Custom painted excavators, yes or no?

[Regy53]

could give you my guy's number Ross ..... he works all over ... can ask him if you like .... how many 20t loads you want ?

10/15 x or as many as we can get I have a road to build

 

[Komatsu]

Speak for yourself Crunchy

Haha....that’s true old man.....sorry you just sound old

 

[Brendan]

10/15 x or as many as we can get I have a road to build

Getting plannings is a pain tried to get a quote for ten loads off a few companies and wouldn't even bother to reply.

 

[V8Druid]

10/15 x or as many as we can get I have a road to build

Mike got nothing over your way for the foreseeable Ross ....... but has given me a contact for you .....

 

[Brendan]

never heard of this before Brendan ..... very interesting reading up on it ... looks pretty durable .... but not exactly a shiny finish

Think they do a gloss finisher for them. My mate done his golf the finish is fairly decent, just a case of building it up, then when bored of the colour just peel it off. Did debate trying some out on either the tracked dumper or welfare unit

 

[CPS]

Agree with Robert about wrapping a mini, to fiddly....these are the only few I could find........what is it they say.....” imitation is the highest form of flattery“View attachment 10181View attachment 10182

I Had seen this one, and liked the Idea

 

[CPS]

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I'd go with black, Aiden. Our French lot have one and black and red would stand out well. Not sure about the pros and cons of wrapping on a digger, though. Works well for vans but might be a bit fiddly on a mini. Taking into account the earlier comments about paint quality, a decent respray may be worthwhile.

That is a nice looking little demo machine right there!

 

[CPS]

If you care about resale then please dont do it.

This would be a concern..... but at the same time was thinking someone might take it as a package and want the colour!

 

[CPS]

have you ever owned a black car ? ...... try keeping the bloody thing looking clean ... one and one only ........looked great ....... after you'd put the hose away ........... for ten minutes

Black is an absolute twat to keep clean. I don't tend to wash the pickup for this very reason, you can try all you want but always see some sort of swirl mark then after about 1metre of driving it back to being covered in dust

I Have, and do......... and know exactly what you mean

 

[CPS]

A nice metallic silver with the black an green hurricane attachment stickers would look swell. And easier to keep clean

Sliver would be an option!

 

[CPS]

Back on this one again...... Well its a cold Monday and I'm in the office doing invoices etc and got side tracked

I will most likely give this machine a quick tidy up over Christmas, It could well come out of the spray shop black!! i really won't know i'm standing there if it will or not, I can be impulsive like that

Post pictures of any custom painted machines you have or seen and it'll help me make my mind up!

 

[DaveDCB]

Personally not for me unless it’s a bare metal paint job from factory, any little mark will show the original colour and look terrible.

 

[DaveDCB]

Personally not for me unless it’s a bare metal paint job from factory, any little mark will show the original colour and look terrible.

May I add it will be horribly expensive

 

[Komatsu]

May I add it will be horribly expensive

Well mine wasn’t what you’d call horribly expensive, and to be fare, came in at what I half expected, not one for spending more than I need to, I was happy with the final cost and result

 

[Komatsu]

Hey you are Aiden

 

[CPS]

May I add it will be horribly expensive

We have the spray shop here and would do it myself..... but I get what your saying about needing to be factory rather than aftermarket

 

[CPS]

Hey you are AidenView attachment 10601

I seen that the other day looks the part!

Kinda wish I had went for the Volvo that I had in mind for a demo machine.... with the gray boom it's just a case of wrapping the panels and tou have a different colour very simple

 

[Bucket on wheels]

I took this picture at Bama in 2013

 

[CPS]

I took this picture at Bama in 2013

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My Baby daughter may like that one!

 

[Bri963]

Hey you are AidenView attachment 10601

Interesting blade, a 6-way with wings. Guessing it’s going to spreading a lot of stone.