United Rentals Broderson IC-80 Carry Deck Crane — InduroPro | Houston, TX

project overview

COVERAGE: FULL COVERAGE

KITS USED: 2 x 17 OZ KIT OF INDUROPRO
1 X 8.5 OZ KIT OF INDUROPRO

LOCATION & APPLICATOR: HOUSTON, TX
THE INDUROPRO TEAM

TYPE OF EQUIPMENT: BRODERSON IC-80 CARRY DECK CRANE

CONDITION: HEAVY USE. ~4 YEARS OLD.

project results: protection where it counts

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FOUR YEARS. FULLY SEALED.
Four years of outdoor rental exposure had faded and chalked the orange paint past the point of full restoration — InduroPro sealed every surface against the rust, UV, and corrosion working against it.
02

INDUROPRO STILL PROTECTS IT.
The cosmetic result is honest — but the ceramicized epoxy barrier is fully in place, sealing substrate pores, blocking moisture, and stopping the rust that had already started at panel edges.
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2.5 KITS. FULL COVERAGE.
Two 17oz kits and one 8.5oz kit covered the full exterior body panels and safety components of this Broderson IC-80 carry deck crane in a single application day.
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PROTECTION BEYOND THE PANELS.
The LMI safety display unit and air filter housing were coated alongside the body panels — protecting plastic and rubber components from the UV degradation that cracks and yellows them over time.

RENTAL EQUIPMENT AND SURFACE REALITY. WHAT FOUR YEARS OF OUTDOOR CYCLING LOOKS LIKE.

SOME MACHINES COME IN TOO FAR GONE FOR A DRAMATIC RESULT. INDURPRO PROTECTS THOSE TOO.

Most InduroPro project blogs show a transformation. A machine arrives faded and oxidized, InduroPro goes on, and the before and after images tell the story. That is what happens when paint has degraded enough for the ceramicized epoxy to deepen the color and restore the gloss dramatically. This project is different, and it is worth documenting honestly. The Broderson IC-80 carry deck crane at United Rentals in Houston, TX had been through four years of outdoor rental cycling — direct sun, chemical exposure, Houston heat, and the constant surface stress of a machine that works hard and sits outside between jobs. By the time the InduroPro team arrived, the orange paint had faded and chalked past the point where a clear coating could produce a dramatic visual restoration.

That does not change what InduroPro does on a surface like this. The ceramicized epoxy still bonds to the degraded paint. It still seals the substrate pores that allow moisture and oxygen to drive rust formation. It still creates a UV-resistant barrier over every treated surface. And it still backs every inch of that coverage with a 5-year guarantee. The cosmetic result on this machine is limited by the condition of the paint that was already there. The protection is not limited at all. For rental operations managing equipment that has seen years of hard cycling, InduroPro is still the right call on a machine like this — because the alternative is continued unprotected degradation on a surface that has already taken everything the environment has thrown at it.

MID-APPLICATION. THE HONEST SPLIT.

THIS IS WHAT INDUROPRO LOOKS LIKE ON PAINT THAT IS PAST ITS PRIME.

The mid-application images from the Broderson IC-80 show the split clearly. The coated side carries a slight sheen over the faded orange — InduroPro is on the surface, bonded and sealing. The color deepening that makes other project transformations so dramatic is minimal here. Four years of UV depletion had taken too much from the paint for a clear coating to reverse it fully.

What the split does show is the difference between a sealed surface and an unsealed one. The coated side has a ceramicized epoxy barrier in place. The uncoated side is still exposed — rust bleeding at the panel edges, paint chalked and open, moisture and UV continuing their work. That difference is not cosmetic. It is the difference between a surface that is protected going forward and one that is not. InduroPro is doing exactly what it was applied to do. The finish just tells a more honest story than most.

BEYOND THE BODY PANELS. PROTECTING THE COMPONENTS THAT GET OVERLOOKED.

THE LMI DISPLAY UNIT AND AIR FILTER HOUSING GOT COATED TOO.

On a crane that lives outside between rental cycles, the body panels are not the only surfaces taking UV damage. The InduroPro team coated the load moment indicator display unit and the air filter housing alongside the body panels on the Broderson IC-80. Both components carry plastic and rubber elements that UV radiation degrades over time — cracking the housings, yellowing the covers, and shortening the service life of components that cost significantly more to replace than they do to protect. InduroPro ceramicized epoxy seals plastic and rubber surfaces against UV degradation the same way it seals painted metal — forming a barrier that slows the breakdown that outdoor exposure accelerates on every material it touches. On rental equipment that represents a company to every customer who uses it, protecting those details matters.

WHAT INDUROPRO DOES WHEN THE COSMETIC RESULT IS LIMITED.

THE BARRIER IS FULLY IN PLACE. THE PROTECTION DOES NOT DEPEND ON THE VISUAL.

The post-application images of the Broderson IC-80 carry deck at United Rentals Houston tell an honest story. The orange paint is still faded. InduroPro is a clear coating — it works with the surface it is applied to, and four years of UV depletion left this machine past the point of dramatic restoration. What the images also show is a surface that is now sealed. The rust bleeding at the panel edges is locked down. The substrate pores that allow moisture and oxygen to continue driving corrosion are closed. The UV radiation that has been stripping this paint for four years now has a ceramicized epoxy barrier between it and every treated surface. The cosmetic result is what it is. The protection is fully in place regardless.

For rental fleet managers and equipment operators making decisions about machines that are past their cosmetic prime, this project makes a straightforward case. InduroPro is not only for machines that will produce a showroom result after application. It is for any machine where continued surface degradation is a problem — and on a crane that works in Houston heat and sits outside between rental cycles, that is every machine in the fleet. Two 17oz kits and one 8.5oz kit. One application day. Five-year guarantee on a surface that needed protecting more than it needed restoring.

INDUROPRO FOR RENTAL CRANE EQUIPMENT. PROTECT WHAT YOU HAVE.

RESTORATION IS NOT ALWAYS THE GOAL. PROTECTION ALWAYS IS.

Carry deck cranes and rental lifting equipment operate in demanding outdoor environments through every season. UV radiation, moisture, chemical exposure, and the surface stress of continuous rental cycling combine to degrade unprotected paint faster than most fleet managers budget for. On equipment that has been through multiple years of that exposure, the paint condition arriving at an InduroPro application may be past the point where a clear coating can produce a dramatic visual transformation. That does not change the protection argument. InduroPro ceramicized epoxy bonds to degraded surfaces, seals the substrate pores that allow rust to form, creates a UV-resistant barrier over every treated surface, and backs all of it with a 5-year guarantee — regardless of what the paint looked like going in.

The Broderson IC-80 carry deck crane at United Rentals Houston is the most honest project in the InduroPro library. The paint was too far gone for a showroom result. InduroPro was applied anyway, because protection does not require a perfect starting surface to work. Every surface is sealed. Every component is covered. And the continued degradation that would have kept working against this machine through every rental cycle ahead is now blocked. For rental operations managing aging equipment fleets, that is the right decision — even when the before and after does not tell a dramatic story.

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