Hey there, good evening everybody. Thanks for stopping into the channel figured Kind of out and about it's nicer weather out here, and I wanted to get it some cleaning done the garage as you can see it's It's kind of nasty out here, so figured I'd go live and hang out with you guys tonight do a little bit of cool stuff out here enjoy the Nice weather instead of hanging out down in the freaking dungeon basement and all So what is everybody else in here up to tonight and bring all this up here on my phone so I can see some chat at the same time There it is There we are round movement. What's up, buddy? So Yeah, this weekend's been actually pretty nice. I'm doing pretty good RJ Doing pretty darn nice hanging out Oh Kind of having a little bit of a lazy weekend not really doing a whole lot did some video stuff with the jump pack reviews that I just did and aside from that Not a whole lot. It's nice. Just having you know a time to just kind of Chill out hang out not really do anything big couch potato for a day It happens, right And that is one of the I guess subjects that I kind of wanted to bring up tonight is I've been talking to a lot of people online who are really affected by what's going on right now in the industry It's a it's been shaking a lot of trees lately Slacking is for rich people Yep, I mean we can slack every once in a while speedy chick. What's up, man? I Am actually gonna bring that up voltage drop Chet, I yep That is the first thing that I wanted to talk about tonight The corporate letter that a lot of Nissan dealers put out I don't know if it was a lot of them or just the one. Do you know or not whether it was or not? I Just saw the one from the Lysa something Whatever place anyways, you guys don't know what I'm talking about Jerry Lynn Nissan. That's the one Yep, good old Jerry Lynn Nissan So if you guys have not seen I'm gonna bring this up and kind of show it to you here see what you guys can see out of this one Maybe it'll focus here for you but anyways, this is The letter that they handed out to their employees and I'm gonna go through this one Kind of go through it for you and imagine just imagine this was the shop or dealership that you guys work for Times are tough, you know working in a bigger dealership. You're already kind of a number in the system so it kind of sucks there number one they handed out they handed out this paper and terms of employment Modifications like this is what you're getting and this is what you're gonna like whether you like it or not Number one, you have to initial every single one of these to keep your job. I Know there's a lot of laws that there I believe breaking on this But yeah, it first one says I work at my own risk I realized that I may become ill with COVID-19 or another illness So pretty much you're probably gonna get sick.   You can't get that Number three, no paid vacation days will be granted through December 31st 2020 You may still take the allotted vacation time as stated by the manual But it will be in unpaid So if you had vacation time that you haven't used yet, you're able to take that. That's fine But you're not gonna get paid No paid vacation for the rest of 2020 because you know us as a business we suffered Through this and we probably you know got the bailout check or the small business loans But you know what you guys are gonna be the one that suffers. Yeah. Yes, that is Roby stuff behind me So we'll see when Shaka comes in. I'm sure he will he'll remind me of how much trash it is And I can see this is how much trash that you have to deal with today Shaka All right moving on number four 401k employer match to be discontinued through December 31st 2020 The 401k employer match will be reevaluated after that point So if you have 401k, which a lot of people do the employer matches quite a bit on it and They're not gonna do it anymore no go There's Shaka. Hey, look at this one. Look at all this Royobi. You can look at it all night tonight. All night. Look at that Appreciate it, buddy So anyways, no 401k, we're not gonna match any of it the rest of the year You can put whatever you want into it, but we're not giving you any of them. I don't want to do that I'm working.  So 401k they will not do anything with uh, number five there will be more modifications to employment and employment benefits May be forthcoming and deemed as necessary.  We might even take your pay scales down After this point and again, you're signing this line right here that says You're going to agree to anything else that we put forth after this How much crap is that line? I wouldn't be signing this from a 10 foot pole with somebody else's name This is the stupidest thing ever and the real kicker to the mechanics gut number six sales consultants Will be given a guaranteed $1,500 per month Any commission earned over and above that $1,500 guarantee will be added to the sales consultants monthly pay So out of all this the sales consultants the sales guys up front Get a guarantee because you know, we feel bad for the sales guys They they they lost all their sales for like three weeks. You know, they're they're so vulnerable I feel bad for them. Yeah, that box is made with wheels They would not have a single freaking mechanic if it were up to me And if anybody hears from them, I am all for supporting these guys 100 and I will put anything through and out to that dealership Saying how much of a bullshit employer they are I I can't stand having to listen to guys That are treated that way. They the employers that they have is just horrendous It is from a Nissan dealer Jerry Lynn Nissan was the one of this one Yeah, yeah, they they put their technicians. They drop them under the bus wherever they possibly can I don't know. Let's look this up.  You're like, you know what I got work to do. Yeah, it's fine. Whatever Jump from work in the house. What's happening, buddy? That's the problem if they were thinking that letter would go public If they were thinking that they might get, you know, some kind of a handout or some kind of Assistance from the government because that letter went public I'm pretty sure they're gonna feel the wrath of this one. I hope they do. I really really hope they do Yeah, that would be horrendous I can't stand that. Yeah, these these guys they think they're Above the law for, you know, just because they have mechanics It's it's bad.  Yeah, it's not legal right now at all if you look at the kovat 19 The thing that they have out for employers that is not legal one bit for them to do that one I don't know if they're a right to work state or not What happened at the the Kirkland Toyota? I I've heard that story just mildly, but I don't I didn't see the see the story myself And uh, you know, they were trying to from what I heard they were trying to cover up one of their employees had COVID And it had spread to a couple of them at that point and they still had a full schedule of People coming through and they weren't checking any of their employees coming in either I guess it was uh, it was a pretty rough environment to work in for that one Every day fleet tech in here. What's up, man? Did you sneak in here without me knowing Trying to work off my iPad in here Did not work since the 31st of March was laid off I'm sorry to hear that buddy. You know, it's a hard time right now. I really am As long as I'm able to still get the parts trucks, they'll get fixed if it's ever shakes loose and it'll sell some drugs Should be plenty or anything Dude, you have more trucks to sell than most heavy-duty truck dealerships that I know of I'm pretty sure you own more trucks than my dealership owns If you guys haven't already and you like heavy-duty truck stuff and really cool builds go and check out uh, jc smith projects. He does some pretty crazy stuff chops up frames on Big old trucks Makes it whatever the heck he wants to pretty much and fixes stuff as it needs No questions about it. He even tore apart a good old duramax engine lately As much as he really loves duramax engines and he'd love to tell you that too Yeah, every day fleet tech you are Oh, I bet they were furious about that one If our customers heard that anybody even close to the dealership were to have it I'm pretty sure the dealership would have to shut down It would just have to Creating value now that is a good line.  They can be good engines. They really can just need a little bit of love I mean granted they need a lot more love than it Cummins does, but they just need a little bit of love $2 holler he wants a video on pico scopes from Kyle Allen Now if I owned a pico scope specifically Princess jammy thanks for joining in tonight. Appreciate it, buddy If I had a pico scope, I would definitely do a video I I own us we have a scope in our shop and I use it quite often, but I don't own a pico scope I know it's actually recently just become a kind of essential tool for chrysler and Yeah, voltage drop diagnostics. He does a lot of pico scope stuff a lot of them Yeah, but we in our shop, we don't have a pico We have the snap on Zeus which is a four-channel scope And that's the one that we use primarily in the shop and when I say we I mean me because I'm the only one In the shop that knows how to use it or even how to even set it up for that matter or Probably even the only one in the shop that knows that that Scan tool does it. It's sad that scan tool in our shop is pretty much a code reading paperweight, which is Sad enough of itself, but it doesn't get used to its proper abilities even close to it I do like the Zeus The only thing that from what I've seen on your videos and a couple other guys is it's a little bit Uh, I guess more daunting and setting wise to change the timetables and settings on the actual scope once you get to reading it But I I've kind of gotten used to it for that one No, no blue old rules. We're we're not going to bring blue elves into the mix jc You can take your ford land and you go play with your little ford toys Oh I get looked at sideways ways when he gets a scope out. It's sad. It really is once you get a scope out It's like somebody just pulled out that 40 year old special tool out of the corner of the special tool shed And they're like, what is that? What are you playing with? Are you are you playing on the computer? The the older guys will say the older generation in our shop is not tech savvy whatsoever like in the slightest so it's hard for them to Comprehend a lot of um the things that we're able to do with these vehicles right now the blue oval disease So a lot of the dealers here A lot of the dealers here Locally have Really gone back to pretty much full work here lately So our dealership what ended up happening um prior to this like three weeks ago We laid off quite a few people. We laid off our hourly tax at least in the shop We laid off our hourly tax. We laid off one technician in here in our thing and then one of our parts department people A lot of office guys and they kept the sales staff because you know, they're not paying them much of anything anyways So they kept them and then we also have an RVs Section to our dealership. They sell a lot and work on a lot of RVs and their section is actually bigger than our Automotive area is and they laid off a bunch of technicians there So in the state of Ohio, they offered the business assistance loans for Receiving those businesses since assistance loans. They were able to get the money for that and it would not be being to be Have to be paid back if you had hired rehired or Had 75 percent of your prior workforce to the COVID-19 happening So we had to bring back quite a few people especially on our RV side, which is kind of odd. We had to bring back Like seven techs on our RV side of things And now like six of them are just sitting there twiddling their thumbs don't have much work but The dealership ended up getting the small business loan because they had to bring those technicians back To be able to get that loan. So kind of a weird situation. There's a lot of places that are doing that right now Oh, I believe it junk oil prices for you guys are like a hard Hard business you guys have to have that to pretty much survive and I can't say that I Hortibly all struck by that one. You know, I believe it nobody's out and about drawing or anything like that Hey Bertrand 850 that is mr. Dalton in the house. What's up, man? If you guys like cool trucks like cooler trucks than I have go check out his channel He has got one sweet lifted ly duramax diesel.  It's good seeing you in here tonight, buddy. I really appreciate it The military is on a minimum manning until further notice. Yes, they definitely are they are they have put a freeze on hiring pretty much anything for their outside hiring for the military local recruiters have not been really Hitting the the streets will say nearly as much as they have before And the time we're putting on a guarantee of 76 percent of the past year's average Uh, that's that's pretty decent. That's nice and it's cool. It's cool to see that one Yes junk from work. I did want to bring up that one also the tool trucks in our area They have decided to ramp things back up. They decided to run. They are local businesses and I feel bad for them But a lot of the industry saw them as they were the spreading of the disease because Let's be honest The guys who go on these tool trucks They're they're little snot nose picking through tools and stuff. Do you think they're washing their hands? No, no, there's some there's some nasty dudes that are touching stuff on that tool truck So to help fight that our tool trucks are running However, they are only allowed to have one person on that tool truck at a time and when they walk onto that truck They are required to Ian sanitize up Wash their hands right before they come in and the tool truck guy has to see it Which is pretty nice His job's been passing out over time like an Oprah. You get overtime. You get overtime. You get overtime That'd be pretty sweet a lot of guys need that right now But anyways our our tool trucks are definitely running right now But like I said, they're only allowing one person on the tool truck at a time Which is I think it's all right, you know 90% of the time The least in this circumstance the guys aren't wanting to go shopping a whole lot on the truck So it's not like they're spending a whole bunch of time on there if they are going on to The truck it and for buying stuff It's because they kind of already know what they want And they're going on there to just kind of see it or anything like that My flag hours are personally not suffering right now And that is pretty much because I am very specialized in my dealership and what I do and I have You know the the skills and knowledge to work on anything that comes through the door And there's a lot of stuff that especially comes through the door for me I'm gonna go back through these and see what I missed Thinking about buying some right tool wrenches any thoughts I've never used right tools. I apologize on that one Normal business this week. Who has the best finger ratchet? The one finger ratchet that I own is from matco It is the one that's kind of triangle shaped. It comes with all the little bits and everything in the little kit with it Ah does the tool truck guy need to disinfect all tools after each person leaves the truck Now that is the other thing that they have big signs on there that says Please do not finger or touch tools. They make it kind of a funny thing Don't finger my tools and I won't get mad at you is the sign they actually put on the truck Which is kind of funny, but it big, you know, bam sign don't finger my tools And uh, so they they do that one and uh, I'm pretty sure he pays attention to what guys are kind of Looking at and messing with and it's just kind of keep that That thing in the back back of somebody's mind that hey if you're on the tool truck be a little bit more considerate And you know going into this don't be freaking touching and finger and everything especially walking in there without gloves Pia is on lockdown still still on mandatory masks that sucks, man That sucks that I actually be uh forced to do something like that Let's see Robert that's funny We'll show that one I don't know Justin. I don't know if it's illegal and I also Don't know if that's a I guess 100 requirement. I know there has been a lot of videos on the internet Uh, especially in california where the police have been enforcing the mask rule And if they see you without a mask, they're actually ticketing people now That to me is just kind of asinine now the the thankfully very much. Thankfully the police force around here I know quite a few of them and the mentality that they have to this is That's it's really hard right now and they have to deal with a lot of people And they don't want to deal with a lot of people because they don't want to have to touch them Or be around them or have to go through their crap Steve and do a little yes, I do like it So in in that sense, they're not going to go through and they're not going to Purposely look for something for you to be doing wrong.  So, you know people in ohio They don't take kindly to being messed with by law enforcement very much at all We have a lot of respect for a law enforcement and thankfully our law enforcement has a lot of respect back for us So that is nice. I I do appreciate them being able to do that one set this up here What's your opinion on the rad kit ultra from snap on I actually very heavily looked into that this week and my dealer got one and I looked at it and I just I saw the price on it and it was like 500 and some dollars and I was just Nope, no, I I don't need a diaphragm tool that that bad because I have the um the s rad Kit from snap on Which if you guys don't know that is the vacuum coolant filler kit from snap on which is was the nifty tool of 2019 I have to say that one is pretty awesome But that new one looks really really sweet, but not $500 sweet. I'm gonna have to say on that one Did you ever buy a cdi torque wrench? No, I I did not end up buying another another torque wrench New York they're trying to make it where you have to wear a mask when you go into any store Yeah, I'm thankfully it's not like that around here Yeah, thankfully around here We've got protests Going on at our capital for not having a plan The governor he was really good in the state of ohio about getting this stuff kind of figured out really really quick But and there wasn't protests about when things were shut down. There wasn't a whole lot of them at the state house now three four weeks later The general public is wanting to see some kind of a plan from him or the you know, ios state government On reopening things and they have not been forthcoming and have not been so quick to the gun On thinking about things for that one the 87 bit socket versus the capri set Uh, I like the blue point one I have seen that quite a bit and I have actually been looking into capri tools a lot more lately As a matter of fact, I just ordered my first set of capri tools this This week. Yeah earlier this week of which I am going to be doing a review On some capri tools. So, uh, I think they're supposed to arrive tomorrow or tuesday And uh, it'll be my first set of capri tools that I've ever reviewed. So Maybe stepping into the door with looking on some of those because a lot of you guys said they wanted me to look at capri tools Have I gotten my hands on the new matcode ball joint press yet? I got it Or I I looked at it on the truck and I saw all the videos and everything and it looks really sweet We have a mac set at our dealership and it's one of those things where we don't use it enough To justify buying a whole brand new, you know, five or six hundred dollar ball joint press kit So we we're not going to end up purchasing another one of you and if it is really cool and shiny the mac kit that we have Works pretty well for what we have, but I do like it Disordered the impact set from capri. Uh, that's that's pretty awesome actually the tools that I ordered and I'm going to be doing reviews for from capri are the half-inch drive impact swivel sockets from them I really really wanted to Test out and do some comparison reviews of half-inch drive swivel sockets because I've been looking into them from a long time And the technology that the different manufacturers have for that specific kind of a socket It's kind of crazy and the differences of design that they have for them So I ended up I purchased the snap on set which I just got it on friday and It's sadly enough was the most expensive set of sockets I've ever bought What kit you recommend for a harmonic balancer? Puller and installer it really depends on what kind of harmonic balancer that you have Dalton If you have one that has the holes in it That's for a steering wheel puller a really nice steering wheel or puller set That has all the little bolts and inserts for them is a really good thing to get I have a set from that's my one other mac tool that I own and If it has a three jaw puller set, I have a Snap on three jaw puller set for harmonic balancers But if it is for like five seven hemmys, which are a pain in the butt to get to I don't know on that six two diesel dalton The the actual design of the outside. Is there a Metal around the outside that is not the ribs Like are the ribs the farthest point on the outside to be able to grip onto If that is true, then I want to say it's Some off-brand pro tools get something like that. Anyways, it's the professional tools that you can rent from Auto zone So weirdly enough the tools that you can rent from auto zone It's the kit that has these teeth that grip into the ribs of the harmonic balancer Rip into that and then clamp those together And then has a puller to be able to pull it off from those ribs in a lot of circumstances like hemmys If you don't have the availability to you can't get the little three jaw puller to ever work on those things like ever That is the only other kit that I found that works really great on that one but anyways Yeah, the capri tools that I ordered was the half inch Swivel impact socket, so I'm going to be comparing capri tools.  Now, don't worry. I didn't pay that for them. That would have just Send me into a tool coma I'm sure it really would have but the original price was 861 bucks. I paid $495 for like $475, $495, someone will like that But anyways, just shy of $500 and that was the most expensive set of sockets I ever purchased In my career. It was kind of hard to kind of hard to see that one Yeah, it was hard and then I'm actually going to be I'm representing a third one on that one too. I am getting the set from Gearwrench Their half inch drive swivel impacts their X drive I think is their their terminology that they have to the the swivel end of that part of the socket It's their proprietary whatever part of the swivel to it kind of nifty to see I'm really excited about seeing that one seeing how that one compares because the Snap-on obviously has a forged pin design still. So we're going to see how many that one was How many piece set was that from snap on that was I want to say it was a A 12 piece set I'm not really sure. Yes the X core that is the the sockets that I'm getting From Gearwrench and I'm going to be doing comparison review in this one So going to be some really cool stuff. They were pretty much the top picks Of a lot of the tool companies that had those half inch drive ones that guys are buying So I wanted to get one, you know a really expensive one from snap one just to be able to see and show What kind of stuff that they were doing and working with and then The ones from Gearwrench were a lot of the guys who are actually having the Gearwrench trucks out west They're selling a bunch of them. They were pretty hyped about seeing those different kind of sockets those export designs And then the capri tools was what most people are buying the The online sales for those so pretty cool to see all those it'll be a really good comparison I think He paid 500 butters for sockets better come with a happy ending I was hoping to get something a little extra from the you know from the snap on guy, but he wasn't he wasn't giving it up Yeah, it'll be it'll be a really good comparison. I'm excited to see that one The only thing that kind of sucks is To be honest, I don't have any room for any more sockets in my toolbox Like you guys would think that massive toolbox there. They are They're yeah, there's not a whole lot of room for sockets. I have actually started putting my sockets that I'm getting into my Cart that I'm just pushing around But that's good because these three sets of sockets They're going to sit in the cart right there. So they're readily available for me to be able to use and work on So they're going to be there for pretty much any job and I'm going to have their reminder like hey They're sitting right there. Make sure you use these so I'm probably going to give them a good We'll say two to three weeks of use on those just so I can get a good feel for them I'm not going to do any kind of unboxing whatever or put them on any kind of nifty tools list review or anything Until I actually get them, you know into some in-shop working on that one. So yeah I bet you will shocker. I bet you will now more than likely What I will do after this is all said and done. I probably will keep one set at work I will bring one set home having the box here and I will probably give away one set So Maybe looking at the next giveaway on that one. So pretty sweet. I'm excited for it They were sockets. I've been looking for it a long time Husky ones a lot of guys around here are using a lot of husky sockets They're pretty decent sockets, especially for the money pick them up at home depot locally It's another one of those things where You know a lot of guys they're swearing by the sockets and stuff that they get from Harbor freight, but a lot of it of it is your Location as compared to set a harbor freight because Honestly, you know around here. We're like 20 minutes away from a harbor freight and it is not Really great and timing wise.  So that's why I really don't like using a lot of harbor freight stuff It's known for kind of breaking and not going to use it McBake in the house. What's up, boy? He had a pretty eventful live stream last night. He went live for a whole 40 minutes Through a cruise in and was able to cruise for 37 and a half feet as a record. How about that? Sorry, buddy. That looked like it was just horrible on there Uh, what do I think of the nip-ex or sorry. Gotta say it right can nip-ex Adjustable pliers. Uh, I have the cobra set of knip-ex Adjustables and I love them. I had the three-piece set. I think it was like the 10 or 12 inch 9 or 10 inch and then the smaller one was like a 6 inch set of their The cobra pliers pretty sweet. I do love them How long have you had the mac co 3 8 slot inflex it and I had any issues with it I have had it going on We say six months About six months I I could look back through the nifty tools videos because I put it in a nifty tools video Two weeks after I got it. So two weeks prior to that is when I ended up getting that one I guess I could look back through But I have not had a single issue out of it I have not had a warranty issue at all on it And it is actually my go-to ratchet when I am in the shop. What's up lb7 chris? Good seeing you in here tonight, buddy So I have not had any issues with that ratchet and it pretty much has been my go-to A couple of different reasons Aesthetically, I I'm not gonna lie. I just like the way it looks The the black finish on it the the nice grip.  It's just me That's just what I end up liking So I've I've got that and I've not had any issues at all with the locking mechanism for the flex head I really hate that when I did that custom Handle when I put the custom handle on the snap on ratchet that I did it on a snap on locking flex head because In hindsight that was the stupidest thing that snap one ever did Was make their locking flex head have a spring return on the side of it The stupidest design. I think that snap one ever made was their locking flex head design Let's make this thing so complicated. We're gonna put This locking shaft with springs and a detent ball and this extra side slide pin lock into it It's stupidest design any time you have that thing locked where it can actually flex The slightest tap of that ratchet on anything at all Snaps back in locks that flex head into place and it is It's so annoying. I absolutely hate it JC says I have the snap on sissy grip ratchets. I don't use them. They're too nice to get dirty Now that one I don't have a problem with I don't have a problem with getting them dirty because I know My good little mixture of 50 50 simple green and water will Clean those things right up to brand new.  They will come shiny clean Oh, you're debating on getting a matko ratchet Now um The one person I know that has had a bad time with their matko ratchet Was autobond Dan and he did a whole video series And I feel bad because I love that ratchet and I never had an issue But his video series that hid he made on skippy the matko ratchet Dude, it had me rolling if you guys don't Know who autobond Dan is he's got a youtube channel A little bit bigger of a presence on facebook and such Really great guy does some hilarious stuff But he did a whole video series on skippy the matko ratchet and he's like here We're gonna make this thing better. So he took the matko ratchet apart and he took skippy peanut butter and like Slathered it smeared it inside shoved it together It was hilarious I I regret you guys need to go look for skippy the ratchet from autobond Dan and have a look at it It will leave you rolling. I liked it What's up chris m also another fellow Mopar guy slash youtuber About ron is taking russ belt's wife out actually ron is inside doing things on his computer right now and My wife and ron's wife are actually Uh, there's a sweatshop coming into my house right now like 20 feet from me. There's like pretty much a sweatshop They've got my kitchen table is totally taken up with all kinds of fabrics and patterns and sewing machines and All this kind of stuff. They are actually making uh headband Sorry hat things headbands and face masks for People locally. Uh, they're selling them on facebook Just for pretty much donations because around here people Do have you know the right to be Prepared for the covet 19 stuff and if they want to feel like they should You know have a face mask and this time they felt that you know people shouldn't have to worry about Spending so much freaking money on those things.  I really like that. I when I made that one with the instant grip From the screwdrivers and put that on a ratchet. That was pretty sweet I like that one a lot. It was pretty awesome I wish they came out with one. I just got bigger hands. So I don't know having that bigger grip in there always seems to help Oh, yeah, oh, yeah every day fleet tech. They they you gotta wait till those come on sale and that's just like the uh The mac ones that I was talking to you about I was looking at getting um I was getting Look at it getting a mac one and I'm wanting to do a review on one still So I'm keeping my eyes out on getting that mac guy in here. So if for some reason Chad if those ever come off of backward for mac He'd just let me know and I'll end up getting one because I want to do a review comparing a lot of those comfort grip ratchets But I think um when they had the deal on mine It was the the black uh special edition one and I ended up getting it for Uh 125 when I purchased it. So I was liking that one Chris M says he's on the hunt for a new project build You want duramax? You you're gonna do a duramax build too? You want to mess with my logo on it? and I I'm I'm not saying that I'm gonna be even close to even Asking them to do one of those they've got like an order for um Our local grocery store the kroger around here um, they're going back to work uh bring back a lot of their employees and They are not requiring but asking their employees to wear masks So a lot of these new employees going back need masks like pretty quickly from monday or tuesday this next week so they've got like 150 of these masks that need made in there So like I said literally like a sweatshop of people sewing away in my house right now Which cordless ratchet do you like more the long neck ratchet or the normal one? um, honestly, I it depends on whichever one has the highest torque to it. Um, I really like my quarter inch, which is funny enough I have this sitting right here I brought it home to work on the side by side a couple weeks ago and Never brought it back to work my quarter inch long neck ratchet is One of my favorites It's not one one one of those tools also in my lineup that I have not and will not go milwaki on because That is the one electric tool that milwaki has fallen behind on is their electric ratchets. I still like to snap on ones more. They are better, sleeker, more powerful Don't break as much I'd have to say so on that one You want a mask with my face on? No the mask with just a beard on it. That's what we need Right, you need just a mask that goes from full mask ear to ear with just a beard on it That would be the one Russell mechanic logo right in the corner You have a complete running LMM that's coming out of a truck That is probably worth I'm gonna say Uh, 2,500 to three grand in the market around here. They are pretty well sought after for good blocks No, I'm saying I got a sweatshop going on inside the house right now. Oh, yeah I love my mac one the wall battery on it. Yeah I'm gonna wear a clown mask the next time I go to this store. So funny enough speaking of clown masks When I took my side-by-side out for the first time And just out on public roads. I went out to a Wendy's for breakfast And went through their drive-through and you know those those snowmobile face shields You know that comes all the way up and goes all the way down your neck and everything I was wearing one of those not because of the pandemic or anything, but it was freaking cold outside It was like 37 degrees But I was bound and determined to ride that side-by-side because I just got it street legal and I was gonna ride it on the street So I'm wearing this face mask all the way down and I didn't realize the one I put on I've got one that is like the creepy joker smile All the way from side to side and I pull up at the drive-through and the lady just looks at me like all kinds of Cock-eyed and sideways Looking at me like I was bringing it where I'm the place and I was like Oh, oh, I let's see It's cold out. I'm sorry But pulling up in my side-by-side and their drive-through with this Creepy clown mask face shield on it was it was priceless. We'll have to say that one It should jc smith. I've got a local guy who's actually Doing one right now. I'm waiting to see it. He's got But he's putting an lbz engine in one So it'll be cool to see but those Those engines are pretty sought after for good ones around here Especially ones that aren't really messed with Guys that haven't put all stupid kinds of stuff with it and been messing around with boots like I have Yeah, you know Here's a topic. What boot you all wearing? I run through red wings once a year and miss those mechanics wear safety sneakers Uh boots wise I used to go through boots all the time I tried boots upon boots all the time really did. I tried red wings. I tried um There was some kind of weird doc soul something that I tried. I tried. What's the one from walmart? The walmart brand God, that's gonna kill me. I forget but I tried one from there. Um, I tried leatherbacks and it Cats I try to set a cat and all of those they last right around Say six to eight months. Maybe a year Wolverines that was the one from walmart tried the wolverine ones and they just They just wouldn't last the transmission fluid that I work with quite often It it would break those boots down Really really quickly funny enough the and I I try not to be a snap-on fanboy At all I like snap-on stuff, but I'm not gonna swear by it like ever at all hardly But snap-on boots which are from coastal boot company. I know snap-on doesn't actually make them From coastal boots. I have been wearing snap-on boots for the last Three years and I've gone through two pairs of boots. They lasted the longest they've stayed the most comfortable This last one the insole the sole of it on the inside I actually started rolling and fraying on the edges. So I just got a new insole for it And they're still freaking kicking Snap-on socks. I will swear by those all day every day I have a pair on literally right now and that is what is filling my drawers right now Is snap-on socks. They are the best Most tough to use socks On the lineup. I I will definitely swear by those all the time Cats are the best for shops snap-on socks are just yeah freaking awesome. I'll scroll back up through this Funny enough my boot video will be released tomorrow Red back boots are amazing. Hey, I mean if they work for you, they definitely work Milwaukee tools are out of fashion. You're not cool if you don't have a Mac battery tools now I'm sorry. We just don't have a Mac dealer. So I can't say that I use uh much of the Mac tools Can't say that one Loves the Carolinas Had a pair of snap-on socks the last 10 months Yep, I I've literally gone there. I wear their short ones in the summertime because we're a lot of our shorts Uh, and then in the wintertime I wear the long ones and I literally have a pair on right now They are freaking awesome Oh, yeah clay clay. He swears by those socks too. You can't beat them. They They do not wear out the they don't get holes in them. I have not had to throw away One single pair of snap-on socks yet Not one I'm kind of awesome. I absolutely love it So Nigel said I have a question senior in high school been working in auto shop But I want to become a diesel mechanic. You got a chance to be an apprentice and a Volvo dealership Should I go to UTI? Apprentice if you have the choice apprentice apprentice apprentice definitely Now if down the road, they would like to send you to school during your apprenticeship Uh, take all that you can from that one because they will pay for it They will definitely pay for a lot of your training if they are offering you an apprenticeship to work with a master technician Or a very experienced technician You will learn so So much more at a young age, especially in high school If you have somebody an apprentice or some somebody to be able to look to and learn from Definitely you will learn more from that hands-on experience than you will from school I went to school, but we also had an apprenticeship program that I was working on simultaneously Uh, always like that speedy chick. She knows it cat program works great. You get the apprenticeship You get the school all at the same time pretty awesome Yep, the hands-on is where it's at now. I know there's some guys that are able to you know Read and learn from the in-class training But the majority of the technicians that I have seen done Been through and trained over the last five or six years They learn way way more when it comes to the hands-on in-shop training than they do get from the in-school training Now as far as Volvo Specifically, I I can't tell you anything about that one. I'm not in the heavy duty industry I don't know a single thing about volvos if you have questions about the trucking stuff Ask clay coon. He is way more knowledgeable on those trucking stuff or You know, maybe some other guys in here are heavy-duty truck Mechanics and operators. I do not know anything about working in one of those shops But I'm telling you as far as learning Always apprenticeship over just school alone Most people are hands-on You know once they get that opportunity to See the difference between the school setting even with working on things in the lab at school the benches You know, yeah, it's something nice for them to actually get on there and be able to work Excuse me work and have you know, this nice fancy transmission that's been a part 37 times But to be honest, especially as compared to like here in Ohio Once you get to working in the real world You realize that things do not come apart like they do in the training centers or the shops You are going to spend usually at least 50 percent more time that you would at a Training center at the shop taking stuff apart because of rusted bolts nuts broken off things Aftermarket add-ons that people put in there in the way it to worry about all kinds of stuff So the hands-on is going to get you a lot more actual real world experience No interest in volvos for JC See that's like my fords. I have no interest in the blue ovals, but those guys that like it you can have them all day I heard that mac 20 volt line was a killer setup I haven't had the chance of the choice to be able to work with a lot of those newer mac electric tools but You know, that's just because I don't really have That opportunity in my area right now You know what? I need a drink right now. So give me just a second guys. I'll be right back A lot of a whole lot of choice, but I guess the angry orchard will do Yeah, they are canceling a lot of classes right now even still with the pending reopening coming up and From what I have this last week. I was actually lucky enough with speedy chick to sit in on a Technician live talk so they went through google hangouts it was Was it kansas kansas city area the mopar technicians they have a master tech club that that meets the Google hangouts and they're able to talk between all the technician dealers the training guys about what's going on in those areas and they were talking about The reopening of a lot of the training centers and the possibilities of what you might or might not see So that was kind of cool to see. Hopefully we get some more of those Um online training center sessions to be able to talk amongst all the dealers and see and everything like that Excuse me Yes, definitely speedy check. I was excited about that one Being able to bring information Especially sheer information across all these dealerships. I think that's really important to be able to have between everything there Earlier The grot gardo rodry. Yes, that's what's up with the Chevy you've been driving it since toy you got Yeah, I drive it like every single day I'm gonna have to do another video here soon on that one because I have gotten an issue with it You've got an issue with the fuel injector number Four which is on the driver's side. I have a small compression leak Only at high boost after high boost sessions and that's like when I'm towing or just messing around with it I'll hear a little Out of the driver's side. So one of my injectors have probably lifted and the seal is compromised So I might be looking into some billet injector hold downs If that's going to be necessary.  We kind of came back well LB7 chris that one is on hold So we they kind of wanted to be able to have that truck show in june That is not the case right now. It is on hold I am definitely going to it when they have it But as of right now up in wisconsin, they have put that truck show On hold because they're not sure about the you know, this covid stuff the local regulations If they're even going to be able to have a venue open that's big enough because last year We had like three to five thousand people show up for that truck show It was a bunch. So we are kind of holding back on that one I'm hoping that they still have one later in the year, but We're going to have to see kind of wait and see on that Now, I hope they have all the car shows and normal things We got to get back to normal That's one of the big things that I'm hoping for that everything just Is able to kind of roll back to normality. I know it's going to be kind of slow going on People aren't going to be trustworthy of each other, which you know, they kind of shouldn't people are in generally disgusting but Hopefully we get back to some kind of normality.  What do you guys miss the most me? chips and salsa from a mexican restaurant and the movie theater If you guys don't know something weird about me, I absolutely love going to the movie theater Been kind of one of those childhood pastimes for me. I go at least Two to three times a month. I love going to the movie theaters Drinking at a bar with friends. There you go Yes, Chad, definitely if he has that 13 inch We're locking flex head with the the soft grip definitely get one of those. I'm I'm all about that one five guys We don't have the it around here, but every time I go to the training center.  We had me and my wife. We went out on kind of a date night and uh Yeah, we just cruised around we took the side-by-side throughout the countryside Uh went through the dairy queen drive-thru Got some blizzards sat in a parking spot That was the date Not not really whole that kind of kind of great Eating a steak at a texas roadhouse.  That's the other thing. We haven't had a good pool hall in this area We had one go out a couple while A couple years back and we haven't had a good of pool all since then Yes, the mexican restaurants Fresh chips Chips and salsa some queso dip Yep, some good enchiladas Home depot was closed home depot being closed at 8 p.m. Sucks Especially on saturdays ours actually closes earlier than that our home depot closes at 6 30 here locally because of all this crap It sucks saturday working on the truck or working here at the house trying to get something done And like, oh, yeah, it'd be really cool. I need some screws or I need some Some wiring for this Nope Nobody's open The freaking walmart closes at 7 home depot closes at 6 30 What am I gonna do it freaking sucks? Good barbecue. Kyle's got it right right there. Now. I will give you One thing that I absolutely had to say that I learned From barbecue just before the covid stuff happened. I went to The tool and technician meet on kansas city And I'd have to say And all the places that I've been tennessee texas all over kansas city barbecue was by far the best barbecue that i've ever had In my life It was the most amazing barbecue and when i'm talking about amazing If you don't know what they are burnt ends blew my mind Totally totally blew my mind. I'm talking about those. Yeah Miss this stuff Besides the fact of the hose like air tools or electric tools and why do you prefer what tools you recommend for air? Air tools the only air tool that I still use as an air truck to Air up tires and an air hammer those are the only two that I still use.  I hate the fact that Our air pressure at our shop is spotty sometimes at best and it spits a lot of water through it They don't have it evaporated correctly in our shop. So it went through and it chewed up air tools a lot It's just my situation. We'll have to say that one Um But that and the technology of electric tools has come so much up so much lately that It hasn't really been a thing Miss getting a haircut not gonna say anything but I got a black market haircut last night Just saying it feels amazing I went for a long time and this thing was looking something crazy dude.  I can't take such nonsense. You talking about your barbecue. I've been to Georgia I've been to the Atlanta area and I've had barbecue there Dude, it didn't match up from what I had in Atlanta To what I had in Kansas City Dude, Kansas City barbecue That was the place man. That was the place. I'm willing to you know, take any kind of information or Briberies will have to say I'll have to go down to the Georgia area and see what's up with whatever holes of restaurants You can come up with But man that barbecue something else living Columbus Phoenix It wasn't really good stuff in Columbus around here. No I evidently I must not have I don't know it's been We'll say since I've been to Atlanta I went there with a cousin of mine So it's probably been four years Yeah, I've been about four years since I've been there and had uh barbecue in Atlanta It's all in you though, man. The thing that blew my mind was burnt ends I I didn't understand it and didn't get it because it's not a thing here in Ohio The burnt ends that's where this stuff's at Be nice to take a shit and have toilet paper instead of using like paper towels or napkins You know how many places that I've gone to and seen Sorry for the inconvenience and lack of toilet paper is put it on the sign I need to take a picture of that the next time I see that Oh You put a dead Milwaukee battery on a charger for 10 minutes and will show full charge But only have about quarter of the power it usually does. I tell you what Um, I don't know what charger or Milwaukee battery that you're using But I cannot put a Milwaukee battery on a charger for 10 minutes and expect it to be charged It will not happen. It does not happen. Whether you're talking about m18 or m12 No, a you have to have that thing on there for like a half an hour at least And the deep sub the deep cycle of charge to those Definitely helps. So if you have a battery that sits on a charger for like a half an hour 40 minutes Or you have a battery that sits on the charger overnight They're the same health of battery the one that's overnight because it goes through deep cycle charge Is always going to last more and work a lot better So I don't know Just heads up on that What is my favorite thing to do as a mechanic? Yours is doing breaks. I do not like doing heavy line work very much. I don't like taking Not because I don't like heavy line work, but because I get bored of working on the same thing for more than four or five hours at a time Uh, that kind of sucks my favorite thing to do. I would have to say in the shop is um doing electrical diagnostics because Nobody else likes doing it. It pays really well. I like working on conversion bands I know you don't you won't hear people say things That thing very often at all. I like working on conversion bands because The people pay the most to work on those because nobody else wants to work on them. Nobody else wants to touch them Because every single one of those vans that are made are pretty custom You kind of have to just know their manufacturers and know who upfitted them to know where the problems and issues are But it's one of the things once you get good at something and you're understanding how the thing works It gets a lot of fun on that one Diagnostics though is what I enjoy doing figuring something out and understanding that I know the That what I found is the for sure fix Before I take a quote to the service writer of a customer And I think that is one of the best feelings to know that something that I have done 100% can guarantee that this will definitely fix Whatever issue especially if it's a hard one like I was digging through um hardest issues on a I think it was a ram a couple of weeks back ended up Bunch of places put a different valve on it purge solenoid this and that and I ended up finding a Mousetude through part of the way through a wire that went on top of the tank that went to the heesam switch So every once in a while it would work and then not work and then touch the tank and not work so That is really cool to know that something that you're diagnosing actually works Chris hates work and I think 3,500 and up I don't know. I like working on the 45s and 5,500s again. They pay great They pay freaking awesome But again, I just the big heavy line stuff like if I have to pull an engine apart in one No, that's I don't enjoy that as much. I can do it and I will do it. But I just I don't I don't like doing it. It takes too much time I would rather much rather have three or four short one or two hour Jobs than one five or six hour job much rather do that Now some of the vehicles that I'm really used to doing Uh, especially in the dealership life where I'm used to Seeing Hemi engines and I've had a hemi or a 3.6 liter engine apart 300 times before I know exactly what the things are I know exactly what I'm going to find when I take it apart It's it's more along the lines of going through the repetition on that one Like if I know that I've got a tick and a hemi which I showed that I have right now in a 03 ram so I've got the heads pulled on an 03 ram right now and um That one I can have those heads off and down to pulling the lifters and even getting ready to take the front cover off in like 40 45 minutes. It does not take that much effort at all I don't know electrical issues.  Yes I am the shop foreman in the shop and I have Uh, all the transmission electrical Most of the diagnostic background in my dealership And I am the one who gets that as well as probably 90 percent of the comebacks because If they other technician didn't have the time or didn't have the I guess common sense to diagnose it correctly in the first place They're not going to give them the second shot at doing that So they pay me to do the correct diagnostic and find out what's wrong with it And the other techs would get back flagged for incorrect diagnostics if I find out that it was Just totally they threw apart at it or didn't go through a correct diagnostic process So that's what I do in my shop most of the time So I was waiting till Monday or Tuesday to get your big toolbox It's really hoping to get it today, but things happen kind of big toolbox I love toolboxes Dude, JC, I have those weeks where everything that I go to take apart just fights me. I had a Jeep Liberty Now thankfully it was dummy customer unit had it in the shop for going on Three weeks. I just got it out on Thursday this last week, but it was in the shop for three weeks And um, it was one of those things that was horrendous Ohio rust and everything I touched on that thing Fell apart broke apart wouldn't come apart I it needed an axle, but of course the axle nut was just literally a pile of dust and rust It was not again to come apart. So I ended up having to put an axle hub a spindle a backing plate All the hardware everything on the left front the sway bar link I had to cut that one off wouldn't come out of the spindle It was just it was a nightmare. It was one of the things everything I touched every caliper was seized every caliper bolt broke off Transpan halfway through doing the job.  I am a master certified technician I am master certified through chrysler and I have Master certification at ASC. I have my l1 certification as well I'm working on new Chevy Hey, you take care of the 4500s. Yeah, those new 4500s gotta have that fleet work gotta have that fleet maintenance dropping gas tanks I don't hate doing that as much. It's not that bad But everybody in the rest of the dealership hates it because our our shop is not separate from the dealership There's only one hallway between our shop and the customer waiting area. So every time we do anything with fuel gasoline um It pretty much it's it just pisses them off big time I am this year. I have a couple of ascs expiring. I know they're gonna have an extension on them But I I need to go do them. I want to say like my my brakes and suspension Something like that expires this year Yeah, I should probably do that. I do Justin. I like the look of the mackerel's um Flat rate masters toolbox. I like that one. That was a pretty nice looking box I'd have to say To glow plugs in an lly dermax blew a head gasket while it was warming up in the shop. I had just about um Truck master up in the house. What is this? We had Dalton in here earlier and now we got truck master up in here Man, this is the place to be tonight All these cool youtubers if you guys don't know truck master.  It was like a 2015 2014 something like that. It's just that truck never shut off It is always going it was on its second motor And it was still freaking ticking now this motor was probably on the end of its line But it was on its second motor. He's like did I just keep this thing rolling? I do whatever the service guys tell me to do and it keeps on paying the bills So he just kept on rolling down the road in it So yeah, it was just over 1.1 on those Pretty sweet should change my name to tool master the master of the tools my wall of tools I do I do enjoy my tools I do Very very much Yep, definitely and if you guys haven't hit the like button we got 70 people in here and only 19 likes And come on guys hit that thumbs up button. Let's see that number go up We need to see that one rock and roll Truck master. We actually had a couple of people earlier asking about the uh truck show in june I know that we have kind of postponed things from what I've heard Lately things of you know, obviously are Unknown and unsettled But are we still going to do some kind of a truck show this year if that one doesn't happen? Can we can we get that knowledge from the truck master up in here? Probably august. Hey august is a good time. I like any day August sounds like a really good time. It's nice and warm then it's not cold. There's not Snow on the ground that nasty four letter word that ohio likes to spit from the skies.  It's got a few days. It's kind of all just rolling together kind of weird Hi there, it's this great video on the jump hacks So I want to talk about this one a little bit and I want to hear your guys's opinion because there's like 60 or 70 people in here On jump hacks. I did a video if you guys have not seen that one put it out I put one out last night and then I kind of had to adjust Uh part of the video because I'll go into that one here in a minute But I reposted it today pretty much the same video on the jump hacks between The genius boost and the gv70 the gv150 and the new sp tools high density jump hack And it was probably one of the most eye-opening tests That I ever have done and these genius boost jump hacks lately have Especially with newer trucks. It takes a lot more juice to start up these bigger trucks the diesels and everything But I want to know in your guys experience, especially with if you own the genius boost line Um jc if you have what do you use for jump hacks and what kind of experience are you getting with these? Because I get a really really mixed I guess Signals from people who own The genius boost line of things Some people say dude, this will jump my duramax any day of the week This will not touch my duramax if my duramax has anything less than 11 and a half volts This thing will not jump start it guaranteed with both batteries on it will not do it not even going to try And then the gv150 if you guys saw in the video And these people are saying hey if you if you don't push the boost button before this Everyone's got a weird kind of mix of things that you have to turn the boost Button on before you connect the clamps. No, you connect one clamp then push the boost button No, I have used this jump hack every single way shape and form That it could possibly get used for And it does not change the fact that this jump hack does not put out over 11 and a half volts Does not do it this jump hack is Two months old And we have one exactly like it in the shop that we got three weeks ago and it does the exact same thing Brand new genius boost gv150 and it will not jump start Any new Cummins or any of the big duramaxes if they are below like nine volts Does not happen Let's see Well, you have the snap on jump hack All the atd one that has the big jumper cables. Oh, there you go I've heard that the snap on ones are are really good for that one. Um They seem pretty nice. They're pretty pricey But I've heard that they do a good job on jumping. They're also a lot more bulky, too but dude those Yeah, those the sp1 that I did the review on today Which is here's the case for it. It's in my truck now because I'm holding that in my truck That's the one I did the review on That was the coolest most eye-opening test that I have ever done And I know that there's all kinds of haters I put out. So here's the story Last night I put out this video and I showed me The camera looking at the duramax And looking under the engine and I hooked up the Cables for this and the meter on the truck Hooking them up to the same place the same jump hacks every single time And it showed these these results that are on the video and then I I think I then I get to looking at it and you know, I go to the sp1 And I hooked that one up and as I'm walking away I've got like this like $12 meter this little In of a try not to spill my beer here.    This is one of those things where I like this video and I like this product a lot It really really works This sp jump started is like one of the best ones that I've ever seen ever reviewed ever used So I want to give everything that's due purpose and it's due right and I wanted to give that genius boost The best possible way that it had So I set up a camera at a different angle The problem was the stand isn't high enough to actually see down in my engine bay So I got a stand and I freaking made the same if you could see this one I had a mattress with a table set on top of it with my camera on a stand So way back could actually see down into the engine bay So I did that one and so I unhooked the second battery and kept it in the camera angle So you could see that nobody hooked that cable back up or nobody was like a sneaky ninja I jumped up over the fender and put a jump pack on it when I you know wanted to use this other jump pack No, so it showed everything saw me hooking it up to the jump post at the same exact time And hooked everything up and it got the same freaking results the same exact results So hopefully it shut up some of the people who were all You know angry and butt hurt about it. I hit the boost button on the genius boost And it doesn't matter that boost button does not mean that that thing is going to put out any more voltage Even if you hit the boost button before you hook it up to the clamps You hook one clamp up and hook push the boost button before It doesn't matter. It's not going to put out enough voltage enough average to jump that truck For you guys who who are knowing and using it just have to say that Who you buy sp tools through? I'm in Rochester, Minnesota. We only have Snap on a Cornwall come to the shop sp tools does not have a truck unless you live in Is it Georgia? No, Alabama southern Alabama is where they're at So yeah, southern Alabama is where they have it. It's all online sp tools usa.com Sub channels are all about drama. No chance up people need to grow up Yeah, I know exactly what I mean. Yeah, there's a lot of people that'll go through and uh Whatever they like to stir up a lot of drama and not all about that one at all Not even close to being it So I like to be as thorough and as transparent as you is I possibly can It does not bug me at all to have people Leaving whatever comments. I I don't like deleting comments unless people are absolutely just hateful rude and leave Just assinine stuff. That's untrue On my page. Everyone is totally Welcome to their own opinion. I don't like deleting comments and I don't like blocking anybody at all It's just not what I do people can have their own opinion on me. They're just like, yeah, this guy's working con artists You can say that you say whatever you want Unless you're getting snotty and nasty and anything like that Whatever you can say whatever you want. It's a free world and um That's what I believe in. It's just me You need to boost up boost down boost left boost right right right select start and then it can jump the truck I like that one. I'm gonna have to keep that one. So final This is how you have to use this jump pack. Yeah, it has to be I don't get it these jump packs should not have even if that was To the point where that is what you had to do to get that genius boots to jump my truck Why should I have to turn this on hold this bypass this then hook this one up Hold the bypass button again and then hook this one up Why why would you have to do that one? Why can this freaking 300 dollar jump pack? Go through and have to Cause that one. I just I don't get it. Why would it have to do that if that was even the case? It is not whatever But that is what it is We'll put it this way that sp1. So they sent me that one. I did receive this one for testing They sent it to me. I'm not getting paid on it at all. I don't receive money for that one I bought a second one I bought another one because I want to have one In my truck because I know for a fact I did the video I know for a fact that that one will jump my truck At the deadest point of only having one single battery So I'm like, well that is the only the only jump pack that I have had as a recently That I have that guarantee that I know that it will work in whatever vehicle that I am driving So I have one order for my truck and I'm going to have one four at the shop So that'll be very nice Fine, I'll make untrue comments. I'm totally six six 255 in the total badass Every day fleet tech freaking cracking me up Oh, that's a good one. You're what five 11 Five nine and a fourth. You gotta add that fourth because it really counts Oh, man Thanks. I'll be seven. Good seeing you bud.  That's the other hard thing right now Uh in my in the housing development that I live by Dude, there's like probably five or six people out right now that have fires and camp whatever stuff going on with their family I miss it We just haven't had the time for it. My son. He is nine And he has been feeding something awful for going camping Um at my house, I do not have a yard. I don't have a backyard or anything to even do like Pretend camping like hey, I'm gonna set up a little tent and you can go out out back and camp for the night I don't even have enough yard to be able to do that So I am waiting So diligently to be able to take him out to one of the little campgrounds When they actually reopen here sometime soon because he has been wanting to so bad But this way every time we even bring up the word Walmart he asks are you buying a tent?  Can we go camping? It just it kills me every time to hear him say that that's It just sucks Sipping on that bear Well, we got a monday coming up tomorrow I have to say not really looking forward to it Is one of those things where this weekend was pretty nice not doing a whole lot Didn't last long enough Not even close Bss small engines in the house. What's up, man? Good to see you, buddy It is it's so saying it sucks saying hard No, given a hard no to your kids and you're just like man I really really want to and they don't always understand. They're like, I don't get it There's outside right there. Why can't we go outside and go camping? I said, well, we don't own that property that is not our property and The douchebag who owns whatever land over there won't let people on it And I said, we don't own that land. We can't go over there and camp Okay. Well, can we go to a place that we camp? Right now. I'm sorry. We can't do that one because The places are all closed and they don't let people do camping out in these areas right now either So it sucks having to say no to him. So I'm trying to give him some kind of a countdown to it So my my son, he's autistic. So he is very attuned to Schedules countdowns calendars timers. He has to know an exact time frame for a lot of stuff So I have been trying to give him some kind of a time frame like hopefully we'll know more on this day, buddy And we can hopefully plan for it something along those lines But you know, it is what it is We're getting by we're getting through He's still happy. He's still healthy. That's all I can that's all I can ask for it really is Supposed to be 93 degrees tomorrow, you know rock sliders to install That one's gonna be a fun one you talking rock sliders like Rock sliders on side-by-sides or you talking rock sliders on like jeep You know some of the rock slider pegs or some rock sliding Plates underneath of a vehicle My oldest son also wants to learn guitar. So yeah, that's trying to get Going to the guitar center. There you go I just saw This weekend. I was watching Shark Tank At one point and that was something that was pretty cool. I saw a guy who brought out this Sweet little invention on learning to play guitar In half the amount of time and it had this adapter that goes over any I want to say if I restrict six string guitar Clips over it and has buttons on it. It would I guess relate it to guitar hero I guess for some kids, but has sections that would come off so it can wean you off of Using that tool for learning to play guitar It was pretty sweet like even my sausage fingers could probably learn to play guitar with that little, uh doodad It's pretty neat.  You know why just because and I like it Absolutely love it. It's cool to hear that one. I want to say that I might have heard that chad That's funny That is funny Well guys tell you what it's been cool hanging out. I actually need to get a little bit of this stuff cleaned up though It's been nice being able to hang out with you dudes You said here down in the middle of your back. What? No, you didn't James.  I need to see these But I am going to be getting off of here.  It's hard to tell. Uh, so That one is a royal be pool vacuum It has an attachment a big wide base for my swimming pool that cleans the bottom of my pool and that is a Clear case that goes around the battery in the back of it So, yeah, I like the royal be lining tools for here at home I don't use them very often because I don't have to so they hold up for Uh, what I really need to do and everything. I love them. I actually do have a royal be vacuum Sitting right there We're cleaning up the floor there in the kitchen So funny enough But anyways, thank you everybody for, uh, tuning in tonight. I really appreciate all the help Love and support that you guys have. I have an amazing Support base and I really do appreciate it. You guys don't understand the the support that I get from a lot of you guys That are here thick and thin It, uh, it makes it really nice to be able to do a lot of these hangouts and a lot of these videos Uh, hopefully we're going to be getting back into the swing of things spring time Doing more giveaways this year than we have Pretty much any time so lots of giveaways are going to be coming up here also So, yeah, I appreciate you guys tuning in tonight really really do So you guys, uh, definitely come back Stay tuned in this week. We're going to have some really cool videos Oh, I did want to have to tell you what is coming up. I didn't say that one Um We're going to be doing uh, some unboxing and reviews for a brand new scan tool unit that I have Kind of picked up from texas diagnostics. So you guys don't know texas. They're really, uh big on bigger trucks Heavy duty things But they have decided that they wanted to step into the automotive market also And they are going to be rocking in with some sweet scan tool stuff. So I'm going to be going in through that this week It'll be uh pretty good time. So make sure you stay tuned for that one We're going to get that rolling in this week. All right guys Well, hopefully you have an awesome rest of your weekend And uh, you guys take it easy. We will catch you on


that I think unexamined friendships are perhaps the greatest stealth energy drainers in human relationships. Every friendship in your life that's unexamined, that's just kind of on autopilot. Because it's unexamined, it lives in our lives below the radar of inspection. And these unexamined relationships that we call friendships that we don't press refresh on become the stealth below the radar energy drainers. We don't think they are because they do that under the cover of friendship.


Today we're gonna talk about the movie Midnight Special directed by Jeff Nichols who also did Take Shelter Which is fantastic, which I want to talk about at a later point and mud as well, which is great But now let's get to Midnight Special There's a very specific scene with two actors. I want to talk about that is kind of a mix between acting choices moments that you can change depending if you have a very specific audio file that you're animating to and Specific character traits and behavior based on environment the characters awareness of his or her surroundings, so let's start the sequence so they are going through this destruction field and The first thing I want to point out is this poem in here when he gets in that look it cracks me up every time So he asked him a question. Let's go back here He asked me a question and he responds with what go ask an engineer The reason I'm pointing this out is because this is the moment his reaction here That happens outside of the audio So if you are animating to lip-sync, you're gonna be tied to his delivery his question You can potentially change the environment, you know kind of where they are You have some sort of freedom given that audio file But you're still kind of bound to that rhythm to obviously the lip-sync and kind of what they're saying So it's kind of you to be as creative as you can within those limitations But what I love about audio files and this is going to be a whole potential F&A or future or subject You know about picking the right audio file. What I like is silence pauses between sentences Why because this is the moment where you can create your own performance You can deviate from the auto you can add subtext you can add a whole new world the whole new world Nevermind to your shot So stupid and take control of the acting choices and in this case what is neat if you go back here He has his response and for this Just like in here you could potentially cut to a close-up and get into more facial acting a bit more advanced facial acting or Staying kind of a medium where you can show more broader Body mechanics with facial acting, but he can react Like this really you're gonna give me this answer really or he could laugh He could smile he could have a little bit of a or look at someone else like did you hear this and do a gesture so this is your moment where you can take control of this acting choice and Do something original that is not bound to the audio file Continuing on he tells him well something has happened here, but it tells him something and I love this here So he has his reaction to something that we don't know what it is He knows and as an audience we're wondering what is he seeing? Why why is he reacting like and this is something that I don't really see that often in student work It's in movies here and there, but in student work It's usually very presentational where you want to show your acting choices. You want to show your animation It's all very clear to the camera And there are moments where the character can just look and take in information and just react to something where as an audience We're wondering what's going on and you're creating some sort of anticipation in the audience where they want to see well Show us show us what's happening. So in this case it cuts to this which is You know a destruction which again, I don't want to spell too much. It's interestingly frame We don't really look at anything. So I know what they were expecting with potential CG work up there What I like about this is that you have a reaction in your character and this could be like, whoa What is this and it could be some sort of disgust it could be shock it could be whatever you want And again, this is something where you're in control of the acting choices and it's outside of the audio Elements or the lip sync or the timing so this is all you and then in this you can technically Sneak in an exercise So my thing is always you want to take exercises and kind of mask them as just shots shots as if you've taken them out of a movie It's out of a sequence. It's a standalone thing But it's not an an assignment where it's a box lift right or a specific gear change We always kind of know that that is an assignment So in this case you could sneak something in and what if the whole background thing is about destruction something land And something broke you could have something broken in here crater something and something is sticking up We meteor it could be something I would have object and then you got your characters in my fantastic drawings here They're trying to pull this out one person is pushing and now suddenly this becomes your weight assignments Now it makes sense within the story where someone says what this happened and this is some sort of destruction here And he is reacting to this every morning what's going on? And now you're showing what this character has talked about and you're showing why this character is reacting The other character is reacting to this destruction Whatever it is you want to show but you sneak in potentially a weight assignment What I like about this part two is the relationship between these two he doesn't seem to really like him He doesn't really care How he gives him these documents he doesn't look at him like always a big fan of I align eye contact how long do you look into someone's eyes and you look away or you don't look into someone's eyes at all And in this case he just kind of Hands those documents back to that come on take them and then he kind of checks like really come on And he has to hurry if you look at him Let's go back here and he goes. Oh, and let me see this that tells us something about their relationship It's an interesting moment where you can have contrast and movement where he's doing his walk And you can put in a walk cycle with some changes He looks around he was oh it has to go forward that to me is an interesting change in the character could be fun thing to animate and I like just that Again his expression he cracks me up Then we get to this moment, which is probably one of my favorite moments here And you're wondering why why am I pointing this out the awesome thing here is that if you look at driver's performance here. He is completely Fascinated by this is concentrating on this is mesmerized whatever you want to read into this But he's definitely focusing on that part and he's completely Unaware of what's in front of him because he's not looking in front of him And the thing is he's acting this out because he's seeing this for the first time He turns around and if you look at him Well, he has that moment of what I almost walked into you Now this could be their first take. He had no idea. They're rehearsed this. That's what he wants to do weird. That's a weird Smiley something face anyway But it's a moment where to me it shows spatial awareness or the lack of spatial awareness and by spatial I mean what's around him what are the characters around them what they are doing in the scene So that is just a cool moment that just feels unrehearsed and it's not so planned out where a lot of times in Animation again, not saying movies are generalizing But like certain acting choices in for student work is sometimes a bit too simple Not that you want to throw in a lot of complex stuff just to make it too complicated just to be complicated But I think this is a really cool moment Just that where he has that slight little whoa, I'm too close slight reaction there I change there and then they continue and the scene ends So it's a little thing but it could be a really fun thing to animate. It's something else that to me Grounds this character into this environment is that so if that's a way to explain it But you want to get out of this idea of having a character in the scene on an empty background Or just like a bland background and the characters kind of performing Somewhat to the camera not looking into the camera But kind of performing like this with a lot of hand gestures, which is kind of a the cliche student acting work I'm a big fan of putting the character into an environment and having the character be influenced by that environment And that could be temperature It could be how they have to walk because of what the environment is made of or the characters looking at environments But at the same time the same with characters characters being surrounded by other characters or another character does something and they React to their acting choice or a sound or whatever it is and that is going to be part of another lecture of having the environment Effective character. That's a whole different subject. I want to get into was that's really important to me But in this scene, it's just a really neat little detail and again He waits for him he turns and he waits and he waits and and also he doesn't care He doesn't get it is about to bump into him again. It kind of shows their relationship It's just a small little detail that just kind of in that scene. That's really neat to me There's a lot more in this movie. There are actually a couple more scenes I want to get into but they're part of a different subject like secondary action and close-up detail But that's for another time, but just for that sequence I think there's some really really cool stuff with again their relationship little moments where you can take control of the acting You're not bound to the audio There are moments where you can create anticipation in the audience where they're wondering what is going on And then you can have a payoff where you can do whatever you want with that scene And again, you can take control of the acting choices There are maybe different than what you would expect when you listen to the audio by itself And then you have a moment like this here where again just by how they're handing their document How they're doing a certain gesture or handing off props or whatever it is that you want to do in your scene Think about when you have two characters how they relate what their relationship is in terms of do they know each other For how long do they like each other or not and then having the characters be aware of their environment So in his case he is completely focused on this and then for a moment Just has this little whoa, I'm too close to this so little details that to me They they ground the characters in their reality. They they perform in character It all makes sense within that world and I think it's an extra detail that could be really interesting to see in your performances So when you do your shot and you act it out and you shoot reference or you have a friend of yours Do reference you film them think about those choices think about who are they who are those characters? What are they doing? Where are they? How is the environment going to affect them? And I'm going to talk about that later on in length. That's a whole separate long topic I want to get into with more examples, but that's going to be another clip If you want to get notified by all the daily updates I highly recommend that you subscribe and hit that bell button so you get all the notifications And thank you for watching until the very end and see you next time


Mr. President, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this little piece of Ireland in Washington. It's my distinct pleasure to present to you the Prime Minister of Ireland on T-shirt, Charles J. Hoying. Mr. President, your Excellencies, friends of Ireland, and distinguished guests all, it's my great pleasure to greet you all on St. Patrick's Day. On St. Patrick's Day, five years ago, I had the honor to be your guest at luncheon in the White House. On that wonderful and unforgettable occasion, I listed all efforts to subdue our concordant. Since then, Mr. President, you have done really severed their ties with home. You, Mr. President, represent for all Irish men and women in a very special, personal way the unique ties that exist and will always exist between the greatest nation on earth. It is therefore with great pleasure that I present to you, Mr. President, with an Irish crystal bowl filled with Irish shamrock, and I wish you and everyone present here today a happy, holy, and awarding St. Patrick's Day. Banach Day agus Dave, Padre, or of Gleir. Thank you very much. Thank you all very much. An Ambassador, MacKernan, distinguished guest, a card to Gale. A special thanks to Prime Minister Huying for doing the honors with the shamrocks. It's an honor and a pleasure for me to be here with you sharing the spirit and the festivities of St. Patrick's Day. The blessed St. Patrick, we are told, died on this day in the year of our Lord, 461, and leave it to the Irish to be carrying on awake for 1500 years. St. Patrick, as we know, was the historic man of God who, with passion and strength of conviction, converted the people of Ireland to Christianity. I have a deep and abiding respect for the accomplishments of St. Patrick, an individual who was able to turn the head of the entire Irish race. Having done my best these last six years, even on the minor issues, to convert the likes of Senator Kennedy and Speaker O'Neill, I can only stand in awe of such a man. St. Patrick's imprint can be found even today on the character of the Irish people and on all of us who trace our roots to Ireland. One of the most moving moments in my presidency was my return to Ballypourine about three years ago. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank again the Irish people for giving me such a warm homecoming. I'd also like to take this moment to make two serious points. It was another such visit paid by an American president of Irish descent, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, that resulted in the formation of the American Irish Foundation. For over two decades, the American Irish Foundation has been doing exemplary work on both sides of the Atlantic, underscoring the bonds of affection and blood between our countries. Since 1976, its efforts have been accompanied by those of the Ireland Fund, which is a non-political, non-sectarian organization that raises funds to promote peace, culture, and charity in Ireland. George Bernard Shaw once wrote, the worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them. That's the essence of inhumanity. Well no one involved in either of these two fine organizations could ever be labeled indifferent. Today it's an honor for me to recognize that the American Irish Foundation and the Ireland Fund are now officially merged into one operation. This is its first day and it's called the American Ireland Fund. With us today are William Vincent, Daniel Rooney, and John Brogan. Absence, but who would have been here with them, Tony O'Reilly, the chairman. That organization and good luck to them and good luck to all of you and God bless the fine work that is being done. This type of commitment, this individual responsibility is a part of the American way of life, perhaps a part that can be traced back to Ireland. I know in my own family we were far from affluent, but we were raised, taught to help others. On this special day one can't help but think of the suffering that still plagues St. Patrick's Island. For nearly two decades the North has been torn by sectarian violence that has taken the lives of more than 2,500 men, women, and children. This brutal and senseless violence against people and destruction of property is a poison of no possible benefit and a lecture of death and heartbreak that for humanity's sake and all of Ireland's sake must be set aside. Out of this tragic situation the governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland took a courageous and far-sighted step in November of 1985 when they signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement. The United States supports this accord as a realistic framework within which the problems of Northern Ireland can be addressed, an avenue which holds the best hope of political stability and economic regeneration. This agreement was warmly welcomed here yet we cannot ignore that since its signing violence has continued in the North. I think the time has long since come when people of goodwill north and south and on both sides of the Atlantic should draw the line and let the perpetrators and supporters of this violence and may him know that they will no longer be tolerated. For our part the United States continues to stand ready to help. Last year Congress authorized and I signed into law a contribution of $120 million to the International Fund for Ireland. And just this morning I signed the necessary certification that will allow us to begin disbursement. This effort along with private contributions has accomplished much but there's a long way to go. Now is the time for people in and out of government to move forward aggressively. Social harmony and economic progress in Ireland will not come easy but better more peaceful times will come. Together the people of Ireland and the United States can make that happen. It was over 1400 years ago when legend tells us that St. Brendan set forth in his leather boat and headed west. He came back with stories of a new world. Today our task is not so easy. If we're to have a new world we must build it and we must do it together. And so on the St. Patrick's Day I express the best wishes of the people of the United States to our cousins and friends the people of Ireland. Oh McCree, thank you and God bless you.


All right, so you know what's up you click the title I think I found a secret to lucid dreaming and in this video I will share it with you It's not what you think and it's actually a lot more subtle than you think you're probably expecting well It's gonna be a technique or it's gonna be something like a method or some supplement or something specific No, and I'm not and I'm not selling anything either. Okay. This is kind of a secret method It's well not method. It's a secret collection of mindset ideas and Something specific that you should focus on so let's just get right into it Okay, so the idea is this right lucid dreaming is something which is for most people. It's always out of reach It's always beyond the horizon. It's like this elusive thing where you try and do it you try and control the dream but what happens is you lay down you try and go to sleep and You just fall asleep and you wake up in the morning, right? This has happened thousands of times. You probably know exactly what I'm talking about and Many people when they wake up, they don't remember any of their dreams They don't remember anything even if they try you might set the intention the night before and you say Well, I want to try and remember my dreams, but then you wake up and you don't remember anything now Why is that? Why does that happen? Why do you not lose a dream when you try and lose the dream at night? There's a few mistakes you could be making I mean the first one is obviously if you try and have a waking juice lucid dream as you go to sleep It's very difficult. If the chances are you'll never be able to do that You need to really set your alarm for like 4 a.m. And then try and do it then but that's not what I'm talking about Okay, why do most people go to sleep? Don't remember any of their dreams and don't lose a dream It's really simple what it really comes down to is you're trying to do something with this mental intention or pressure you're trying to Make something happen which for most of your life has not happened If you're familiar with Isaac Newton one of the main kind of laws, right? Is that an object in motion stays in motion? So but what that means, you know on the other side is that if something is not in motion It's very difficult to get the thing to start being in motion So in practical terms with lucid dreaming right if you've never had a lucid dream It's pretty difficult to have that first one and especially a lot of beginners do this and it's you know No fault of your own but especially if you put this intention and pressure on it and you say I want to lucid dream now I have to lucid dream tonight. Now. Don't get me wrong. This can work It can work for some people But I would say it's about a 50-50 split and it's something that I really am Realizing more and more now is that when I try and teach people half of them will have a lucid dream purely based on the intention So if you say you're gonna lucid dream tonight, and then they try and do it Just because they have it in their mind and they have the intention to do it they do it, right? but the other 50% of people don't and Because what's happening with the other 50% of people is they're putting this pressure on themselves So that their minds are not relaxed and one of the main things about this is you need to be relaxed If you have this pressure even subconsciously, right? You have this idea that I have to do it tonight if I don't lose a dream tonight It's a failure that pressure is the exact thing that stops you lucid dream It stops you deeply relaxing It stops your subconscious mind from being able to fully, you know open up and express itself And that's what stops you lucid dreaming So the only answer here the key is if you are not that 50% of people who responds well to intention and pressure Meaning if you've tried to lucid dream and it's not worked or if you've tried multiple times and it's not worked The thing like the secret you need to be using is to stop trying to lucid dream You need to stop putting that pressure on yourself where you say, you know, I have to lucid dream tonight It has to work I'm gonna go to bed and lucid dream tonight and this goes against a lot of what I've even been saying Because it doesn't apply to everyone so I've been saying in the past, you know You need to do your affirmations, you know, which do help if all you're doing is you're doing affirmations all day And you're going to bed and you're setting the strong intention like I will do to dream tonight I will lucid dream if it doesn't work for you Then you need to change the approach and in this case the approach is to completely step back from that kind of Masculine action or like trying to make it happen completely step back and let it happen on its own And I know this is counter-intuitive. You're probably thinking well, that's not gonna work, but trust me It is it's a lot more subtle when you're involving the subconscious mind like this. It's a lot more subtle Here's another example, right?  You're trying to remember their name and you just can't remember who they are Right, it's happened to all of us. What happens is the more you try and remember the thing the further away from you It gets the harder it is to remember it and then what happens well later on when you've you know gone home And you're relaxed you're not thinking about it Well now suddenly it just comes to you in an instant now, of course you remember the name You know and it's the same thing about like if you're trying to remember a fact or a certain thing or really anything If you're trying to remember something and you can't the harder you try and remember it the further away from you It gets and then later on you find out. Well when there's no pressure when you're relaxed, right? This is the key when you relax and you're not trying it just happens You remember it it just comes to you instantly like a download well for half of you This is how it works with lucid dreaming the harder you try and do it It's always you know just beyond the horizon. It just never quite happens But then what happens is when you stop trying to do it or when you stop Caring about whether it happens or not. Well now it just happens on its own This connects very well to how manifestation works if you are all day long constantly focusing on what you want you Don't give the universe space to actually give it to you focus and set the intention for what you want But be detached from the outcome you're not constantly chasing it and putting this pressure on yourself like I need to do this I have to do this when you're detached from the outcome. It usually happens on its own It's a bit like I mean, I don't want to use the analogy of an acorn Let's say if you planted an acorn it takes years to grow can keep checking on it every day But you won't see any progress. It's only when you leave it that it actually grows Well, it's kind of the same thing with lucid dreaming except it happens a lot faster than a tree growing Because all you really need to do is stop trying to force it The whole point of this video is to stop trying to force it in a specific set Rigid sort of way what you need to do is step back and just let it happen on its own So you can for example keep up with your reality checks and keep reading about lucid dreaming keep watching lucid dreaming videos For example and just set the soft intention like you know I will remember my dreams tonight and then let it go almost forget about it for now and let your Subconscious mind when it's completely relaxed just make it happen on its own I do go slightly more into this as well as into some specific techniques and all kinds of like bonuses and hacks and stuff in my free YouTube webinar thing but what I'm going to try and do is come back to this comments section So and kind of like talk to you guys and see how you're getting on because it's interesting What I found is that about 50% of people respond very well to intention and pressure with lucid dreaming But the other 50% they don't for those people You need to take the pressure off and just let it happen on its own