Building a chip box

Alright, picked up the bed. The fold down walls had been welded on, needs some TLC. As such got it a bunch cheaper so net positive on my goof up. The frame and everything seems heavy duty, most important solid enough to weld on. New welder should be here any day. Will need to build a subframe by the looks of it. It's a bit narrow. Ran out of daylight but will pick up wood tomorrow to makeshift a frame so I can get it on jacks (props to the only oak on the property suitable to use as a crane ). Long day.
 
evo said:
If doing ply, spend the little extra for ground contact treated
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I think I'm going to do sheet metal on the areas that chip spray will be directed at. This one has a tall headache rack that would be easy to weld on. Definitely spring for better wood in the areas that wood will be though.
 
Update. The hydraulic lift and welder came in today, as well as all of the rust proofing stuff. Will need to get to work on cleaning things up as I get time here soon.
Also. I found a screaming deal on a 25 yard chip truck. Lol. And I bought it. Drives amazing, mechanically sound. It at least gives me something to use until I get the smaller one built. Sold a huge contract to the city and picked up insurance contracts that can't wait for my truck to be built. Need to keep an eye out for a 12"+ chipper for a good deal now.
 
So here's the project. The hoist and rust prevention came in. Anyone used rusts gone/salts gone before? Buddy who is a fleet mechanic suggested it. It's pretty cheap for what it is. It's oil based so should create that barrier you want to keep trucks from rotting out. The primary mover hoist is a 6 ton (way overkill). It's heavy! Who'd have thunk. Going to try and dry fit the bed on it soon, using the wood as a makeshift subframe to see how spacing and everything will work. I'm hoping the fuel tank won't be an issue. It'll have to come out for welding the subframe anyways but I don't want to have to alter its mounting position.
 
And here's the new to me big truck. I'll have to figure out the DOT stuff. I've got a CDL so I'm good there. It runs good, drove nice (2 hour drive home at 70mph and it was great.) Even the cruise control works! Gotta get keys made or order keys for the northern tool boxes on the sides. Overkill for pruning work but hey, it was way under valued.
 
Tom Dunlap said:
When I built my first dump truck I wasn't aware of the areas on the frame that could be drilled for mounting. I don't recall where I drilled but the truck didn't break. Now I know better. I've seen the factory diagrams online that map the OK areas.
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Luckily it already had holes in the frame where the bed was. It'll take some mapping out once I get the bed to the shop to know where the scissor needs to go. The idea about looking into factory diagrams is brilliant. There would logically be areas that if you drilled could cause the frame to fail, especially adding all of the stress of a weighted dump. Thank you for the input!
 
Tom Dunlap said:
When I built my first dump truck I wasn't aware of the areas on the frame that could be drilled for mounting. I don't recall where I drilled but the truck didn't break. Now I know better. I've seen the factory diagrams online that map the OK areas.
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Huh...who knew! I drilled my frame to put a wooden flatbed on to replace the rusted out OEM bed several years ago. So far, so good. Certainly holding up better than the frame on the 2006 4Runner did!
 
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