Trucks and RV

Ambulance Body Refinishing: Height Leaves the Range First

A tall conversion box takes the vehicle out of the automotive envelope on height, not length. Where it sits in the range and what counts inside it.

Vehicle Attachment Coating: Fitted or Removed Comes First

The operating decision precedes the size. What changes in chamber, support and heat curve between coating in place and coating the part alone.

Powered Main Door Daily Duty: Count Movements, Not Millimetres

A door is specified once and operated thousands of times. Why duty rather than leaf size decides actuation, inspection basis and cycle time.

Special Purpose Vehicle Booth: Measured After the Upfit

Equipment mounted above the chassis raises height before length. The published range, and what governs each figure once the vehicle is upfitted.

Vehicle Conversion Workshop Fit Out: Start From the Longest Vehicle

A conversion workshop takes in vehicles no single class describes. How fit-out decisions are ordered in five steps, and which figure is fixed before equipment.

Truck Box Body Coating: A Standalone Part, Not Part of a Vehicle

A truck box is usually coated before it is mounted, which makes it an industrial part rather than a vehicle. What changes in size, support and coated area.

Modified Vehicle Refinishing: Size Follows the Body, Not the Class

A modified vehicle leaves the dimensions of its class, so a model built on a class will not serve it. How the size is fixed from the body itself instead.

Cycle Time Large Surfaces: Where Speed Can Be Bought

A truck's surface is a multiple of a car's, and spray and cure times lengthen with it. What governs the time, and which part of it a figure can shorten.

Desert Expedition Vehicle Finishing: Fit-Out Raises the Size

An expedition vehicle carries fit-out that raises its dimensions above the manufacturer plate. How the size is fixed by real measurement, not by class.

Tractor Unit Refinishing: Two Bodies, Two Sizes, One Cycle

Tractor and trailer enter the same chamber at two different sizes. When they are coated together and when they separate, and what fixes the approved length.

Air Capacity Truck Surface Area: Volume Sets the Figure

A truck's surface is a multiple of a car's. Air capacity still comes from chamber volume, not vehicle type. How the figure is calculated, and why it is a pair.

Caravan Paint Booth: Three Dimensions, Not One

A caravan combines the length of a long vehicle with the height of an RV in one body. How the chamber is built on all three dimensions, and where it sits.