Welding Tips and Tricks

Bill Beauregard wrote:Bad welds, great idea! A trailer with a hinged beaver tail would be most useful. My trailer needs a makeover, it is in good shape, but too narrow for my son's International Farmall M. Proper tongue weight means rear tires would sit on fender over rear trailer axle. I haven't figured a way to convert to a deck over without spending the price of a new trailer.
Any suggestions? It's an 8000 LB Quality with outboard wheels. OA width is 102.

rake wrote:I take it you are blaming the loose nut behind the flux core gun and not the process itself? LOL!
The problem with a lot of these fab shops is that they all have but a couple experienced welders
and a whole lot of green young guys. The mentality today is to pay as little as possible and get
the shit out and delivered as fast as possible! Who gives a shit if it lasts or not? Try hiring on
at some of these shops with 35+ years experience. Many won't hire someone with real experience
for fear of losing their top spot on the gravy train.

AKweldshop wrote:
BTW,
Chinese hand tools are junk!!

Am I out of line???


~ John

AKweldshop wrote:
What is this world coming to???

~John.

brokeitagain wrote:I would say yes that was bad work, attacking them for bad work is bad on your part though, in my auto shop I do lots of repairs that other shops make but I never say anything bad about them in any manner, I let my work speak for itself,

Superiorwelding wrote:I will add my 2 cents here.
John, looks like you had your work cut out for you.

I agree with rake, most manufactures hire the "greenies" (no offence anyone) for a lot of their production. You have to understand, they can't/won't pay everyone premium wages therefore they are going to hire the kids out of welding school and give them the 5 minute training session and there you go. I am not defending manufactures and am not saying it is right/wrong, just pointing out the facts. I know of a company that puts out a lot of volume and satisfies their customers, but I have been in their facility and observed their products and have to say it is not all the best quality. Most of who they have are either young guns or Amish. Literally, their machines are set as high as possible and are told to fly. This is why you see products like this trailer. Concerning the low quality welds, I have heard the comment from a manufacturer, that although the welds do not look the best on the outside, they will hold. Remember, right, wrong, or indifferent, SOME big wigs only
care about the bottom dollar and production.

brokeitagain- Although sometimes I am not the best at is, I do agree that one should refrain from putting down the competition. Like the SS tray I posted, I could have very easily told who it was and made complete fun of them, but I believe like you, that my work will speak for itself. While maybe not politically correct, John was in fact stating the obvious. Even with all that said we still have freedom of speech (for now)
-Jonathan

sling-it wrote:I was rather happy when I went to put the box on my trailer. The two center supports for the override rail were in my way and had to be cut out to move. They were on there but good! I was impressed. It's a Ttrax.

AKweldshop wrote: I don't understand??

sling-it wrote:

AKweldshop wrote: I don't understand??

Just commenting on trailer welds. When I did my project for my trailer, I had to remove some factory welds (see trailer storage box). Apparently not all trailers are created equal, because these were a bear to get off.