New truck! (The Beast)

Welding up the sign frames.

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1 side is all together!

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In search of wife sitter. She has the flu and needs me to tend to her and the kids full time! Can’t get this truck done to save my life lol

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Hinges are welded on one side.

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Slow and steady! Riveting the sign on one side now.

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Have you done roofs before? I hate I have it on my wrap…I’m actually thinking of dropping it as we grow.

Not impressed.

I would be if you send that Bronco to VA though.

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Blaire would kill me! It was even in our wedding pictures lol

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I’ve done 2 and have one on the books for April. It’s good money per square.

Great money… I’ve done about 20 of them. Just can be a huge headache sometimes

Both sides are on and done! It looks like I could take flight now lol

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So I have ran out of time! I had to call and reschedule 2 jobs today because I wasn’t ready. I had plenty of time to build it but the whole family getting sick offed that plan. So I have about 15 jobs in the next few days to get through. Ive got all the tubing to build a vertical skid but no time.

For now I’m just bolting everything down and getting through the rush. Not ideal and if I have time I’ll weld up the skid.

Still loving this truck and all the space! On a side note I want to thank @squidskc for the advice along time ago. When you are ordering stuff make sure you order extras. I bought a new reel for my pressure line and I’ll use the old reel for garden hose. Well I went to move the fittings over to the new reel and they may as well be welded on (the reduction bushing on the swivel). I was sitting there thinking a few bucks in parts is going to trip me up. I grabbed my spare parts box and I’ll be darned if I didn’t have 3 extra of everything I needed. If anyone takes anything from this thread it’s order extras!

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Did this yesterday. Spent a good $700 but I’m sure I’m forgetting something. Sounds like a good thread to start. “What do you carry extras of?”

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Are the door things capable of being removed easily. They are going to be a pain if you are parked on a street, driveway or parking space.

They flip up so I can access everything. But they do come off easy with 2 people.

I’m just thinking about trying to open them with cars parked beside you, mail boxes, trees etc.

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My last truck everything was pulled curbside and I never noticed an issue. Hoping you are wrong lol

Me too lol. Worst case scenario, make a track for it to slide straight up. I tend to look at everything in the light of what I do. I fold in mirrors and squeeze in between cars at apartment complexes all day. Tight spaces

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smart

I bought trailer gate hinges for it so it could just slide off. But you wouldn’t ever put these on your truck! You are incognito!