Used to take us 4 to 5 days to do same work back in the 80’s using air arc, torch, wash tip, and 7018 stick lots and lots of grinding That plasma and wire feed really reduce the time awesome work
I really like the calm and confident way you present your videos. I enjoy listening to your explanations and learning new stuff watching you work. Thanks for the videos!
Awesome video! Suggestion: A tour of your work truck showing all your machines, tools and gear. From what I can see in the background, it looks like a killer rig!
Just what I like, a humble welder. His workmanship shows up in his work not with the blah blah blah cheap talk as is the case with many in welding, mechanics, plumbing, and so forth. EXCELLENT JOB DUDE loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really enjoyed it! Man that dirt gets packed into those nooks and crannies! Great welding, great add with the gusset on the ends! Be good, be safe, have fun!
Thank you for the c clamp trick and the 3M cubitron info. Just a old man here but you might want to think about wearing a hat; a chrome dome is a pay me now or pay me later as to ultra violate light and sores. You are a pleasure to watch SIR!
nice to see just how in general this large equippment gets repaired . We may all have seen it in the feid or working on a project , but when it starts to fail, well itis just sitting there. Thank you !
I sit at a desk all day working on, coding and scripting on servers... Watching this makes me think i picked the wrong line of work. Welding looks is so satisfying, i need to get me a machine and learn to do it
Your videos are on fire man! Absolutely great content! It’s really awesome to see and learn new stuff. I work for a railroad and we do a lot of heavy repairs but not a lot of fab stuff like this.
Very impressive workmanship. Surprised you didn't find Jimmy Hoffa in the initial cleanup. Last time I did one of these was many years ago and sticked it all. It was before the suitcase mig and very brutal in the sun on an AML mine reclamation job. Great tutorial as usual on the job description. Stay Safe!!
Thank you for doing these videos. I am learning more welding and fabrication skills from you. Having no formal training, just hands on trying to fix stuff on our farm with limited equipment ( about a 1970 Lincoln SA 200 welder and a set of cutting torches). Thanks
You gotta a killer truck and I really like the crane . It's got a great reach and load capacity . Excellent welding job , the gouger is a life saver and make's a terrible job getting old bent material removed without removing the original metal . Great video . Good night from Sherwood , Arkansas .
Watching your videos is so entertaining and educational. Im a knew subscriber, thank you for your example of excellent workmanship and high quality of everything else you demonstrate every time. Hip,Hip,Hooray, Hip,Hip,Hooray.
Nothing like a good plasma cutter. Myself I have over 30 years experience running heavy equipment, I have run 657 scrapers, but my run is the 637 scrapers, lots D9 dozer. Been retired 21 years from Operating Engineers Local #3
Enjoyed the daylights out of the video. I like plasma for its ability to make a precision, guided, cut. As well as plasma does for other things, I'd really encourage you to try a scarfing tip for washing out welds. I believe it does a much better job than a plasma gouging tip. O/A is still absolutely relevant. Take care, and be safe
GREAT JOB. Reminds me of working on the Heavy Haul Trucks at Freeport McMoRan in Morenci Arizona. I was working as a welder. I got to re-build the Truck Beds. CRAZY how 4" of steel can wear away so fast. We were also adding Dove Tails on the Beds. LOVED what we did.
I like the comments that you receive. 1. They’re a lot complementary, I hope that you’re not tried of people bragging on you 2. A lot are tips and tricks that they use to make things easier for them & anybody else
Once again a very good restoration job ! I would never have imagined that there could be so much dirt and various residues seeping into the structure through tiny little cracks, amazing !
Until you've done it successfully yourself, do not try to guide the guide! That's what he is here for, right or wrong! Sit back, enjoy the ride and try to learn something!
Quite a big job that and your crane is clearly a great tool and asset to have. I wish we had service trucks here in the UK Like you guys have in the US. Grinders, entirely your own fault young man if you get injured when you take off the guard and handle and put them in the bin or on a shelf. I see so many videos and people using grinders in an unsafe manner. Rarely if ever, do need to remove a guard for access. The guard directs sparks and materials away from you and gives you control over where sparks go. Not only that, in the event of a kick back, it saves you from serious injury to fingers, hands wrists, arms and potentially other parts of the body. Grinder handle, helps give you control, leverage, pressure and saves you from serious injury to your body (as above) because the grinder cannot easily twist or snap out of your grip. Just because it is small, doesn't make it safer than a 9inch grinder to handle. I do however accept that in some rare instance the handle can get in the way. Nothing on this video would excuse not using a guard or a handle young man. All discs on grinders are spinning between 10-20,000 rpm and as you know by experience and injury that you are not always going to get away from it fast enough. How many injuries and you haven't learned? I got a spark on my right eyeball in 1997, the minor surgery to have that spark removed has never left me. I had no safety glasses on, no guard on the grinder and only my stupidity to prevent injury. It didn't work. Luckily, my eye recovered after a month and is still good. I learned a very unpleasant lesson that day. Anyway, all that being said, what great job, great video and another example of your brilliant skills young man!
so kool to see you using the Cubitron discs.......I think I mentioned them to you a few weeks ago and wondered if you had tried them, you just answered my question.......best investment in metal shaping I ever made......they are amazing........thanks for pointing this out.......the chips under magnification even look like chips off a lathe or milling machine, #9 shape......bravo
I have a friend who operated heavy equipment of all types for 45 years. (Yes we're old guys) I said that was impressive. He said "No, the guys who repair those huge machines are impressive"! I agree.
I work on underground mining equipment as a welder, anytime I find a multilayer steel with dirt all packed in there, i put the torch or plasma down and just cut w the arc gouger, not quite as clean maybe, but its a ton faster than fighting the dirt
Dam what a nightmare. Scabs on scabs then full of dirt on top of that!. One of the few jobs I hate and glad your doing and not me lol. Good job with it though!
Thought on your C-Clamp angle idea. If its slipping down the brace you use you could run a weld bead across the scrap/brace to keep it in position and tack weld the brace to the non moving part. then you don't have to loose the c-clamp
I'm not even a minute in. The re-bar! Concrete guy here, poured walls. It blows me away....folks look at that re-bar and think strong!! And it is, just not the way folks think. Re-bar is the cheapest of the cheap...pig iron. Good for reinforcement in concrete and that's just about it. Zero tensile strength. It will bend in a circle before it breaks but again...no real tensil strength. I guess it could maybe be used to fill a gap....but none of us should be dealing with that kind of gap....and if we are...good luck to ya. Interesting anyway! Going back now.
Rebar is definitely not pig iron, which is very brittle, the opposite of bending in a circle without breaking. Rebar (like pretty much all standard-grade steel) is made from mostly recycled steel and comes in various grades/strengths from low-carbon to high-carbon, just like the nice steel plates he is using.
You always say your works not to bad and I get it your a humble guy but I'm telling u from what I see these company's are lucky your there metal fab guy cause your fixes or repairs seem to always be way better in design and quality. Take my hat off to u cause the work your doing ain't easy even if u make it look that way!!!! I've learned alot watching your work thabks man
Excellent work especially when one takes into consideration that you’re at a severe disadvantage…, I mean, what with being saddled with Miller equipment and all 😜! Just kidding. Nice work man!
Another quality job, I follow this other guy who use a air arc, he uses flat electrodes to get a nice flat surface rather than use round ones. I don't know if you're aware of the flat ones.
I can never weld with any FCAW-G wire outside where I’m at, the wind screws me everytime. Even putting up a bunch of fire blankets, I get porosity like crazy every once in a while.
Dumb question but is 1/16 wire bigger than .045 ? Your very slick with your welds I personally have a ton of trouble with my feeder running .045 hard wire any other way than flat or downhill. A lot of it is me. Some is the settings. I’m still learning. Is dual shield easier to uphill than hard wire?
Have you ever tried Loctite Nordebak High Impact backing Materail to fill the void or this apron and other localtion that get filled with dirt and water.? Weird stuff goes on in those voids.
Just wondering, but how much do they save having you rebuild blades, buckets and suck vs having you build a new one? If its significant enough have you thought about buying used equipment to to restore and then reselling? i hve seen a lot of stuff on Bar None auctions and other sites that needs work. Wonder if that would be worth more than your normal rate. if not then maybe just having a "pre-rebuilt Apron (since you see to do them alot) that you could sell then so they have less downtime and then you could charge extra
My rebuilds are usually about half of what a new one is. So there is definitely savings. I have thought about buying old stuff and fixing it up but I don’t want to sit on something for 6 months and not sell it.
Wish you would get yourself a versaflow clean air unit, all that gouge work will revisit you when you’re 60. You have good kit, invest in more protection for yourself
Used to take us 4 to 5 days to do same work back in the 80’s using air arc, torch, wash tip, and 7018 stick lots and lots of grinding
That plasma and wire feed really reduce the time awesome work
That was A LOT OF WORK !!!! ........ but you made it look brand new. Great job.
I really like the calm and confident way you present your videos. I enjoy listening to your explanations and learning new stuff watching you work. Thanks for the videos!
Awesome video! Suggestion: A tour of your work truck showing all your machines, tools and gear. From what I can see in the background, it looks like a killer rig!
Just what I like, a humble welder. His workmanship shows up in his work not with the blah blah blah cheap talk as is the case with many in welding, mechanics, plumbing, and so forth. EXCELLENT JOB DUDE loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My comment to your comment. Talk’s cheap it takes money to buy Whisky
Really enjoyed it! Man that dirt gets packed into those nooks and crannies! Great welding, great add with the gusset on the ends! Be good, be safe, have fun!
Thanks for bringing us along with the repair!
Sounds like you've done this job a few times.
Thank you for the c clamp trick and the 3M cubitron info.
Just a old man here but you might want to think about wearing a hat; a chrome dome is a pay me now or pay me later as to ultra violate light and sores.
You are a pleasure to watch SIR!
nice to see just how in general this large equippment gets repaired . We may all have seen it in the feid or working on a project , but when it starts to fail, well itis just sitting there. Thank you !
A great video. I didnt realize the dirt was such a problem. You explain things well and I always learn from you. thanks and keep up the great work.
I sit at a desk all day working on, coding and scripting on servers...
Watching this makes me think i picked the wrong line of work. Welding looks is so satisfying, i need to get me a machine and learn to do it
Your videos are on fire man! Absolutely great content! It’s really awesome to see and learn new stuff. I work for a railroad and we do a lot of heavy repairs but not a lot of fab stuff like this.
Awesome video! Need to do a tour of your truck….soon
Very impressive workmanship. Surprised you didn't find Jimmy Hoffa in the initial cleanup. Last time I did one of these was many years ago and sticked it all. It was before the suitcase mig and very brutal in the sun on an AML mine reclamation job. Great tutorial as usual on the job description. Stay Safe!!
Thank you for doing these videos. I am learning more welding and fabrication skills from you. Having no formal training, just hands on trying to fix stuff on our farm with limited equipment ( about a 1970 Lincoln SA 200 welder and a set of cutting torches). Thanks
Love your channel, and you're one hell of a welder and fabricator !
You gotta a killer truck and I really like the crane . It's got a great reach and load capacity . Excellent welding job , the gouger is a life saver and make's a terrible job getting old bent material removed without removing the original metal . Great video . Good night from Sherwood , Arkansas .
Watching your videos is so entertaining and educational. Im a knew subscriber, thank you for your example of excellent workmanship and high quality of everything else you demonstrate every time.
Hip,Hip,Hooray, Hip,Hip,Hooray.
Nothing like a good plasma cutter. Myself I have over 30 years experience running heavy equipment, I have run 657 scrapers, but my run is the 637 scrapers, lots D9 dozer. Been retired 21 years from Operating Engineers Local #3
Very professional repair. Nice tip with the C clamp using another piece of metal as a bridge. Thanks for sharing
Great craftsmanship! Great improvements you made as well. I enjoy your videos as I do not weld but like seeing you rebuild these machines.
Thanks for teaching using the whole, part, whole method of demonstration and.instruction. Excellent role model for anyone going into the trades.
I have worked on a lot of tub grinders and its amazing that dirt can eat steel plate ...Nice repair man keep on keepin on
Dirt has silica, which is crystal like diamond, it's very hard and sharp.
another excellent video, thank you for the effort putting these together, I find it very interesting.
Nicely done Greg, your experience and expertise is most impressive! Cheers
fantastic, been jonesing for one of your videos.....bravo......cheers from Florida, Paul
Enjoyed the daylights out of the video.
I like plasma for its ability to make a precision, guided, cut.
As well as plasma does for other things, I'd really encourage you to try a scarfing tip for washing out welds. I believe it does a much better job than a plasma gouging tip. O/A is still absolutely relevant.
Take care, and be safe
some solid Seam welds there my friend very impressive fix.
That was very nice, thanks. Step by step always fun to watch
GREAT JOB.
Reminds me of working on the Heavy Haul Trucks at Freeport McMoRan in Morenci Arizona.
I was working as a welder.
I got to re-build the Truck Beds.
CRAZY how 4" of steel can wear away so fast. We were also adding Dove Tails on the Beds.
LOVED what we did.
I've found when setting the apron on the trunions I use a come a long hooked on the top of bowl on each side of arm to pull it in.
I like the comments that you receive.
1. They’re a lot complementary, I hope that you’re not tried of people bragging on you
2. A lot are tips and tricks that they use to make things easier for them & anybody else
I love all the comments negative or positive. I’m always learning something new every day.
Again!! Great video! Wow! You know you’re stuff!! Thanks for sharing! Keep up the good work! 👍
Once again a very good restoration job !
I would never have imagined that there could be so much dirt and various residues seeping into the structure through tiny little cracks, amazing !
The C-clamps would have been helpful in setting the apron onto the hinge pins, but then I've never done anything like this. Nice job! 😀
Until you've done it successfully yourself, do not try to guide the guide! That's what he is here for, right or wrong! Sit back, enjoy the ride and try to learn something!
Quite a big job that and your crane is clearly a great tool and asset to have. I wish we had service trucks here in the UK Like you guys have in the US.
Grinders, entirely your own fault young man if you get injured when you take off the guard and handle and put them in the bin or on a shelf. I see so many videos and people using grinders in an unsafe manner. Rarely if ever, do need to remove a guard for access. The guard directs sparks and materials away from you and gives you control over where sparks go. Not only that, in the event of a kick back, it saves you from serious injury to fingers, hands wrists, arms and potentially other parts of the body.
Grinder handle, helps give you control, leverage, pressure and saves you from serious injury to your body (as above) because the grinder cannot easily twist or snap out of your grip. Just because it is small, doesn't make it safer than a 9inch grinder to handle. I do however accept that in some rare instance the handle can get in the way.
Nothing on this video would excuse not using a guard or a handle young man. All discs on grinders are spinning between 10-20,000 rpm and as you know by experience and injury that you are not always going to get away from it fast enough. How many injuries and you haven't learned?
I got a spark on my right eyeball in 1997, the minor surgery to have that spark removed has never left me. I had no safety glasses on, no guard on the grinder and only my stupidity to prevent injury. It didn't work. Luckily, my eye recovered after a month and is still good. I learned a very unpleasant lesson that day.
Anyway, all that being said, what great job, great video and another example of your brilliant skills young man!
Gussets on the ears spot on engineering improvement on practical application...🐱🌎🎸 overall repair excellent approach towards steps and completion...
so kool to see you using the Cubitron discs.......I think I mentioned them to you a few weeks ago and wondered if you had tried them, you just answered my question.......best investment in metal shaping I ever made......they are amazing........thanks for pointing this out.......the chips under magnification even look like chips off a lathe or milling machine, #9 shape......bravo
It’s really amazing how different they are from “ regular wheels”.
What grit are the ones you use 36+ I was checking them out but wasn't sure what grit would be the best option.
@@deepwinter77 I typically use the 36 but will use the 60 for more finish work
EXELENT WORK , EXELENT WORKER , BY FAR . ONE OF THE BEST . VERY IMPRESIVE VIDEO .
Thank you for sharing,another great job,i learn a lot 👍👍👍👍
I have a friend who operated heavy equipment of all types for 45 years. (Yes we're old guys) I said that was impressive. He said "No, the guys who repair those huge machines are impressive"! I agree.
Your true master at your craft. Stay safe, God bless.
your forklift driver looked like somebody from a video game at first!!
Looking good! I have 2 hypertherms myself! Nice machines they are! Kent
Beautiful job young man 👍
I work on underground mining equipment as a welder, anytime I find a multilayer steel with dirt all packed in there, i put the torch or plasma down and just cut w the arc gouger, not quite as clean maybe, but its a ton faster than fighting the dirt
Neat solid work, a pleasure to watche, thank you.
You are like an outdoor version of abom79. I like it 😁🤙🏼
beautiful craftsmanship!!!!!!
Fun project to watch. Great content
Hell yeah brother, I've been waiting for this part 2
He is beyond nice work !!
Dam what a nightmare. Scabs on scabs then full of dirt on top of that!. One of the few jobs I hate and glad your doing and not me lol. Good job with it though!
Awesome job bro.
Thought on your C-Clamp angle idea. If its slipping down the brace you use you could run a weld bead across the scrap/brace to keep it in position and tack weld the brace to the non moving part. then you don't have to loose the c-clamp
Good job, thats a lot of welding at the end looks like it came from the factory but stronger
I'm not even a minute in. The re-bar! Concrete guy here, poured walls. It blows me away....folks look at that re-bar and think strong!! And it is, just not the way folks think. Re-bar is the cheapest of the cheap...pig iron. Good for reinforcement in concrete and that's just about it. Zero tensile strength. It will bend in a circle before it breaks but again...no real tensil strength. I guess it could maybe be used to fill a gap....but none of us should be dealing with that kind of gap....and if we are...good luck to ya. Interesting anyway! Going back now.
Maybe that's all they had to fix it with?
Rebar is definitely not pig iron, which is very brittle, the opposite of bending in a circle without breaking. Rebar (like pretty much all standard-grade steel) is made from mostly recycled steel and comes in various grades/strengths from low-carbon to high-carbon, just like the nice steel plates he is using.
Love the videos man, keep it up! ✌️✌️🇨🇦
Thanks . Ordered grinding wheels . Try them out.
Well, cutting wheels. That was literally his entire point lol
Excellent job!
Great work 👏
You always say your works not to bad and I get it your a humble guy but I'm telling u from what I see these company's are lucky your there metal fab guy cause your fixes or repairs seem to always be way better in design and quality. Take my hat off to u cause the work your doing ain't easy even if u make it look that way!!!! I've learned alot watching your work thabks man
Thank you!
Glad I found you. I was losing IQ and brain cells watching the hack that is Meltin Metal Anthony.
Excellent work especially when one takes into consideration that you’re at a severe disadvantage…, I mean, what with being saddled with Miller equipment and all 😜! Just kidding. Nice work man!
What, if any extra precautions do you take when welding on wet ground, on material, or in the rain ???
Nice trick with the c clamp, I am not a welder and have never seen it done before.
Another quality job, I follow this other guy who use a air arc, he uses flat electrodes to get a nice flat surface rather than use round ones. I don't know if you're aware of the flat ones.
I can never weld with any FCAW-G wire outside where I’m at, the wind screws me everytime. Even putting up a bunch of fire blankets, I get porosity like crazy every once in a while.
For your larger weld jobs it would be cool if you weighed the spool before and after and see how much weld you laid
i used dogs a pull it up that way . or wudent post with wedges that looks like cooper-slip good stuff that Les England
Dumb question but is 1/16 wire bigger than .045 ? Your very slick with your welds I personally have a ton of trouble with my feeder running .045 hard wire any other way than flat or downhill. A lot of it is me. Some is the settings. I’m still learning. Is dual shield easier to uphill than hard wire?
1/16” wire is 1.3 times bigger. Hard wire is tricky to run uphill. Dual shield is definitely way easier to run uphill.
Better than factory!!!!! Bad A.. Fab work!!!!!
lots of work, enjoyed
Have you ever tried Loctite Nordebak High Impact backing Materail to fill the void or this apron and other localtion that get filled with dirt and water.? Weird stuff goes on in those voids.
I was wondering if you thought to have the bucket Hard-faced in a Criss cross fashion?
I try to stay away from hard facing unless it makes sense.
Спасибо. 👍🤝
Было видео, обзор на Ваше оборудование?👍🇷🇺
Was there a review on your equipment?
Better than factory. They should get a lot more use out of it.
Damn that Hypertherm Powermax is such a versatile tool.
Do you have a dedicated generator for it or do you run it off the Air Pack.
I run it off of the air pak generator. I love it. It’s a game changer for field work.
Just wondering, but how much do they save having you rebuild blades, buckets and suck vs having you build a new one? If its significant enough have you thought about buying used equipment to to restore and then reselling? i hve seen a lot of stuff on Bar None auctions and other sites that needs work. Wonder if that would be worth more than your normal rate. if not then maybe just having a "pre-rebuilt Apron (since you see to do them alot) that you could sell then so they have less downtime and then you could charge extra
My rebuilds are usually about half of what a new one is. So there is definitely savings. I have thought about buying old stuff and fixing it up but I don’t want to sit on something for 6 months and not sell it.
@@OFW makes sence
Wish you would get yourself a versaflow clean air unit, all that gouge work will revisit you when you’re 60. You have good kit, invest in more protection for yourself
beautiful job
I can tell tell you do very good work
You have a loud feedback in fast forwarding.
Your work looks good.
Was that a reverse stinger weld ( stinger facing elbow) ?
FANCY !!!!
Keep em coming bro ♡
Another great vid. All I can do is keep liking and commenting and growing this channel you will be getting paid for vids now 😂
What make and model plasma cutter do you use? Do you use factory consumables or after market?
Hypertherm powermax 105. The aftermarket consumables are junk.
Great video! What plasma cutter do you use? I’m researching which one to get. Seems like yours works great 👍
Hypertherm powermax 105
Thank you much!!
Awesome video!
i always have had so called pros say to push your weld not pull away from it but you tend to mostly pull away from it. do you think it really matters?
Just depends on the situation.
You did a better job then factory.
How many days it took to complete the job
About a day and a half
What are the holes in the bucket for (drainage🤔)
Great job
is there any way that you can make a shield to help deflect the wind somthing that fits the torch tip
You made it agin, 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁
I just watched Jpaydirt working on one of his big scrapers.
What plasma cutter are you using. Thanks
Hypertherm powermax 105.
Mine has a 50 amp 3phase plug was wondering if it has enough power to run the plasma cutter you use
Not sure of the kw will have to check that
Your what?
@@sonnyeldridge5742 vantage 322
This guy makes me want to get a plasma cutter
With our luck, it would have been 1 inch wider than when it came out of the machine 😉 🤦♂️😅🤣