5 Ton 813 Repaint

[Dirt71]

Started working on this 5 ton over a year ago for a good friend of mine. It's been sitting on jack stands since November of last year. So this 3 day weekend I got busy. Sometime this week I will set the engine back in.

 

[bryan70546]

Wow i wish i had alot of room to do something like this one day hopefully i will.cant wait to see the end product.

 

[Dirt71]

More Pics.

 

[Dirt71]

More pics.

 

[Westech]

That looks top rate for sure. Only thing I hope nothing got in to the axles and seals.

 

[Dirt71]

That looks top rate for sure. Only thing I hope nothing got in to the axles and seals.

The plan is to go in and replace all axle and pinion seals.

 

[goldneagle]

Man that is one fantastic sandblast and repaint work! Maybe one day i can do that to my M820A2.

 

[Kjb2007]

nice work

 

[Chevytruck]

top rate work!

long drive to see it in person...

 

[ida34]

I just wish I had that sandblaster. How much media did it take? It looks like quite a bit on the ground.

 

[rneely]

Fantastic job, what kind of primer and paint did you use? How are you going to do the rest of the truck? Keep posting pictures as you go.

 

[Lex_Ordo]

That's an amazing job! That truck is going to look awesome when it is done.

 

[bigelk50]

Outstanding!

 

[Coldfusion21]

I just wish I had that sandblaster. How much media did it take? It looks like quite a bit on the ground.

Have you seen his sandblasting unit? In the ten ton thread its in the background of some of the pics, looks absolutely massive.

I just noticed it in a few of these pics to. And the remote supplied breathing air. very neat.

 

[roger-wilco-66]

Superb job. How long did it take you to blast the frame?

 

[USMC6062]

I'll answer some questions for him. He said it took him about 5 hours to blast what you see in the pics. Almost 4,000 pounds of sand, and they used Gillespie primer and paint. If I got any of this wrong, I'm sure Dave will correct me.

 

[Dirt71]

Bolted the engine in today. The only correction that I need to make is the amount of sand, it only took about 3000 lbs.

 

[USMC6062]

Same thing, I said "almost" 4000 pounds. haha

 

[ida34]

So I figure a yard of sand is approx .75 yards. Next question is how much does a yard of sand go for?

Chuck

 

[papabear]

I commend your efforts Sir!!!

That's going to be one outstanding off-frame resto. Wish I had the time, patience, money and er (youth) to do that to one or two of our trucks.

Thank you for the pics and please continue to post them as progress is made.