Salsco Wood Chipper With Raptor Tintable Bed Liner.
so my diesel wood chipper has seen better days.she was getting rusty,the bed knifes needed to be swapped over,the pump mount broke on me while working and then the (new,several hundred dollar) pump shaft broke and she was finally down for the count.
well after calling to find out a new replacement (with same options) would set me back 24 grand,i looked it over and figured for a couple grand i could fix this one properly once and for all.so i finally did.
first,i took it to the local big truck/welding shop and had them fix the rusted out parts and extend the tongue for me.then i ordered the belts,cables,new hydraulic fluid,sent the new pump i had just bought,out for repair (much cheaper!) and then i had enough of the ugly.it was time to make it look good as well.
so i went and rented a sand blaster and compressor and took not only the por-15 that didn't hold up very well down,but all the flaky factory orange powder coat down to bare metal,so that all i had was a good clean base to prime.then i decided since the machine was pitted from age of being rusty,why not bed line it right? so i did.i tinted it with a very close match to salsco orange; ford competition orange and put on 3 kits total.now the old chipper not only works as good as new,it looks presentable again too.here's the stages;
so my diesel wood chipper has seen better days.she was getting rusty,the bed knifes needed to be swapped over,the pump mount broke on me while working and then the (new,several hundred dollar) pump shaft broke and she was finally down for the count.
well after calling to find out a new replacement (with same options) would set me back 24 grand,i looked it over and figured for a couple grand i could fix this one properly once and for all.so i finally did.
first,i took it to the local big truck/welding shop and had them fix the rusted out parts and extend the tongue for me.then i ordered the belts,cables,new hydraulic fluid,sent the new pump i had just bought,out for repair (much cheaper!) and then i had enough of the ugly.it was time to make it look good as well.
so i went and rented a sand blaster and compressor and took not only the por-15 that didn't hold up very well down,but all the flaky factory orange powder coat down to bare metal,so that all i had was a good clean base to prime.then i decided since the machine was pitted from age of being rusty,why not bed line it right? so i did.i tinted it with a very close match to salsco orange; ford competition orange and put on 3 kits total.now the old chipper not only works as good as new,it looks presentable again too.here's the stages;