XPO | slipseat box
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The Scotsman
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You can click on this link, then when in Photobucket, type in, DaftoldBugger and hit search, then click on DaftoldBuggers images
Then you can see pics.
Can you tell that I am not very computer savvy ?
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Thanks mate.
I am trying to talk Yellow into installing a wheelchair lift on the trucks so I can get it in and out. Believe me it's HEAVY :sumo: I'm just dreading the day that I get a Sterling
The wife told me, " that box will either make you buff, or kill you before summer get's here". Oh well, she did buy the stuff for my Christmas.
It does sound good though, I can rattle the windows in these little Yellow trucks, only problem I have with it, I can't have radio on and talk on CB at the same time, cause CB squeels like a pig being castrated,
To apply for sound manager position, just leave your resume with my secratery
Cheers. The Scotsman
yo scotsman....
be very thankful you don't get an old salt lake triples tractor with the big chainbox in it.....
i have to slide my jukebox in sideways so it clears the door on the way in.....
and the top of it is almost 7 feet from the ground....
mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ps; the squeal you get is probably feeding back through your speaker wires....
be very thankful you don't get an old salt lake triples tractor with the big chainbox in it.....
i have to slide my jukebox in sideways so it clears the door on the way in.....
and the top of it is almost 7 feet from the ground....
mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ps; the squeal you get is probably feeding back through your speaker wires....
Dang, THAT IS FUNNY !
The Scotsman box
Does that thing double as a refrigerator as well?
It would work as a storm shelter too ! If a tornado comes up ----just crawl inside the slip-seater ! You can listen to music & talk on the cb ! But , truthfully I bet the stereo really sounds good on that BOX !
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serta. Not enough room inside it to double as a fridge, barely enough room to get a ham 'n' cheese sandwich in it. The magnets on the 4, 6 x 9"s are huge and so is the one on the woofer, so they take up a lot of room, plus the whole bottom is filled with the 600 watt amp, with barely enough room to hook up the wires. So a six pack of Buttwiper in it, is out of the question.
All in all I"m guessing it must weigh around 60 - 70 lbs maybe more, and you are right L.wire it does sound good.
Cheers The Scotsman :sumo:
All in all I"m guessing it must weigh around 60 - 70 lbs maybe more, and you are right L.wire it does sound good.
Cheers The Scotsman :sumo:
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why particle board some nice number 1 pine easier to work with also some solder and shrink tubemakes for real sturdy and trouble free connections and cable clamps and zipties make for a clean interior remember it"s just a matter of pride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yo cheez.....
you have to be really careful with soldered shwinkwrapped connections....
over time they have a tendency to break at the place where the solder ends under the shrink tubing....
copper is a work hardening metal, it gets brittle when shaken....
the best thing i've found over the years is to splice wires cold, tape them, then shrink tube them (use a good western union splice)....
looks kinda cobby but, my main power cord is done that way after it broke the first time with solder and it's 15 years old.....
sometimes the rules change a bit cuz we drive paint shakers....
mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ps; i wonder how many radios have been sold or thrown out because the main wire that comes off the circuit board to the pl-259 connector inside the radio has been broken by metal fatigue and the radio will receive great but, not transmit worth a damn...
you have to be really careful with soldered shwinkwrapped connections....
over time they have a tendency to break at the place where the solder ends under the shrink tubing....
copper is a work hardening metal, it gets brittle when shaken....
the best thing i've found over the years is to splice wires cold, tape them, then shrink tube them (use a good western union splice)....
looks kinda cobby but, my main power cord is done that way after it broke the first time with solder and it's 15 years old.....
sometimes the rules change a bit cuz we drive paint shakers....
mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
ps; i wonder how many radios have been sold or thrown out because the main wire that comes off the circuit board to the pl-259 connector inside the radio has been broken by metal fatigue and the radio will receive great but, not transmit worth a damn...
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On my box I didn't use particle board, i used MDF, which is a lot easier to work with than particle board or #1 Pine.
The Scotsman........
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"That is a very beautiful box, I think I would have used oak and stained and varnished it though. But it looks grand.
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one of the other guys used oak for a box at my terminal, and it weighs over 40 lbs...
You should of hired a few of the amish and they would of built you a OAK barn to house that radiobox. OAK that would be like lifting a bag of dried cement.
I build my boxes out of oak.Solid oak on the top ,corners the rest 1/4 inch oak plywood.They are heavier than aluminum but lighter than particle board.
Oak Slip Seat CB Box