Walker1
Well-Known Member
I have been driving 2500 trucks with a welder in the back as a contractor for about 15 years now. I do residential and commercial doors, stairs, gates, railings, etc. i started with my equipment on a small trailer, but found it was a pain when I needed a big trailer too, to haul whatever I was installing. So they went on a skid in the truck. It works well, but severely limits room in the truck bed. Last year my compressor tank had developed fatigue cracks, so I bought a new tank($699) and swapped the gear on top over. It turned out to be a false economy I think, as the Kohler motor has started smoking, and the pump is having trouble with blow by now too.
I just finished making repairs to the welders bottom pan. All the mounting bolt holes were fatigued and cracked. It is fairly low hours for a 20 year old machine, as I generally use it during install for final tie in welds. About 15 minutes a couple times a week kind of thing.
I was looking at the VMAC air compressor to replace my truck mounted compressor, but $12 grand is a bit steep. I really only need 24cfm, so it is hard to justify that much money. I am a creative kind of guy though. I ran across a really nice VMAC compressor on ebay, and managed a really good deal on it. I also found a deal on the oil separator tank. Even having those parts it was still going to cost 6 grand for the rest of the factory parts to make it work.the bracket was going to cost $1500 by itself. The electronic throttle control was almost 3 grand. The pump itself is beautiful inside and out, it looks virtually unused.
After looking at throttle controls I found an InPower unit for a hundred bucks that has a parking brake, park, throttle pedal interlock. It simply plugs into the OBD II connector and has a couple wires for switches. One will be an on off switch, the other will go to a pressure switch.
I picked up a spare alternator bracket for my truck. I am designing a bracket to mount on this bracket to hold the pump.
The oil seperator tank arrived and looks virtually new, except that it had oil in it. I ordered new filters, and will need to make brackets for that. I should have some progress on this in the near future, and I will update here as I do.
I just finished making repairs to the welders bottom pan. All the mounting bolt holes were fatigued and cracked. It is fairly low hours for a 20 year old machine, as I generally use it during install for final tie in welds. About 15 minutes a couple times a week kind of thing.
I was looking at the VMAC air compressor to replace my truck mounted compressor, but $12 grand is a bit steep. I really only need 24cfm, so it is hard to justify that much money. I am a creative kind of guy though. I ran across a really nice VMAC compressor on ebay, and managed a really good deal on it. I also found a deal on the oil separator tank. Even having those parts it was still going to cost 6 grand for the rest of the factory parts to make it work.the bracket was going to cost $1500 by itself. The electronic throttle control was almost 3 grand. The pump itself is beautiful inside and out, it looks virtually unused.
After looking at throttle controls I found an InPower unit for a hundred bucks that has a parking brake, park, throttle pedal interlock. It simply plugs into the OBD II connector and has a couple wires for switches. One will be an on off switch, the other will go to a pressure switch.
I picked up a spare alternator bracket for my truck. I am designing a bracket to mount on this bracket to hold the pump.
The oil seperator tank arrived and looks virtually new, except that it had oil in it. I ordered new filters, and will need to make brackets for that. I should have some progress on this in the near future, and I will update here as I do.
