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I Bought A Used Flat Bed Truck Tonight

Ugly Shingles LLC · Apr 4, 2012

Awesome! Post some pictures with your camera phone....

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Ugly Shingles wrote:
Awesome! Post some pictures with your camera phone....

LOL< what camera phone ?

But I will post some pics as soon as I take em.

Mr Maintenance · Apr 4, 2012

Chris it will be nice to see the Master of roof cleaning doing a build!!

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Can't wait to see the pictures!

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Well, our business is well established, so no wraps on our trucks, just easy to read big lettering.

Most of my roof cleaning trucks get dual 300 gallon tanks, one for shingle mix, and one for tile mix. But to do that on most trucks requires adding a leaf spring.

This is going to be more of a back up truck, so it will only get one 300 gallon tank.

The laddder holders weld right on the drivers side of the flatbed, and allow us to carry both a 40 foot and a small ladder for everyday roof cleaning work.

I don't believe in Hose Reels(they all leak and break) so don't look for one on this, or any of my trucks. Actually, we use a broken Titan Hose Reel on our main truck to wrap the hose around.

I have to start looking for another air compressor and pump.

Jo Jo · Apr 4, 2012

Power equipment direct has some decent priced compressors that will work. I picked one up very reasonable.

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Jo Jo wrote:
Power equipment direct has some decent priced compressors that will work. I picked one up very reasonable.

Thanks Joe, we always buy them used locally (I have a great compressor repair guy)

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I Think until I find MY price on a big azz air compressor, I am going to use the 2 brand new Flo Jet Pentaflex 12 volt pumps with one of these.

I am used to diesel trucks with dual batteries, this is a single battery gas engine truck.

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I might put this Protective Liquid Bedliner on the Flatbed Guys, what do you think ?

It comes in red, black, or white colors !

The stuff rolls right on, minimum prep!

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Once the Herculon Bedliner is on, can u drill through it w/o it cracking, and will the weight of the chemical tanks crack it ?

Herculon is made from Polyurethane, not the very best stuff to use for S H resistance according to this http://www.coleparmer.com/Chemical-Resistance

But the chemical will not be in constant contact with the bedliner, just an occassional leak here and there, so it should be ok.

Roof Cleaning Cleveland (216) 323-0552 · Apr 7, 2012

Chris, I put down a similiar product and it was junk. I bought the most expensive bedliner I could find and put it on my truck. 2x4's scratched it. Didn't stand up to the chems at all.

jcstomper · Apr 7, 2012

awesome man! i have a goal to get another truck by the end of the season.

Apr 7, 2012

I have used the Herculiner works well very easy to do. I put two coats on and I am in my third season with it and is as strong as the day I put it on...no problems.

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