I bought a HTP 220 Invertig 10 years ago in 2014, I still use it today looks and runs like new. I babied it and kept it covered all those years. You're knowledge and skill is great. Keep up the videos, however please use proper ventilation so you can live long for your daughter and watch her grow.

can this method be used on marine outboards cast aluminum? i do not have access to tig or mig. i do have a small inverter stick welder ingco 160 amp. if the pieces im welding is thin can i tack then chip slag then tack again until i complete the length of the area i need welded? that way i dont melt the entire piece? i need your professional advice.

Hey Peter, I need to run my PP220 off of a generator, just short circuit MiG. What watt generator do I need? I’ve got access to a 28k peak Westinghouse, runs at 20k. Also do I need to have what you guys call “clean” power with the harmonics and all that? Don’t wanna burn my machine up.

indeed great job guys not many people use stick method for aluminum but you proved that with some good prep and preheat knowing your machine well you can achieve some great results nicely done

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Regardless of your explanation, the Ford truck took the same abuse, and MORE abuse. A Tesla is not built Ford Tough.

What types or code the electrode do you use

Yeah and then he did much worse to the ford back end and it did not give out. The Cybertruck back end is not well made for shock loads.

Will these rods work vertical?

Beautifully explained. Even i understand.

Doesn’t matter a steel frame hitch would still not of snapped off just making excuses for a poorly design soon to be disaster

Nope, I trust the video Whistling Diesel did. You are bolting a steel piece onto an aluminum frame and I think if people tow a lot with the CT you will see more failures.

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new to the channel, thought you were going to JBWeld the hole for a minute...

Wait, you are not using spool gun ?

Cybercrap.

Stainless brush only for aluminum weld no contamination

Well now I wonder, what happens when your trailer is getting swayed in the wind? That cant be good lol, brittle material getting wiggled, thats how you break stuff off.

FORD fix or repair daily 😅

even jut that hit alone shouldent break the frame , this really is not a truck

Tesla doesn't heat treat those castings. They adjust the alloy to a proprietary alloy that doesn't require heat treating after casting.

The whole hitch is suppose to be steel. Shouldn't break off, bend maybe but breaking off is crazy. You cant cut corners on the foundation of a vehicle but it seems Tesla did

A steel frame breaks off from that kind of drop is bad design. I understand the cybertruck weighs a ton but it then should be able to take additional strain over standard vehicles. Frame may be too small. Regardless an issue.

Whistling diesel just disproved this

Watch WD’s latest video. The Ford took far more abuse and did not fail. There are no excuses.

When ordering a new sprinter, there is an option to add a 280A alternator and the price was only a couple hundred bucks. What's the difference? Is the one you installed OEM or after market?

Frames are never supposed to break. Bend maybe, but not break

Dude turned it into a junk yard transmission

Take it apart and clean it up bevel the weld area weld it clean it all up reassemble

It's a German Transmission..it should be Metric ..Yahh? 🇨🇦🤓✌️

10 dollar fix? What's your hourly rate? Sorry, 10 bucks don't buy much today, not even B.S. Ya get what you pay for. Zero prep

I see a commenter below said use JB weld. DO NOT USE JB WELD. That stuff is for amateurs and does not last. If you want a proper repair do it like this guy!

I have the same welder and you are just missing the c-clip that holds the drive wheel in place. You can see the groove that the c-clip slides into at 1:29.

300,000 pounds pulled by a Toyota Tundra is more impressive

While they might not want to spend too much money handling such a scenario, a few questions are raised: 1. What would have happened to a conventional truck? Yes the steel would bend, but would it bend to such a degree that it would total the car? 2. Could some low-cost changes allow the CT to handle such a scenario? Maybe a few adjustments to ensure there are sacrificial elements taking the force first? It seems noteworthy that the hitch seemed to be intact while the frame was compromised. Ideally you would want this reversed.

If a “truck” can’t handle people doing truck stuff then it’s not a truck. Now throw an old square body Chevy 4x4 against the Tesla cyber truck in the same test that broke the “hitch” and watch it blow the doors off that Tesla. The Tesla isn’t a real truck. There is no modern manufacture that produces a traditional truck anymore. If you want a traditional truck, then you have to go with something made in the 1980s and older.

And hitches see shock loads....thats why steel frames are better. They tend to give and take shock loads far better than any cast metal...especially aluminum!

For some reference, it got hit with 7000lbs of shock force from underneath the hitch. That is about 7 times its rated tongue weight capacity of 1,100lbs (from above). For reference, the gross weight of a trailer that would apply 7000lbs of tongue weight to the top of the hitch would be a 70,000lb trailer, when loaded correctly, not all that far off from a fully loaded semi truck). What is the big surprise here? Is it because it's the cybertruck that people have absolutely insane expectations? It seems like people will use any excuse possible to make fun of it, even if it's something as meaningless and ludicrous as this. I love WD but this is a huge disservice.

How much would it cost to build our own Cybertruk if we just weld stainless to a cheap used Model S?

These 'rigs' are NOT tough... I've seen minivans take more abuse than these.

V-Knurled drive roll is what you need to feed stainless wire. Same drive roll you use with flux cord wire. The drive roll used with solid Mig wire will crush the wire and it won’t feed through your gun properly you’ll hear it snap. That’s just from my experience and imo, correct me if I’m wrong and/or if you got more info on different SS wires and such. Thanks.

The trailer at the end 🤣 ...needless to say that guy probably lost his CDL that day.

Cast Aluminium has no sense of humour - very brittle. Steel may bend but won't crack unless you fatigue it.

Tesla does not perform any heat treatment after casting. :)

I caught the exact same thing. Hit it 1st. Still the jerk destroying the rear frame is NO good. I mean I hit kinetic rope pulls FAR harder than that repeatedly. Never had a frame just disintegrate. It's a problem for anyone intending to really USE the cybertruck as a truck. And the towing capacity tells me that alot of.people are going to be pushing it😂

So with a conventional frame it will bend vs sheer?

The whistlin diesel break is not that bad of a hit. I can do that all day in a normal pickup and not break it

From what you have said, welding to repair a "mega casting" is probably not a viable procedure, I guess. You certainly can't re heat treat an entire vehicle.

WD can be a meat head...over the top..but The vertical drop onto the trailer hitch, followed by the jerky towing, and breakage, are very realistic. If you like off road fun, but also use your truck, a trailer hitch is a necessary evil. I sometimes remove mine, but not always. Leaving a drop where I know it will hit, I will NOT be gentle- some forward speed is needed to prevent getting stuck when the hitch unloads the rear tires. I have slightly bent my frame doing this. Ductile steel is forgiving. Watching the WD video, I also thought that the vertical smack was the start of the problem. After it was broken, I was surprised at how fragile 8t looked. Towing that pulling sled? Repeat "30,000 lb!!" all you want...that was actually very gentle and controlled. Not much of a test. When that thin casting has had 4 or 5 northeast winters with salted roads, it will be completely untrustworthy- its shape looked like it would hold brine well. Maybe other mechanical or electrical problems will preclude these ever towing after many winters. Brittle materials do not belong between a tow vehicle and trailer. Ductility and an excess of material are needed- the instantaneous loads are way too unpredictable, but are certain to happen sooner or later...a pothole unseen while towing on a rainy night... ....or how about when a steel trailer hitch on a real truck is backed into the cybertruck in the grocery parking lot, cracking it...unseen..while you are inside squeezing melons or something? The same hit would not matter, if it were steel.