Welding A Cracked Excavator Bucket (2015 Ford f350 Welding Rig)
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2024
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Got a call for a cracked excavator bucket so i headed out to do the repair in my f350 welding rig.
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Some nice welding 😁
Super slick repair 👌 normally I do everything with stick but with a gap like that, wire was definitely the way to go for the root. I rarely use dual shield but it’s so good for something like that
Thanks! I always bring my wire feeder for cracks because you never know how wide your gonna have to open it up.
@@JTwelder. after having to Texas tig a few gaps you make space in that truck for the wire feeder lol
Ive got w 305d ranger. Just picked up a ln25 suitcase. Problem is my digital volt read out is bad so havent tried it yet. Hopefully your read out meter is only the problem.
I pulled the battery and recharged it recently because I accidentally left the switch on and killed it. Put the battery back in fully charged and the display is reading the voltage correctly again. I haven’t tried it yet with the ln25 but I will soon and see if it’s fixed.
The last time I saw a crack like that I told her I would be back in ten minutes after get some more beer. I didn't return. Anyway, tidy work and wet conditions by the look of it.
Yeah this definitely was a wide one! I didn’t video it ($1000 cameras don’t like rain) but there was heavy rain for about 2 hours of the job. I always try to do the best welds I can! Makes the job more interesting when you do it every day.
I trust you checked for where the crack ended (dye check) then drilled or arc-gouged just past it, to eliminate the crack. Otherwise, it will crack again.
Yep. I always gouge or cut 1” past where the crack ended.
Nice job man that looked like a very bad crack and took you all day at least you got paid good and did it right.
Thanks! I was charging my emergency rate as well so I made out pretty good in the end.
Sorry for your bad luck with the CV side of your welder. I noticed that you were going to run Fabshield 21B and a number of the You Tube weldors that I keep up with and highly respect are running that wire on heavy equipment. However, I once checked the specs on that wire and noticed it’s not Charpy V notch tested therefore, it’s not rated for impact properties similar to the Lincoln NR-211 and NR-212. That would concern me in this application. Have you had any re-cracking issues with this wire when using it on wear parts?
My plan was to root and hot pass with the wire on both sides because I knew it was going to be a wide gap then fill and cap with 7018. Since it the cv mode stopped working I was only able to root the one side.
If I’m welding on metal 1/2 and ticker with wire I use a gas shielded flux core or T8 rated structural gas-less flux core like Lincoln 233 or 232 and Hobart xlr8
Your right though T11 wires like fab shield 21b, Lincoln 212 and 211 are only structurally rated up to 1/2 so it wouldn’t be ideal to weld a big crack like this one all the way out with it.
@@JTwelder. Thank you for the reply. It’s good to know that I wasn’t barking up the wrong tree 😏.
that was, what, 3cm wide, and 8cm deep? how many sticks was that?
I didn’t keep count but definitely a lot! Probably around 5 or more lbs of welding rods. The crack was very inconsistent through the depth of the steel so that’s why it had to be suck a large opening once I cut it out!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
That insect is a Japanese water beetle (more often seen in evening and night than day) Those big pincers can bite purty darn hard.
I looked It up and it ended up being a giant water bug although it does look very similar to a beetle. They’re pretty vicious, apparently they can take out bull frogs and ducklings.
wait. 8-ish hours? you mean you're not like a lawyer who starts the clock as soon as you leave your shop, and doesn't stop it until you return to the shop?
I charge travel by the km/mile and once I arrive on site the clock starts. To set up, do the repair and pack up on this job it was a total of 8.5 hours+ 100km of travel.
@@JTwelder. you must not like making money.