This is thermoplastic line marking

You guys know I haven't always been the biggest fan of thermoplastic systems, but recently, I've had a change of heart.
Why, might you ask? Well, because I needed to MOT the lorry and it came in costing me £6k in repairs to keep it so I figured, lets get some moneys worth out of it!
We did a morning of training with the guys and then sent them straight out to work. They delivered two projects in two days and managed to make a return of £7k, completely covering the repair costs and also learning some valuable skills.
I know a lot of people say it takes years to learn, but honestly, it doesn't. If you want to find out more about line marking, how to do it and more importantly, how to make money from it, check out our webinar and get a copy of the pricing calculator for free: linemarking.expert/
Alex

[@johngreene3376]

Pto would be ideal as u can do nightwork with minimal noise. We got hunted out of more villages and towns late at night cos of the donkey engine rapping off the walls😂😂😂

[@AlexCIrving]

So loud aren’t they! PTO all the way! Just weighing up the cost of a new truck build VS re- building this one. I’m keen to go diesel boilers with a PTO

[@johngreene3376]

@@AlexCIrving I'm not all that up on diesel boilers. I've worked for a period with them, not sure does the boilers have to be lighting and turning all the time because of the pto but I see the yellow goes an off colour like a yellow green because it gets burnt. Only way to keep yellow a real yellow is to have 3/4 of a half boiler unless your going to be bangin out a shitload of yellow and never fill up the boiler as it takes too long to cool down in the evening, just under half(with bags fired in) for the way and as I said the colour goes off cos it gets burnt heating and reheating all the time. I work with gas all the time, prob bit more expensive but quicker for heat etc. Can't say about diesel cos didn't work for so long with them.
Boilers were lit up and turned from inside the cab, all automatic.
Somerford is the company that builds the bodies and by the looks of ur lorry, they built that 1 aswel.

[@AlexCIrving]

I’m sure it was a Somerford. I did look at Maxigrip for a new one but it looks like they are resellers as opposed to actually building them?
The ones I had previously were made by B-Tek Fabs and I had it trailer mounted.
To be honest a trailer would still suit me fine as we only do 25 - 100 bays on average per site and perhaps a 100m of walkways at a time. At most, we need 15-20 bags on board for the average job.
I think it would save me thousands in insurance, service snd running costs vs the truck + I wouldn’t have to pay congestion (it’s euro 5)

[@johngreene3376]

@@AlexCIrving very true , u cud always have your compressor on a trailer also with 2 gas barrels installed for burning off. Very handy to have a burning off unit ready to tow, burn today, installation tmoro.

[@davidunderwood8196]

I built my own twin pot boiler set up mounted on a tri-axle ifor Williams trailer with diesel fired boilers. So much better than a gas system in my opinion, basically the same amount of room as a smaller 7.5 ton wagon but without the hassle. I am thinking of possibly producing these trailers for sale in the UK but is there much of a market for them?

[@AlexCIrving]

Great question David.
I purchased a trailer set from B-Tek fabs in burton on Trent for 17k and it’s pretty good. There are 2 other companies I know of, Tex engineering and Somerford Equipment and both do the exact same sets.
I would say that there isn’t much demand for them though. Most people want lorry mounted but I still think they have a place - just in limited numbers.
I also see a lot of people moving toward MMA which I think will takeover somewhat in the next 5-10 years.
Can you share any pictures of the one you built?

[@davidunderwood8196]

@@AlexCIrving yes I did see somerford and Tex make them but they do look like small setups for dry day line marking, not much chance of that this year ey? Also not sure if you can spec them to run diesel burners like mine?
Sure I can email you some pictures of the setup I made if you give me your email address?
And MMA is great gear and the way forward if the price was a bit more like thermoplastic. And if someone can develop a pram that lines MMA then it's a game changer. I see Hoffman do one but it looks an absolute game to use it 🤣

[@AlexCIrving]

@@davidunderwood8196 sorry I thought I had already responded! no, I don't believe you can use diesel with wither of these units so it would be good to see what you have. My email is [e-mail]

[@davidunderwood8196]

@@AlexCIrving will shoot you an email over this evening 👍