Aldegar
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- Gig Harbor, Wa
I just purchased a chip truck and the box is riddled with rust, anyone ever had to pay to re-skin the entire box or know about how much to expect to pay?
What kind of chip box is it? Welded skin, or bolts, or rivets? Steel or aluminum? How long, tall, wide? We were quoted about $1200 to put a new floor in a 12’ bed with a 1/8” flat mild steel welded floor.I just purchased a chip truck and the box is riddled with rust, anyone ever had to pay to re-skin the entire box or know about how much to expect to pay?
I can weld so it woulds cost me materials. But 5/6 grand is a good start. If you can cut the old skin out first that will help keep the cost down. Most of the cost will be in the demo. Plus how badly rusted is the frame if there is one? Are there other areas that need to be repaired?
What kind of chip box is it? Welded skin, or bolts, or rivets? Steel or aluminum? How long, tall, wide? We were quoted about $1200 to put a new floor in a 12’ bed with a 1/8” flat mild steel welded floor.
Without knowing the length and height it’s hard to put a price on it, but I would guess easily a few thousand. Call a local fab shop and ask them, they can give you a quote I’m sure.Its a steel framed box with welded steel skin. The good thing is that the floor is solid (treated wood) so I just need the sides and top re-skinned. Framing is pretty solid but yeah it looks like it would be a bitch to grind out all the old welds.
Without knowing the length and height it’s hard to put a price on it, but I would guess easily a few thousand. Call a local fab shop and ask them, they can give you a quote I’m sure.