Olivero wrote:Are you able to MIG stainless? You got bottles? I am thinking if you don't already have the gear to weld stainless, its gonna cost you more to get it then to buy the bolt-on ones.

You're probably right. All I have right now is an oxy-acetylene torch and the ability to borrow a MIG welder.

The weld strength will only ever be as strong as what its mounted to, if the piece rips out of the container for some reason, don't matter if your weld broke or not, piece still came off, you know what I mean? Exactly. In the case of this carport mount, the weld is competing with a structure made o...

I hadn't considered brazing them. Thanks for suggesting that! Yeah, I think that could be a good option for this project. I only have a torch right now, and I've done a little bit of welding and brazing with it. I recently bought my dad a MIG welder for his birthday, but neither of us has tried it y...

Ah, I see. What effect will the non-grindable zinc residue have on torch or stick welding? I think that TIG is in my distant future.

Poland308 wrote:You will fight the galvanized coating but the ductile iron should be weldable.

I want to fight it with an angle grinder and a respirator, right?

On the web page you posted there is an associated link to a similar mount with a mounting plate. It says that model is forged steel and will probably weld better. The twistlocks pre-welded to plates with mounting holes look like they might be good for things like fastening the containers to a concr...

Well.... I would never recommend welding something in transport application if the person is not professional or has at least successfully welded this type of thing before BUT Understood! This application would be stationary. It would just be mounting some sort of carport cover, kind of like this (...

Hi, Larry! I'm over on the other side of Lake Mathews from where you used to live, off of El Sobrante. 73 de NF6X

HI! I'm a real beginner at welding, and I hope that y'all won't mind my very noobish question. I don't have any formal training, and so far I have only done oxy-acetylene torch welding on steel. I'd like to mount a carport cover between two shipping containers to make a covered area between them. Ra...