Preparing my Old Ford Truck for a 2,000 mile/3,200 km Winter Drive to the Arctic Ocean | 2nd Attempt
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2024
- I can't believe I'm doing this again... let's get the truck house properly prepared for a Return to the Arctic. I didn't make it last time, let's see what happens this time...
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I learned this from firefighters. They do it in -50 sweatier. They put antifreeze in a spray bottle and spray it on the hydrant threads before they attach the hoses. It keeps the hoses from sticking to the hydrant threads. Works great for metal door jambs, metal doors, and garage doors.
go to know!
Wd40 will do the same thing
@@shake9574antifreeze is cheaper
And a lot better than soaking your home in antifreeze. @@shake9574
I’m a firefighter and live an hour from Canada it’s wicked cold here same temps as wassila on average
Never heard this
Timmy, your life is insanely active and accomplished. So much to be proud of. You're an inspiration to all the men in the world.
Thank you:)
+1
He's a huge inspiration. I think part of it is he just comes across as every man. Nothing special just somebody who wants a different life.
Man that truck you have id take that truck over any other vehicle in the world you have the best set up and to top that off you built it yourself
3” is the magic number for the bottom of the door to the deck in all situations. Also, a Dutch style door is nice for the heavier snowfalls. It allows the top half to open enough for to climb out in case of an emergency. The last thing you want is to wake up in the middle of the night to your camper on fire just to find out your doors frozen shut on you.
I often wondered why he didn’t switch to that style of door.
Please someone bring Twinkie the bird another parakeet, so she's not lonely. Thank you. 🐦💌💞💕
You may want to water proof seal that fresh wood cut area on the bottom of the door
Nice job on the door Timmy. Advice from an old school carpenter. Leave your door on the hinges and scribe the 11/4” on the bottom,then take it off and cut the bottom. This helps if the floor and door bottom aren’t even. You can even make your cut on a little bevel. Had to do this all the time before pre-hung doors. Blessings
thanks bob:)
always a know it all don't know nuthin he fixed it bozo
I can’t wait to see more videos of the new house build
before too long!
Awesome 🤙
Agreed!
Almost 52 year old cop here. Tim you are inspiring this old dog to learn new tricks. You have the spirit of an old school explorer who understands its never about the destination, its all about the journey. Can't wait to see you drive to the Arctic Ocean, put up your feet up by the fire, enjoy a home cooked meal and chill. I think Lewis & Clark would have enjoyed hanging with you!
A door sweep would help to keep some of the cold out also.
It seems like Tim is a good carpenter, he adjusts his door and he builds his own home and does a really good job at both. I look at what he has done to expand his home and it is amazingly well done.
The threshold is a great addition. One suggestion, turn it so the screws are inside the camper. Enjoy the content.
A remote start for the truck would make cold mornings easier.
Always checking on your next adventure. The house build, the trips in the truck, kayaking and snow sledding. Adventures that you share with us. Actually sharing your life with us. Thank you!
Thanks for the entertainment. I'm still sober in south Dakota
Great to hear that you took the advice from the community and not cold start the engine anymore. As a mechanic myself I always winced a bit at every start of the engine.
Awesome content as always
Watching the vintage Ford Powerstroke forge through the frozen tundra makes me proud. My '97 leads a sheltered life compared to the extreme tests you subject yours to. The 7.3L is a wonderful power plant! Great choice! Keep on trucking!
Love all the adventures. I own a 96 F250 Powerstroke and I’m looking forward to you making an extensive video on your mods. About your snow bike, try attaching skate board rails to the bottom of the snow board.
Use silicone spray on the rubber threshold so the door wont freeze to it. It works great on the cab door seals as well.
Love watching these adventures
Patiently waiting in Ohio
Awesome video as always Timmy. Can't wait to watch your next epic adventure to the Arctic ocean. Thanks for letting us ride along with you on your adventures.
Oh, btw, stellar job on the threshold! I had to run a frig water line across my kitchen threshold and used that one. I threaded it through that rubber seal and it works great!
-2 , ouch from San Antonio, Texas .
Coldest place I’ve ever been was up in the mountains of Germany during a military exercise called REFORGER. It was hitting -40 plus even lower with the windchill factor. Sleeping inside of a GP Small tent with a bunch of soldiers while out Yukon stove was cherry hot & the Section Chief toasting his bread on it , priceless.
I love your videos. Watching you do all this interesting stuff tells me I'm not doing enough😂
Dang it’s 2 days later and I’m seeing this and now I want an artic travel update 😅😅😅
The resistance is caused bc you are using the firm wood. If you can use some type of suspension forks or add front suspension in some form or another, you would have much better success with carbide ski.
Timmy I appreciate your tenacity. Never stop trying! Love your adventures my dude.
Can’t wait to see your up and coming adventures Timmy. Love the van life vlogs. Keep safe and see you in your next video bro. 💯🤙🏻🔥
I would put a blade sweep seal on the underside of the door, it will provide double protection with the threshold seal, to prevent water from blowing up underneath, it’s a matter of choice.
Always feels good to wrap up a bunch of small projects. Will be so nice not to fight the ice at the door & no more snow inside, nice job.
No more cold starts 🙏
Looking forward to seeing your next adventure! Just found your channel and it looks really great.
Hey Tim, you need some ice skates and a tutu 😂 seriously I'm looking forward to the Road trip. Stay safe
Nice door upgrades! Have you ever thought of making the floor portion right outside of your door a heavy duty grate? Might help any snow build up and you can wipe your feet off easy.
That arctic series appeared on home screen over Christmas break and it was awesome! Really enjoyed the house build as well! Great stuff, really cool to follow along.
Save that door handle and locking mechanism. Because a lock Smith might be able to fix the broken piece for cheap. Then you'll have a spare.
On your snoboard/ front ski maybe you can screw a strip of plastic, delrin, aluminum for a skag.
You should get a flat bead trailer with a fold down ramp so your center of gravity isn’t so high, plus Timmy the shit out if it with boxes, bigger snow tires, etc.
End grain absorbs the most water. You could cut the door a little shorter and glue and screw 1x to the bottom. Either way seal the wood!!!
You are innovative! Great work on making the modifications. i hope you can fix your truck up the safest way and have the means to do it soon! stay safe out there.
You can get aluminum bluing that will make the aluminum turn black!
If it's real aluminum and not just plastic with aluminum paint.
I'm so excited you're returning to the Artic. Can't wait!!!!
❤❤WOW u are the (jack) Timmy of all trades. Not sure there isn't anything u can't fix or jerry rig.As always we both sat here and watched the whole video. Can't wait to go on the trip...👏🥰💜❣️💙
Maybe break the sharp edge of the new cut on your door so as not to wear out the rubber threshold? Enjoy your channel! Lived in Anchorage from 1960 to 1965 as a kid.
Very well done Timmy 👏!! You're a carpenter now!! 😊!! Yes it's tight but you want it that way so the bottom of the door makes a good seal on the rubber gasket. Happy trails 👣 my friend!!! Please be careful on your trip up north!!! Its good you are making thorough preparations!!! You should do well, and I will be a happy viewer excited to see your upcoming videos!!!😊!!!
It is truly amazing all the advise you get from the comments. :). Great video as always.
Put a heated mat on the outside of that door incase you’re snowed in with a switch you can turn on to melt the ice to free the door
Seal up between the floor boards on the porch, maybe it will help keep some of the junk away from the door.
Good job Tim. I hope "Tim" is OK...you seem more like a Tim than a Timmy. No more snow in there when you get to where you are going.
That door threshold has been calling your name, for quite some time now! Lol
Cut a slot into the deck of the snowboard and install an ice skate blade as a skeg
I would place a small skegg on the snowboard, just enough to grab a small amount of traction
Take a grinder or saw and cut a inch or so of the lugs of the track and it should fit folded on it self
yup was already thinking about doing that soon
For the track on your sled ramp, maybe get a couple heavy duty hinges, bolt them for a decent fit at the mid point and cut the belt in half. Then, to store, pull the hinge pins, slide the track wherever it fits, then to use, assemble the ramp, place the lower half, align the hinges and reinstall your pins
Or take a grinder and knock 2” off the lugs. No need for 3” lugs on a ramp :)
@@GotrekGurninsson Might be cool to build a folding jump, then set it up a few yards away and Evil Knievel the sled right onto the trailer. That'd be totally sweet and I'd pay to see that.
Sorry to hear you lost your parakeet. I lot mine about two years ago, loved those little fellas
Think about poly urethane coating the bottom of the door to retardant moisture damage and swelling?
If you enclose your porch for the winter no problem opening door just have to redo stairs .
I was thinking similar. Enclose it with light weight plexiglass or something?
@@fergusb2440 light weight plexi wont workatrips are too bumpy will break also fragile in the cold . Try lexan good in heat and cold .
Check the axle vent. If it's plugged, seals will leak. If it is plugged, clean the brakes and check for leaks after driving it.
Be sure to get some diesel anti-gel additive. Add it to every fill-up.
A friendly reminder, measure once, cut twice 😉👍🏽
I love❤the way you teach, whether I need to know or not- I love to learn how to do new things
Never in a million years did i think id be sitting here watching someone replace a door handle mechanism/latch especially on the back of an old 7.3 yet here we are and i love it. 😂 keep it up tim i just watched the newest vid and came back to re watch this guy now im inpatiently waiting for a new vid😂😂
Same player shoot again ! Go for it Timmy 💪
I see your cabin looks done. Can you do a show off once done? Love to see it better. You worked so hard and long on it.
yup, still have to finish the entire inside haha
@@TruckHouseLife aww what little bit I seen it’s looking awesome! Be careful on your next adventure. Your channel is never boring. Always something happening😜 I don’t watch alot of regular TV, I watch people like you and many others. Regular tv has gotten so offensive and disgusting, I would rather watch RUclipsrs. So thank you for all your hard work in making these. I will probably never get to come to Alaska, so seeing people who live there lets me see it safely😜. Also been watching Alaska Cabin Adventure. Love his to. This Alaskan Life was my first. Beautiful country❤️
Oh, right on yeah, we did snow biking years ago back here in Minnesota! Forgot all about the old snow bike
Nice it fits like a glove- cuz you never wear them!
Getting ready for some coffee! Blessings to you Timmy! ✝️☕️
Moment of truth...he says...like a.......glove.....i said.... good neighbor.....state farm IS THERE!!!!! 😂😂😂
You should put silicone on the bottom of the threshold before you install it. Makes a better seal against the water.
This guy has birds.. smh he must be a light worker 👏🏻💫
I think you should have put a good size bead of silicone down under the thresh hold so that water cant get in when the snow or ice tried to melt.
Get some teflon spray for the snowmobile ski. It’ll help tons
Hats off for the good job done on the threshold.
Twinkie needs a friend! 🦜
Can't wait fir your new adventure Timmy. Try Not to fall into your camper van now ! 😊
The rear seal loses lube but also lets in moisture
Have you thought about adding washers to the wooden ski pole? Maybe that will reinforce the holes that are close to the bottom?🤷
spray powdered graphite in the key lock tumbler assembly for lubrication.
Hope you post drone video, if you make it to your destination 🙌
Use the snowmobile ski but try it without the carbide and see what happens. 😉
LIKE A GLOVE BABY 🧤👶
Hey wait a minute you fixed tbe winshield and had that track on in earlier videos.....omg the time warped
Glad you fixed the door issue.✔️ Snow machine problem ✔️ snow ski bike✔️
Time to put a short skeg on that snowboard.
Hey Timmy, can't wait for the new uploads, I have people to share them with! Godspeed!
Got my family watching his show too!
Dude your amazing. I was looking forward to seeing the Arctic Ocean. Be that as it may I will be watching again.
I know I'm too late. But here it goes. I have always made doors to open in because if ice and snow build up you have to damage the structure to get out. Family from our NC history books were in there log cabin the door couldn't be opened and they were found after the thaw. They died not from being frozen but from co poison. Now I have never seen snow like the storm they were supposed to have died in.
Good idea. Dad had to go out the window in South Dakota, carry the shovel around to the front door and shovel us out. We got some gigantic drifts there. Never saw snow like that and lived in MI for 22 years. I was not quite 3 and remember it well.
1:53 in and already hype for new windshield (although if you can get the camera to stop focusing on the window regardless of what's there that'll make the biggest difference)
I love winter in Alaska. No place I'd rather be.
right?!
Hopefully the road is open this time
Ever consider replacing the deck with expanded metal? Most of the snow /ice will fall through.
Recently found this channel and i'm absolutely loving the content!
Its gonna be epic .....were claiming you willl reach the finish line this time!!!! Use the force.....or the caribou....sweet home AL here
lol
I use WD-40 on my car door jams and trunk surround etc. It prevents freezing shut.
should definitely put a motor on that snow bike
Nice work !! 👏
Try the sno bike ski without the carbide scag. Less drag
Nice! Can't wait!
You may want to put some chalk or silicone sealant along the end of your threshold to stop water from seeping into the camper. It may be hard to get it to stick unless you can dry out the wood . TO replace a rear seal and brake pads shouldn't cost close to what they quoted you. They must charge a small fortune per hour because a decent mechanic should be able to replace both seals and install new pads in a day.
Dude honestly you got me thinking about trying to build a diy camper!