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Butler County engineers Office

The Butler County Engineers Office aims to recycle and reuse their current equipment, especially older trucks, to extend their lifespan and improve control and accountability of the build process. This approach helps save money while achieving better performance. Learn about the logistics and steps involved in this snow truck build project.

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Butler County engineers Office

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  1. Butler County engineers Office 2019 Snow truck Build

  2. The Goal • Recycle/ Reuse current equipment • Extend life of older trucks • Better control of the process • accountability of the build • Save money!

  3. Before & After New Western Star Chassis 2002 International with Muni-Body New truck with refurbished Muni-body Older truck with new dump body

  4. Logistics of the build • Secure order of new trucks • Select older truck for bed exchange • After snow & Ice, replace conveyor chains and bearings of old Muni-Bodies • Remove old Muni-bodies from International Chassis • Remove Liquid tanks • Adjust Cab protector for new trucks • Weld and repair bed, prep for body shop • Send beds for sandblasting and repaint

  5. Prep and repair old chassis for sand blast and paint • Send painted old truck to Beamer’s for new Construction beds • Upon delivery of new Trucks install : - Hydraulics - Lights - Bed - plow & frame

  6. Removal of Muni-Body from old truck

  7. For safety and to save our new paint job. We created a Bed Sling

  8. Repair and refurbish old beds Replace conveyor chains and bearings Adjust cab protector for new Western Star Chassis

  9. Prep and repair old chassis Replaced valve body box This box was made in-house

  10. Before body shop

  11. Muni-Body after sandblasting

  12. After painting

  13. Trucks after paint

  14. To be continued…..

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