paint em up

[imagineero]

Thanks mate. If it was a quickie I think I'd be happy. That's the result of 3 days work, plus one of my workers giving me a hand, and $$$ in materials. Like I said, If I had to do it over again I wouldn't. I think I would have got a better result paying someone else to do it, and ended up in roughly the same financial position.

Really, you need to have your chipper off the road 3-5 days to do a decent job, which is a long time. That's a lot of lost working hours. The days need to be consecutive too, which means you can't just get your workers to chip away at it if you have the odd spare day available. The only time of year I end up with that sort of time is winter, which is completely unsuitable for painting. If I had a heated shed things might be different. I guess you've got to add on top of that the spraying is really bad for your health (not the paint so much, but the thinners) and illegal in most places also.

In comparison, Doing my truck was well worth it, and a huge savings. I painted it with rollers and brushes (completely legal) which was fast, wasted no paint, and gave a good result. It saved a good amount of money also, $3k to get it painted vs one day of my time, and about $200 in materials all up.

Shaun

 

[imagineero]

Here's mine after a year or so. I just spritzed it off at the end of yesterday. So far she's holding up pretty well..
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That's real tidy! Did you paint that yourself?

 

[treeman75]

Where are these auctions? I wouldn't mind buying a elevator and "re furbin" it myself.

They have them in DesMoines. There is a guy in Knoxville Ia that seems real fair on his trucks. Petty Motors, Inc - Bucket Trucks

 

[treeclimber101]

They have them in DesMoines. There is a guy in Knoxville Ia that seems real fair on his trucks. Petty Motors, Inc - Bucket Trucks

That 2000 forestry body is nice , and for 20 K could ya go wrong .

 

[treeman75]

That 2000 forestry body is nice , and for 20 K could ya go wrong .

Thats what I thought too.