The D.I.Y arb truck chip body thread

[Arbtech Tree Services]

carried a surprising amount of chip when i had to hand ball it out.

 

Didn't have time to do pretty so just screwed a couple of bits of ply together for a one off job. 18 cube in 9 trips - filled it in no time at all and came out ok with the Loadhandler.

Could re-use it but if i need to do it again i might just build a proper one in ali and signwrite it.

 

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

[josharb87]

Interesting looking chipper! Home build?

[Peter]

That's how they come from TP. On a turntable too, pretty decent chippers.

[Redgate]

Here's the body on my pick up. Had a fabricator mate weld the frame up. Then powder coated. I boarded it with ply, the black "foamex" board over the ply sides before sign writing [ATTACH]191910[/ATTACH]

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That's a really neat job, very impressive. As a matter of interest how high above the original sides is it and roughly how much chip does it hold.

[benwrdn]

That's a really neat job, very impressive. As a matter of interest how high above the original sides is it and roughly how much chip does it hold.

 

 

Cheers mate, it's about 75cm above the sides if I remember. I've never measured the volume actually, surprises me how much it can hold to be fair.

[Redgate]

Cheers mate, it's about 75cm above the sides if I remember. I've never measured the volume actually, surprises me how much it can hold to be fair.

 

Have a supercab ranger myself, after seeing your handy work I think I'll attempt something similar. Do you find much you use much more diesel with the bulky body on the back, is worth sloping the front a bit?

[benwrdn]

Have a supercab ranger myself, after seeing your handy work I think I'll attempt something similar. Do you find much you use much more diesel with the bulky body on the back, is worth sloping the front a bit?

 

 

No I did worry about that but it's not been noticeable. I've even put tie down points on the roof section and have ladders mounted on it now. Still fine

[BrendanTreeFeller]

Anyone on here done a DIY job on replacing the floor of the chip body as well as the sides?

[kentjames]

Alli planking is from J Adams at Scissett, you don't need to weld the alli, just the steel sub frame, everything else slots together and is riveted or bolted

 

Wazz, nice job on the chip body, would you happen to have any pics of the build itself you can share? I need to get ours done this winter and have a local welder who is game but we could do with some direction with regards to the framing and how the ali bolts and rivets etc?

 

Cheers

[TheHungrySquirrel]

Here's the body on my pick up. Had a fabricator mate weld the frame up. Then powder coated. I boarded it with ply, the black "foamex" board over the ply sides before sign writing [ATTACH]191910[/ATTACH]

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Did you just bolt this onto the bed sides?

I'm thinking of something similar but though of running legs into the bed and bolting to the floor for a little strength, or do you feel it's not needed?