Brendonv's Custom Chip Box Build

[brendonv]

Especially with TIG. I only have a foot pedal, so it can get tricky sometimes.

Me too. I dont think my hands can do anything else, foot pedal it is.

 

[flushcut]

What size material are you building this out of?

 

[brendonv]

1.5x3"x.125 6061 rect tube. Skins are .190 5052. The skins are tuff, the .125 sheet gets dented, the .190 not a chance. I have hauled logs occasionally and throw split wood, no dents. The front panel of my old one is the headboard that came with the flatbed, its .125 and the chips beat it up. Im doing the .190 on the front and also 3/4" ply where the mini loader will butt up against in front.

 

[SkwerI]

Have you thought about a spot for a plywood insert where the chipper discharge hits the front of the box? Those chips blasting away will wear it out like a sand blaster over time. My chip box is steel and I threw a piece of plywood in there.

 

[brendonv]

Ya the whole front will be lined with 3/4 ply

 

[pantheraba]

Looks great...don't you dare get that thing dirty!

 

[Tree09]

Nice work sir, great attention to detail. For tig welding al, a foot pedal is the way to go. For steel and stainless, you don't have the heat conductivity, so for all but the thinnest stuff just set it and scratch start. A really cool trick for that is using the filler wire, just drag it across the tungsten like a match while leaving it touching the work, so that way you won't break the tip off in the weld and get an inclusion. Doing al you have the high frequency for starting and stabilizing the arc, so you don't need that trick, but for steel it's nice to not have a damn pedal to drag around everywhere. Great work man

 

[flushcut]

Thank you B sounds nice and beefy!

 

[NickfromWI]

Have you thought about a spot for a plywood insert where the chipper discharge hits the front of the box? Those chips blasting away will wear it out like a sand blaster over time. My chip box is steel and I threw a piece of plywood in there.

What kinda horsepower are your machines? We have an aluminum box and have blasted it for about 5 yrs and it seems fine.

 

[brendonv]

I would say this is from hardwood logs over 6? diameter.

 

[MasterBlaster]

A lot of guys around here slap some plywood on the inside. It wears out and gets replaced.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

I would say this is from hardwood logs over 6? diameter.

I guess from the very end of the log when the last bit is sucked by the knives, no matter its shape or size.
The plywood should make the bang less noisy than the aluminum panel alone. Maybe a loose piece of tarp or rubber could help.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It will definitely protect the bed.

 

[brendonv]

Fully welded minus about 4? worth. Stick on panel time. It?s stout

 

[pantheraba]

I gotz one thing to say...that is so COOL!!

 

[treebilly]

Nice looking work. I need to learn to weld aluminum. Then I need time to weld aluminum.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Very nice, Brendon! You can fabricate them on the side for some extra coin!

 

[brendonv]

Thanks. With the right setup and right season maybe, it’s hard tho with all my other shenanigans . I get attatched to my builds and don’t want them to leave!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Just put a sweet price on it and kick back - no hurry.

 

[flushcut]

Fully welded minus about 4? worth. Stick on panel time. It?s stout

Looking good real good!

Very nice, Brendon! You can fabricate them on the side for some extra coin!

I said the some thing when I built mine. 10 grand up front and three weeks. It's hard to really comprehend how much work, a shit ton, goes into a build like this. It might be easy for a fab shop with dedicated space and tools for such a task, but if you have to work on it for a few hours here and there it can be quite a PITA.

 

[brendonv]

Skinning aignt easy. All welded and ready for skins. Got the tailgate skinned this morning, its drying.

Gotta get some lifting lugs for, well lifting, and to tie down orchard ladders. Going to do a pole tube finally, tired of pols floating around.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Or being dumped! I had a groundie dump a load with MY pole saw in it... never saw it again.

 

[brendonv]

Been there!

 

[MasterBlaster]

I almost busted a blood vessel when I found out. I was up in a trim and called for it...

 

[stig]

Now, that would piss a fellow of for sure.