldn’t fit, so I had to cut the body in half and insert a forth section into the middle of the tube frame. Doesn’t look quite so nice now, but it still works well. It looks quite like your trailer, but without the tall sides and roof.
Please keep going with these videos, they are always an encouragement to save and recycle useful stuff. Thank you. Les in UK
Ahhhh, rust, the gift that keeps on giving.
a man whos into the things i love and hold the opinions i feel? i subbed
the more I watch the more I like your way of dealing with wasted tech
Nice work on the trailer. Lots of possibilities come to mind. Base Camp. When the caravan is too much. Building slide in modular units for different jobs. Whatever the plan it needs a spare tire.
I would have just sold the scrap and called myself lucky for getting out of the deal with more money than i started, but holy hell! you made it look beautiful.
Hervorragendes Video. Möchten wir mehr? Ja, bitte!
Tolle Arbeit. 🙏
One of my favourite channel. Invaluable material.
Maybe get an empty IBC, holds one cubic meter and has an outlet at the bottom. Put it up elevated. It's square, so it fits in a corner. Combined with a raspi/micro controller, filter and little pump +relays and valves it can do the watering. If you were to fetch clamps and vise, you could see it in person 😝.
As for the trailer, very nice. We have an old east german home made one we got for cheap. Maybe you could use some rubberized paint for the bottom? Lidl sells (sold?) it now and then in rattle cans. Probably better for pebbles hitting? I am a brush guy, too. But for big flat surfaces rolling on produces the better result.
I was also going to suggest a couple of IBCs as the stacking can give a good head of pressure. I’m planning to catch all my house rainwater this year into storage... just need to get my partner to agree how we disguise them / protect them from the sun. 😀👍
22:05 That's a rookie mistake, hand behind target. Screwdrivers love to slide off and spear hands (and yours was begging for it) almost as much as hammers love to ricochet and squash thumbs. 10/4 about the over burdening of robust equipment with flimsy electronics.
Another interesting repair-a-thon. I share your dislike for web based home apps. I've built several home projects and while they have web based interface they all run on our LAN and are independent of the internet.
I share you sentiment on so called "smart feature" (Basically "We want to control the user how they use their device, and when they should buy our new products") thus really like reverse engineering them and making open source solutions to them cause I am in control of my freaking washing machine or toaster or fridge or whatever, not the manufacturer. As my moto to corporations that implement these "smart features" goes: If I have not offended you please wait your turn, I will get to you eventually.
Get this! My electric toothbrush has wifi connection and an app. I haven't bothered.
People seem obsessed with smart devices. I've no idea why they are attracted to them so much. There are certain things like smart thermostats which make some sense, but a smart pump sits at the opposite end of the spectrum 🤦🤦
Same, i have some 30 connected items, and the only issue i have had is with the "cloud connected" bulb i got locally, it was the only one there but it's gone now.. because it was sheit.
Pretty strange though, since that company was one of very few with a dedicated home assistant team/integration. But they should have had the sense to make it local instead of cloud.
It's frustrating that so many people fall for the scam of "smart" appliances and home automation that requires an ongoing subscription and connection to a remote corporation's servers. All the functionality can be obtained more cheaply, efficiently, and securely with independent equipment entirely within the home. Let Google know whenever I want a light on, wait an appreciable interval for it to happen, and hope they don't brick my connected devices? No thanks.
Yes more videos please, to watch you find salvageable, repairable and reusable things from the scrap yard is awesome, I like how you can repurpose lots of things and save money.
Pertty much a no brainer that you definitely need to make more of these videos! You are awesome builder, could watch these for hours..
The stonework in those homes are beautiful. I live in Pennsylvania and most of our old Barns were made by the the Pennsylvania Dutch in the 1800s and use a traditional German design. There are so many still standing after hundreds of years and I've always admired the craftsmanship.
Your videos are very inspirational. We just installed a couple of solar panels on the house to reduce our electric bill.
Thank you a lot for inspiring me :) Currently I'm restoring a very old (80s) rusted racing bike (incl painting and basically restoring/replacing all the components). Your vision on "why" gained me a lot of strength to continue with it, even though it maybe does not make sense economically. But it gives me a lot of satisfaction, skills and I'm also saving it from being thrown to a landfill :)
As to what you could do with the trailer: winter is coming, and maybe you could make some sort of heat collection system. Instead of charging expensive batteries, solar panels could heat an insulated water tank inside the trailer. Then this heat could be used somewhere else later (warm shower?). Not sure if that's viable for anything, but maybe you could make this to work :)
Great job on that trailer! I love rebuilding little trailers like that ! This is my favorite episode so far ! Been watching for long time. Your solar power is really good to watch as well. Keep up the good work!
Another great output. Your philosophy about conecting things to the internet is so correct.
this is a nice brain snack I look forward to every time. Thank you for posting your adventures.
I am from Canada, and have considered doing this sort of video myself, as I do a lot of parallel things to you.
Good to watch how others approach similar topics.
Do it. There have to be more channels like this and less makeup tutorials
I'd subscrube your channel! ;-)
@@helmutm3884 so did I
@@diyhard666 I completely agree. I think I will get back into it.
I would really like to know how much do you spend for that "scrap". Nice video btw. As a electrician and programmer I totally agree. IoT and controllers for products that worked flawless for decades without that.
It occurred to me that your solar paneled trailer could be a mobile workshop. The potential perhaps to salvage more efficiently because you can bring a careful selection of hand tools as well as power tools. I’m assuming the scrapyards wouldn’t object to some onsite dismantling, as long as the items are going to be purchased anyway. A vise, a workbench, maybe a plasma cutter. Battery box for the power converter riding on the trailer tongue.
I'm sure many scrapyards will absolutely object using plasma cutter on their premises 😮😀
I once did a similar conversion on an old trailer I had acquired, but in addition I installed stubby shock absorbers (telescopic dampers) to each axle and which improved the ride of the trailer more than I would have ever thought possible. I recommend that you also fit shockers to this trailer, I promise you wont regret it
Wish I could weld. Just can't add another pile of gear for another interest. I have toooo many other hobbies and not enough room to store all my toys. Love these Repair A Thons!!!!!!!!!!!
The arrangement of the contacts - the shape of the bars, how they are routed, and even where the wires attach - are all arranged so that when the contacts open, magnetic forces tend to push the resulting arc away from the contacts, effectively extinquishing the arc. On large contactors, there is even an arc-distruptor made of vanes of metal or mica or other materials, insulated from each other, to break up the arc as it tries to move away from the contact bars. It is the Lorenz force, the same force which pushes the armature of a railgun...
We have the same pump in our basement :)
I just swapped out the starter capacitor 2 weeks ago as it began to not start pumping or needed several attempts and the electronic showed an 'error'.
Now it runs great again :).
In case of our pump, alas 5000/6 inox, it was a 16µF Capacitor.
The electronic is a so called "Trockenlaufschutz" (run dry protection?) with a manometer that switches of above a certain pressure and on below a certain pressure.
It can be swapped easily. Our original one cracked 8 years ago and I switched for a T.I.P. one.
I guess every major hardware store will have their one brand ones :)
Mach einfach weiter so ... Du bist einer von wenigen die verstanden haben wie diese Welt funktioniert. Sad but true
I hope you keep making these, definitely my favourite series on RUclips. Informative, inspiring, and cathartic to watch things be brought back from the scrap. Great stuff
this is absolutely one of my fave vid series, and i look forward to the next instalment because when they come out, it truly makes my day. that trailer might just be large enough, since you can now stand in it, to become a mobile work space if led interior lighting, and a small work bench with shelving were installed on one wall, with it's own power supply. having something like that is very useful if you perform a lot of work away from your main shop, and a purpose built trailer from a manufacturer would be many times the cost of what you have invested in this one. in addition, since you are the one building it, the unit will be customized to suit your needs precisely. i have a 2m x 3.5m trailer that i enclosed and converted for that very purpose, and as a carpenter, it has proven to have been one of my useful projects ever.
Lovely trailer restoration, and nice box & contactors too :)
I absolutely agree about reliability, adding more bells&whistles and the trend of over-complicating things. You stick to the Unix philosophy of doing one thing and doing it well. I like that.
I love your ethos and videos that inspire us all to use existing material rather than always buying new stuff. We recently had a pool installed and I was able to make a shed to cover the pump and salt chlorinator without spending a single cent. The door has composite hinges from an unused corrugated iron gate, corrugated iron from a panel lift garage door and a homemade door covered by clear uv protected acrylic sheet so that I can see the pump readouts without opening the door. Posts were from an a disused steel fence.
21:30 these kind of pumps aren't made like waterpumps from the fire brigade, it's for solid garden installations; using plastic has one advantage: it will barely corrode and the 1-2 times you're supposed to tighten this spot, it'll be watertight as it kind of provides additional sealing due to being polymer.
40000 views in 24 hours? What makes you think we don't appreciate your work. Thank you very much!
Excellent! So-called 'scrap' in the U.S. is becoming more & more expensive. Your videos allow greater knowledge to perform more useful salvage and implementation.
You turned it into a high class trailer after a lot of work. If it was me I would just have sold it and taken the money and run. Profit is not the main driving force in my life, the same as I see in yours, but we all need money to live you know. I think the same about the putative Combined Heat and Power System that you have most of the parts for. You could sell a refurbished system of that size for several thousand euro. Just a few sales of this nature would see your way to a good portion of a years income. It also enables you to continue to work on the things you love.
Im going to set up a rainwater collection tank because my roof gutters just drain into the city sewer as it is commonly found in the majority of buildings here. We just have an abundance of water and never cared really but that mentality is changing as heavy downpours test the limits of the city sewers and in low areas flooding does occur frequently.
So I want to make a difference in that regard and use rainwater instead of tap water for irrigation.
Water Management is becoming important.
Some of that is to do with city drainage. In older times the water would soak into the soil instead of being immediately directed into the sewer
I enjoy your watching your projects and especially your comments, observations and resourcefulness.
I absolutely love your videos keep them going being a tinker / inventor myself passing on knowledge like you do inspires people to do the same to learn more.
You could make an emergency help center out of that trailer. Wherever you set it up, you get free electricity and WiFi with internet acces via mobile service, heat or at least insulation as an emergency shelter, have a refrigerator for storing insulin, maybe even add that water pump for helping transport drinking water from different containers. Having some sort of mobile pump system, and I mean not for grey water but for clean water either rain or drinking quality at hand would be something different most people wouldn't think about when adding something to a vehicle like this. I think most will concentrate on electricity, putting solar panels on it and batteries, but that's it. I think having something more versatile actually requires that you put more functionality and thought into it as a unit or a system that has everything you need for your problem solving in the field.
Wouldn't it be cool to have a trailer with which you can turn up at a body of water or a tank, use your batteries and solar panels to use a pump and snatch some water and fill into a container that you can easily load and unload on and off that trailer. Of course you could do this more easily with a pump powered by gasoline engine, but what if gasoline was scarce and expensive? You already spent that fuel on driving to the place to collect your water, but now with a trailer like this you would use that free electricity for pumping instead.
I think the entire water supply thing is really interesting. I would love to see more videos with you experimenting with all kinds of setups in this area. Like water purification. What does it take to make rainwater drinkable or water from a lake or a small pond. Is DIY water treatment feasable? Could that even be made possible and be put into such a trailer for example? I mean we all need drinking water before anything, except heat of course. How many people would this trailer sustain? If you can create a trailer that can provide enough drinking water indefinitely for one person if it sits near any body of sweet water that would be a cool goal.
I remember seeing Ukrainian citizens in the occupied regions gathering around supply trucks of the Russian military. They got free electricity and basic aid and supplies, but they had to listen to the Russian propaganda from TVs at those sites. If people had these kinds of trailers in their neighborhood, they wouldn't have to go to that place. Also what if those help centers by the government never show up to begin with?
I like this idea, bit different from the obvious mobile workshop or camper trailer
i built a box like yours on top of a hand me down trailer i got from my father purchased in 1981. Built the frame from angle and clad it in thin ply. served me well for a few years as a tool trailer for my mowing business. allowed me to load it and leave it loaded with tools secured inside. cant wait to see what you build from yours. the body looked bad but thankfully the chassis looks good.
Good work as usual. Watching your projects unfold gives me ideas and courage to try new undertakings in my own garage. Thank you.
Thanks. I also think that cars, trucks, agricultural , all kinds of household equipment can be built to work much simpler with fewer so called features and to be more reliable.
I cannot comprehend why you don’t have a million plus subscribers. This is content that all people who want to stop needless waste and try to refurbish an item rather than scrap it at first breakdown need for good ideas. Please keep going, I share your videos with friends who I hope will subscribe to your channel which to be honest is far more interesting than some idiot screaming swear words at a gaming console!
That transverse leaf spring suspension looks like it would allow a lot of lateral sway in the trailer. Perhaps an anti-sway bar would be a good addition? Should require just 4 connections-2 to the trailer frame and 2 to the axle.
You & your channel have been a great inspiration to me. Only you can decide whether it’s worthwhile to film & post your repair-a-thongs and other projects, but I pray you will continue to do so! It must be a ton of extra work, but we are very grateful to you for sharing your knowledge & ideas. Thank you and God bless you.
I hope you are able to not just survive, but thrive in the upcoming Winter.
From what I'm reading in the news, it seems that the energy shortage in Germany and elsewhere in Europe is going to make life very difficult there.
I hear you about resilient systems. That's why I just started learning permaculture in Geoff Lawton's online permaculture design course. As for rainwater, the cutting edge of that seems to be "Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design" by Rob and Michelle Avis. In the US, IBC totes are huge and pretty cheap, but not sure how many are used in Europe. Keep up the great work!
I enjoyed the film, as always. It's a Nice Saturday morning when I get to drink my coffee while watching a new video you made. I just saw this because RUclips evidently 'unsubscribed' me from your channel (and I didn't get a notification). The trailer is a great project. I thought Americans were a wasteful bunch but that electronic control box being thrown away takes the prize! That thing is a Goldmine! I really can hardly believe someone would throw that away, That wins the Grand Prize for waste, stupid and lazy!
Take Care and Good luck on the builds! -John
You're really speaking for many of us when you say that solutions "are going in the wrong direction!" As for what we would envision for the additional solar panels: In case of true survival scenarios there is only so much one can expect from low wattage devices. Providing a light source will always be on the list, and recharging small devices for such time as that may apply. Personally I consider a way to access music, literature and video archives to be of legitimate importance and could include this on a small budget of hardware and power
Admirable job done on the trailer. It's nice to see someone working through the discovered set-backs.
Really love these videos, I’ve learned a lot from them.
Water management is extremely important I now have 2 120 liter bins collecting water which is not nearly enough for my vegetable garden. Next step for me to buy 1 or 2 IBC containers. These hold 1000 liters each so that is big step up. Thinking about putting them in the ground since I don’t have enough space to place them.
There´s also cisterns - sort of a big water canister for burying in the ground. They come in various sizes - I don´t know how costly they are though…
I believe that this is the BEST video you have ever produced---Thanks. Loved it.
Totally agree with you about adding complexity ( "selling points" ) to relatively simple systems. We're storing up catastrophic failures for the future. Marketing folk have obviously never heard the saying "Keep it simple, stupid!"
Hi, just wanted to say I love your videos and mention at around 18:20 you mention Locktide. I think you mean locktite (that is the brand name although other products are generally called by the same name) but the general name for that type of product is thread lock.
bro you gotta like make content that the algorithm likes. I love your videos and so do my friends, you just need to get more people watching
As always you make logical, well done amazing videos. I think repair of rusty trailers is not the best use of your time or genius talents. I love the way you reverse engineer electronic circuits. Would like to see you design/build a safe cord wood gasification system to run electric generator. Energy independence is a valuable asset.
I want to do something like this with thrift store electronics to teach myself how circuits work.
Choose something to do, then do it until it's done. Unless someone else thinks it's too hard for a beginner. Then choose something different
@@thewhitefalcon8539 I have a Keurig that's broken. Gonna try to desolder the pumps and motors and some of the components I can find data sheets for. I wanna use the pumps and motors to make a drip irrigation system. I have never soldered but the components all seem to be 12v so I could power with a battery pack. Thank you for the encouragement I got my soldering iron last year and have been nervous to even try.
@@ashtreylil1 Sounds reasonable. All the big things like pumps are probably attached by wires, not soldered directly to the circuit board. So you can probably cut the wires, then strip the new ends and connect them wherever you like.
I find that solder is actually a pretty annoying way to make connections outside of PCBs - you can get yourself some spade or ring connectors and a matching crimp tool (not if it's really expensive, some are). Or a block of screw terminal connectors where you can screw a wire into each side of the connector. Though those options have their own annoyances - mainly they have to be about the right size for the wire, whereas solder is pretty universal.
Idk if it's worth desoldering small components instead of just getting new ones.
Here's a reminder to use safety glasses when soldering - just in case a piece of hot solder happens to flick directly at your eye. Very low chance, but if it did happen you'd be half blind, so good to take precautions. Apart from that the worst thing to worry about is screwing up whatever you're trying to do, or completely ruining the soldering iron tip and having to get a new one for $10 - both no big deal
Hi and thanks so much for the video!! The trailer rebuild was seriously impressive. As for the rainwater storage, if you're interested into building independent, resilient and reliable systems, you might want to look into permaculture :)
All ways very interesting Gerolf, I live in Australia on 3 acres and I am taking steps to be totally independent of the system. I don't have running water just tanks and a dam but it will not fill this year because of lack of rain. My solar system is nearly complete.
Im keen for more videos of all sort! I've been going back through the archive and the early ones were terrific in the deep diving into particular electrical tools and components
As far as stubbornness on the trailer, maybe, but more than that is that you fixed it yourself and you’ll always be able to look at it and know that. Also I find myself saying “why can’t things just work”, all these fancy app driven things that don’t need to be app driven. Anyway, thanks for another great video.
Yes more videos please, I always look forward to your adventures keep it up , Terry from Scotland 👴🏻👍
the fact you managed to get through german tüv is impressive on its own.
Great job with the trailer. I think it was worth saving and we have the same rules here in Australia, anything over 750kg including the load has to have brakes. The only thing I can add is to get a spray can of fish oil and go over any seams that are not sealed and I guarantee you it will not rust. Sealant can be a problem because if there is a leak and water get in it can’t get away. Just the blue cabinet with nothing in it will cost a couple of hundred €. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Mate your skills are just next level , I love that fact that like me you just won’t give up too 😭😭🙏 trailer looks wicked can’t wait to see your full plans , never stop these , add more random objects like the snes etc
The whole thing with wireless connectivity in appliances reminds me, I have an air-conditioner that lasted one year before something failed in the electronics, and yes, it has wireless functionality.
Now it constantly power-cycles no matter what buttons are pressed and will even turn on briefly if activated fast enough between power failures.
We were going to warranty it but that was never gotten around to, so I'll likely swap in the electronics from another (older, but still modern/digital) unit since it's just the electronics that failed.
Great finds and repairs! Shocking that somebody threw that pump out when it was just the add-on module that failed.
In times like these, this is the besk kind of videos to watch. Thank you so much
Idea for the trailer: If you don't need it for cargo, you could turn it into a mobile workshop with tools hanging on the walls and a charging station for power tools that gets power from the solar panels.
That's what I thought too. Could be really handy if someone bought an old property in the forest for example and needed a covered workspace to get things repaired and set up.
Not sure where that small house in the begginning of a video is, but it seems to be a beautiful place. Regardless - nice build as always!
I love the repair-a-thons as longs as your able to keep ‘em coming from central Canada keep on keeping on
13:34 Not that surprising. Plywood on metal frames are extremely notorious for this. I occasionally buy trailers to use the frames for various agri stuff at my brother's farm. And that's one way to get them cheap, i eye this style in particular because they're always going to be rusty. One that i actually fixed as intended, i basically had to cut everything under the top most part of the plywood and replaced it with box frame.
23:09 you should get even more water storage. I have 2000l in my basement alone and it's still barely enough to service water for the vegetable patch for a few months.
Wonderful video - restoring a trailer, brilliant. You could make several old trailers into something nice: Camper, bar, minihotel, offgrid fishing cabin - it could be a long list!
up to 300w power generation on a mobile platform - you could probably put a 500ah@12v storage system in there, then use it for a number of tasks - given the theme of your channel, power generation for component disassembly at scrapyards / offgrid mobile workshop ;)
looking forward to the next video!
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currently studying mechanical engineering in germany and its a blast. you will love it! cheers!
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@14:27 That steel frame with sheet metal walls weighted probably around 40 kg. And TPAI was carrying it like it was just a 15 kg sag of potatoes. Respect. :D That's a dedication: if you like to work with steel you keep your strength so the work would be fun, not torture. :D
in the uk trailers don't have paperwork. no test either. you do what you like to it. so long as you take responsibility for it and making sure its safe is down to the person towing it.
On the pump digitalization: In Norway many use these pumps for water supply on cabins. From wells, rivers, rain water collection tanks etc. Then it makes more sense to have apps and digital control (when your pump is placed in an outhouse or in your cellar).
But for emergency use I fully agree.
You have many german firewater pump suppliers: Most of the smaller mobile pumps used by civil defence or other small fire services use them. They ofcourse come with petrol or diesel motors to be used in emergencies or away from power. Almost all the pumps I have seen in our national fire service is from German manufacturers.
Norway actually has an abundance of old fire pumps that have been sold out from our national fire departments that are driven by the more or less trusty VW beetle engine. A simple trailer with a pump and a boxer engine. Nothing more, nothing less. A lot of farmers etc still have them around for backup.
More videos please! Maybe a scrap yard engine one day for generator or old reliable car with no electronics possibly.
Amazing finds and love that you practically got the trailer for free! 3 panels ... you could provide emergency power, with batteries onboard if you go camping... Totally agree about the wrong direction on software and hardware obsolescence...i have a wifi-controlled lightswitch and two serious issues. After 9months LeGrand decided to discontinue it and for reasons that it has burned out component. And no further support on other products. IoT seems to be a future problem with waste of items that have no further use because they will require firmware or software fixes that aren't sustainable to the manufacturer.
That control panel is great, I like the old Siemens control control gear with the white tops 👍🏻 and the trailer is worth a lot more now you reconditioned it ...great video
Nice trailer and it's good to go for hauling anything. With the solar you can use it for light camping also. I like your waste not want not approach to tech. Thx!
We have a small garden with a cascading rain water barrel collection set up, this has a solar panel with an old car battery powering a 12V caravan pump, this works most of the year round.
Cheers
I have the unfortunate feeling that Germany is going to have a rough winter this year. I'm glad to know that you, at least, will be as prepared as you can be, and that you have been thinking ahead for quite some time.
That capturing of losses idea is a very impressive idea. Just to think that you could run exhaust tubing thru a water heater or even as the heat tubing in a furnace would change up how much energy is lost over all. And the amount of soot you could capture to eliminate from pollution if you could drop exhaust gasses from approx. 250 degrees F(121.111 degrees C)down to 80 degrees F(26.6667 degrees C). That could actually be very clever for giving companies raw carbon and other trace elements back to refine and manufacture new objects from.
Still like seeing the work on things like the trailers and the ideas you offer with the pumps and other insights. Really enjoy thinking on what ideas you give.