I became that guy today!
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disston
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Looks good. Now you have to clean and wax the rest of the truck.
PelicanPines
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You shouldn't leave that welder in the weather. Deliver to:
Pelican Pines
Dead end road
Jersey Shore, NJ
I'm jealous.
Pelican Pines
Dead end road
Jersey Shore, NJ
I'm jealous.
countryroad82
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Nice! Wish my work would break down and buy a rig that size. Which they might, my little Astro van they had me in finally bit the bullet last week. Danged thing gained 6" of height (air shocks were installed a long time ago by me lol) when I unloaded my tools and equipment. That may have been the reason it died such an untimely death, hauling all my ****!
ihateminimumwage
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Looks damn good, the Onan in that Miller will do you right. Never seen one worn out, just ruined by an idiots with a hone. Just keep ethanol out of it and it will be happy.
I hear that, I started with a F250 I put together long before I went into business. It was pushing 10,000lbs and I had to get something bigger, plus a crane was extremely high on the want list. I built this truck out of 2, and couldn't be happier. Hopefully they upgrade your rig.
Thanks, I try to keep it decent. It's hard on tools during the winter, I've had to spray penetrating oil on tools to keep them from rusting.
KM223
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Nice Blue! I always wanted a service truck and that's a really nice one.
bcradio
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Awesome truck and setup. What area of the country do you live? It sounds like you get harsh winters.
ddawg16
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As long as you are not sleeping with it, you're not 'that guy'.
Wax does have the advantage of keeping it cleaner longer.
Wax does have the advantage of keeping it cleaner longer.
South eastern Oregon. We had a hell of a winter. Cold, seen 24 below one morning. Also trying to work in this kind of ****!
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WittHay
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Hey, I don't know what is worse the snow or the rain. We had one of the wettest March's on record. Nice truck by the way. I assume you work on construction or logging equipment
ovrrdrive
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I almost always wax stuff like that right when I get it. Keeps dust and **** from building up on them as bad and protects the finish. I've never gone in later for a second coat, but the coat lasts basically forever when kept indoors and I like using nice tools...
vavet
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Sycan: what kind of work do you do?
wmm2
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OK, I have to ask to ignorant question. What is an Onan? The only one I've heard of is from the Bible, and the most famous tool polisher.
bigcow94
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Onan is the brand of generator. Those stand alone welders double as a power source. Fire them up and you have 120/240 volts for a stand alone power source when there's nowhere to plug in. Almost every motor home I've seen has an Onan generator as well.
he who laughs last, thinks slowest
I work on an assortment of things right now, there is a construction company with a couple trucks, backhoes, and excavators that I work for. About 60% of my time goes to a local trucking company with about 10 trucks, lots of brakes and lights. I just finished up a 48ft aluminum flatbed that got rolled over, straightening and repairing. It was twisted so much that it would stand on one foot unhooked, but it wasn't really bent just had stress from being pulled over by the load. Twisted it the opposite direction until it was perfectly flat again, replaced the kingpin and kingpin plate, and finally repaired the actual damage where it met the road. Last I transfered a load of lumber on it to watch how it reacted with 50,000lbs on the deck.
I actually need the Miller Bobcat to power my Miller 211 with spoolgun as much as anything. Most of the trailers are all aluminum and sometimes minor repairs can be done at their yard instead of getting them out to my shop. I made a cord yesterday and tested the 211 at full power and everything worked perfect.
I actually need the Miller Bobcat to power my Miller 211 with spoolgun as much as anything. Most of the trailers are all aluminum and sometimes minor repairs can be done at their yard instead of getting them out to my shop. I made a cord yesterday and tested the 211 at full power and everything worked perfect.
ihateminimumwage
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Yup, the old Onan flathead engines were used in their RV and home standby generators, some tractors (Deere, Allis Chalmers, etc), and welders like Miller Bobcats & Lincoln Ranger 8s. Basically bulletproof even with little to no maintenance. Only reason I get to fix them is the valves finally get too far out, or the carb is clogged with ethanol dust.
Very cool. Jealous of your truck, definitely looks like it'll hold just ebout everything you'd need in the field. I'm running around in an overloaded half ton working on Gensets in the same weather. I get to avoid road grime on undercarriages, but get stuck digging everything out of 3-4 feet of snow.
Random work pictures from today. Replaced bearings , seals, and brakes on a trailer, then redid all of the clearance lights with a new style the customer is changing over to. Bobcat powered the 211 flawlessly, plus got to run a few sticks of rod shrinking bearing races, all and all a successful job to start the week.
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Only took me 3 months, but I washed her up today. Unfortunately it looks like some repainting is in the future, I think my prep work wasn't good enough. Still she looks way better.
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