WELDING RIG TOUR - ULTIMATE SIDE HUSTLE WELDING RIG - SHORTBED CUMMINS 

Wannabe. How much do you really work in this industry? Don’t give up your day gig!!!!

I’ve been into welding 13 yrs. I’ve been to the pipeline, shipyards, mines, rock quarries, and sand plants. And there is absolutely no one bed that does it all. The perfect bed doesn’t exist. All that should matter is if it’s functional and you’re able to finish the job. Anybody coming to this video trolling or trying to ask dickhead questions, let’s see your setup. Anyway, congrats bro, I know that setup works. 🤘🏾

One of my favorite welding youtubers, he shows you how to get inspired and how to get stuff done

I'm sorry to hear about your loss that's awesome that the family gave it to you maybe name the truck after him some way

Remove that back seat n build out proper tub n shelves...organized storage. Cool truck.

Don’t listen to all the haters! Keep up the good work! Your setup and all your preparedness is way better than a lot of other full-time Welders I know.

I am a welder. I have a welding rig. I have worked as a welder for 30 years. Your welding rig is super sweet !!!! Simple and Organized. Fu*ck the haters on here. Keep up that side Hustle, It just might turn into a full time job. Please keep posting !!!

Sorry about your friend, I know he’s looking down on that sweet rig with a smile on his face. I’ve used pearl abrasives for years, and they are awesome. I’m exited to see you using that rig in the future. Well done!

I would maybe add some work lights on the back of ur tool boxes just incase u get caught out at dark heck maybe some strobes incase ur on the side of the road

Looking good!! I hope you get so busy with your side work that it becomes your Full time gig! Where I live you can't leave your leads out like that because they wouldn't be there the next morning.

You doing what you want to do,how you want to do it. Phucc them haters! Do your boy proud!

bro for just being a side hustle, your rig is dope af. you could tell you had alot of thought in it 👌👌

Hello from Australia nice job mate and don`t bother with the wanker that calls you a wannabe he has not got the balls to have a go. Best of luck mate.

Side Hustle? Looks like you are ready for Monday-Friday with that set up, well done sir.

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good job on the truck man, its great, you will do well now, cheers Paul.

Great looking truck and set up ,I hope you get lots of good use out it

Dang brother 🔥! So cool to see it done! I didn’t realize you were on RU-vid! Really appreciate that story at the end too bro! 👌👊

Truck looks great bud!

My gosh, for just a weekend rig that’s insane. You could run your own business so easy off of that full-time.

He's the definition of "better to have em and not need em, than the need em and not have em" 🤝🏽💯

What about a wire feeder. Might have to run flux core.

Grab you a HF Titanium plasma cutter or for your space limitations... grab a arcair plasma torch. (Sometimes you run out of torch gas) plan B ;)

Work trucks should always have toilet paper … you never know!!

1st thing I really like the truck it is good looking 2nd thing I would remove the back seat completely and make it more utility for carrying tools and welding rods All in all I like it! You did a really good job putting it together

Nice truck. I removed my back seat for more room. Gives you another foot in the back seat. It’s just 2 or 4 bolts and it comes right off. I stuffed my backseat when I took mine out. Built a bottom that goes to the very back.

Wet passengers side carpet probably means your condensation drain is plugged or the firewall gasket has broke down. Cleared mine with a zip tie and sealed the firewall with RTV.

What's the bottle sitting on? Hopefully some thick insulation, or sooner or later there's going to be a cylindrical projectile on a collision course with the unknown! On another topic, Scottsay has just been officially and unanimously awarded the title of, "Major DB Runt of the Day"!

Nice setup

Oh a power inverter for the charger

Man I wis I had that truck, its as old as me and runs as good as new. I'm currently doing mobile welding side hsutle on my parents mini van my welder, generator oxy acetylene tools etc . But I'm also a welding student in college been doing it for 3 years had the confidence to do mobile welding since I can't find a job anywhere and paying for college is a burden to my parents and feel like I need to make money yet my insructers dont want me doing it but since I'm broke and dont qualify for financial aid or scholarships and loans is all they tell me to get which I refuse to be in debt for life. I'm willing to take the risk to do this type of work and not let no one stop me. from going to the gym and workout and welding stuff to pay for my education. I hope to get to your point one day thanks and congrats.

Treat your side hustle as a business, because it is a business!

You should do a series on positional stick welding. A little 6g pipe action or 3g etc.

for the jerry silicone glove over the male parts of the quick disconnects, if you get two more female quick disconnects and just plumb a cap in them, then you have two quick disconnect caps for the males when they aren't in use, and with a little chain or paracord they will stay on the truck even if you forget to put them on

I have everything I need to do basic welding/fab at home for myself (don't have a rig), this video helps give me a good idea as to what I might need to go mobile, really cool video

Nice set up. Up grades I would make. 120 volt cord reel, work lights, 9 inch grinder. You have a nice welding machine capable of burning carbon arc rods I would have to get Ingersoll rand t30 compressor and a K 4000 arc air rig.

Ha I bought one of my ranger 8s off you haha

You Could remove the back seats completely and have more cab space, more dry or warm space depending on where you live

New sub here. Great job on your rig, I too prefer old gear that has been restored than new stuff, you did an excellent job one the restorations. I like your attention to detail. I have a small farm service trailer I use, well, on my farm. Picked up a few tips from your setup. You're spot-on regarding the grinders. I have a grinder for each task. I quit the ole one grinder setup where you're constantly wasting time swapping consumables. I'm old and appreciate that every other word in your videos is not the F word. I know, I know, you younger folks laugh at that but some people don't like it as part of normal conversation...I'm one of those people. There are tons of welding channels, if I can't watch them in my house without my daughter asking me "what the heck are you listening to?", I just find another channel that is family friendly. Thank you for that. I know that sounds corny but hey, when you get my age you will appreciate your attitude change that comes with it, you just don't tolerate stuff that annoys you...and you become proud of that fact. lol Keep up the great content!

I like this truck, is great, best regards from Venezuela

Excellent call on the air compressor. Nice job rebuilding it as well. Even if you don’t use your air tools very often, you definitely need an air compressor to blow off all the rust and shavings and grinding and dust and dirt and everything else. So nice job! 👍

Like the video I'm trying to start a side hustle as well.. does your generator ever shut off or does your welder ever stop working or can your generator hold the power on ticker Welds..

Every welding rig should start off with a 5.9 Cummins powered Dodge truck, well done sir.

Here's some suggestions to fuel the algorithm. First though, you did a great job. I would put a shelf in the grinder box, your losing a lot of storage. You'll need more and more storage as you go and acquire more tools. You could further expand with under bed boxes.

Go to duals asap, might save your butt from a rear blowout with the high extra weight. Sweet rig

Cut an X in a tennis ball and shove it over the oxy/acetylene hook ups to keep water and stuff out and ditch the latex gloves that won’t last but a week..good shit bud!! Keep trucking

Spray foam is useful for finding the leaks in car roofs, just dig in a little wherever i leaks out and fill it with proseal. But other than that I will use clear RTV and some windex on my fingers to smooth it over any and all seams.

Looks great bro congratulations getting your truck finished

Some of the comments, bro!🙄 I'm here to learn and be inspired...thanks! Liked & sub.

I'm a bit surprised that you haven't welded pull out trays or shelving inside. Good videos 🤙🏼

this is my goal man, kudos to you nice rig

Make a exhaust deflector on your compressor muffler to save your paint on your welding machine. Looks great

Great job and remember some are dreamers and some just dream and do it ...thumbs up

Way to go Matt looks good brother. Keep it up!!

hayden definitely would be proud. the rig looks so sick i love the purple

Love the jdtco sticker on your helmet i love thier Milwaukee tool boots

What do you think about taking out the back seats for more room for storage?

You’re a welder my friend… Just well two more feet of steel on the backside of the truck and foot and 8 foot bed, it’s not even that big of a project. So you have to get a longer drive shaft and shift the axle back just a little bit that’s still not that big a deal. None of those things are A hill for a fabricator. I’m going to tell you as someone that owned a 2003 ram 3500 SRW work truck I cried the day the insurance company took it after it flooded. And as the song says, I’d like to have that one back. Those trucks are getting super hard to find and there’s no way I would sell my Cummins if I didn’t have another one already bought. To have a truck these days without a DPF end it doesn’t have to run DEF it’s such a big deal. You just don’t understand unless you own another vehicle that has those issues how much upkeep modern omissions are on a diesel. Even if you have to put another 10 grand into getting this truck how you want it it looks like a really nice truck and frankly I doubt there’s that much of a loss between the 6 foot bed in the 8 foot bed since you can always bring a trailer if you need to haul something big.

Great start bro. I would get some small angle from supplier and make some shelves in those boxes. Also i run a compressor on my rig, and hated the amount of space it took up. I yanked the tank off, and put it under the bed. 17 gallon. Love your setup though. You can air arc with that compressor. Just use 1/4 or 3/16 rods. Go easy. Your not gonna go buck wild, but lil by lil you can do it

I'm in central NJ, I have a lot of work and would love to get together to talk , jim

Much respect and best of wishes to you. The only thing I'll add is that your side hustle is your business. You're a mobile welder be it part time or full time. So keep track of any expenses including wear and tear on all your equipment and consumables. I would itemize all of it on the invoice. Customers become more agreeable when they see the expenses listed out. God bless

Pretty snazzy for a side hustle rig. I love it 👍

Rig welding ain’t no side hustle partna that’s a full time job

Add some carbide bits to the box for your die grinder

Great setup. I'm in the process of building one of my own. It's a lot of work and I appreciate the details of your rig. Gave me some great ideas. Thanks for the video.

Nice video thanks. :) Can I just ask why all Americans have old pickups for this? In Europe everybody has Iveco, Merced, WV Vans. In my eyes a van is far superior, it protects your equipment from thives, rain, sun, dirt and a lot of other crap. Plus if it rains you can work inside the van. Take care.

great looking setup. You have a good truck a good machine and a good compressor. A simple setup, but you can do alot of work with what you have. The sky is the limit now. I have carried an axe on my rig for years I don't anymore though. But I never considered having it to cut my cables off. But you normally always have a grinder strung out I'm sure you can zip your cables off with a grinder that is right beside you, quicker than you can run to your truck and grab a tool to cut them off. I used to run them westeran quick connects on everything, But they became more hassle than they were good, simplicity is bliss. you can stand to make a ton of money with that setup of you get yourself into the right job. Very nice man. You are making Hayden proud, And he is proud what you are doing with that bed.

4x t shirts please Im a big guy, I will buy a few hats also chris

Thanks bruh for infor , I’m starting my business soon as possible wishes you the best

I couldn't believe it when you pulled out that spot light years ago my father had one identical to it. He always kept the handle in a pistol grip instead of the straight setting. Loved the truck tour rig is looking great. Looking for some extra storage look for some boxes to mount under the bed infront of the axle

What's a good service truck mig welder and put aluminum welding with also

Nice work! I would suggest taking the back seat right out if you don’t need it build a level platform across the back that will make life easier running the smaller truck Get an inverter for the truck 2000 watts. They’re handy for multiple reasons and you don’t have to always run the welder for power. You will always be working on organization when running a truck know I’m always brainstorming how to make my service truck more efficient and better with my storage.

Nice truck. Very well laid out.

The "AX" is silly as hell! 😂 An AX is made for cutting wood.. It does not work that well cutting cable. Why not just a small set of bolt cutters to cut the cable?

If your only using the truck for welding, I’d pull the rear seat throw some sound deadening and attach a thin sheet of uhmw on the back rest ( just so the cab stays quiet n still looks decent on the inside ) it’ll free up at least 1/2 foot of space in the back there, if not a bit more… Rig looks great👌🏼🤘🏼

Thank you for this video , I am 35 and have done electrical most my life some plumbing but just mostly construction commercial but mostly residential, I started to transition into welding so seeing this helps me a lot for ideas on my welding truck

Nice rig bro! As long as its making money, thats all that matters! Broke boys will hate, while working men will appreciate. Keep it up dude.

I save those little desiccant packs and put them in my rod tubes, anti spatter will save your ass on hydraulic rams-one bit of spatter will ruin your day, also if you weld on anything with air brakes keep a handful of push-connect unions in 1/4 3/8 and1/2. cool rig and good luck!

What you have is pretty impressive ,you have what it takes thats for sure, i had to call a Mobile welder guy once my son and took our boat to the lake coming back the axle broke under the boat tráiler it wasnt broke all the way but i knew it wouldnt last for 40 miles of driving anyway called a Mobile welder in the área he was the there in 10mins repaired my boat tráiler axle and only charged 50 bucks he was done in maybe 15 20 mins , he was a pretty cool guy really ,his repair hasnt failed yet and ive took our boat out several times, i have his number he gave me in casé i have any problems or need him for other stuff , bit he had a rig fairly similar to yours pretty cool , great video take care and god bless

Brother, I've said it before, i ;love what you do! But you could have set THAT TRUCK UP SOOOO MUCH BETTER,! yOUR AIR SHOU;D RUN OFF YOUR GENNY, AND YOU Should HAVE WIRE FEED CAPABILITIES AS WELL! bUT OTHERWISE, GREAT jOB!!

Ever considered buying or making a box for that reel to keep that out of the weather too? Nice to see you have a welding rig going. Good work, bro.

I’m a Tri-flow guy. Expensive but hella-good. Soak the fasteners and the next day, bang, it’s off!

Love those 3rd gen wheels on there

This is a bad ass truck , yeah the beds small and I know he wishes he could have done some things different it it’s a cool truck and looks great and for some side work it’s awesome and you could run a business out of it so nice truck

Awesome set up man! I was thinking of getting into welding part time too I love it. For a side gig this is perfect setup. Idk if this works for you, but personally I'm thinking about buying a little 6x8 or whatever cargo trailer and making it into a full on welding trailer. You can mount everything in there,get big hose spools, cabinets for tools, the whole 9 yards. Only thing is dragging around a trailer trailer anymore all the time gets annoying but at least you can lock the trailer and everything is safe from the elements. Just a thought

Im building a very similar setup to this at the moment only 8ft and different brand of side boxes, nice rig!

Instead of Teflon tape use hydraulic pneumatic sealant it works great and you won't risk splitting your fittings

Cool rig man, looks nice!!

Super rad set up DUDE!!! 🤣 looks way more like a full time set up and not a side hustle. You are ready for almost all the things!!!

Nice setup 👍🏼

Very impressive setup! I'm not sponsored or anything, but I love Benchmark Abrasives for all my grinder stuff. They're very affordable in bulk and last 10 times longer than harbor freight or the big box store stuff. I believe meltin metal Anthony uses them too.

How do you charge? I live in NM but I don't know the business part of this work

Being that you live in a winter state. You might want to look at going with a trailer. You can set up a small bench in it and all. Can even run a heater for the winter so you can get out of the cold on jobs

"...something from Walmart i made in America(?)..." :D Haha, good.

Wicked truck all you need and probly more 😊 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁✌️

I like your minimalist approach to it all, proving you don’t need a ton to GSD.

Damn, really hoped it was a 12v 😂

Cool af bro . I thinking about taking off . Been welding for 14 years

Nicely done, Matt. I’m toying with the idea of making my Ram 1500 a rig, but also considering converting one of my trailers to a mobile platform. I have a Primeweld Cut 60 plasma, Miller Bobcat, & a couple multi-process welders. Of course the squares clamps, pipe stands, & numerous grinders. My issue is my truck looks brand new, and has low milage for a 2015. Thus my quandry about rigging the trailer vs. the truck. I only want to do a side hustle as well, but want to be well equipped. I like my Chief needle scaler, and have a 30 gal upright compressor that I would use for the plasma and air tools. I think you’ve done a good job on that 2001 Ram 2500.

I won’t recommend to anybody to try to hold a pry bar while there using a 12lbs sledge one time the head came and smacked me in the knee