My "New" Judson TNT

[tmdry]

Here's an update on my TNT that I picked up in a consignment shop for $2000 bucks w/ heater. It was sitting there for 5 years and had 4400 hours on it (Craigslist ad said 500 hours).

This is what it looked like when I picked it up:

Had never done this work before, I decided to take on the challenge on my own.

Cleaned it up

Sanded it down (down to 80, 120, 180, 320, 600, 1000 wet)

Primed

Painted

Installed

Installation by Sunbelt in Raleigh - w/ Rokan 300 electric vac reel, Rokan 300 live sol reel, Rokan 400 live sol reel (garden hose) on left rear door, stainless shelving, 100 gallon poly vertical tank, water softener tank, n 3HT w/ new coil.

A lot of work has been done to the machine to get it back to running conditions, it's been a work in progress even after the installation @ sunbelt, but I'm glad I'm finally to a point where things are working well. I'm using the 4 to the door 2 inch to the dev large filter than 2 to the VT14 w/ #7.5 flow @ 400psi, getting dry times in the 1-2 hours w/ 1 dry pass, if I do a 3 level home, by the time I get to the basement the bedrooms are fully dried w/out fans, with dripods they're dry b4 I leave the house.

Even though I didn't purchase the machine from Les, he has been a huge help to me. I've always dreamed of owning a Judson when I got into this business 4 years ago, it's been a great journey.

 

[Nate The Great]

Nice score! Looks good and Les is indeed the MAN! He helped me many times over!

 

[jcooper]

Hey George!

Sweet!

Elecric hose reel, fresh water tank, on board water softner, live soltution reel, 3ht, and all stainless steel construction.

I like it about 10x better than Martins POS ss570.

What issues have you had with your 570? We have the 370, so far so good.

 

[John LaBarbera]

Here's an update on my TNT that I picked up in a consignment shop for $2000 bucks w/ heater. It was sitting there for 5 years and had 4400 hours on it (Craigslist ad said 500 hours).

This is what it looked like when I picked it up:

Had never done this work before, I decided to take on the challenge on my own.

Cleaned it up

Sanded it down (down to 80, 120, 180, 320, 600, 1000 wet)

Primed

Painted

Installed

Installation by Sunbelt in Raleigh - w/ Rokan 300 electric vac reel, Rokan 300 live sol reel, Rokan 400 live sol reel (garden hose) on left rear door, stainless shelving, 100 gallon poly vertical tank, water softener tank, n 3HT w/ new coil.

A lot of work has been done to the machine to get it back to running conditions, it's been a work in progress even after the installation @ sunbelt, but I'm glad I'm finally to a point where things are working well. I'm using the 4 to the door 2 inch to the dev large filter than 2 to the VT14 w/ #7.5 flow @ 400psi, getting dry times in the 1-2 hours w/ 1 dry pass, if I do a 3 level home, by the time I get to the basement the bedrooms are fully dried w/out fans, with dripods they're dry b4 I leave the house.

Even though I didn't purchase the machine from Les, he has been a huge help to me. I've always dreamed of owning a Judson when I got into this business 4 years ago, it's been a great journey.

Very nice. You did a beautiful job. That is something to be proud of and it speaks to the built in quality of a Judson. And when it comes to track record. Who has one better than Judson? Les and his family has made a BIG name for themselves in this industry by building high quality innovative equipment for litterly decades. And this was done by them. Not first selling to a group with deep pockets and than trying to become number one by dumping a lot of money trying to get people to beleave they are number one.

 

[ruff]

And back to the issue at hand.
That is a beautiful job Tmdry. Looks like a great set up and there must have been great satisfaction in restoring that machine.

P.S. How do we know in this new forum format what is the name of the poster, if they use a screen name?
Am I missing something?

 

[Mikey P]

P.S. How do we know in this new forum format what is the name of the poster, if they use a screen name?
Am I missing something?

click on the poster's name and his view profile


you guys do know that you wont break anything here by looking/clicking around, right?

 

[ruff]

Thanks Mike, I did. It still does not show real name. It only shows the user name like say Tmdry but not real name.
At least, I could not find it.

 

[Mikey P]

It's up to the user if they want to expose their real name.

 

[FredC]

not anymore....just made it mandatory


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so we might be the only ones here for awhile

 

[Hoody]

Great job Bill, congrats on the new setup, hope it makes you lots of money!

 

[tmdry]

Thanks guys.

I'm looking for a custom exhaust shop to have both pipes exhausted thru the floor and also to make that portion more appealing.

Bill Martins

 

[mirf]

Great job, even more so after all those years sitting

 

[tmdry]

Great job, even more so after all those years sitting

Thanks David.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Looks good Bill, should be a nice unit for you. Run it for several years and
then move it to your back up.

Filled out mine.....since I was forced to! LOL

 

[Ron Werner]

not anymore....just made it mandatory


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so we might be the only ones here for awhile

Yeah, I noticed. Thought it would never let me out till I put "something" in all the blanks!



Good job on the TNT. How does it run/perform?

 

[Scott O]

Nice job Bill, good luck with that!

 

[Larry Cobb]

Bill;

That was a very nice restoration job.

How much time did all those sanding steps take ?

Any concern about the bottom of the tank ?

Was that recovery tank regular steel ?

Glad it is performing well for your application.

Larry

 

[tmdry]

Looks good Bill, should be a nice unit for you. Run it for several years and
then move it to your back up.

Filled out mine.....since I was forced to! LOL

Thanks Richard!

I will deff run it till the one of the 3 parts give out than I'll replace it as they go. Will get another one in a few months if I go the dual TM route.

 

[tmdry]

Yeah, I noticed. Thought it would never let me out till I put "something" in all the blanks!



Good job on the TNT. How does it run/perform?

It now runs very well, I had to do a lot of work to the engine after it was installed, basically a new rectifier (spelling), full tune up, newer carb (plus carb tuned), new battery as the smaller ones weren't enough juice for the transfer pump and electric reel. New custom exhaust on the briggs, and some other things done at my local lawn mower shop and my auto mechanic also readjusted the blower placement since we found out later than the belt was snapping because the blower was not aligned w/ the engine (I didn't do the install), new belts etc.

W/ 4 to the door to the devastator filter I'm getting super quick dry times, been pretty happy w/ it. Eventually I would like to get a 4HT or if I go to a box I might even go back to a diesel heater, w/ the 3HT the heat is not instant like I would get w/ my 360k btu guy, just have to wait a few mins at the wand to get it to 200 degrees.

 

[tmdry]

Bill;

That was a very nice restoration job.

Thanks, it was my first time doing such thing, just took my time, researched it, and gave it a shot.

How much time did all those sanding steps take ?

Too much time, if I had to do it all over again, I would've just used this paint remover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPKGRdeOVwo

Which I would've used if I had known of it before I sanded the machine down, I only sanded the front as the sides and back will not be shown, the front was the most important being at the client's home, etc. I actually have that product in the video but have not used it yet, I'm looking fwd to giving it a try, if it works as good as the video says, I will do other projects w/ it and not have to go thru all that sanding again.

Any concern about the bottom of the tank ?

No

Was that recovery tank regular steel ?

Stainless steel. It looked like it was repainted blue, but prior to that it was an off tone yellow.

Glad it is performing well for your application.

Yes, it's been doing really well.

Larry

Posted video

 

[tmdry]

Bill;

That was a very nice restoration job.

How much time did all those sanding steps take ?

Larry

I documented each step I took so later I can go back and see what I did as a guide:

Keep in mind this is my first time sanding something like that, no prior experience if it doesn't look eye pleasing on the grits.

80 grit

120 grit

180 grit

320 grit

600 grit

1000 grit

Later on I used a scotch brite pad (dark grey/black) on panel, but it's tough since I was not sure how to remove the switches and everything else so I just did it around it all. I was planning on painting the panel as well but decided to just leave it like this as I didn't want the paint spray to get on the gauges, etc.