My new bucket truck!

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It should pass with flying colors.

-Tom

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That should be a great feeling.

I was super nervous driving from Seattle to Olympia with my truck (60 miles) because the truck was empty and no chipper, so it bounced a lot by nature of its heavy suspension, then there is the part where some road designers seems to have put waves in the road. The thing felt like it wanted to blow apart at 50mph, but it really was fine.

1100 miles is a long time in a freshly bought used truck to know if you feel comfortable with its road worthiness.
 
It's finally painted, no lettering yet, and still needs the final touches, but considering that I had limited funds and wound up having to paint it outdoors, I am very happy with it. This job also included taking the cab shield off for welding repairs, strengthening, and paint. This has been a big deal for me, but it's just about done! Here are some pics:

http://picasaweb.google.com/tomthetreeman/BucketTruckPics#

I'll update when I get more.

-Tom
 
once you put paint on the boom it loses its dielectric rating because most paints conduct electricity, I only ask because in one shot there looks to be a bit of primer on the lower insulated section without any masking.

The truck does look much better though.
 
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once you put paint on the boom it loses its dielectric rating because most paints conduct electricity, I only ask because in one shot there looks to be a bit of primer on the lower insulated section without any masking.

The truck does look much better though.

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There is the minorest of minor bits of overspray on the lower boom insulated section. You could pick hairs and say that I have compromised the dielectric rating, but it would be exactly that, picking hairs. There are other defects on the boom such as scratches that would take away more I'm sure. The amount of paint on the small lower boom section could be removed with nail polish remover, it's that little.
 
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once you put paint on the boom it loses its dielectric rating because most paints conduct electricity, I only ask because in one shot there looks to be a bit of primer on the lower insulated section without any masking.

The truck does look much better though.

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Automotive paints sold in the USA are required to contain NO metals. They are all safe for painting booms and are the preferred paints for boom repainting.

This is the info I was given by the manufacturer of one of our booms, and a member of an OSHA and ANSI crane committee.
 
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Nah, we left Lawrenceville at 2AM Saturday, and by the time we got to another urbanized area, it was evening again. We did blow by one weigh station by accident, which was probably good, bc I have the weight listed wrong on the registration.

-Tom

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Allot of people do try to keep them under 29,000. Alright as long as DOT don't get ya.
 
It was an honest mistake, but I definitely have to fix it... The GVWR is posted right on the door jamb. I'm not going to the registry anytime soon, though.

-Tom
 
That's a nice 'rig' Tom. I love those US trucks that have all in one.
There is no way we could end up with a boom truck handling such an extra load.
Is there room for ropes/material on the side of the bed?

BTW, You've got a nice spray cabin
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Lots of room for tools in the boxes. In fact, I had to take out a separate insurance policy bc there is so much stuff in there.

Spraying outdoors was NOT my first choice. I actually rented a space, and got kicked out by "Bill," the "President of the Association" right before we got started. It's kind of a long story, but it was not pretty. Cooler heads prevailed, but Bill came close to getting his his teeth knocked out. A real first class A-hole, that Bill.
 
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