Vermeer 935i.

[tommer9]

I recently sold my 620i and replaced it with a second hand, fairly elderly 935i, which was not pretty to look at. It had been outside for a fair while and as you can see the weather had taken its toll.

My initial plan was to have it grit blasted, but the downtime to do a thorough job of it was too much, so instead i spent several hours with the mega twist-knot wire brush attachments on the 4.5" grinder, and a flap disc, and removed the rust scabs etc to clean metal. I then primed the whle chipper, after rubbing it down with sand paper, and gave it a couple of coats of caterpillar yellow, which is an almost perfect match according to the machine in the paint place, and today I got some new decals made up. I have changed the lines a bit (there should be white, and the black should be on top to be correct, but I just wanted it a tiny bit personalised:blushing:)

I also took the feed roller out and sharpened it, and replaced a bearing and a bush in the feed roler mechanism.

Ok- it isnt a wotk of art, but I dont like perfect straight shiny new machinery- old but looked after I prefer. Each to their own etc:biggrin: and it will soon be scarred up and filthy anyway.

[John Shutler]

tidy job mate

[Johny Walker]

did it come from b-trac

[tommer9]

Yeah they have had it for a while.

[Johny Walker]

Yeah they have had it for a while.

 

all the bits on the container in the back ground kind of gave it away

[tommer9]

Haha yeah!

[tommer9]

It was a fair trek from here to northampton to pick it up in the landy....towing near 2 tonnes all the way back!!

[Johny Walker]

It was a fair trek from here to northampton to pick it up in the landy....towing near 2 tonnes all the way back!!

 

what else did you get

[tommer9]

what else did you get

 

no no honestly- that was it- just the chipper:blushing:

Yeah- its a heavy old lump, but the day rate has just gone up to reflect the fact that i am now measuring fuel economy on the galons per mile as opposed to miles per gallon scale:laugh1:

[Robert_S]

Great job tom:thumbup1:

 

i enjoy giving new lease of life to machinery its really satisfiying, its amazing that some people overlook good bits of kit because its not shinny shinny, nice one mate im sure it will earn you good coin.

 

(get the wheels painted though it looks a bit rough )