9 Axle Trailer Repair

[@armedmariner]

Great job. I relax watching you. An old Amish guy taught me to light a candle and put it on my workbench when I am working. He said candles burn slowly and so should a craftsman. He said any time you feel like you are rushing blow the candle out and come back later. I think this same Amish guy taught you how to work.

[@OFW]

I like that.

[@Sandee_Crinklesack]

I get fired the day i brought the candle out

[@davidhall8874]

Over the years I have become an expert...at watching KZbin videos of this nature. Now according to my untrained eye and years of ignorance, let me say...looks good to me! At least I enjoyed watching the video!! Thanks for sharing.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

I've been in the transportation rigging construction field my whole career I'm amazed at what pins and cotter keys can hold. Good job on the weld.

[@victorjeffers1993]

I was amazed that you saved that for a temporary fix so they could continue using it till you get the new parts in ! You do fantastic work ! 👍👍

[@billcarlson1730]

Dude, you are good. Glad I found this channel.

[@bryceschofield3088]

Not a welder but really love to watch a craft like this. From what I see you really do some professional work. I also like to see the repair jobs on the big equipment, it really shows your knowledge on how to repair high stress areas.

[@reevinriggin3570]

I really miss pullin that trailer. My son was my pilot car driver and I trained him on a lot of stuff with that old girl. she wasn't so old then. Moved a bunch of D10's and 375's and 657's with her. Looks like she has been pulled hard and put away wet. Thanks for the vid.

[@byPetra]

"Well they don't know me...." We do and we love you! Thanks for the awesome content man!

[@caesar1295]

Great video brother you have some serious welding and repair skills. I worked in the Tower Crane field for 30 yrs and I’ve only come across one guy who could repair, fabricate, and weld like you. Sir I just subscribed and want to see more of your work my hats off to you.

[@Freedomfabrication777]

I thoroughly enjoy watching your channel. It’s nice to see that there are still some great fabricators out there in the field. One of the reasons I enjoy watching you work so much is because I find that you and I think and work very similarly when doing welding repairs. It’s almost a little scary. Keep posting great content. It’s a pleasure to watch your strategy and methods and skill. Keep up the great work!

[@coreytran7415]

Man that's some pretty work right there. I work for a company as a machinist and most of my jobs are drilling and boring. To see someone repair something like that, oh man thats crazy. Love your work, keep on at it. Wish you the greatest.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

Nice work! We finally got a gouge in the shop and I have been playing with it. I am clumsy and uncoordinated. Like a new borne colt walking for the first time! Shaky. I am beginning to get a feel of it but it's not intuitive I can say that. Of course I am relying on KZbin to teach me. You, CE Engineering, IC Weld (he's a really good one) and a few others. Love it!

[@J7nikon]

always love your videos, I've been watching your channel for over a year now. I'm just about to get out of welding school, I like to soak up all the knowledge and experience from people like you!! good work!! 😃

[@kentsmith2164]

Nice repair! Good job. I’ve done some of those. But they didn’t get any other parts. Just said fix to me or put back together. They didn’t have any more issues after I welded it up like you did. Patch jobs I’ve been used to.

[@ziggythegreat]

This some of the best promotion for a cordless die grinder I've ever seen. I've always wanted one but now I feel like a need one.

[@kingsalmon5905]

Talk about going down a rabbit hole....3 hours later I need a nap. Thanks for the videos!

[@paulb3095]

very nice job. Ive been welding and machining for years and you do some fine work for sure

[@jfrommaine8084]

Great job just reminds me of something and old mechanic told me when I first started turning wrenches “If a man build it a man can fix it.” Truth!

[@kennytoler6485]

Awesome!! Would love to come tag along a couple days to learn. Love every thing you post

[@arfarms5711]

Hey man, as a logger/farmer/welder for a long time that’s done a lot of jobs like, you did the damn deal on these bosses. No joke, my hat is off to you. That’s the most Percision job I’ve ever seen for a mobile job. New sub. First vid I’ve seen of yours, but I’m sure I’ll see a lot more here soon

[@rickhurley6103]

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[@irishlad8797]

Hi if been watching this guy for the last few months and every video is even better than the last I'm a farmer -heavy excavation driver all my life in Ireland and and iv an ark and co2 welderbut I'm totally blown away every time I see him at work iv so many questions for him I wouldn't know where to start Tahe care from Ireland shay😎

[@MLDIYSH]

Absolutely love that Plasma cutter. I need one. That was a good repair - gusset was free insurance.

[@Brad1237202]

Love your channel Brother! Getting an education from every video!!

[@0dbm]

Your machining skills with a hand grinder are amazing. Blend Master

[@lazerusmfh]

Looks like a great repair. One way I like to gusset a round repair is cut off some flat bar to an appropriate lengthXwidth, weld to one side and use a jack on the opposite side to form it to the radius. Then you have a virgin steel gusset around the whole piece, though the two section gusset should strengthen it quite a bit also Some of my favorite tools for prepping in field repairs are the metabo 7” tube sander, metabo 4” burnisher and the metabo chamfer tool Cheers buddy

[@daveminion6209]

God bless SMB owners. great work, as always.

[@Snipeyou1]

Hey bro your job is cool, I like watching. Nice seeing others work hard. I’ve ground a lot of schedule 160 hastelloy with those rocks work well. I usually smooth it with a carbine teardrop, then rock it. Works good

[@danfaux9170]

Nice job. Add plate on either side so your weld is continuous past edges then grind off after. Needle gun good idea too helps relieve stress build up plus gets slag off quick. Should really be nothing wrong with the repair vs the new one if done right but pin should be a proper fit as the slop will cause it to beat on it which may break it again.

[@OFW]

It was a temporary repair. Or I would have done all that.

[@TIREDOFEVIL]

Brother, wish I had 1/2 of your skill set, outstanding work.

[@DaleDirt]

Awesome job , Hopefully they will get the new fitting so you can fix it up back to factory spec , unfortunately ,like you said , they will run it until the break the other side , then replace both sides at one time . Great job ,

[@user-lf7en6rf8m]

One things for sure. That looks excellent, incredible work. 👍

[@waynegalvin4639]

It may not be the way to fix it properly but you did a very nice job as usual!

[@irishlad8797]

It's probably stronger now than when it came from the manufacturer great fix 😊😎

[@Myfrilleddragons]

Do you have them sign something saying you will do your best to Weld and fix it, but aren't liable for damages should it break?

[@donktheclown]

Awesome job, thanks for posting your exceptional work. That Plasma Cutter is the cat's ankles, not to mention the meat your Mig put's down !!

[@Jdigger4130]

Sheering pins on that Murray is really squattin er more than once! GREAT SOLVE MAN!!!!! Tip my hat to yer skill and discipline to do what ya need to do to your standards! Not a welder or anything just a KZbinr but ya got a new sub here! Dig yer stuff

[@generationbehindhifi]

This guy is a master of his craft. Nice job!

[@christopherfisher7805]

Excellent job! May I suggest that any repairs you make and safety recommendations that you could give to the company regarding there equipment be put into writing and sent via recorded mail delivery to the company, and keep at least one copy for yourself, kept away from your home and office address, as in the event of equipment failure, the company will be looking for "A peg to hang the law suit on" Keyboard commandos ALWAYS know what's best for the company, but not you. A trailer break down on a public road COULD result in fatal injury to a member of the public resulting in millions of dollars going away from the company. Just making them aware.

[@TheStefanskoglund1]

Or same trailer breaking on a railway crossing and then comes a passenger train.....

[@dumpsterfire6351]

I like the extra reinforcement weld, I’d feel better having an NDI on that though before releasing back to full duties.

[@pcmfmacs9087]

Hi you need a medal for the effort you put in there great outcome all the best from Paul in Australia Hoo Roo 🇦🇺🍻👍

[@rogerjohnson6218]

dam sweet ...nice to see you back on here...:-)...i like the way you do stuff... as in fixing all the BS do it right or go home...

[@mjg6966]

Fascinating, the slide show at the end was very interesting really shows the process.🇬🇧

[@tec9944]

Bad ass job like the fuel leak one, this is another one that really is relying on your skill, I also say bad ass because you said the trailer company said you can't do that and you said "well they don't know me" 🤣 your a steel surgeon, it's steel, it can and will be fixed hell or high water, you do some good gigs! Big gigs! Got a great setup and plenty of skill I think you'll be fine for years to come

[@deconteesawyer5758]

If the company said "You can't do that." they sure as hell would not be offering the component(s) for sale. Customer service (in India) says your computer will not work until you install Win11 too.

[@victoryfirst2878]

YOU are correct fella. They will use the repaired item till it breaks again. That is what business does.

[@horstszibulski19]

not too bad, hope that the customer takes only light weights on it until the whole repair is done, the insurance will find any way to refuse a payment if anything will happen that could be related to your welding, even you and us know that you don't do shady work... Thx for the vid, great to watch! 👍👍👍

[@scotthultin7769]

First 👍's up thanks for sharing this video with us all

[@bigdave6447]

Only my thoughts for what they're worth. I'll bet that if you were to wrap a piece of 5/8 strip the width of the ear that went from top to bottom and welded it completely that ear would never break. We'll never know . Your job may never fail either!! Would be interested to know! Great job !!!

[@itsjustme9318]

Love your vids you are a true expert at what you do, pride in workmanship.

[@leewelbanks6366]

Great job, only thing I would suggest is bevel the sharp pin hole edges and for the gusset shape a piece of 1" to lay flat on the bottom.

[@RADIOACTIVEMASCULINITY]

We’ll done temporary repair! I’m looking forward to seeing part two

[@ЕгорКутузов-н3ф]

Ставлю лайк за хорошую работу. Приятно посмотреть и научиться для себя. 👍

[@donsmith9081]

Really enjoyed the repair brother. Please consider wearing a respirator.

[@frankalicea2403]

Great work sir, very knowledgeable

[@N1RKW]

That is some fine welding work, sir.

[@mindquad772]

man that thing looks perfect, so badass

[@CoreytheMechanic]

Good job would recommend a needle scaler for slag removal and relieving stress on the welds.

[@jackdawg4579]

Well, if you don't schedule the maintenance, the machine will schedule it for you! mostly at inconvenient times though... When you do the full repair, might be worth adding some wear pads underneath.

[@OFW]

Yep. That’s already a part of the plan.

[@repalmore]

Just a personal thing, this job is big enough some run out tabs might be worth using. I've rarely use them because I almost always stick weld any high stress joint. I really want to look into dual shield. Understand it has almost the same penetration stick does and builds faster than mig.

[@OFW]

It’s a temporary fix. Or I would have used run out tabs. Dual shield has the same strength as stick depending on the wire selection. And a way faster deposition rate. Only flaw is sometimes the wind will get to you.

[@repalmore]

@@OFW I got my first welder back in 1985. Done one or two beads since then. I still feel like a newbee almost everyday there is so much to learn. For the wind I was thinking a folding screen like you see the pretty lady changing behind in the movies but bigger and some sand bags to keep it from flying away. Another reason I like stick, doesn't care the wind. I have been hit with a gust strong enough to push me off the weld though. Can't account for everything in life. Good thing I had loads of room before I got in trouble by being pushed around by the wind.

[@ypaulbrown]

missed this when it first came out.....got booted over here from part 2, cheers, Paul in Florida

[@Brainmalfuction]

Nice work ! dealing with costumers that want it NOW because the NEED is has to be the worst .

[@JTwelder.]

If they really need it that bad they'll be willing to pay a very handsome price to get it fixed. A lot of guys make extremely good money off rush jobs. Some of the best money you can make as a welder is when the customer is losing money every hour the equipment is down.

[@voodoochild8697]

First and foremost.love your channel. It just boggles my mind how customers want to go the cheapest way out but yet it's going to cost them double in the long run to the job right. Been there done that. If it was me i wouldn't touch that job. It's a safety concern and a liability. Cutting corners will get someone killed. Do it right the first time.👍

[@georgestrobl6510]

I’ve done those befor get a crane on site so u can dip it up on its sides .then u don’t have to lay on your back gouging .cut the front cross member in half take it out makes it easier . Then fish plate it when it goes back together.use a number 5 tip in your touch and do as much cutting of the old hinders out lest air gouging then to . Just way I did it look forward to see how u do it

[@JohnSmith-lw2bm]

That’s a good owner / operator. Why wait for the correct repair? Just risk it and hope. After all, time = money. Hopefully the owner signed an affidavit that you are not responsible or liable for anything after the repair when he takes it down the road under load again.

[@lifeonthehill942]

Beautiful work brotha top notch !

[@alitn588]

Was a neat job , and I don't think anything happen for this for a long long time 👍

[@buyamerican3191]

Love your videos man! Beautiful repair! Heatin' and Abeatin' welding service💯👌👍

[@terryperrott8567]

I run lowboy for a local construction company, we do the wet utilities, I move our wheel loaders , excavator's. Our biggest excavator is a JD 850D it comes in @ 160K& some change. To me that's a engineering flaw, you would think that part of the trailer would be over engineered. Q: wouldn't it been better to wrap that with a piece of flat plate? And wouldn't that spread the load out better that on a 1" guesset

[@OFW]

Yes and no. It’s a temporary repair so anything is better than nothing. I do agree that it is a bad design.

[@JTwelder.]

Great video! I love seeing you take the time to throw tacks on all the low spots and blend them out, true craftsmanship. What dual shield wire are your running in this video?

[@OFW]

Lincoln 71a75

[@JTwelder.]

@@OFW thanks!

[@razorbackg.7004]

How loose where the pins? Good call on adding the gusset on the outside. I probably would have doubled that gusset still that was good instinct to add it.

[@OFW]

Loose, about 1/8” of slop.

[@peteacher52]

"They don't want you yo do it, but they don't know me." I love it! Within the field of mechanical engineering repairs, you are the Man. Your customers are lucky bastards to have you as many others would walk away from jobs you take in your stride.

[@jameswood9764]

Wrap a piece of 1/2 inch plate 4 inches wide around it from top to bottom?

[@RavensHater007]

"We all know what's gonna happen"....had me laughing pretty good!

[@David-yy7lb]

Man using that rose bud to heat that thick steel had to be time consuming, I guess it wont be long until there's an induction heater to heat up steel that thick really quick but that was an excellent repair

[@clifficus]

That’s real nice work. Thanks for sharing 👍😃

[@stuarth43]

please put up a vid of your truck and the gear on it welding stuff, wire used etc and give us your history, interested, I used to build ocean sailing yachts in aluminium

[@zx8401ztv]

What a great temp repair, im sure your welds are really strong.

[@ericberman4193]

Great work! I’m curious. I’m not a welder, but… would it be a good idea to magna-flux the entire bracket before and after the repair in order to see if there were any cracks that needed to be gouged out and welded up at the same time in order to complete the temporary repairs? That’s a high-stress (understatement if there ever was one) connector and given that a prior-existing/long-ignored fatigue crack eventually led to a catastrophic failure, a few extra ounces of prevention would seem worth the effort. For that matter, it would appear that the trucking company should do a better job of completely inspecting their equipment upon a regular basis in order to make smaller repairs before bigger problems end up occurring.

[@OFW]

It would probably be worth it.

[@frfrpr]

Way interesting. Great filming. Thanks

[@dumpsterfire6351]

Looks fun as long as they aren’t rushing

[@JesusMartinez-oy7qe]

You are an amazing craftsman

[@carsonray2982]

We call that round stone wheel a “donkey Dick” in the pipe fitting world. Awesome repair

[@OFW]

Good to know. Now I can yell “throw me the donkey Dick”.

[@deconteesawyer5758]

@@OFW ... instantly regrets yelling that in a Tijuana bar.

[@Sumsebrumm]

hey dude... please show us your truck with all the tech

[@OFW]

Truck tour is coming.

[@JonDingle]

Brilliant work squire!

[@arbiter1]

Sounds like lack of inspection and Maintenace is the cause. If they checked over those pins probably would of found that crack beforehand. Should be standard to check over all that on reg basis or if its been unused for a time before use.

[@Nicoya]

Bending that eye back into shape looked like it could have been a good application for flame straightening / heat shrinking. Have you tried that technique before?

[@OFW]

I have.

[@Mikael5732]

Would it have been possible to have hammered the hook tighter so the pin was a tad bit too tight, complete your welding and just line bored the clearances tight?

[@OFW]

Yes but not worth that effort for a temporary fix.

[@Mikael5732]

@@OFW I thought about that as well. Not worth time and effort for such a short term fix. Now if they were hauling cross country…then use trains I imagine.

[@tylermanion2846]

Just wondering why you didnt heat/ pull back in the first place then gouge after.. wouldnt that be a better start point then ving the hole out then trying to find the right id?

[@OFW]

There are many ways to do it. That’s just the way I choose.

[@middleway1885]

Boop! Happy New Years! Great stuff!

[@semperfidelis8386]

pretty fucking GOOD for a temp repair, man. Question.....wouldn't the reinforcement underneath be stronger if you had laid that "gussett" down flat?

[@OFW]

Probably. I actually cut it off the next day

[@terrycapehart6303]

Well done, your a hard worker, have a blessed day bro

[@Asomesauc]

Thank you for another great video.

[@Canoga_Knuckles]

Not being a welder or understanding metal fatigue but I would think the weak part would be the area that was heated because it was stretched during the failure ?

[@OFW]

Yes and no. The heat helps to relax the metal while it’s getting bent. Keeping in mind this was a temporary repair.

[@DXT61]

Great video. Die grinder shards are the worst type of metal shavings. The splinters are a pain.

[@King_TuTT]

I don't know welding. I ask why isn't the patch job good enough? looks great to me.

[@ronkali5365]

Damn you're really good, Last night had nothing too do, i saw your video pop up on the caterpillar now this one so i sub

[@wheelman007]

I would be scared to pull that trailer loaded after a repair like that. Nothing wrong with what you did that's what the customer wanted. That's also why the better trailers have a 3 to 2 plate joint.

[@deconteesawyer5758]

Yes, but do those other trailers have a cutter tooth on the bottom to dig up asphalt for lube of the flat parts dragging ?

[@wheelman007]

@@deconteesawyer5758 no they don't have anything that destroys asphalt on the bottom.

[@JohnSmith-lw2bm]

The gusset was a nice touch.

[@billjenkins687]

I'm guessing that the company dramatically overloads this rig on a regular basis.

[@raytalbot5890]

What was you wire & gas mix when fixing this? 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@OFW]

Lincoln 71a75 and 75/25

[@carloskawasaki656]

Thank you for sharing,i learn a lot 👍👍👍👍

[@colincfour-zp9ul]

Can you do a Video on your Rig and the equipment and welders you use to do your operations

[@OFW]

Yes I will.