Looking for pictures of Flatbed Trucks, Pickup Trucks and Box Truck rigs

Christopher said:
Thanks John, did you run a fuel line to the truck tank for the burners?

Would like to see pictures of the truck when it is finished Jeff.
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Wow there are some nice looking trucks in this thread. Hey Chris no I was told not to do that but it escapses me what the reason was for that again. I need to do something with a few of those fuel tanks on the bed of the truck. I would like to remove both fuel tanks on the Mi-t-m Hot water skid on there and plumb them into other tanks on the truck or buy some different tanks and plumb all them all together. If I move those tanks out I can build another PW right there in place of the tanks.

The mind never stops thinking....but I learned... there is no perfect set-up. Shitz I even had a sleeper in a truck a few years ago but that truck was just to big.

Good luck on whatever you pick.
 
Tony Shelton said:
9 ft bed. All the sides fold down and come off entirely. I copied it from another truck I saw, drew up the plans and Chris welded it up for me. Underbed tool boxes on both sides.

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I was going to guess that the sides fold down but come off alltogether is really cool!

That is so cool that you guys can weld and make all these cool things.
 
Thanks John.

Those "L" shaped tanks that will fit under and behind truck tool boxes might fit on your truck between the cab and the front tank, you might have to move the tank back a few inches but that might serve as a huge tank for all the machines for gasoline or diesel. I wonder if they make one that has 2 tanks so you can have gas in one and diesel in the other? That would be a good idea, just run lines back to the machines and save the room where the machine tanks were. Maybe even 2 of the smaller "L" shaped tanks, one for gas and one for diesel sitting side by side like one large tank.
 
Tony Shelton said:
9 ft bed. All the sides fold down and come off entirely. I copied it from another truck I saw, drew up the plans and Chris welded it up for me. Underbed tool boxes on both sides.

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I am thinking that if I got the 11 or 12 foot long bed then I will have plenty of room for everything that I want to put onto the bed.

I need to see where I can find the tool boxes for the bottom of the bed, that will be nice. OR maybe mount the hose reels underneath the bed and that will leave more room on the bed.

I am thinking of baskets or cages for under the back of the truck under the bed that slide out for the fleet washing hoses that cannot roll up onto hose reels and maybe tubes with caps for the wands to secure them.

I really like Greg's idea for holding the surface cleaners under the bed in the back of his truck, that is really cool!
 
I was also thinking of getting a used U-Haul box truck and taking the 14' box off.

I asked them how much weight you can put into the truck and they told me only 3500 pounds, that is not a lot of weight when you think about skid, water tank with water, etc....

I wonder how much that box weighs? If I took that off the truck, maybe that would give another 1000 pounds of equipment but then you add back the steel flatbed so it might even out some.

I did not look in the door jamb to see what the gvwr was, I need to go look at that and see, maybe it can hold more than what they say, maybe they are just being overly cautious?
 
I like the Marine Fuel Tank, are they Dot approved? Just curious

I will respond better once I have some coffee, I have some suggestions if your not going to stock the truck up. Keep it simple for employees

Christopher said:
I am thinking of a 3/4 or 1 ton truck. I am thinking that I will have to pull the bed off the truck to put a flatbed there.

I am thinking a hot water skid, hose reels and either the 125 or 225 gallon tank. For fleet washing I will have the Water softener there also with tanks for soap/brightener.

I would like to have storage under the bed if there is room, I really like Greg's truck but I am sure that I will not find something that good for the money I have.

I will probably have the marine fuel tank if I add the cold water machine besides the hot water skid.

I would like to have one of those rectangular taller tanks so it takes up less room on the truck but I do have the regular tanks if I cannot find one of those tanks.

I would say that 95% of the jobs I do have water there so I will not need to haul water and if I need more supply, I will just add another hose to the house/building so I don't run out.

I will have the garden hose reel and 2 pressure hose reels and hooks hanging off the headache rack to hold some extra hose for those jobs where I need more hose.

With one of those skinny tall water tanks I think all this can fit onto the truck.
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Chesapeake said:
Here's a few of mine.
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Now thats just a pretty and impressive rig. Good signage, good equipment, the rig alone must bring in some new customers
 
Tony, do you have any pictures of your son's truck? I would like to see how it turned out.

Thanks.
 
Thanks for the update Tony.

I am sure it will turn out great.
 
I'll post pictures of mine after I get mine back from the dealership. Stupid truck doesn't even have 60K miles on it and is going back in tonight for more oil leak repairs the 2nd time in less than 8 weeks.

I might just sell the whole truck with everything on it and start from scratch. Those 2011 F-550 flatbeds are looking better and better everyday.
 
Chris how many machines are you planning on putting on the truck. my old npr has a 13 foot bed with two machines and reclaim setup its tight but I could get another machine on it if needed.
 

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I found an older Chevy 1-ton dually flatbed with gas engine, 12' bed, standard transmission, 1997 model that does not look too bad.

I am thinking the 8gpm hot water skid, 8gpm cold water rig, hose reels, water tank, small chemical tanks and fleetwashing hose.

I am not crazy about standard transmissions as I would like the truck to be able to be driven by any helper but not everyone can drive standards.

For the price, it is not too bad. I will talk to a mechanic tomorrow about swapping out the transmission and what it will cost to convert it to an automatic (if it is not too expensive).

If I get this truck, it will look similar to Tony S.'s truck.

I think that the reclaim stuff will fit if I wanted it to but I think that I might get a smaller trailer for the vacuum system, hose reel, pump-out tank, sand trap,etc... I will not use the vacuum system all the time so that is why I was thinking about making it fit onto a smaller trailer so when vacuum is needed, I can just pull the smaller trailer.

OR

I can just mount all the vacuum stuff onto the truck and keep it there all the time, sure would be a lot easier to do demo's with this truck.

I can see a lot more opportunities for certain jobs with this truck vs. pulling a 14' trailer, just getting excited about a flatbed truck.

I just have to wait for some of these checks that are due and overdue now so I can put the wheels into motion.
 
Greg, when you secured everything to your truck, did you weld mounts or drill holes and bolt everything down?

I really like your trucks, just cannot find them here at good prices.

How good are your trucks on the highway?

What kind of mileage do you get on the highway?

Thanks.
 
I was wondering how much weight some of you have put on the bed of a 1-ton truck like the F350/chevy 3500 or Dodge 3500?

I was just looking at a F450 and I can put a lot more weight on that frame, I know that my dad has put over 10,000 pounds on his chipper truck (F450 with a chipper box on it) numerous times but I am not sure how much you can put onto the 1 ton trucks.

I am thinking for some kind of fuel mileage maybe I should stick to the 1 ton trucks, maybe get a dually and take the bed off and put a flatbed there.

I am thinking of the 225 or 325 gallon tank, hot water skid, water softener, hose reels, small chemical tanks etc....

I think it would work as long as I don't drive around with the large water tank full, I just replaced another trailer axle, don't want to damage the truck suspension/frame or anything else.

Any ideas or opinions?

Thanks.
 
Ok, ready? F250 - 325 gallons water, flatbed is 800 lbs more than the bed that came on it - hot water skid - 13hp cold water - 425 ft hose - 200 ft feed hose - electric reel - pulling a 5000 lb lift with about 300 lb tongue weight. Add all that up and tell me how much over we are. :)

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Christopher said:
I was just looking at a F450 and I can put a lot more weight on that frame, I know that my dad has put over 10,000 pounds on his chipper truck (F450 with a chipper box on it) numerous times but I am not sure how much you can put onto the 1 ton trucks.
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I wouldn't plan on putting 10,000lbs on a F450. Not saying it's not possible, but it's deffinately not legal. My LCF has the same frame as a F450. The GVRW on it is 16,000lbs. The truck with the flatbed, labber rack, and tool boxes (no equipment) weighs in just under 10,000lbs. This leaves roughly 6000lbs for equipment, water and chems. Just something to think about. I know the DOT scales in Maryland are open for everything over 10,000lbs.
 
Tony Shelton said:
Ok, ready? F250 - 325 gallons water, flatbed is 800 lbs more than the bed that came on it - hot water skid - 13hp cold water - 425 ft hose - 200 ft feed hose - electric reel - pulling a 5000 lb lift with about 300 lb tongue weight. Add all that up and tell me how much over we are. :)

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Sheewwwwww! Way Over!!
 
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