I really love your work ethic. There you are, working into the night, with your own lighting rig illuminating the workplace. Most guys would have packed up when the sun went down, but you just carry on, getting the job done. Well done!
Your work is superb as always. That trailer setup with those links is the maddest thing I have seen in a long time. What ´bizarre way to attach those parts. I live in Europe and I cannot imagine that, but it must be reliable. Thanks for letting us take a look. Hope you are having a pleasant and restful Sunday.
Your videos are are full of good tips,you explain why you do it that way. Those two pieces you replaced ,I've heard those are called dog bones. Another great video .
This seems to be an art to you tge way you can use the plasma cutter to cut or gouge then do the final prep with the grinding wheel an then turn and fabricate what you need even there in the field and then weld it all back together ! Awesome job ! 👍👍
Was that the same trailer that you had the two part video on welding the broken pin bosses and a bunch of other heavy duty stuff? Literally just rewatched that the other day. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for sharing Greg, I know how that goes together with the two halves of the trailer but the load on that link has to be insane with a bit piece of equipment on it.
At your reccomendation i bought some Cubitron II flap discs. They are LIFE CHANGING! I'm using 60 grit 4-1/2 discs on my flexvolt grinder and they just eat. You can feel and hear the cutting action in the grinder, and it makes chips not dust! I've always been frustrated with cheap flap discs just rubbing and making heat and being useless after 5 minutes, but these actually make grinding enjoyable and they work just as good as new until they're worn down to nothing. I'm actually a little bit scared to try the 36 grit haha, my part may just disappear!
Got it done my trailer hung low on mount we did some changes to drivers kept putting shims in it to raise it we made ours to change out plate deck rubs on it works better than buying another 290 g trailer
Hey Greg huge fan of your videos I learn something new everyday from watching you! So thank you for sharing! What suitcase are you running for this project?
I am working with my 14 year old, I am trying to teach him that this is craftsmanship and a career he could be proud off. In very general terms, about how much would a client pay for a job like this, about how much are your costs / parts and materials. When you do this work over a course of a year can you make a living? Thank you.
Here I go again with how many hours did it take for you to fix. Now you know that the next time you see this jeep will be when it can’t go any further, the most permanent thing is a temporary repair. Thank you Sir for your efforts
Nice temporary repair. How do you determine which scenarios you use plasma gouging vs. Oxy/Acetylene gouging, or carbon arc gouging? Is there a certain criteria or condition of the repair that dictates which you choose to use on a particular job? Thanks Greg!
Well sometimes you could use anything to remove material. That’s the problem when you have all the options available to you, you just have to choose. I chose plasma when I want to be a little more accurate.
Nice work, Greg. Honest question: not considering the cost of the equipment, do you think plasma (fuel & consumables) is cheaper to run than oxy (gas)?
Very cool project as usual. Would like to know what wire he was using to weld that? I would still be using a 7018 rod being old school. Thanks for sharing.
When you are in the field, how do you decide whether you will stick weld, use the wire feeder, or plug in a separate mig machine? I've seen you do all three across different videos :)
Depends on the situation, the size of the repair, the wind, and what material it is. Stick is for wind or something really quick and easy. Wire is for anything thin or if I need to do a lot of welding.
Can those big pins be replaced? Looks like might be slid in and welded to the frame all around, sort of like a trailer hitch, but I have no clue how these trailers are built. And are those scaper pans in the background? With these trailers running over dirt on top of doing heavy haul I'm sure they appreciate some love from you :3
@OFW thank you, I'm learning as much as I can, we have a mig welder and stick at work that I've been learning on, otherwise I've always done tig for my automotive applications
@@OFW thx for the intel. I’ve got the plasma but don’t have the air arc. Just wondering when I’d want to start thinking about the air arc. All I’ve got to run the air arc is the old Miller AC/DC Thunderbolt. So I’d be using the smaller carbon rods
I know its only got to last a couple of months, but it makes me feel nervous, that looks to be a lot less material, than what you took off, supporting the ends of those pins now.
They need to be exactly the same. That would require them to be welded then machined to spec then installed. It’s cheaper to buy new ones and they last a long time.
You don't have a heavy 2ft work table to haul around? Instead of using using utility truck bed bumper? Dedicated work into the night run out of work can always go to Texas and build the border wall