Let me throw a disclaimer in there.. Try it on a really nasty fuel tank or something first.. I dont wanna get any of you guys in trouble on a nice item. I have used it many times on car engines and its great but never on large flat sheet surfaces. I think an even application will be the most important part so as not to leave splotches and stains.
Home built headache racks
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Ok, I use alumnabright on my wheels,tanks, headache racks, etc, and it works great. If youleave it on too long it is not good either.
Sounds like I need to track down some of this coil cleaner for radiators and air to air. I think I might try it on w4 wheeler engines, they tend to burn a mud stain on them that doesn't really come off.cke and FerrissWheel Thank this. -
My boy and i made some progress on operation cold lunch.
Teaser shot of my hideaway framerail cubby project.
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I built some dunnage racks under a flat between the rails on an old side beam utility years ago, it worked well.
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I am really happy with the stabilizer brace dunnage racks i built. They hold 14 sticks max, which is covers 7 racks for a full load of cable spools
Low rates and slim pickin have forced me to take on more gear in order to have profitable options and its eaten up deck space. Lack of 8ft tarps has bit me over and over so i finally put em on. Ive got 4s, 8s, padding, edge protection. All the coil rack junk, im up to 11 binders and chains which got me outta 2 jams this month. Cant do without the brick screens, the pipe stakes help now and then. Lots of little wood blocks for shoring up thin slabs. But when the only profitable load you can book needs 49ft deck space where do you put it all!?
So far i have not had weight be an issue, and the gear lets me go on a lot more adventures. My strap-only coworkers are stuck with the same old sticks n bricks year after year. I dread that. Whats for dinner tonight.. Bread? Or water?
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With angle iron/aluminum and stretched metal you can make a nice dunnage rack that you won't ever have to worry about the boards walking out.
Look on facebook marketplace in different areas of the country and you can probably find a nice used cabinet to hang on the trailer to put your tarps in.
That same marketplace will probably yield a decent enclosed chain cabinet. A couple pieces of flat aluminum and a friendly welder will make a place on the chain cabinet to put your brick screens.
None of this stuff has to be expensive, just functional. It might add a couple hundred pounds of weight, but having things somewhat organized and out of the way is worth the trade IMO.cke, FerrissWheel and FoolsErrand Thank this. -
I’ve been hauling logs every winter as the logging guys needed extra trucks and trailers to get the logs out before the frost disappears.
I told my boss I should make a headache rack and fuel tank protectors.
He said they add weight and doesn’t feel it’s necessary.
Well, a log fell on the tank last winter.....
My boss said: F*%£ we may as well stop hauling logs.
In my view, I love the job, yes, crap happens, logs are slippery in the winter.
The job pays good and gives me work for almost a whole month when everything else is slow.
If only I have a aluminum welder, I could build them myself.
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I mostly agree. used drom boxes are $1500+ and flatbed boxes never hit the classifieds here, ive looked forever. Besides that im a company driver and its not my truck. I didnt end up going to the place i started the thread over, and dont want to be mounting anything on this truck that ill need to take off when i leave so im making sure this is all cheap material for me to forfeit.
The dunnage rack has a full wrap and a half belly strap that never moves at all. It works perfect and gives me a side step on each side. I can also pull or place dunnage from either side which i like. Im happy with those features.cke, FerrissWheel and HoneyBadger67 Thank this. -
So weve got the lunch counter...
...coat rack...
..kitchen sink, emergency eyewash, bidet
And "undocumented worker" quarters
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Just a heads up in Washington state and I’m sure other places those bungees holding your water tanks and cooler down will get you a ticket. A couple of cheep one inch straps will save you the headache.cke, FerrissWheel, Al. Roper and 2 others Thank this.
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