Discovery of the Southland Dump Trailer

bless somebody else like this. >> This is something else. I would not known that would come true. >> Well, it is definitely coming true today. >> I really appreciate it. >> And anytime you use a dump trailer, if you're not familiar with them, Melvin, pull that cord all the way out. >> Yeah. >> And stand away from Yeah. We almost lost Alex's leg uh when one of them jackknifed on ice. It pushed the trailer forward and it almost caught him between the truck and the trailer. It was He had to jump back and it ripped his pants. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, there's a little bit of a a learning curve with these things. Is this your first dump trailer, Melvin? >> Yes, cuz usually I've I've rented them, but they're smaller. >> No, no, this one actually has two beams that run down the center of it instead of crossbeams this way. >> Okay. >> And the benefit of that is like uh it's like the dump trucks and the quad axle trucks out there, so they and they build those boxes for those trucks, so they build the trailers the exact same way. It's a higher quality floor and it's a higher quality finished uh dump trailer. And also, the paint process on these Southlands is a little different as well, because this is actually the same kind of paint that they put on trucks. >> Okay. >> So, most trailers out there are powder coated, so your when it whenever it gets a rock chip on it, the the powder coat flakes off. >> Right. >> This is a different process, so if you had anytime you ever scratch it up and you want to repaint it, it's the same as repainting a truck that >> And it's like I bought a hat before, I'm like, "Where's my hat? I can't find my hat." I must have lost it one of the sites. And then when I seen it and I seen this for the last time, I'm like, "All right, let me buy another hat." So, that's when I I just like, "Let me just buy another hat, put it in there." I said this is the last day. Let me try it. I didn't expect the call. >> No, he caught you a little off guard.