CAT 637 Crossmember and Apron Repair

[@HandFromCoffin]

This guy could make an entire cat out of enough welding wire.

[@jessihawkins9116]

that would be expensive 😲

[@fatbelly2438]

ive been welding for over 30 yrs and i still cant watch someone welding on youtube without closing my eyes when they weld...

[@sippe3985]

It’s a good habit !

[@SoleEpiphany]

Better to blink at a screen than get flashed on a job site😏

[@lvl10cooking]

Safety Squints

[@AK2I47]

Haha

[@johnkoffman7672]

​@@sippe3985🎉p9

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

First time seeing run off plates. Makes total sense. Thanks for explaining everything so well.

[@raymondpetrovits2336]

Watching you is going to make me a better welder. Thanks for explaining everything in detail, it really helps. The old timers used to say”You got to steal with your eyes” That’s what I did by watching your video. Many thanks!

[@ypaulbrown]

Paint those welds so the customer can see all you did.......beautiful work.......

[@jamestamu83]

Nice to see someone paint after the job is completed. Makes it look so much nicer, and it protects from rust. Plus it shows pride in your work.

[@deconteesawyer5758]

The new paint really stands out and is a nice touch. It makes it much easier to find the the breaks and splits at the next service interval.

[@Demonlord468]

Thats a huge pet peeve of mine not painting fresh welds. Especially on things like Automotive or thinner material it really compromises the work and will make the weld fail much faster. I found this out the hard way on my own welding a stabilizer bracket on the rear of my Honda Prelude I bought many years ago when I first started welding. It failed and ripped back out within 6 months not once but, TWICE both times I could even see where the outside of the welds rusted out and just ripped away from the frame clean as could be. 3rd time I welded it exactly the same as the last two times except this time I tossed a coat of primer and black engine paint on it and never broke again for the over 10 years after I drove the car. And its still together today 7-8 years since I parked it since the motor went bad. Ever since EVERYTHING I weld gets painted if it isn't Stainless or Aluminum.

[@hibahprice6887]

@@Demonlord468 Why paint? Heat the part, or it will heat itself up from welding, then take a grinder, a brass brush, and run it at low speed along the seam, the seam will be covered with a layer of brass, this is more reliable than paint. You can also use zinc in plasma sprayers, chromium from a solution - just pour it over the part, or nickel.

[@eastkywelding]

@@hibahprice6887 paint sounds simpler and cheaper than chromium and zinc ozzymosis

[@gillihansmobilewelding]

Man, I enjoy coming back to read all the comments from the experts.

[@nickpersenaire4443]

Nicely done Geg, keep up the great work .

[@WeldMke]

💪🏽You’re a bad man!!! i feel right at home watching your videos. Work i do in the shop, you do out in the field. Badass!

[@honeycuttracing]

Watched all your videos since I stumbled upon your channel and gotta say you're one hell of a worker!! Hope and pray for you to have plenty of work that isn't crazy but gets your talent as welder and fabrication skills on more videos!

[@rudyrivera7426]

Good ideas! To make things work! Great video! Thanks for sharing! 👍

[@molehogadventures6615]

The hell those machines go through, it's amazing more things aren't broken. Great job, I'm jealous.

[@kvEik]

Honest work, love the insight and teaching along the way, I've never welded but i want to have some knowledge for when i do. Such a great hobby potential!

[@JonDingle]

That was a days work and an epic video. Brilliant stuff!

[@Nanogrip]

I am glad that KZbin algorithm brought me to your video. I've had some ideas on how repairs are done on these equipment but nothing like what you're doing here. I've only done less than 10 hours of stick welding and I am loving it so far, once I "got it", things got easier.

[@AaronHernandez-rw1oh]

Great quality of work being conducted and the information is very helpful to those people who don’t know the industry of welding. Great job 👏🏻

[@terrycapehart6303]

Your are a hard working man, have a blessed day

[@trep53]

Years ago I thought I’d like to be a welder so in ‘71 I got a job as a welders apprentice at a manufacturing plant in Cleveland Oh. I don’t remember what the product was but I had to grind welds with a grinder that weighed like 40 lbs, it was big. Tough, hot, dirty, job but a good welder doesn’t need to grind much as I was told. Needless to say I didn’t last so I never got to learn how to weld. This is harder than he makes it look hats off to you.

[@Token_Black_Guy]

It's a fun job for sure always something to learn I'm only a year in

[@donaldhoot7741]

LOL! I used to weld with my dads work stuff and I still look away when you strike the arc! Great video!

[@mozartframing2757]

Top notch repair on that apron

[@MrFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

it would be cool if there was a welder that spit out a blend of slightly different material based on position and a info about the temp gradient of the parts being joined when doing a fill like this so when it all cools off it shrinks down to a 0 stress weld. always blown away with the stuff you can do with a torch man, I feel like you're making all of our brains bigger by sharing your techniques and skills.

[@theessexhunter1305]

That was very clever for running the weld into well done

[@mcfwelding]

dude your channel is literally on fire! awesome job keep them videos comin

[@stephenrice4554]

I know bugger all about welding outside of a few horticultural fixes on ploughs and harrows. So I'm watching your work from the interested numpty point of view . Great stuff , your explanations help greatly . Great video 👍🇬🇧

[@DS-Turbo]

You got some pretty interesting videos. I like the longer ones it's like a reality TV show

[@joseGonzalez-og9pd]

I work for woodbros Inc in lemoore CA. It's a big earth moving company with 20+ scrappers. I'm the maintenance welder there. It's awesome to see someone else performing the sometimes hard repairs that we do.

[@OFW]

If you ever need an extra hand I’m only a hour away.

[@joseGonzalez-og9pd]

Will do man!. Keep the videos coming. I'm a spung for new tips and tricks.

[@jamesbizs]

@@OFW LOL youd put him out of a job haha

[@vicferrari9380]

The bar looks great!

[@bobl5335]

RUN OFF PLATES WORKED GREAT . 😊 AWESOME OVERALL WORK . 😊 KEEP YOUR VIDEOS COMING THANKS

[@dogmandan79]

I could watch anything on YT and here I sit watching you fix CATS and I’m ok with that.

[@hmrody]

Great job with the wedges... I am not a welder, but am teaching myself. I had never saw wedges used that way. Very cool.

[@m.andrew3442]

Would love a tour of your mobile welding rig.

[@timk.1395]

I liked seeing how that steel was putty in your hands. 👍

[@tonnnyy7766]

Great skill and work man👍👍👍

[@ypaulbrown]

all right...love your videos. best wishes.....Paul in Florida.....cheers.....

[@BruceBoschek]

Highly instructive! Thank you very much.

[@dillbuckler1239]

I love the carbon air gougers .. I worked at a place that made 36inch HDD drill heads from solid steel, using 2 or 3, 9inch oil drill 1,2,3 cutters, and Frankensteined them into the metre wide drill heads , Cutting them apart with the gouger made work fun. Once you found the join it was like a hot knife thro butter 😁 the Huge weld layering processes afterwards was fun too..and I got paid for it? 😁😁

[@grabmeoneofthem5873]

Enjoy your video so much. I've learned so much . I'm a certified welder by trade. And have been welding for over 15 years. I watch all your videos repetitively

[@machinemoverman4614]

Good job, I sure pick up some good ideas from you guys!

[@oobeoobe]

Interesting to see the use of the wedges (I know fa about welding) to shape the plate. I always thought of welding as a permanent process, but the ability to attach aids to your workpiece and the way the bead is used to repair cracks makes me look at it as a more plastic and malleable process. Also the practice of a field repair was good to see.

[@rildain76]

I don’t know anything about welding either. I always thought the process of welding melted two pieces of a material together and the strength came from the original pieces rather than the welding material. It’s amazing to me that the welding material alone can bridge the gap between two pieces of steel and be structurally sound.

[@hibahprice6887]

@@rildain76 The welding seam is usually harder and stronger than the steel itself, primarily due to the fact that not the toughest steel is used in the technique, besides, the seam is hardened

[@ericksoto426]

Good work and I like the part about the plate I learn something everything thank you

[@gordonagent7037]

Gday mate, I’ve never used one of those gouging tools but boy I can see that in the hands of a skilled welder you get a really great result. Loved the explanation of the plates, made great sense and also again, I love that you present the final product so well by the addition of the paint, looks very professional and I dear say the owner would appreciate it very much as he’s got a lot of money invested in that equipment. Great content as always

[@anquiressantos4887]

Perfeito um excelente serviço...

[@bigdave6447]

You prove what I've said all along ,a good man with an arc gouger can do a marvelous job and minimize grinding !

[@mjk8710]

I’m liking your welding content sir videos are clear and sound is good as well outstanding Greg 💯👈🏻👍🏻🇬🇧

[@jwdickinson643]

awesome process and result!

[@user-yd1vs4ny6b]

The work culture is respected. Good job.

[@davidduarte5218]

Nice job ! I'm a fan of yours now!

[@jeanmoncerat8247]

Cara parabéns pela técnica....aprendi mais uma

[@JoeBribem]

Good stuff. The wedge trick is new to me.

[@archymarchy]

If I wasn't a union sheet metal worker HVAC estimator, I would of been doing what you do. Awesome video! 👌

[@weldingDIYprojects]

Отлично, мне нравится.👍✔

[@aaronperysian9413]

I see you are getting a lot more subscribers!!! Good work!

[@purpose4407]

Welds a clamp on with 2 rapid beeds.... torques the hell out of it to clamp it down an then humble tells us.. And when your'e done, you break it right off. Sir you are a artist!

[@pyrog.c.c89]

Awesome job!! You are the best.🇺🇲

[@frfrpr]

Super filming. Thanks. New subscriber here.

[@terryperrott8567]

I've even used a small sledge & smack the tack to pull the piece in. Good job..

[@gunfisher4661]

That`s the way I used to patch the inside of the beat up dump truck beds.

[@tomsims5287]

I’m a retired welder and love your work good job

[@tomsims5287]

What is y Our air source

[@OFW]

Air source is Miller 600 air pak

[@adnacraigo6590]

Nice work and fun to watch.

[@Kc12v140]

Probably better off cutting the bar out and replacing it with a bit larger diameter heavy wall DOM tubing, it will flex better with a large span like that without developing stress risers like a solid bar does. Definitely a design flaw on cats end

[@the_borax_kid2233]

Why do that when they will pay him to do this again.

[@OFW]

Even if I wanted to do that this customer won’t do it. Everything has to be OEM.

[@the_borax_kid2233]

@@OFW and yeah that would cause a lot if loss in structural integrity.

[@joseGonzalez-og9pd]

That's what I've done also.. but when scraper is on the field usually they just want a repair that will hold till job is done.. and do actual final repair at shop facility.

[@Enonymouse_]

@@OFW seems like the oem designs weren't made to last long.

[@VideoStefan17]

i am no welder, i do weld but... "grinder and paint are close by!" i do low level stuff, glue metal together.... Watching those cracks, i am thinking about the force that did that! Asking nicely, can you request some pics from the thing still under load when you receive the call?! this would be interesting to see what they do with it to break it :) i like your videos, i can recognize a professional when i see one! Keep up the good work!

[@elkvis]

I love the ratchet on the F clamp. That's freakin genius

[@gregkaaumoana1784]

That's some good work. 👍

[@dave74100]

I know wire is a LOT faster. We always set up tents around us. I used to work on the draglines in FL

[@tweedspeculum6820]

nice work! but I was glad it was you under there instead of me :)

[@pault4513]

40 year truck mechanic welded up so many broken axle housings always out of position welding Cant imagine how many grinding wheels and pads i went thru Them things go up into the air I would be blowing out as much smoke as the rods put off welding Im paying for it all now in aches and pains save your body as much as possible so when you get old you can enjoy life

[@LoBeau53]

Thank god for the person who invented dual shield.

[@andreypopoff1996]

Good job, master.

[@Steff320i]

Oh wow, the truck at the end looks like you could set it up in Antarctica and have a team of sientists live in it for a month.

[@markbrandon7756]

Nice Service Truck...

[@holymoly6829]

Great skills 👍👍

[@Arbitrageur_]

this stuff is incredible.

[@GradertJ]

When you're bending metal around stuff a hammer is very helpful. It also helps relieve the stresses you're adding to the steel when you force it around something

[@KING-FU]

I was laughing, imagining how fun it would be to leave the run-off plates, just clip the corners off and slap some paint on it with no grinding. Next! 🤣

[@paulg5900]

Got to do a rig tour. Curious about all the hand tools and brand of hose reels you use.

[@stevencbradley]

Very cool. Love to watch your videos. I enjoy watching the techniques you use. Keep posting. Your material is outstanding. I'm guessing you're in USA. Which state?

[@wyliecoyote1]

Good call on when to apply paint due to grinding dust etc, 16:08

[@micmike]

Nice work, that plate will help with those cracks for a while. Eventually they will get you to rebuild the skirt

[@lisamitchell1355]

We did similar work when I worked for a equipment rental company

[@kayaberlin5486]

Danke für die Video.... gruss

[@markallen7343]

Great work... it looks interesting... i like welding video i like the hole concept of getting a "ark" as hot as the sun and making a weld puddle and adding new metal. I think it's a interesting... I'm learning Aluminum tig-welding at a company who makes radiators for industrial vehicles... even cat's... and even if we dont make it... you send in your oem we can make it aluminum or copper and brass... stay awesome. and thank's for reading. ✌

[@TheMosinNagantProjec]

You must be Greg. I hear about you everytime i see Tony haha. I do alot of work for those guys too

[@johnpope4464]

Crazy that it broke so clean

[@GKRTANKLINESLLC.]

Good stuff my guy!!

[@jameswarren423]

Masterfully done, sir👍🏼🤩🫡

[@JasonHobbsGuitarist]

Lol not really, this is equivalent to back yard work in the real world. When you know you know. This is a patch job, to keep it temporarily working. ✌️

[@Beastt17]

Someone should tell Liam Neeson this guy has a particular set of skills.

[@fordnut4914]

You should give us a tour of youre truck.

[@freddycriollo6371]

nice job! thanks for sharing

[@lanmech7397]

It’s pretty. Much respect

[@michaelmackey754]

Great video… It would be cool if you would tell the hours on each machine that you work on that way we can get some idea how how much they use the machine it would be pretty cool

[@juap]

I love this work. You must earn good money :)

[@jimf1007]

I didnt know about runoff plates, cool ty

[@jefferyallen1182]

I find it easier when you cut off the runoff plates with a gouging tip, makes it cleaner, less stressful grinding.but every heavy equipment mechanic/welder has his own style,yours is cool.

[@captaintoyota3171]

Agreed grinding is worst way to cut out steel. But if ur good with a gas axe you have min grinding. I had to cut 8ft diam casons and bevel em BY HAND no jig then align and weld while on a floating barge. So yeah u can be 90% there with a torch WAYYY faster

[@michelecrown2426]

Waiting for a tour of your truck 😊

[@OFW]

It’s coming. I’m waiting for a few things to show up then I will do a detailed tour.

[@waynep343]

On the apron crack. Are the plug welds broken between the plate and the cross member so the rod brackets are pulling on the plate not the cross member. Cutting a v grove next to the plug welds but in line with the hidden crossmember could check to see if the plug welds are broken. I might even think of gouging out along side the rod bracket, thru the plate to allow a weld to the cross member.

[@gullreefclub]

I love my MIG welder (with shielding gas) when working inside but never really have been satisfied with my welds when working outside unless totally dead calm because no matter what wind break I put up it seems the wind shifts positions just enough to blow my shielding gas away. As a result I tend to Stick-Weld or use Flux Core wire when doing outside work. That all said I am curious how much gas you are flowing etc to get clean welds when it sounds like you are welding in a wind storm (albeit breezy conditions).

[@evanreed2294]

Looks like he was using flux core or dual shield. From your comment it seems you're assuming he is using Mig. You can see him chipping the dross after each pass.

[@laszlomiklos7094]

Hello, nice job. i want to ask what is this cutting rod what you use it?

[@chadlassiter6380]

Nice Rig 👍

[@charlietanner6211]

good idea on that rod what wire are u using

[@mikewings]

Super interesting!

[@ronsena8595]

Good job.