trailer squeezer divider whatchamacallit!!!

AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 12:57 am

Had a 4.5 hour job on this cattle stock trailer.
Pics will explain.

Enjoy!!!

~John

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So I consulted my metal pile.

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And got 6 10' sticks, of 1/16' wall galvi pipe.

Cutting it down to 7'....

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:06 am

And the left overs.

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Here is a quick tip for you guys (or gals) that make small gates/panels.
Lay a 2x4 on your table, and drive nails in, to make your own stronghand table.
These two here are from prevous panels I've built, but you get the idea.

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:10 am

So,
I laid two 2x4's on my table, and laid the pipe on the wood.
Than I drove these small nails, 8" apart.

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:15 am

This panel is going to 42" by 72" and for the end pieces, they are 1/8 wall pipe.
Gotta be heavy duty.

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:20 am

Great fit on those tubes right???
I'm going to be using a 1/8 8010 rod for this, so its gonna be great!!

So I thought I'd crush the tubes right???

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But that didn't, so I'll just have to scrap the entire project.

Sorry for wasting your time....

AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:22 am

What a bunch of wasted effort!!

Guess I'll try something else now.

Any tips??

John

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:17 am

I'll just crimp them enough so that its a decent fit...
And, the tubing is 1/6 wall, as you can see, its quite difficult to stick weld with a 1/8 8010.
Feel free to tell me how ugly it looks, and how poor of quality of work I do....

Go ahead... You know you want to.

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:24 am

Keep the hate messages coming...

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:27 am

So,
That was frustrating as it gets.

I thought sure I died and went to the wrong place, and was stuck welding burners and boilers....

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:31 am

So,
The panel is all welded up.
Its stuck, and not coming apart.

So,
Now I've got to attach it to the trailer...
Pics will explain the rest.

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:35 am

So,
Got the welder set up, and leads run into the trailer, amperage about 75amps, pocketfull of 1/8 8010 and 3/32 7018.

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:38 am

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:40 am

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:43 am

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:46 am

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:48 am

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:51 am

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:55 am

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Soooooo...
Got it all done, fully functional, and operational.
And we happened to have a cow in heat, so we thought we'd try it out.

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And BEHOLD!!!!

It works!!!

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:56 am

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:01 am

I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with artificial incimination, so I won't gruel you with the details.
Feel free to google it.
But this was the main reason we built this stall, as it makes it easy to do our work.

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:05 am

Now,
If you have a toothbrush in your hand while attempting this, you can just about brush the cow's teeth...

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And it survived its maiden voyage.

We'll see how it holds up....

Thanks for watching.

~John

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AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:08 am

Now,
This would've been great for mig, but since all I had was stick, we got it done.

Not pretty, but it will hold.

~~John

Superiorwelding · Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:31 pm

That's what I call working with what you have. Did you try heating the ends before smashing them? I wouldn't have smashed them so far, you only need to smash the ends until you can put a good weld on. Speaking of welds....well....

You need to buy my 252 and that will solve your problems.
-Jonathan

AKweldshop · Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:41 pm

Superiorwelding wrote:That's what I call working with what you have. Did you try heating the ends before smashing them? I wouldn't have smashed them so far, you only need to smash the ends until you can put a good weld on. Speaking of welds....well.... You need to buy my 252 and that will solve your problems.
-Jonathan

Oh,
I only smashed them enough to get a good fit.
They were just fine for fit.

See,
Ship me your welder and that will stop my suffering.

mcoe · Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:34 pm

OH the joys of AI

Nothing like being shoulder deep in a rump roast trying to thread a needle blindly. I hate the ones that kick. And it's always the heifers.