Hi from France once more ! It reminds me my professionnal life, I spent 34 years in the same automotive shop selling garage equipments,automotive spare parts ,truck parts, industrial items and accessories.I"m retired now and sometimes I miss these years Seems you feel good, hang tough man !
Looked like a lekka day out. Doesn't get much better than finding a few things you need and a good mate to buy you a beer and a burger. Thanks Diff for taking us along and a hiya to Wayne!!
Looked like a great day, beautiful weather and views, hang with ya mate and get new toy's and part's, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones, have a Lekka one
Lol I’m about the same distance from my local harbor freight (55miles ) approximately, but also a tractor supply store, thanks for the ride along,enjoyed the video
Nice drive. Thank you for taking us along. Rainy and getting cold here. Nice to see the sun on the southern side of the world. I like to watch your videos in the hot tub where it is nice and warm. You are my relaxing before bed. Dan from Oregon
Hey Div, That was a productive trip. Now Wayne and you can get more work done. I think this was my second trip with you to Big Smoke. I still have the same reaction to vehicles coming at you on the wrong side of the road. Work Safe, Be Well Enjoy
Thank you for having us along for the ride with you. I live in a rural area with few areas for purchases. I especially like the Machinery Mart, all you need is money and they have everything you need.
Awesome afternoon brothers great to be on an adventure as always !!! Wayne is awesome !!! All of you have kindred spirits !!!! Always awesome to spend time with yall !!!!! Awesome adventure as always !!! Have a lekka one brothers and safe travels !!!!
True story old boy, a local truck mechanic I knew years back, had a Studebaker 6x6 Military truck in for a full resto. This was a split the rails, toss every fastener (remove rivets) & start again job to arrive at a concours quality job. One of the last items before cranking it up involved the brake hoses. Some research led him to our local Toyota dealer where there was a vast array of 'genuine Toyota' brake hoses. A cursory check of thread sizes & thread pitch lead to a remarkable discovery. It appears the Japanese adopted many thread diameters & pitches from the USA & still use them on hydraulic fittings. This harks back to the days between the wars when the Japanese companies built some US based products under licence & had their people embedded in the industry in the US. Even well into the 1970s I was finding Imperial sizes in Toyota trucks even though they had adopted the Metric ISO & JIS standards. Who woulda thunk it?
@@ratrodsafrica Trust me, the Japanese learned their craft in the US. This particular Studebaker was built in the early 40's to a military spec which was standardised across all the major suppliers to the forces. Toyota in later years, post WW2, even supplied copies of the Dodge M37 known as the FQ15 for US offshore bases. To this day there is a workshop in Thailand dedicated to refurbishing these vehicles. Toyota design heritage though is very much GM inspired.
Hey Div, thanks for taking us along on your shopping trip,. The scenery was cool and the people in your area seem to be pretty nice. Keep the videos coming brother no matter the content, they are always a treat.👌👍🔥
I always felt sorry for you living out in the bush, but now I see the auto parts places you have within 50 miles. I live in a very civilized area but our nearest town of more than 1000 population and they have bars, a football stadium, bars, fast food restaurants, and did I mention bars? I can never find a store like you have for auto parts, or car paint, or even steel. I finally ordered a 4x8 sheet of 20 gauge steel and it cost me $300. I thought that was 3 times what I expected, but when I received it, it was created up as if it was plate glass. I guess that was the majority of the cost. Always enjoy the view of the country side on your trips.
I guess "civilized" is a relative term... We are surrounded by farming communities, and hence, the demand for related stuff dictates the kind of stores in a big way
Pretty nice place to live and go to get what you need make it great day out of it with Wayne and yourself and a good meal and you can't forget the beer. See you guys back in the shop Take care.
Thanks for the tour, Diff and the Barefoot Mechanic. It is interesting to see the topography, scenery, and shops in a different culture. I'm just glad I don't have to drive those distances to get to most suppliers.
ja nee, baai dankie for the lekker ride, I do miss the Sarf Efrikan countryside and atmosphere en alles maar but fortunately for me I there is beautiful country and coastline hier in die VSA waar ek nou woon...
Hello Diff me and my friend work in USA and watch your videos. He stays in mosselbay and me in jhb. I have a press for you my brother. Saw you looking at one in adendorff. We back in SA end November. Stay in touch my brother
Diff driving a modern automobile and the barefoot mechanic wearing shoes? what is this world coming to. Come February we dream of minus 1 C in Edmonton. Great road trip guys. Thanks
All that driving is like living in Texas, unless you live in a big city it’s half hour to an hour to go anywhere. Your roads look much nicer than ours.
Getting used parts is different from back in the day, crawling in dirt amongst rusty old vehicles with a handfull of tools. we still have a local one they lend you the tools and you pay per weight, it's fun but (Passop die Spinnekop) critters that bite and sting call it home. Bliksem, that store is big and it has everything, I admit to going to (harbor freight) get one small item and spending an hour or more just looking in case i miss something I need.
When the guys at Filters and bearing gave you that filterI thought that Sth Africa is like Australia 40 years ago. Then I saw the bars at the windows of the Hydraulics w/shop and I realised we are closer together, perhaps they are just friendlier blokes.
@@ratrodsafrica The atmosphere seemed like we used to have years ago when sales people were pleased that they could help, a time before some of our society lost respect for other peoples property.
@robames1293 whilst I can't deny that crime is a harsh reality, South Africans still have a reputation for being friendly and hospitable. My daughter, who lives in the Netherlands for a while, comments on this every time she comes for a visit. She says that people over there are grumpy and afraid to engage with others😅
Over here in the usa ( state of missouri), we had been having cold mornings a few days we had frost? Here in the states we have a place called pick n pull you go in and pull the part your self then pay and go prices for the parts is on a board at the check out room
@@rustyrodgarage2686 It also stands for Standard American Equivalent, look it up if you don't believe me. Just type in "What does S.A.E. Mean and you will find that you answer is there as well as mine. Before you say something, check your facts.
@@rustyrodgarage2686 United States customary units Not to be confused with Imperial units, the Standard American Equivalent units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and most U.S. territories, since being standardized and adopted in 1832. The United States customary system developed from English units that were in use in the British Empire before the U.S. became an independent country. The United Kingdom's system of measures evolved by 1824 to create the imperial system (with imperial units), which was officially adopted in 1826, changing the definitions of some of its units. Consequently, while many U.S. units are essentially similar to their imperial counterparts, there are noticeable differences between the systems. Wikipedia
@@rustyrodgarage2686 The imperial and US are both derived from an earlier English system of measurement which in turn can be traced back to Ancient Roman units of measurement, and Carolingian and Saxon units of measure. The Standard American Equivalent of units was developed and used in the United States after the American Revolution, based on a subset of the English units used in the Thirteen Colonies; it is the predominant system of units in the United States and in U.S. territories (except for Puerto Rico and Guam, where the metric system, which was introduced when both territories were Spanish colonies, is also officially used and is predominant).[1] The imperial system of units was developed and used in the United Kingdom and its empire beginning in 1824. The metric system has, to varying degrees, replaced the imperial system in the countries that once used it. From Wikipedia
They are just rat rods and I couldn't be bothered! 😄 But our climate is mostly very mild. Average mid winter low/high temps are 11/20. That's degrees Celsius. There are exceptions of course!
Thanks for bringing us along. No traffic wonderful views and like in my early years driving on the correct side of the road. 😊
It makes you appreciate the quiet and peace where you live when you have to do battle with cities and traffic
Absolutely! 😊
Hi from France once more ! It reminds me my professionnal life, I spent 34 years in the same automotive shop selling garage equipments,automotive spare parts ,truck parts, industrial items and accessories.I"m retired now and sometimes I miss these years Seems you feel good, hang tough man !
gp-39 ,if it's Cooper brand is Mann filters pf1155, very common on Mercedes cars and trucks !
Agreed.....there is that cross over. Googled it.
I will check it out. Thanks!
That last place had serious Harbor Freight / Princess Auto vibes.
Jip, probably the same Chinese suppliers, just different packaging 🙃
Looked like a lekka day out. Doesn't get much better than finding a few things you need and a good mate to buy you a beer and a burger. Thanks Diff for taking us along and a hiya to Wayne!!
Glad you enjoyed the trip!
That tool store looks way better than our Harbor Freight!
So, we not that third world then😂
Adendorff looks like a candyshop for elder kids. I could spend hours in such a shop. Thanks for taking us along.
It's a terrible place!😂
Nice to see the sites and what's in other places compared to our own. Thanks for the ride along.
Glad you enjoyed it!
really enjoy seeing tools from other places. thank you.
Glad you liked it!
@@ratrodsafrica i love learning and you help with that and i thank you sir.
Diff looking around so he can figure out how to build the tools he sees.😂😂😂
😂 My father always said, the only way to steal is with your eyes
I was thinking the exact same thing
good to have a mate like wayne. y'all always have a good time together
Yeah, lucky to have the character in my life😄
You not only drive on wrong side of road you drive in the wrong lanes of traffic lol. Had to say that ,love your channel.
😅Wrong is relative...
Thanks for taking me on your road trip Boet. All ways a fun time when Wayne is around. Take care care and be safe guy's
Thanks for taking us along, I love that road music , I'd watch just listen to it !!!😊
Thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed it!
You really are in the forest. Looks awesome. Safe travels guys!
Thanks man. If you ever find yourself in the Garden Route area, come visit!
Enjoyed the ride along with You and Wayne. 👍✌️❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
Looked like a great day, beautiful weather and views, hang with ya mate and get new toy's and part's, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones, have a Lekka one
Andendorff is one heck oa a superstore. Thanks for the ride along Diff. You live in a beautiful country.
Lol I’m about the same distance from my local harbor freight (55miles ) approximately, but also a tractor supply store, thanks for the ride along,enjoyed the video
Beautiful country Side nice Video Div and Wayne Looked like a great day trip
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Nice drive. Thank you for taking us along. Rainy and getting cold here. Nice to see the sun on the southern side of the world. I like to watch your videos in the hot tub where it is nice and warm. You are my relaxing before bed. Dan from Oregon
Good to know my videos provide relaxation for you. 😄
Hey Div,
That was a productive trip.
Now Wayne and you can get more work done.
I think this was my second trip with you to Big Smoke.
I still have the same reaction to vehicles coming at you on the wrong side of the road.
Work Safe, Be Well
Enjoy
What is wrong for some is right for others 😄
Beautiful place...
Thank you for having us along for the ride with you. I live in a rural area with few areas for purchases. I especially like the Machinery Mart, all you need is money and they have everything you need.
Glad you enjoyed the ride!
Thanks for the ride fellas.
Sometimes you just need a comfortable truck with a heater, and a good mate to share it with. 🤷🏻♂️😊👍👍
Hello from Henryville Indiana 🇺🇸 AMERICA I WATCHING A 👀 COOLEST SHOW OUT OF THIS WORLD
Thanks man! Glad you are enjoying it
Awesome afternoon brothers great to be on an adventure as always !!! Wayne is awesome !!! All of you have kindred spirits !!!! Always awesome to spend time with yall !!!!! Awesome adventure as always !!! Have a lekka one brothers and safe travels !!!!
True story old boy, a local truck mechanic I knew years back, had a Studebaker 6x6 Military truck in for a full resto. This was a split the rails, toss every fastener (remove rivets) & start again job to arrive at a concours quality job. One of the last items before cranking it up involved the brake hoses. Some research led him to our local Toyota dealer where there was a vast array of 'genuine Toyota' brake hoses. A cursory check of thread sizes & thread pitch lead to a remarkable discovery. It appears the Japanese adopted many thread diameters & pitches from the USA & still use them on hydraulic fittings. This harks back to the days between the wars when the Japanese companies built some US based products under licence & had their people embedded in the industry in the US. Even well into the 1970s I was finding Imperial sizes in Toyota trucks even though they had adopted the Metric ISO & JIS standards. Who woulda thunk it?
That's a very interesting story! I wonder why only the brake hoses though?
@@ratrodsafrica Trust me, the Japanese learned their craft in the US. This particular Studebaker was built in the early 40's to a military spec which was standardised across all the major suppliers to the forces. Toyota in later years, post WW2, even supplied copies of the Dodge M37 known as the FQ15 for US offshore bases. To this day there is a workshop in Thailand dedicated to refurbishing these vehicles. Toyota design heritage though is very much GM inspired.
Hey Div, thanks for taking us along on your shopping trip,. The scenery was cool and the people in your area seem to be pretty nice.
Keep the videos coming brother no matter the content, they are always a treat.👌👍🔥
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful country side
And very interesting the amount of shops there 🛠🛠
I always felt sorry for you living out in the bush, but now I see the auto parts places you have within 50 miles. I live in a very civilized area but our nearest town of more than 1000 population and they have bars, a football stadium, bars, fast food restaurants, and did I mention bars? I can never find a store like you have for auto parts, or car paint, or even steel. I finally ordered a 4x8 sheet of 20 gauge steel and it cost me $300. I thought that was 3 times what I expected, but when I received it, it was created up as if it was plate glass. I guess that was the majority of the cost. Always enjoy the view of the country side on your trips.
I guess "civilized" is a relative term... We are surrounded by farming communities, and hence, the demand for related stuff dictates the kind of stores in a big way
Love a good road trip, and if you get lunch bought for you even better, have a lekka one Div and Wayne
Nice ride with brother's from other mother's......
👍😎💯
hi again from ireland great to see more of south africa thanks again for these great videos man.
You are welcome. Happy that you enjoy it
Pretty nice place to live and go to get what you need make it great day out of it with Wayne and yourself and a good meal and you can't forget the beer. See you guys back in the shop Take care.
Very nice to see so many happy faces. Thanks Div have a leka one.
It looks as if you have a good number of stores with kind people helping you out!
Thanks for taking us along. Love the countryside.
Glad you enjoyed the scenery!
My favourite kind of shopping trip car parts, tool store and a burger with awesome scenery on the way. Perfect. Have a Lekka one.👍👍
Thank you guys for taking us along a long road trip. ! from UK.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Traffic sucks! But car guys do it well
Thanks for the tour.
Hi from Albert Canada love your show
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for taking us along on your trip to town 👍👍
You're welcome! 😊
😆 what a legends. You are never bored
It's what you make of it!
Dankie vir die saam ry...was interesant
I enjoyed that a lot.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Enjoyed the ride Leka man
Thanks for the tour, Diff and the Barefoot Mechanic. It is interesting to see the topography, scenery, and shops in a different culture. I'm just glad I don't have to drive those distances to get to most suppliers.
At least it's a beautiful drive🙂
I am Groot...Brakriver!
What a day out! Better than a free day at disney! Plus I get to see some of the beauty of SA. Would love to visite your wonderfull country.
Cheers
ja nee, baai dankie for the lekker ride, I do miss the Sarf Efrikan countryside and atmosphere en alles maar but fortunately for me I there is beautiful country and coastline hier in die VSA waar ek nou woon...
En waar is dit? I spent about a year in the US, on the east coast
great choice of parts, i would have thought youd need buy n import .
I don't think one would be able to buy parts for the REO anywhere in the world, so we have to make plans
That's a good day right there guys!
Leuk filmpje
Groeten uit Nederland
Great video!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Hello Diff me and my friend work in USA and watch your videos. He stays in mosselbay and me in jhb. I have a press for you my brother. Saw you looking at one in adendorff. We back in SA end November. Stay in touch my brother
Wow, that sounds awesome! Thank you so much, I appreciate the offer. Safe travels, boet.
Makes sense right handed people driving on the left ol' mate . . .
Except I'm lefthanded...😅
@@ratrodsafrica is that right 😉
Diff driving a modern automobile and the barefoot mechanic wearing shoes? what is this world coming to. Come February we dream of minus 1 C in Edmonton. Great road trip guys. Thanks
😂Thanks
Thanks for the trip it just makes me car sick driving on the left .😅
It will be worse if I drive on the right! 😂
you guys are living the life Mate
In a warm truck.... with a heater 😅
😅
Their called spanners in my world (Aus) If you call them a wrench, you're a spanner HAha
Love Adelaide Matt.
😄 I say wrench as well, so that certain spanners can understand too😅
All that driving is like living in Texas, unless you live in a big city it’s half hour to an hour to go anywhere. Your roads look much nicer than ours.
Had to rewatch to see if he was wearing shoes. Nice new vehicle has a place on the dash for your phone. Nice
😅👍
It's good to see springtime coming in SA. Here in Seattle, we are getting hit with the first windstorms of the Dark Season.
Stay snug!
Cold out? No ice so not bad. FYI from western Canada.
In comparison to you guys, we have no clue what cold is😅
Getting used parts is different from back in the day, crawling in dirt amongst rusty old vehicles with a handfull of tools. we still have a local one they lend you the tools and you pay per weight, it's fun but (Passop die Spinnekop) critters that bite and sting call it home. Bliksem, that store is big and it has everything, I admit to going to (harbor freight) get one small item and spending an hour or more just looking in case i miss something I need.
I hear you, it's not the same as it used to be. We had them like that back in the day too
I always end up buying more than I went there for. Nice road trip, lunch looked American except we call it ketchup, not tomato sauce.
Jip. And you drive on the wrong side of the road 😂
Good to see Spur burgers 🍔 are still on the menu 😋
But like most everything, not what they used to be. Guess I'm just old...😅
Julle shop ook by al die plekke....even daai Spur😅
Wow, you got two spark plugs for less than six U.S. dollars. We pay that much for one NGK spark plug. Great road trip Diff!
And then we found 4 more at another shop for even less😄
@@ratrodsafrica Nice!
Yay! Road Trip!
You definitely have a bit of gravel/mud to navigate! 😮
Our cars are never clean😅
When the guys at Filters and bearing gave you that filterI thought that Sth Africa is like Australia 40 years ago. Then I saw the bars at the windows of the Hydraulics w/shop and I realised we are closer together, perhaps they are just friendlier blokes.
Yeah, unfortunately crime is a reality in today's world. Luckily where I live on the farm, it's not an issue. My house doesn't even have a lock!
People seem so friendly then you see the bars. had the same reaction.
@tryphontournesol427 why would security bars prevent people from being friendly? I don't understand?
@@ratrodsafrica The atmosphere seemed like we used to have years ago when sales people were pleased that they could help, a time before some of our society lost respect for other peoples property.
@robames1293 whilst I can't deny that crime is a harsh reality, South Africans still have a reputation for being friendly and hospitable. My daughter, who lives in the Netherlands for a while, comments on this every time she comes for a visit. She says that people over there are grumpy and afraid to engage with others😅
Road tripping the roads of South Africa Lekka Div and Barefoot Mechanic
Over here in the usa ( state of missouri), we had been having cold mornings a few days we had frost? Here in the states we have a place called pick n pull you go in and pull the part your self then pay and go prices for the parts is on a board at the check out room
Here, they don't exist anymore.
👍
Canister oil filter. My grandpa used to throw a roll of toilet paper in those on his old tractor, seamed to work.
I think the toilet paper was different in those days 😂
Not bad ⚡️
I know what you mean about relative cold to us here in Wide Bay Queensland 15c is freezing
😄Everything is relative to reference. Like Einstein said
Hard to tell from a picture but that looks like the same filter my 47 ford 2n tractor uses.
👊👍
You call our tools Imperial but here in the USA we call them S.A.E., Standard American Equivalent..
Society of automotive engineers is actually what it stands for
@@rustyrodgarage2686
It also stands for Standard American Equivalent, look it up if you don't believe me. Just type in "What does S.A.E. Mean and you will find that you answer is there as well as mine. Before you say something, check your facts.
@@rustyrodgarage2686 Google it, you will find that it also stands for Standard American Equivalent.
@@rustyrodgarage2686 United States customary units
Not to be confused with Imperial units, the Standard American Equivalent units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and most U.S. territories, since being standardized and adopted in 1832. The United States customary system developed from English units that were in use in the British Empire before the U.S. became an independent country. The United Kingdom's system of measures evolved by 1824 to create the imperial system (with imperial units), which was officially adopted in 1826, changing the definitions of some of its units. Consequently, while many U.S. units are essentially similar to their imperial counterparts, there are noticeable differences between the systems. Wikipedia
@@rustyrodgarage2686 The imperial and US are both derived from an earlier English system of measurement which in turn can be traced back to Ancient Roman units of measurement, and Carolingian and Saxon units of measure.
The Standard American Equivalent of units was developed and used in the United States after the American Revolution, based on a subset of the English units used in the Thirteen Colonies; it is the predominant system of units in the United States and in U.S. territories (except for Puerto Rico and Guam, where the metric system, which was introduced when both territories were Spanish colonies, is also officially used and is predominant).[1] The imperial system of units was developed and used in the United Kingdom and its empire beginning in 1824. The metric system has, to varying degrees, replaced the imperial system in the countries that once used it. From Wikipedia
🛠🛠🛠🛠🛠
75 mp,h😊
it is around 50 degrees f, in ohio, this time of year.
Does none of the trucks you build yourself have heaters?
They are just rat rods and I couldn't be bothered! 😄 But our climate is mostly very mild. Average mid winter low/high temps are 11/20. That's degrees Celsius. There are exceptions of course!
Fortunately you left Mrs. Rat Rod at home. Otherwise you would have spent the day in dress and shoe shops instead. Yuck!😅😅😅
😂True story!
Those "brak" rivers, could also mean salty rivers, let's compromise on "salty dog" rivers
Actually "brak" is more like half way between fresh and salty. Brackish is the English word I think
I thought it was, the beginning of spring there?
It supposed to be! But the weather is very unusual this year, and we are still getting cold fronts 😬
Brakrivier is brackish river
Our resident fact checker! Brak also means dog, and I like that one better 🙂
Brak can also mean brackish/ salty. You will have to stop for a taste next time…
😄 I tasted a lot in my younger days😅
How you feeling Diff?
With my fingers? 😂 Only joking, I'm good, thanks for asking
Going to the medium smoke wouldn't sound right.
😂 I guess in comparison to some places it will be tiny smoke🤣
Is african weed the stongest?
I wouldn't know