Most Common Welding Repair I Do. 

*Soggy rod was the end of me first marriage. @**14:50** Offer to cut fifty pounds off his tongue weight by chop-chop-shortening those self tapping screws holding the floor to the frame.*

Not my style!

Agreed!

I get by with my Lincoln Tomahawk 375, consumables are a whole lot cheaper than Hyperterms...

I drag it on the concrete or smack it on clean metal. Of course out of the electrode holder

@@MeltinMetalAnthony Same. Fast and furious!

My niece can nig weld

Ya but, work smart and hard. Saved a lot in gas/heartache using customers 120v power outlets on a flux mig and not worried about bad rods.

More Lippert junk I would assume.

He knows the axle is bent, says after he gets it home it’s gonna be used for storage

Overloading

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Thanks, will do!

That's sounds scary

*Yeah, they'll run away on ya for sure.*

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Always show close ups! The good the bad and the ugly 🤣

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Thanks bud!

Glad to help

Or just tap it on the concrete problem solved no tools required.

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Had to Google this, thanks for the insight though

Galvanized trailers huh? Woulda never of known, or gave that a thought

@@travishatch4303 I would say 98% of professional made trailers here in the UK galvanized. It's rare to see even a tiny trailer that isn't galvanized. Usually only home made trailers are just painted. In the UK, the furthest point from the sea is about seventy miles and l am convinced salt is blown across the UK by our regularly strong and breezy wind, add in lots of rain and salt in winter and rust is a major consumer of untreated metal. The only other trailers that are not galvanized are semi trailers. But they are not made from hollow sections so don't suffer the same. Also, strict regulations condemn old semi trailers to the scrapyard. Not many semi trailers on British roads are 15 years old. The government is very strict on the truck industry here, to the point of punishing operators with penalty points, fines and or jail for senior technicians, transport managers and company bosses.

Too hot for 1/8

.035 would have been fine

Could have measured the one side that was still connected and worked off of that.

Thanks, will do!

Second the suitcase along with some flux core, have a beat up Hobart hefty. That machine sounds awesome.

Fuck that

Something tells me you had a bad experience with that brand?

Manufactured junk.Thin metal.

I would guess that is a commercially built trailer. Here, I believe some parts have to be DOT approved (department of transport) but you can basically build what you want. Many use axles/brakes/suspension from either Dexter or Al-Ko. Lippert builds frames for a bunch of different makes of trailers. They will supply a chassis with tires/suspension, for example, for various camp trailer builders. Trailer frames I think are generally reliable, but spring hangers are a common failure. Especially on double or triple axles that make tight turns on asphalt while fully loaded (a lot of side force).

LLC companies that change there name a lot on the cheap ones.Lippert is getting a bad name ,cracked frames and hitch that fold up.

Take in to consideration that generally our trucks and trailers are heavier here. And they see many more miles because everything is bigger in the US. That being said, people overloading what’s built minimally doesn’t help lol

Just very thin frame steel.

That wasn't age damage that was from hitting a giant pothole or something of that nature. It's get a crack started and eventually lets go. I fixed a few of these. He did a very nice job. The next pothole that customer hits won't break that mount off.

Exactly

Too much heat. The gaps in between relieve stress. Or at least that’s what I’ve ehatd

@@MeltinMetalAnthony okay thanks. Makes sence.

Justin’s with vibram souls

AC penetrates less but because of the current alternating it can have inclusions. At least that’s what I’ve heard

That's a 1 1/2 hour job max if they bring to me. I charge 225.00 and I take the shackle off and reinforce with 1/4 x 2 flat bar 10 inch long and notch and use .035 hard wire. I do a couple a month, keep your price low and you get a lot of easy money. 350.00 if it's mobile

Yes 50%

I’m curious too

Probably skimping due to the bean pushers, the guys welding at the factory also probably disagree but it's that or hit the road jack. So inevitably things are made cheap and all they have to do is live past the warranty period, then it's good luck son. Used to be things were built like a tank many years ago, pride would spill out of everything you inspected... Hardly the case anymore. But hey there's an entire industry out there making things right. My main issue is when a fatal accident occurs due to the factory skimping, of course you end up being liable not them.

@@gushhnet Agreed. The engineers were probably beaten over their heads to design it to fall apart one month after the warranty expires and the welders were told to just stick to the plans.