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Tight spot

camara ยท 2008-05-06 17:37

Digging for a pair of spray booths at an auto body shop.

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  1. #1camara2008-05-06 17:40

    More of the tight spot.

  2. #2stretch2008-05-06 18:44

    Dang...tight with low overhead clearance! How high is that, maybe 12 feet?

  3. #3dirt digger2008-05-06 18:58

    been there done that...don't like it..haha why does the hole need to be so deep for paint booths?

  4. #4camara2008-05-06 19:38

    Ceilings were not quite 12 feet. The antenna on the cab is bent over. Pits were only 3 feet deep. They are a new type of downdraft spraybooth Not fun! Not only do I have to watch the overhead but I have to keep an eye of Jose' ointhead

  5. #5bear2008-05-06 20:35

    Nive work. would you have prefered a mini ex? Looks like a pita job done well either way.

  6. #6camara2008-05-06 20:46

    It would have been better with a mini. One of these days I'll get a "35" size machine. Thanks for the compliments guys!

  7. #7euclid2008-05-07 08:14

    new enviro friendly venting system that filters out hazmats. A costly requirement but it works real nice.

  8. #8Deere96702008-05-07 17:07

    Dont they fill the pit with water and put a grate over it, so the paint molecules get attracted to the water and filtered out? Our are you making somthing else?

  9. #9camara2008-05-08 05:44

    No water! It is just a pit that is used to pull the overspray down in to an air handler / filter unit. Then it is exhausted out through the roof. On my way there now to help set up forms.

  10. #10bobcat ron2008-05-08 10:22

    Any tighter and you'd need some Vaseline!

  11. #11AtlasRob2008-05-08 13:10

    Thats what I call intresting work, not your first choice of machine for the job, but its what you had and it fitted tight, but it fitted :drinkup

  12. #12kamerad472008-05-08 17:00

    Atlas you got that right ! you better let go of the controls if you have to sneeze!! A small excavator would be my choice.:beatsme

  13. #13D5G2008-05-24 18:55

    thats a nice 420 definately looks like a monday kinda job....always fun

  14. #14Dozerboy2008-05-24 22:44

    That reminds me of some demo we had to do for an addition to an auditorium. We had our guys messing around inside for 2 day and it still wasn't ready for them to cut the front of the building off. So I took our 416 through the double doors and went to town on the inside. Everybody was taking pics of me, but' I didn't get a one.

  15. #15w2bstoned2008-05-25 15:06

    A mini X would have rocked... But I bet you made a few more $$$ using the gear that you already have

  16. #16Wolf2008-05-28 14:12

    backy right thru the front doors Too funny. Just drove the backy right thru the front doors and started tearing up the inside. That's just great--one way to get the insides out pretty fast. Bet it was a lot of fun, too.