Chip proofing your ifor

[treequip]

Would it take a battering from Woodchip?

 

 

Yes...

[64treefrog]

looked up dibond, pretty expensive, prop get aluminium sheet cheaper

[Gray git]

Nowt wrong with a bit of riggley tin.

[treequip]

looked up dibond, pretty expensive, prop get aluminium sheet cheaper

 

 

Ahh the eternal Yorkshireman raises his head

 

Like is said before

 

Dibond is expensive but that's the brand leader, I bought mine from Amari plastics (amaribond) and it was a fraction of the price

[Ian Clarke]

A guy I used to work for used the blue poly sheets 2 massive ones first one covered the front half of his trailer with loads of overhang left out to one side and then same idea but the other side for the back. He held it in place with those cheap plastic clamps. Once finished chipping we would put the excess back over the chip push it in so it didn't blow off and put tools like rakes etc etc on their to hold it down.

[aspenarb]

You can buy a sheet product called Aluminum Composite Panel. Its main trading name is dibond but other makes are available.

 

Its a plastic sheet with a paper thin ally sheet each side. It's feather light, neat and tidy and takes signwriting perfectly.

 

Its light enough and can be cut easily with hand or power tools

 

Thats the gear I used on one of the transits greedy boards , I glued it to 12mm ply. Backed up on ply its really tough and knock resistant .

 

[monkeybusiness]

Also have a look at stockboard - it's recycled plastic in 8x4 and 10x5 black sheets. You'd only need the thin stuff inside your mesh, cable tied in place. It is pretty indestructible!

[cornish wood burner]

You need to decide how tidy you want it, how much you you want to spend and how much of a weight penalty you can except.

My suggestion is thin galvanised tin riveted to existing frame if you can except the extra weight. Strong and not so heavy as you might think if thin gauge. I have seen plastic coated which looks good but more money than plain galvanised I expect.

[Cae Ffynnon]

Dibond is good stuff, its used for making signs, amongst other things.

 

I have used some to roof a new chicken shed for the wife, she calls it upcycling, I call it scrounging.

[roseyweb]

Nowt wrong with a bit of riggley tin.

 

That sort of looks like a Australian out house