Wanted: New chipper truck.

TrevMcRev

Hi gang,
We need a new truck. If any of you know of anything out there let me know.
About 9-12t GVM, big woodchip canopy, toolboxes etc.
Pref mid 90's at oldest up to something nearly new.
Must be in very good condition and present well.

Pref Melbourne but will go interstate for the right rig.

Trev

kimtree

in the latest deals on wheels issue 296 page 440 there's a hino gd 2005 12 tonne tipper for 60g.all the good trucks seem to be in victoria or nsw,i just spent a week in perth looking for a 6 ton tipper there like hens teeth and silly pricing.good luck

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TrevMcRev

Yeah i've already been there, thought i were on a winner, get there and it was sold Went a few weeks ago. Ok the mag goes stale but it is still on the internet.

TrevMcRev

No much there at the moment either...

TrevMcRev

Pick up the new rig tomorrow.

Just need to get cracking with building the canopy

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Drouin Tree Service

That will do the job nicely!

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kimtree

Very nice,is it new?I get to start on my 'new' truck next week,am going to put 600mm high dropsides and then 1200mm high barn type doors on top with a removable central divider and a retractable shade cloth roof,ive just modified my canter to the same spec{almost].mine has to be a combination log and chipbody

TrevMcRev

Nah 2nd hand but late model & low kms at a good price.

Good luck with the build, post some pics up.

JohN Dee

Looking good Trev. What kind of canopy ya gunna put on? Steel? Aluminum? How many cubes ya gunna try and make it hold?

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shaggs

Nice truck trev, 175 or 200hp model?
You can get good cubes into them as they have smaller wheels and lower profile tyres, thus closer to the ground without her getting too high.
For the canopy, if dooing steel, there is colourbond sheet called "signwhite". Its only .55 thick but is pre finished and saves time/paint. If you line the interrier (ie gal sheet) then finish her off with this on the outside they look scmick.
I have a small chip truck and only use it for chips. I have just used the sign white and it was quick and comes up great.
Good Luck

TrevMcRev

I'll be aiming for 15+ m3.

200 horseys giddy up

3mm Gal lined frame with signwhite on the outside was exactly how i were going to do it shaggs

shaggs

AHHH Great minds thinks alike!!!!

kimtree

Ive got my top doors and tailgate door lined with signwhite sheets seems to handle the abuse ok [also makes for a light door] not on the front though it's like been shot blasted
what payload will that truck have completed?

TrevMcRev

It'll be good for about 5200kg i think.

TrevMcRev

Coming together well.

Built in storage box.


Frame going up.



Sheet going on. Got held up here as the suppliers cut it wrong. The 3 main panels on the right side vary a bit in size (all on the plan) and the goose cut them all the same. Unfortunately he did the all the same as the smallest one!

3 days work so far. 1 more in it i reckon, then paint.

Doing it myself after quotes of $8-9,000 and 10-12 week wait

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There expensive qoutes!! Coming along nicely..

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JohN Dee

Looking good there Trev.

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TrevMcRev

Some more pics after a weekends work.

Sheet goes on.


All joins, corners and welds covered in body deadener.


Completed fabrications.

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TrevMcRev

And paint is on now too.






Signwriting is next

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TrevMcRev

Pretty happy with my work, did the lot myself with only some help to hold things in place.

Funny we laugh at homeowners doing their own trees but it's exactly what i've done

Saved several Thousand dollars, got it done exactly how i wanted and in a 1 1/2 week turnaround

Drouin Tree Service

Looks good all painted up,nice looking truck good size!

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Jeff Darby

True Trev,Nice work by the wayThe big differance is what you undertook yourself was in your capabilities,I dont know how well you can weld? but time holds the truth,funny thing about mig welding the welds can look perfect but have no fusion or little,Now if you were modifying your chassis you would have paid a professional.Not bad money for your sweat

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TrevMcRev

Yeah I'll tell the boys if the whole thing falls off driving down the freeway to just keep going, dont stop

I'd rate myself a novice welder but sure got a lot more experience now thats finished. 2 1/2 bottles of gas and about 8kg of wire went into it.

Like you said, i wouldn't try anything that seriously depended on it but am confident with the work that went into this.

I know what you mean about a nice looking weld, but its penetration that counts and i think i can tell when i've got that or not.

Still struggle with welding upside down though

Jeff Darby

I'ts like juggleing red hot globules of molten metal above your head while telling yourself it's really not burnnnnning.....LOL. I've burnt off a few beards over the years doing overheads...LOL..Another time at tech while I was learning to do overheads I was welding away and felt a little to warm around my ankle I looked down and here I was on fire..LOL..Blown red hot dross while oxy cutting 13 foot in the air straight into my steelcaps and burnt the bejinles out of my foot....The memories go on..I dont miss the fumes or what used to do all the time fix up other tradies bugger ups..I loathed that. Memories, Now I weld for me and mine.
I noticed a lot of weld splatter on your frame, The easiest way to remove it quickly is with a brikkies bolster ground flat across the nose.

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Hili

Trev did an amazing job on the new truck, i real credit to his several abilties

aphid

Great get up ya got there. Can't beat a cab over. Power,fuel,turning,not to mention reliability. Worked in a fab shop for six years and the shop foreman was a weld votec teacher. Priceless! Nice job on the chip box. The ability to plan your work and work your plan doesn't just happen. Putting together the shop with the right tools to make projects flow takes experience. Material list,layout,fitting welding,prep work and painting, all thoughtout in advance. Rolling down the road with real pride the kind thats earned and enjoyed. I have built a couple of chip boxes would advise you to watch the welds at the top rear above the doors. they are under alot of stress, as if all vibrations and shaking are absorbed there. I ended up puting gussets there. You have the chipping truck to have!

TrevMcRev

Yes i will add those gussetts. Probably a trianglated brace and may put some flashing lights or hazards in them too.

Jason Axe

nice lookin truck and yeah out of position welding isnt so fun easier with mig than arc tho. once again nice work lets see how she looks full of chips with the chipper behind it.

TrevMcRev

Now she's all signed up n lookin goood..