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It took 20 years to get that bad?
Here's a 2006 Chevy Colorado I scrapped at work the other day. I didn't cut it in half, it fell apart when I picked it up with the forklift. Fuck salt. Attached File |
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I have a 45 year old bare framed ford truck that barely has surface rust. F@ck road salt.
That pic of the assembled frame is beautiful. The bright galvanizing, oohh that looks great. |
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Hell of a project, thanks for the write up!
Have no idea galvanizing was so reasonable. |
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Boss definitely makes a good product. The center section of my plow mount is removable so I'm not married to the Meyer, but their plows have been treating us fine for 30 years and I've got a stash of spare parts and experience maintaining them. It's admittedly an outdated design, but I'm just plowing one property.
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I feel your pain. This is what the floor pans from a 2001 Jeep TJ in Wisconsin looks like.
Frame was already repaired 5 years ago. And really nice work on the plow truck. Attached File |
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Nice job OP!
I've seen the insides of countless Meyer power units,actually have a pile of 8 or so sitting at work that I have to get operational for a local municipality. |
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While the galvanized frame is pretty cool, I think we're going to need a build thread on this new shop.
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Gotta wait until it's done. My bridge crane and shipping container office aren't even installed yet.
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That is some nice work OP.
Agree on blow by blow report with pics of the shop outfitting! |
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Damn dude, nothing short of impressive! Thank you for the extensive show and tell, very well done
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Yup! It was wild as hell to watch a building pop up that fast. Major respect for all the tradesmen and laborers who came together to make it happen. I've been working 7 days/week all year, there's no way I could've gotten anywhere on the project without delegating the construction to a competent general contractor.
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That is freakin awesome, thanks for the build details. Don't see many precast shops, so I knew there had to be a good story behind it. I'm hoping to put up like a 40x60 metal building in the next few years, so very jelly
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Quoted: Hell of a project, thanks for the write up! Have no idea galvanizing was so reasonable. View Quote It's by far the easiest way to deal with steel - as long as you are detail disassembling. You need to be careful with with some assemblies - bulkheads have a tendency to rack. Attached File Attached File Great truck OP |
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Nice Rover!
You need to be conscious of dissimilar thicknesses of metal in a single assembly, and certain asymmetrical stock (like diamond tread plate.) Thin sheet will absorb the heat of the molten zinc much faster than a thicker framing member that may surround the sheet, so the sheet may bulge outward and develop a permanent wrinkle. I put a lot of thought into expansion and contraction when I built the flatbed for my F-650. The uniform material thickness and bolted-in wheel tubs and toolboxes allowed the side skirts to expand and contract unencumbered, and the body didn't experience any warpage. You also need to keep in mind that air needs to vent out the top of the part and zinc needs to drain out the bottom, and holes need to be drilled or punched in sealed assemblies to prevent voids and puddles. |
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Quoted: Nice Rover! You need to be conscious of dissimilar thicknesses of metal in a single assembly, and certain asymmetrical stock (like diamond tread plate.) Thin sheet will absorb the heat of the molten zinc much faster than a thicker framing member that may surround the sheet, so the sheet may bulge outward and develop a permanent wrinkle. I put a lot of thought into expansion and contraction when I built the flatbed for my F-650. The uniform material thickness and bolted-in wheel tubs and toolboxes allowed the side skirts to expand and contract unencumbered, and the body didn't experience any warpage. You also need to keep in mind that air needs to vent out the top of the part and zinc needs to drain out the bottom, and holes need to be drilled or punched in sealed assemblies to prevent voids and puddles. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/149770/FE1FA824-117A-4349-AE4F-3D73300D6401-2181142.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/149770/67CE8FE1-CAD0-4BEE-8D23-BBC745480C1B-2181143.jpg View Quote Yep - lot easier to get fully stripped with Rovers tho - the panels are Al, but easy with the right prep. All of mine save ones been sent to the tanks. Long term just makes sense but I like spangling anyway. |
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Badass.
Nice shop. I will never live where salt like that is needed for many reasons. Godspeed! |
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Understandable. I don't really have the option to leave, so here I am.
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