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Long-Term Performance Review and Technical Deep Dive

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Did I buy the wrong Trailer?

What happens here

Stanley provides an update after using the Diamond C HDT trailer for a month, expressing strong satisfaction with its performance. He notes that the trailer handles heavy loads, such as a 10,000-pound mini-excavator, exceptionally well, riding 'smooth as butter'. The discussion transitions to the different types of axle hubs: greasable versus oil bath. Jacob explains that smaller axles (up to 7,000 lbs) are typically greasable, while larger axles (8,000 lbs and above) use oil bath lubrication for better heat dissipation. He also explains the 'burnishing' process required for new drum brakes to achieve full effectiveness, a step often overlooked by users, which can initially lead to reduced braking performance.

Goal: Gain practical insights into long-term trailer performance, axle lubrication, and brake break-in procedures.

Tools and materials

  • Grease — Lubricating greasable hubs
  • Oil — Lubricating oil bath hubs

What they say

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smoothest riding trailer okay so it's been about a month since I filmed that video with Jacob and I really wanted to put this trailer to use before I started to talk about what I've noticed with it now this trailer was supposed to go out to the crew we need a second equipment trailer in the company but I also need an equipment trailer in the company and this trailer is not going to go out to the crew I think this is maybe the nicest equipment trailer that I've ever ran in my life and that includes over the other Diamond C trailer the suspension it doesn't make a difference which one you get they're both just smooth as butter I like the braking system on this one better than on my other that's got hydraulic brakes this has drums I like this much better the Jack the Demco lit hit this does have a safety pin I still can't get over that nut not needing a safety pin that kind of throws me for a loop but I'll just show you some of the stuff I've been hauling because I actually have been putting it to the test I hauled this 10 000 pound mini excavator back from Wisconsin on it and at one point I was just kind of relaxing listening to the music and I forgot I was hauling that mini X behind me and this is only a three-quarter ton truck greasable hubs versus an oil bath hub what do you use and why so from the small ax was like a 3500 up to a 7K is all grease and then from 8K up is oil and why is because we rely on the professionals who build the axles Lippard that's what they do and so and they there's some there is some science behind it I don't know exactly but there's some science behind like revolutions the size of the Hub the oil cavity what makes sense for those size you know those size axles or else they would use grease all the way up or they would use oil down low as well so they at that split when the Hub gets bigger at the 8K level that's when they go to oil okay so how often so deep since these this is a greasable hub how often should we be greasing that depends on mileage I mean if you're if you run quite a few miles I mean you need to be greasing them every probably you know once every six months depending on the mileage and could be once every year it just really depends how often do you Grayson I've been greasing them quite a bit they just feel get hot you know yeah so I don't know like dip the freaking worries about everything everything he'll be like you know like where you can't where you can't hold your hand on them you know it gets that hot then…

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