Erskine Rear Mount Snow Blower gets Flames

[snowplowjay]

This week has been a very interesting week around the shop. Me and Bill (ProSno) and our buddy John (the painter) decided it was time to paint the Erskine snow blower which is mounted to the back of the Ford 2120 tractor for sidewalk duties. At first the project was going to consist or a simple repaint of the traditional Yellow and Black but has turned out to be far more crazy.



Check out all the pictures and youll love whats happened so far and the rest thats yet to come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Jay

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The blower in pieces behind the 2120

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Another shot

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TOP VIEW

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one last top view of the chute area

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the chute assembly

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Sideview of chute assembly

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Next began the sandblasting process.

The Sandblaster and compressor

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closeup of Ingersol Rand Compressor

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Billy sandblasting the blower box

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Another Blasting shot

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painting began wit the auger (BLOOD RED :))

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Back shot of Blower box after being painted

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side shot

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inside shot

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other side

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Beginning of the flame taping process on the chute (the blower box will get flames next once it is completely dry)

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another taping shot

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John hard at work taping

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Billy touching up a few last pieces of tape before the painting begins

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John begins to lay down the metallic silver base

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another shot

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John carefully spraying fine coats of the metallic down

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The progress after the silver metallic was laid

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John begins laying down the final color of transparent orange

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Can you see the faint orange color yet???

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Wellllllllllll now you can

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Billy takes the first inspection after me and John have removed all the taping and cleaned up the edges.

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Rear View

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Other side

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Closeup

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all done with the clear laid down

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Shot outside in the light

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Another Light shot

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back shot in the light

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Last shot for today.


Check back for more shots later after we do up the blower box and put everything back together.


So far its been fun hopefully it stays that way :)

[Pelican]

When you guys get that thing back together, you won't want to use it, it's too purty!!!

Sure does shine.....:shades

[crazy4jay]

Originally posted by Pelican
When you guys get that thing back together, you won't want to use it, it's too purty!!!

Sure does shine.....:shades

I'm with you Peli--nice work fella's :drinkup

[Lawngodfather]

Applying for a job painting monster garages stuff?

[Lazer Man]

Jay, man you guys scare me. :D LOL Guys great work, can tell you folks have a great pride in your equipment. Can't wait to see the whole finished blower.

Bob :grinz :grinz :burnout

[synner]

sweet blower

[Prosno]

Blower update. Hers a good shot of the shoot I took yesterday

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Heres the blower assembled, and jays laying out more flames, while my buddy John (the painter looks on)

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Jays flamejob laid out and ready to shoot

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John laying down basecoat, this man is all about attention to detail period! doesnt miss a trick.

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Some super thin coats of black base. More pics tommorrow of the completed unit.

[BWhite]

Now your going to have to paint/ flame the tractor :D

[ih82plow]

Boy you guys had better get some snow soon or an oskosh,or fwd to play with before you guys really do some thing CRAZY

[cat320]

Bill looks like it came out great .What the hell you guys doing plowing and landscapping LOL you should be painting and pinstripping/flamming equipment .

[KLMlawn]

You guys really did a great job, but I think the paint fumes got to all of ya ... LOL

[snowplowjay]

Im glad you guys like it. Just wait till its all done and the tractor is done you guys will go nuts :)


I cant wait till tomorrow when we do some more work.


We will have to all meet up (all the northeast guys) and we will bring this bad boy down to play with :)



Jay

[Tileman]

Great job the flams look like something from Monster Garage. You boys better get some snow real fast or your goning to have every thing in the North East painted..


:rockonn



Tileman

PS when you want my blade it needs paint bad.

:rockonn

[crazy4jay]

Originally posted by cat320
Bill looks like it came out great .What the hell you guys doing plowing and landscapping LOL you should be painting and pinstripping/flamming equipment .

:p

I now have a new respect for plows. Such detail goes into making them look nice as well as run smooth. Take it from this PA lady, our plow/trucks here **can not* hold a candle to what I have just seen

Thanks Bill and Jay for the pics, looking forward to more :D

[snowplowjay]

heres a shot of what the auger and impeller looked like painted blood red and put back together with the chute connected.

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Right side flammmmmmmmmmmed out

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closeup shot of the flames on the right side

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Left side closeup

[phillyplowking1]

Looks awsome Jay and Bill:D Good Job!

[Tileman]

:shades Looking good guys.

Supper peace of work there Jay , Bill and John.

But why is there a beer on the blower, is that standard equipment.



:drinkup :drinkup



Tileman

[W-n-K Landscaping]

Unbelieveable!! These shots are awesome! My dad wants to do something similar to his tractor- as well as building a blower for it(don't ask why- retired, way too much time on his hands!LOL) I will have to show him these pics to give hime some ideas! Thanks for sharing guys! Now someone just needs to send these to Discovery Cahnnel to run ashow on your crew!!


Bill:notworthy :zoom

[NYRookie]

First, you guys do some awesome work. Second, you guys use that for sidewalks? What do you do, scare the snow out of the way. You guys must have some wide sidewalks in Conn. I have been thinking about buying a blower for my tractor. It just sits in the winter pretty much. Do you guys have a seperate route for the tractor or do you leave it on site? Do you like the rear blower and front bucket team? Or would you like a front blower?:)

[snowplowjay]

Theres a large account that we do that has a major sidewalk which needs a serious blower to maintain. Right now it is trucked over on our equipment trailer to this particular account the day before the storm and tucked away in a back corner of the lot till the snow starts flying. Can't beat the 3pt hitch mounted blower. If your looking into a rear mount for your tractor check out Erskine. You'll be impressed with them for sure.



Maybe you should let us do up your machine a little for you with some mild flames or some tribal stuff :)



Jay

[NYRookie]

Snowplowjay, I see that yours is a back up style. Do you get a sore neck from backing up all the time? I looked at their product line and they have ones that you pull forward. Do you know anyone who has one?

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Originally posted by NYRookie
Snowplowjay, I see that yours is a back up style. Do you get a sore neck from backing up all the time? I looked at their product line and they have ones that you pull forward. Do you know anyone who has one?


Billy is the operator of this unit when it comes to snow blowing. There arent too many big jobs like this one around our area here so I can't say that I have seen one of the frontal models in our neck of the woods.



Jay