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Roof Cleaning Missouri 417-230-8103 wrote:

Nice Job Chris, looking great.. 

One question for you guys going to the pick up truck mounted rigs.  Where are you carring your tools and parts at?


I know i carry alot of tools for extras. and I really dont know if I will like jumping up and down out of the back of a truck all day.


I like the clean look though

dave



Dave,
I am having to down grade my tool storage cry
I had an aluminum truck box on my trailer, and now
am having to use the old "behind the seat" storage.
I only have a short bed, so storage in back is limited right
now. I am not done with the build yet, but I had some jobs
to do this week so I made it work for now. I just plumbed
the mix tank through the pump and to the hosereel. I plumbed
3/4" to the pump from the tank and 1/2" from pump to the reel.
I have EDPM 3/4" hose that will be used in the final plumbing
for everything.
I will be plumbing my fresh water "manifold" with 4 valves,
and my Chem manifold for SH and other chems to add into
mix tank. I will not have to climb in back of the truck for anything.
I will not have time to work on the build till next week. When I do
I will have pics and updates.

Chris

 



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Looking good, Truck mount is the way to go!

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Just got my shipment from Pressure Tek.....
A spare Delevan 12v pump and a FlowJet Accumulator
tank.

Chris

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Roof Cleaning Missouri 417-230-8103 wrote:

Nice Job Chris, looking great.. 

One question for you guys going to the pick up truck mounted rigs.  Where are you carring your tools and parts at?


I know i carry alot of tools for extras. and I really dont know if I will like jumping up and down out of the back of a truck all day.


I like the clean look though

dave




Thanks Dave,

 

Here is my "behind the seat storage" with all my spare fittings etc.

Some spare ball valves and wand assemblies. Still waiting for

new hosereel to be delivered.

 

Chris



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Toys, Toys... Late Christmas in The Madden house!

Can't wait to see the whole build Chris. Fun stuff!

Kim R

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very nice..... Virginia is warming up and Mr. Madden is placing visions of sugar plums about my head ;)

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What about something like this for your tool box.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200442143_200442143

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What about something like this for your tool box.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200442143_200442143



Thanks David.
something for me to consider.
I'll have to think about this one.

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OK, I finally received my new hose reel and my shirts this week. I decided to remount everything on 3" C-Channel
instead of the plastic pallets. This will drop the tanks down 5", and give the setup a better center of
gravity. I only had an hour to work on it today, so I took the existing setup down and started working
on the new mount. I hope to have it complete this weekend. More pics to follow.

Chris

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Looks great. I like the c channel idea.

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Everything looks really good Chris! Where did you end up getting the shirt?

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Roof Cleaning Severna Park MD wrote:

Everything looks really good Chris! Where did you end up getting the shirt?




Hey Phil, Thanks.

I got my shirts at

The Queensboro Shirt Company

$16 each I believe they were. The first one was $3.99.
when they had a promotion a few weeks ago.
I will be working on the build today, and should
have more pics tonight.

Chris


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OK got some time today to work on the truck mount.
I bought the red EDPM 3/4" hose to plumb everything
in with. I bought a paintable bed liner from Tractor supply
for $45 as opposed to the $99 Herculiner from Auto-zone.
When I have everything fabbed up I will cover all the steel
components with the paintable bed-liner.
I will use the orange rubber pieces that I have to
isolate the plastic tanks from the steel to avoid any abrasion
and damage to the tanks. I still have to mount the battery,
and pumps and plumb everything. If the rain holds out I will
have it done tomorrow. I will disassemble, paint all the steel
components with the bedliner, and reassemble on Sun.
New Hose reel is loaded with 200' of 3/4" hose
Chris


-- Edited by SP Cleaning on Friday 18th of March 2011 05:36:25 PM

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That's great Chris. Nothing like starting from scratch & making exactly what you want.

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Looks awesome Chris.


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Had some time today, and broke down the setup for prep and paint.
As you can see in the pic below, there are only 3 simple pcs. to this setup, and a
handful of hardware in the yellow bin. I had it broke down and out of my truck in
10 min. (tanks are empty and there is no plumbing as of yet). I used a sanding
wheel to clean up all the steel items and cleaned with Evapo-rust (Great stuff) as
a preventive measure. Then applied the bed liner coating to all the steel parts.
I am letting parts dry over night and will reassemble tomorrow afternoon.
I set the hose reels the way I did so if I pull up in front of a customers home I can pull my
yellow chem hose easily. The other 3/4 hose can be brought over the other hose reel as a
guide and pull easily as well. Same concept applies if I pull in a driveway. I do not think the
reels mounted to pull from the back are very user friendly, at least not the way I work.


Chris

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for the guys going with the truck mount set up. Just an idea. How about building a false floor in the bed, and making a pull-out tray to store all the tools and equipment ? It could be coated with Rhino liner, or what ever you like. Heck, if you got the money, make it out of a sheet of virgin teflon. I built one of these false floor trays for one of my trucks that I used to carry all my fishing and hunting stuff in. It worked great. It was about 8" high.

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The truck mount setup is coming together nicely, Chris.  The next rig I put together will be very similar.  Looks great.  I'm anxious to see the finished product. 

-- Edited by Chesapeake on Sunday 20th of March 2011 09:36:13 PM

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Chris: Don't you dare go to a pick up truck. You keep churnin out those beautiful flatbeds like an assembly line!!! I love em!!

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Ok, got some time to work on the truck today. I have work I have to do, so it is not complete but usable.
I will be making changes over the next few weeks. So I got the metal parts coated with Rubberized Truck Bed
Liner. I went with shorter bolts for the D-Ring hold downs. I also coated all the hardware after assembly.
I found a nice 4 way ball valve garden hose manifold at Tractor supply. Then I found out not to put TOO much
force on it because it will break. I do not like the quality, so I will make my own over the next few weeks. 
Still have to change some plumbing around, and add my accumulator tank. I have to order the 3/4" fitting for the
Tank, as it only came with 1/2" barb fittings. When they come in I will add the tank. I will update as I make changes.

    Chris

-- Edited by SP Cleaning on Tuesday 22nd of March 2011 06:57:12 PM

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