HOW TO MOUNT YOUR WELDER TO YOUR WELDING BED (EASY TO REMOVE / EASY TO CHANGE THE OIL)
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- HOW TO MOUNT YOUR WELDER TO YOUR WELDING BED (EASY TO REMOVE / EASY TO CHANGE THE OIL)
In this video, Austin Ross answers common questions on welder mounting. As a pipeline welder his pipeline welding rig travels the country and has to be ready for all types of terrain. This means he had to learn the best practices on bolting welder to truck bed. His original setup on his latest welding bed build wasn’t ideal so he made a welding rig truck mod that makes his truck mounted welding machines more efficient. If you are wondering how to setup a welding rig, about mounting welder to service body, how to mount a welder in a pickup or how to mount welder in truck bed this video is for you. In the video you can see this mobile welding truck setup up close and personal and learn how this working rig truck carries the pipeline welding machine.
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I have a (1980 Lincoln SA250Diesel)on my 96 dodge3500 12valve single cab😁just picked it up ,I’ve been single handing for about 8years ready to get out there! Super excited I believe I’m gonna lower my bed today just got home off job laid off yesterday!😁play time love your videos Brother
My new Lincoln Electric Vantage 500 is hard to beat, only had it a few weeks but I think it’s going to be my favorite machine! Love your content ARoss, very informative C’mon!!
Great video man, I’m in the construction industry, primary exterior but am very interested in learning a new trade. Love the videos.
I’m 21 years old and I’m currently doing Industrial Electrical work in West Texas, becoming a welder is always an idea! Good videos man even tho I’m not a welder haha.
Thanks lol. My buddy is an electrician. That’s a good trade too!
Got my confirmation on my pipeline course Start Aug 12th, 4 weeks 10 hour days. Honestly Austin your video's are a great help.
That’s always good to hear 👌😎 makes it all worth doin.
I’m running a Miller 300 pro and I really like it! 15 yrs ago when I first broke out rig welding I had a Lincoln Classic 300D and that’s prolly been my favorite machine so far, but I’m really starting to like this 300 pro! Your enthusiasm to help folks succeed is obvious, I appreciate it! God Bless
Great video! I enjoy your new format and editing. Its a slow year for pipelining, lots of weldors getting creative to make a buck.
That’s right 👌 I’m glad you liked the video!
Great advice for today! I have a Lincoln Ranger 250 GXT mounted in my daily service truck but I do like welding with the ol Miller Big 40 whenever I have a good reason to drag it out
Shoot ya. I just sold my gxt last year I think... 🤔 it was a good machine. I liked it for the generator also. 👌
I ve used about every machine made, but my old 1946 sa-200 (all electrified) is still my favorite.
Classic ll 250 deutz diesel awesome machine been using it for 13 years I am 43 now I will retire with that machine And never bolted it down thanks for the videos keep up the good work young man
I love it! Thanks for sharing. Dont fix it unless it’s broke 👌
Heard that machine was good. My cousin ran one.. loved it
I agree with rustynail bolt it down j had one come through my back window before and on another note my go to machine is Lincoln 300D with the perkins diesel
I haven't gotten the chance to try a lot of different machines yet but enjoyed a '78 black face a while ago which was nice but then absolutely LOVED a '53 Hobart 222 that I got to test about a month ago (basically identical to the SA200 junior). Really looking forward to getting my '55 short hood running.
Shoot ya. You got any pics of your short hood?
The power of blue makes me green! Just a custom fabricator, but the shop I work in is all Miller! Picked up a bobcat to put on my truck to do portable welding too.
Haha never heard that one.
You are a treasure my brother. Thanks!!
Lol you bet.
Great video. Love the comment at the end. That comes into play a lot when welding I feel, to have someone ask “how do you do this or do that” sure I can show you or you can watch but you have to just get in their and do it... like you mentioned, take a little trick here or piece of advice their. Everyone is different and has their own technique!
Thanks! Ya that’s right. At some point you just have to go for it.
SA-250 welds like a dream 😍
Its this guy again...lol.....I like your old fence project and didn't expect to see you on this video. I am looking for ways to mount my small 500lb welder and decided to mount on top of a pack rat and may need to modify the box so it can support the weight on these bumpy roads.
Old Lincoln 500 Diesel !😁😁 we had one on a job i was on. Amazing
Great video. Happy Friday Austin!
Thanks! Happy Friday right back at ya 👌😎
We use 3 point hitch pins with the spring pins. You need ears attached to the welder frame with the correct hole placement that drop over the pins. We also put a rubber pad or a drilled out hockey puck over the pin that the welder rides on. This dampens some of the vibrations of the welder running. In place of the 3 point hitch snap pins, a pad lock can be used for one or more of the pins.
3 point hitch pins come in various sizes and lengths with threaded ends and shoulders. It's a fast and secure way to quickly secure the welder to the rig.
Excellent idea about the pins. I'm going to use that.
I know right! I saw that and I was like wow!! I’m doin it.
Favorite machine is a ‘60 to ‘67 sa200 got one on the truck now 👍
Favorite machine is the Hobart Mainliner G250 with the CJ2A engine!
Thank you for this video sir. Answering your question ima go with a big blue 300. And giving my rig setup I will be running a tub rig. And put a 1/4 plate on the bed of the truck. Lay my welder across with the front of the machine facing the driver side. And I will be welding some angle iron around the base of the welder to keep it from moving around.
That’s a good idea for a tub rig. Then you can weld to the plate everywhere else you need to.
What about bolting the 1/4" plate down to the bed? Some do, some dont. You think its important?
Gilbert Rodriguez I actually did bolt down the plate instead of my original idea and just put angle iron to hold my welder in place have been going through bumps and pit holes for months and seems steady enough
Drill at tap the holes so you don't have any brackets sticking up when the welder isn't on the bed.
Best welder by far is the Miller PipePro for pipeline welding. For the past 30 years Lincoln was the best, but now Millers PipePro is the best. I've owned them all, I'll take the Miller.
I just got an SA200 for free. 71 model. Been sitting at least 20 years so I’m gonna rebuild it and see what I can do afterwards
So far my 1979 Lincoln sa 200 black face is my favorite welder still learning how to weld pipe with it😁
I’m still learning how to weld with my machine too. 👌😎
find a copper SA-200 someday and see how much different it welds, you can tell the difference
Favorite Machine to weld with, is my machine lol...1968 SA200 Redface. Although the 300D is another great machine. That SAE 300 is a another slick one as well. Hell, as long as its a Lincoln!
3 point hitch pins standing vertical out of the deck. They pass through an angle bracket off of the welder frame. You can replace one of the snap ring pins with a pad lock. You can also put a rubber washer under the machine where it sits over the pins.
Bad ass video !!! Can you do a video about different welder machines
I’ll take note of it. Thanks!
Love my 77 sa200 running a 61 Arco 300 super hornet right now it is a great machine and has AC 115 power outlet from the factory which I like. Can run any tool I need to run and do not have to worry if it AC or DC
Ya that’s nice not having to worry about just buying dc tools...
I recently purchased an Sa-200 but in still trying to figure it out. It’s my first welding machine. The only other machine I’ve used is my welder’s pipeliner 200D.
My SA250 I had when working 35yrs years ago tack welded to the bed of my Chevy 3/4 ton..........damn I got old
Austin, I still have my lincoln ranger 305 on the pallet it arrived in. If i need to do any maintenance on my machine, i just move my toolbox and change the oil 😁
Haha that’s perfect! 👌😎
BOLT IT DOWN. I can tell you from experience if you wreck doing any speed it will wind up in the cab with you. Bolt it down
I believe that. Real good advice 👌
Especially if you find yourself in a muddy stretch with ruts and you have to baja your way through it with momentum..things bounce around in the bed. Definitely secure the load!
(''66 Redface.)
My favorite machine to use is a 1984 millier bobcat 225 g plus. It is a gas feed .
In Highschool I used a Miller. At Job corps I used a Lincoln. I like Both.
I love a good sa200 or a vantage 300 but I have used millers to so as long as I’m making money and the machine is taken care of I don’t really have a favorite just yet
Never used an engine drive machine, but I use a miller XMT 350 and have a “suitcase” mig welder for it. Stick, tig and mig all in one and a half machines! At home I have an Everlast 185dv Ac/Dc stick/tig machine, but it’s not rated for 6010/other xx10 cellulose rods (only 6011), so I am looking to upgrade to a multi process machine that’s rated for xx10 rods!
Right on. I’d like to have a multi purpose welder in my shop one day.
Favorite is my (first machine) 81' blackface. Gas burner baby!!!! But yes it is a pain to fuel my truck then run the card again to fill my machine lol.
Oh it’s worth it though ain’t it?! Lol kinda... usually.. I know I miss weldin with a 200.
Thank you
Vantage 400 is probably the best for me I would say but I’m young and have many years ahead so I’m open to suggestions on better machines and better reliability
Any Lincoln machine have owned several over the last 40+ years started with a SA 250 then Classic 300 and currently a SAE 300
Of the big three, which is the most common truck welders use on the right of way?
id defiantly bolt it down just to make it harder for the thieves
That’s a good point. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve welded with a Lincoln sa200, vantage 400 and a miller bobcat I had the best result with the 200
Hard to beat them sa200s. I love em.
I just got a free 200 from 71 f163 that’s been sitting 20+ years. Guy had it sitting and got tired of it and was gonna scrap it and I convinced him that I could use it
I'm looking at financing a Lincoln Ranger 330MPX, what's yalls opinion on the Ranger series?
My question is should i ground my machine...connected my SA200 awhile back, and i don't know if it was coincidence but both my truck batteries were shot...did that have anything to do with it? thank you...
For me it is Lincoln all the way! The best welder I’ve ever welded with is the vantage 400.
Right on. My buddy has a 300. He likes it.
Miller 350D....... Kubota engine 👍 suiting me just fine Rig welding
Hmm miller with a kubota?
Austin I have a good idea what you guys do. I was a welding instructor for 32 years..tell me how you guys keep all the drugies from steeling stuff off your truck..man I wouldn't be able to sleep if my rig wasn't locked in a shop.
Our Miller trailblazer works good but our lincolns both are so much smoother especially when im welding in water or swimming with the stinger
Wax Factory welp
Just got a bobcat 200 airpak since I use air tools also. Lays a bead like a dream. Would love a pipe pro or 300D though.
You’d prob like the pipe pro then.
I’m thinking that’s what will be next
Have a miller big 20 in my tub bed put a piece of plate down to cover the whole bed and put 3x3x1/4” angle at each corner. Just lift it out to do maintenance with A frame or forklift
There you go 👌
What type of welder should I get a Miller bobcat or pipeline welder to start doing rig welding on my own I'm starting my own mobile welding business and I'd like to know what type of oil or should I get I have a old 1969 Lincoln welder that works good I pay $300 for it I like to upgrade
I've had a ranger 225, 85 blackface, vantage 300, classic 300d, 51 shorthhood and I just got a perkins classic 300mp I just like welding machines lol.
I currently have my 51 shorthood and the mp and by far those are my 2 most favorite and weld real close to one another!
Oh and I've had a cross country too!
Lol I understand. Which mp do you have? The variable change or the gears?
@@arosswelding I have the geared one, I thought about getting the variable sae one but honestly I felt too intimidated to learn it lol.
I think that’s what I would get if I were to get one. The one with gears. I tend to over think it when tryin to set my machine with the variable change.
If you do get it, try the perkins one out. I really like it because it has the adjustable arc force and really comes in handy when you want to really stack some iron! As much as I'm a die hard lincoln fan I really want to try out the miller pipe pro 400, I heard they are the bees knees!
Haven't used enough machine's to know which one is my favorite
Great video! Can you make a video on fresh welders just earning their certification getting jobs in welding? I’m from Mississippi and it’s hard finding a job out here (finding jobs in & out of state) for beginners
I’ll take note for sure. But I’ve made a couple so far and I’ll continue to talk about this subject for years to come I’m sure.
We are actually working on a couple membership, community/networking pages that I think you’d benefit from. We hope to launch them here a just two weeks. Stay tuned here on UA-cam and or you can also get on my email list so you get an email when the pages go live.
Here are the videos I’ve made so far on this subject.
ua-cam.com/video/nbYKc39YR-U/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/-QdiPpLtNIM/v-deo.html
Short hood is my all time favorite. My pipepro 400 is becoming a very close second.
Nice, ya I think my next machine is goin to be the miller 400
It's pretty slick with the wireless remote. I have the ditch box as well. Fuel consumption is excellent. The arc is very "tunable". My truck appreciates it too. It's about 1300# lighter than the big 40d I was running.
Ya I forgot about how light they are. That’s nice also.
bolt it down
my favorite machine is my 59 long hood SA-200 you can fine tune it perfectly, it makes my 64 redface almost seem like a crude welder but its not.
i have a few more SA-200's and a SAE-400 and SAE-300 but they both need work on the engines.
Dang that’s pretty cool
’68 reface Lincoln, it is needing to get redone right now, but it was a great machine before it got messed up in a flood
*redface
Shoot ya that’s a good one. You going to chop it or anything?
Austin Ross I don’t have any plans to chop it. I want to leave it more in the traditional way
Not sure on machine just got my 7.3 power stroke road ready and want to know how to get a good welder for a rig 😉
My rig is mounted with the miller big50D, and with oil change I use a hand transfer pump, it's so I don't have to crawl under the bed or lift the welder out😁
But favorite welder for me? Any machine that will do the arch and sparky thing, I just like welding
That’s a good idea, that transfer pump. 👌 I understand. I do too!
I’ve welded with all them at least once but for downhill the sa-200 with the arc control is by far the best downhill machine ever made, the miller pipe pro is great for all around welding tig mig flux core they do everything well the advantage 300 can be a disadvantage if you trying to stick weld with that crappy piece of junk but it does everything else really great, pretty much all the inverters no matter what brand it is are good if they have a hot start but the ones without it suck when you try to stick weld pipe. Any Lincoln with copper wounding is gonna be your best welding machine for downhill the older the better but not the newer ones that are air cooled they over heat especially if you in south Texas in the summer time!!!!!!! If you got the money to spend the new High Country Lincoln is a go getter but who wants to spend 20,000 when a 300 Diesel will get the job done without all the glitz and glamour !!!!!!!!
Roll Tide
I thought so to until I welded with a miller PipePro. By far the PipePro welds the best uphill and downhill. And, I'm a Lincoln man.
I’ve always been around 440 3 phase welders never run out of juice. I have welded with old Hobarts with continental gas engines. I prefer electric welders no noise.
You’re right about that.
I like my 305g but I love air vantage 500s I'm looking for a good used one
Adam Leonard I’ve got a 305d at home and we use a 500 air vantage at work. Both great machines but dam the 500 is heavy.
My favorite brand of welding machine to weld with is a Lincoln
What Lincoln do you have? Or Lincoln’s?
@@arosswelding I have a Lincoln weldpak 100hd wire feed machine & have used a Lincoln ranger that a family friend lets me use
Yep!
Sweet
What’s a good starting machine
Hi Austin. Does welding on the back of your truck damage the battery or the computer system? Also can you have your truck running while you’re welding on the back of it?
I have not had any trouble out of mine and I never unhook the battery while welding on the back of mine but “they” do say it’s possible to fry the computer if you don’t unhook the battery.
I have a skid unit that I have my Lincoln 200 pinned in 4 pockets on the skid . The skid is also pinned in 4 pockets in my truck box . These pockets are to the out side front and back of the wheel wells so one can put in full sheets of plywood with out the pockets being in the way. The whole unit can be picked out of the box by the welders lifting Eye with my 2 ton chain hoist and gantry inside of 10 minutes by myself . The skid held everything I needed to do my job mostly big inch tie ins 2 oxygen bottles and 2 acetylene. Have never run out of cutting gasses . Reason for the skid unit was to put on nodwells and foremosts for muskeg country where trucks can't go
Oh nice. That’s very interesting. Sa 200?
@@arosswelding yes
I love my Miller trailblazer 302
That’s what my bro in law has. He seems to like it.
Don't know my favorite machine yet
Sa200 or sa300d if I could pick what I want it would be a 300d
Best machine I’ve welded with is the 200D
Got a question thought it would be covered here since talking about mounting welder to your bed, grounding do you ground your bed to the truck and if so, Is the grounding to the truck frame or bed underneath?
I do not do that. I’m really not sure.
@@arosswelding ok. I would ask around then just to know tho. Thanks again bring on more videos theyre very good information and skills I'm learnin from you. Hope I get to get in the line very soon. Been welding for a while just havent felt much confidence about myself for a test.
I live in the city of Dallas, to say the least I’m a bit worried I may bolt and padlock 🔒
For a 220 I like the miller dynasty’s. Haven’t run an engine drive yet so the jury is still out
I understand that.
You’ll laugh but my HTP is the smoothest I have arc’d with (but clearly not an engine drive). Bobcat 250 is pretty smooth tho. And just got a ranger 250 that is in the shop for a shakedown before I get to use it - (hoping it runs as good as the miler).
Hey if it’s smooth it’s smooth. Lol what’s HTP? I don’t guess I know what that is.
How much do you make a year ?
Favorite is a diesel swap red face or shorthood
Pro 400 with 12 vs arc reach.....running nr 232 ....0.72
I use a miller trailblazer on propain currently a millwright looking to get in to welding pipe what would be my first step?
What exactly is a millwright?
@@arosswelding lwright
A millwright is a high-precision craftsman or skilled tradesperson who installs, dismantles, repairs, reassembles, and moves machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites.
Got ya. Thank you for defining that. I’ve come across several comments say they are milwright. Wasn’t sure.
To answer your question, you’re at least in or around the welding industry, right? Either way, I suggest getting into the welding industry in general, socialize, get to know people. Over time you are bound to meet someone who knows someone on a pipeline. We are working on a couple of membership, networking/community pages that I think you’d like and would help to start building your network. Stay tuned here on UA-cam or you can get on my email list, this way you’ll get notified when the pages go live. Should be in just a couple weeks.
@@arosswelding yes part of my job has to do with welding,I do alot of conveyor systems so I'm yse to traveling ,I have aws 8.1 certs with osha 30
Oh ok. Right on.
Sa200 wins for stick in my book! Old school Lincoln CV 400 for flux core.
It’s hard to beat them sa 200s. There’s a reason they are still around like they are.
The machine doesn't matter, the man does.
There’s def some truth to that. Experience goes a long way.
thats what you think, every machine is different especially generators
Been a welder about 15 yrs. shipyard , heat exchangers, vessels, some field work and a little time in a fabrication shop , found out that a good welder can make it happen seen welders make bad welds and ooh the machine welding bad or it don't weld right , come to find out it's the welder not the machine go right over and lay down some slicky with the same machine , man makes the machine the machine don't make the man , as long as you don't have some dollar store / harbor freight machine, any of the top welding machine names will do the job , Lincoln, Miller , Hobart , Esab,
@@eharris6347 i have welded longer than you and most plug in machines are about the same but not all. inverters have a different arc than transformers even if both have arc force control. then you have portables that are all a lot different especially generators like i said above, even if they are running right and set to proper specs on the engines they all act different. maybe some guys cant notice the difference but i can.
if somebody makes a bad weld it could be arc blow or the cable length affecting things or a damp rod, if they made a bad bead then they must have been making them earlier. if you can make a good bead with the same machine then the other might be sloppy, who knows
@ mike don't matter how long you been welding, I've seen guys that suck suck and been welding 20yrs , also seen young guys that has been welding only a few years and be able to out weld any one that's been welding for 20 yrs , I don't care if you been welding longer than me don't t make you better , I been around long enough to know trash welders like you blame everything under the sun for a bad welds except themselves, in reality I hate welders , I hate their little attitude, and how they want to try and get into a pissing contest and don't know shit , those welders who have to have certain kind of this and a certain kind of that and act like premadonnas are a dime a dozen,
My favorite machine is my 1969 red face, fully rebuilt and stacks metal like no other
That’s a good one. I’m pretty sure that’s what my brother has.
Hope I get to work with ya one day, we’ve been in 798 about the same amount of time
Hey welding community! Got question so I came here. Is 31 too old to start welding again? I’ve heard that it’s hard on your body and you can’t do it much past 50.
I graduated a welding program about 12 years ago and worked in the industry for about 2 years before I went to college( grass is always greener syndrome) Any way after working behind a desk for a few years I realized I would rather be out in the field. But I don’t know if I’m too old to essentially start over.
Thanks in advance
Check out this video.
ua-cam.com/video/Q7QZrJpORjw/v-deo.html
I personally like to run a Miller Bobcat 250 diesel that's what I like but I want to try to get a Lincoln
What kind of Lincoln do you think you want to try?
@@arosswelding I'd love to get my hands on a Ranger or a SA 200D
Right on.
I'm currently welding with my Lincoln Ranger and I love it! But I have used a Miller Big 40 and trailblazer. I will be in the Market for an SA 200 and want to see ho they weld. My cousin Is Rig welder but dont want me to Just try out his SAE 300 but it's ok I'll have my own 200 soon.
You should like the sa200. They’re good to learn on too.
1975 SA 200 blackface
Yeah i live down here in south texas and a lot of thieves down here
I got to test drive a Lincoln sae300 this year and it was the best I have ever welded with
An mp?
yes
The variable change on the main? Or does it have the gears?
mine is for sure the sa 200 or the sae 300
Lincoln Vantage 300.
Sae300 buddy 👊🏻🇺🇲
Shoot ya. 👊🏻
Bought a Lincoln sa 200, working in it to get it running. Can’t wait to start welding with it
I understand that. What all you have left to do with it?
I got everything, just wont fire. Not sure if the timing off or the carburetor. Learning everyday when i mess with it
I understand that. Sound like the trouble I have when I try to work on my own things... I’m not the best mechanic.
Yes, this is my first machine, and im taking it day by day. Im not the best mechanic either but im learning as i go. Thanks for the video content it helps alot. Looking forward to more awesome videos
I'm about to get an 1978 Lincoln sa 200,I will let you know if I like it or not in a few months.
60s model Lincoln sa200
It’s hard to be em!
How can I get a hold of you, I need some advice sir
We are working on a couple of membership, networking/community pages that we hope to launch here in a couple weeks. There will be a couple options of this nature that I think you’ll like. You can get on my email list to get notified if you’d like.
My favorite Machine was a 2006 vantage 400 with the Perkins. I had it down the way I wanted. Ended up selling it thinking it went bad on a job I was on. Turns out all the pipe was magnetized......I miss it
Omg. That’s crazy lol. Guy I’ve been helpin has a 300. He likes it.
A WW2 Hobart 500 amp
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