TRIFECTA WELDING EXTRAVAGANZA !

[@mikef6879]

People are like water, they will take the path of least resistance. I service and install commercial doors. Entry, over head etc. And have had people pretty much walk over me instead of going to another entrance a few feet away. Then they get offended when you call em out out on it.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

I blocked that entrance up with carts. that guy moved them

[@mikef6879]

@@MeltinMetalAnthony they always do. We were replace a front lumber door at a home depot not long ago. Had my 5500 our 20' international stake truck a hilo and caution tape. People still walked through, one dude tried to drive through. We even had those expandable gate they use to close aisles, doesnt matter.

[@skullcandy1975]

Ha,Ha. Just happened to me. Trying to replace our main shop door and everyone still walks through it, when there is another door literally 4' from it. Yet I'm the one who needs anger management! People

[@scrapmanindustries]

@@mikef6879 you would be suprised how many people tried walking down stairs underneath me as I was dropping concrete stairs from above. truck and caution tape everywhere.

[@flyinpolack6633]

People walking through the site, always a good time. I always say Hi while striking an arc

[@SawMan247]

😂 insta blindness classic

[@mikef6879]

They want to be blind to their surroundings, they can get blinded by them too

[@curtislathrop]

😂

[@repalmore]

What ever you do, hang on to Ron. Hell of a hard worker.

[@jaybee2869]

Hell yeah Ron is a bad ass dude! Definitely keep him around

[@pauldiesel4582]

No doubt you will get more work from that Mexican restaurant, if in nothing else but good referrals by them to others. I was impressed with your work on the track hoe step. How many welders would have just bent it back and slammed a couple of beads and headed for lunch? You are leaving a legacy of high quality repairs for sure! You are definitely old school do it right and complete the first time type guy! Great video!

[@hermayneMUNSTER]

Bartering seems to be making a comeback during current events. Keep it up the good work!

[@retirementhobbyfarmdiyadve1511]

I love your videos. As someone without much experience in repair, I learn something every time I watch one of your videos. You’re great at explaining what you are seeing and thinking.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Glad to help

[@drakeherman16]

Thanks i just got a welder/fabricator job for a heavy equipment repair company.prior to this lots of structural dual shield welding and then i worked custom fab stainless sheet metal work with tig. So now im learning a ton about gouging and 7018 we work with allot of yellow iron. Im going to go back and watch a ton of your videos. Thanks for the videos

[@dylanreedy2649]

Loved the video with multiple jobs in one. You give me motivation man

[@scrapperstacker8629]

Ron is awesome!!! Always good to have some muscle on the job.

[@BruceLyeg]

Ron is the man. Go to an electrical supply place and get an industrial retractable cord reel for your truck. Best thing ever.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

one day, im like Johnny Cash. one piece at a time

[@TotalWarChronicles]

Damn Ron is a hard working dude! No afraid to get dirty!

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

definitely not!

[@benjaminrich9396]

Ron is a machine!

[@CB-sd6kl]

Any dude willing to get his hands dirty and mix concrete by hand is a badass in my book

[@ypaulbrown]

sweet little gate.......you DA Man.......

[@johnnyflores6772]

Of course Ron is quick.. he’s on a gooooood one 🧊

[@tnt421]

This reminds me of my first job out of high/trade school. Worked for " The Welding Shop" and we installed steel pipes out front of a pawn shop in downtown Jackson Mississippi in 1990. Pawn shop had a smash and grab robbery a couple days prior. Ever since I remember that job every time I see posts out front of a store I remember that job.

[@ramblingrodriguez3558]

Should always keep a high lift jack on hand at all times. Would’ve saved y’all’s back on those poles. As always, keep up the killer work!

[@ryanbell12342]

Also the giant fucking crane mounted on his truck

[@ramblingrodriguez3558]

Crane can only help if he can have it right there.

[@893R6-w8t]

Hi lifts are a bitch. It only took them 30 minutes to do it the way they did, probably would have taken an hour and a half fighting the hi lift to grip a vertical pole and constantly readjusting cause they don't have that much range of motion.

[@ramblingrodriguez3558]

I’ve never had any issues with high lifts. Would’ve had all those poles pulled in 10 mins. It’s all how you have the chain. I also modified my own personal high lifts just for lifting poles out of the ground. Sure, you can lift them out by yourself, but it’s hard on your body. I rather spend a little more time then to potentially injure myself.

[@893R6-w8t]

@@ramblingrodriguez3558 those poles are like 3 feet under ground. I have a bunch of hi lifts from 48 to 60 inches. They're versatile but I'm not going to use a swiss army knife when I have a dedicated knife and bottle opener... or any of the other less effective things on a "multi tool"

[@garys5175]

trading weldin' for mexican food! Hell yeah! Enjoy your videos, Anthony. You da man!

[@SlapHappy]

Few years ago I was helping my dad renovating a Starbucks, we the windows all papered up, pylons with caution tape in front of the door, two sawhorses with caution tape blocking the door on the inside. The entire inside of the Starbucks was torn apart. The guy moves the pylons, moves the sawhorses, and goes and stands in front of the counter looking up at the menu. I was just standing there staring at the guy with my jaw on the floor. Some people.....

[@MasterHustler]

Great video bro. Glad you use 3m filters for ppe.

[@Warmachine-tz3vf]

Dad was that you at homedepot what the hell its been 20yrs lmao another awsome vid. Keep them Rolling.

[@thesmallenginekid]

I love little 10 foot extension cords. Anytime we have a shop vac bit the dust I make an extension cord out of the cord. So much easier to use than a 25 or 50 foot when you need that extra few feet from an outlet.

[@michaelhobden6741]

RON IS THE MAN

[@jackthomson73]

We were doing a fencing job around a club on a Main Street. My partner was standing posts with concrete on a string line. Had everything barricaded off and a guy still came thru and tripped on the string line and moved the last 3 posts we had put in. My partner lost his shit and chased the guy into traffic and threatened to break his legs on the top of his voice 😂. 3:30 on a Friday afternoon and people were everywhere 🤦‍♂️. The guy never came back tho 😂.

[@deejohnson5163]

Great job as always.

[@justintasht1067]

Another fantastic video all ways look forward to them and enjoy watching them and learn something. Your definitely the man that can and nice trade bit of work for some food great work 👍👍

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

thanks brother

[@milotorres6894]

Especially if the grub is 👍 word of mouth is priceless...

[@wcmwfab935]

Right on yep have a couple ten foot cords. Great advice. Need a portable oven. I still need to get one aswell

[@valleybarbell]

I was a painting contractor for 15 years and I would paint a lot of commercial properties. I would put cones and caution tape up and stupid people would still walk under tall ladders while we were up on them. Crazy.

[@DeanY98765]

Will work for food, love it. Great vid

[@boundbytimettv2684]

7:31 LMAO people are oblivious.

[@Jstorm813]

That concrete scraper was brutal to listen to lol

[@FishFind3000]

Do you have a preferred brand for grinding discs?

[@adamkostan8671]

Nice work 💪 Keep more video's coming 📹 And add Big Tom to video

[@flir67man84]

good learning video. On the dozer excavator, why did you not start with 6011 then follow up with 7018.. looked dirty.. dirt popped in torch??

[@1waukesha]

Your awesome. No BS.

[@worldwidedz]

Anthony, you do great work. Awesome business man and welder. Thank you. Question: How do you know when to Stick or when to MIG?

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

just depends on application. You have more control with mig I feel like. you can interchange the two really. but if the wind is over 15mph stick is the only option

[@batsonelectronics]

curious why you didn't have the gate locked and then tack weld the hinges ? Then finish the full weld after and the lock should still be lined up.

[@bandit_j3rry783]

Probably didn't think about it at the time

[@captaindiabetes]

Awesome video!

[@shade38211]

Giant pipe wrenches work great for pulling up fencing poles or these type poles. You can also put them real low and use pry bar on them for some extreme force.

[@huntbancroft4269]

hey buddy, I do the same thing . I just did some repairs like that two saturdays ago, You see I have contracts with three scrap yards for sat maintence on just their shear cranes, 4 in total. I am diggin your stuff man but what I want to know is where you git the time for recording, editing ect. I have plenty of videos and stills and would love to put it out there but I an 66 years old and still doing 8to 12 hour days. would like for my grandson to see this stuff later in life ya kno. any tips would be greatly appreciated, Be carefull Hunt

[@scottofaz]

Your content is awesome!!

[@JD-526]

I doesn't matter you will run into a job you can't foresee issues. Like MMA do it right. Then one day when you get all growed up you be as good as this guy.

[@AG-ld2qt]

Anthony were you using a side to side motion welding up the left hole on the excavator or were you running beads? Thanks, great content.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

I was running stringers, the side by side motion is just exaggerated by the fast forward edit

[@goseth2865]

13:01 man got a heart 😂🙏

[@joederue2392]

Why didn't you use your hoist on your truck to pull the poles. Just wondering

[@julianfitzpatrick992]

Nice work brother I agree might as well take the extra time and do it right! And Is that Hobart wire feeder ran with gas or without ?

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

It can do both, I prefer with gas. I now have a independent welder for flux core

[@dolphincliffs8864]

Hi lift farm jack and a cable loop for a prussik grab knot make those posts pop right out. Easy!

[@stevenakn1]

man if there only was a place to buy a trowel local you could of saved Ron's hands😅😊

[@FishFind3000]

since you were working in the home depot parking lot you should have gone to there rental counter and gotten a bigger hammer drill to chip out those poles.

[@bilweiser]

Did you move back to Florida?

[@srjr2531]

Bro does your scalp not get burned up ? Where’s your cap ?

[@WelderB1Family]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 salute from Toronto Canada. Is that a Hobart stickmate 160i?

[@bolognabowl]

Dude I’ve been on my back working in grocery stores on reefer units and people almost hit me with carts 😆 rubberneckers everywhere lol

[@wcmwfab935]

What's the backside of that weld look like. You couldn't put a aluminum backer on it.

[@dwiltd]

Good video!

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Brad-lt6mr]

Home Depot, or litigation superstore?

[@RicardoRodriguez-su5ye]

What gun do you have on that Hobart?

[@kkb1258]

Hate to see Ron’s hands today after working that mud without gloves I learned the hard way myself

[@ryderhendry9351]

Love the video! Quick question do you have a rod oven on your truck or how do you go about keeping your 7018 dry? Thanks!

[@mikef6879]

7018 will weld even if not kept in an oven. As long as your not using the rod for Any code work, itll do fine. Most rod tubes keep the moisture out of the rod pretty good as they are.

[@Jdl223]

I got 10 lbs of cheapo forney rod 7018 for 15 bucks because it was on the local hardware shelf for years, im sure it has moisture but I'm not building a bridge and it's worked fine for the few projects it's been used on

[@randyfrostphotog]

Mike F….I completely disagree, if your welding where people are involved, even this trivial step. The welds should be code work all the time, that includes a rod oven. I see Anthony using these rods all the time like this and think to myself he is leaving himself wide open for litigation. Anthony as a welding professional knows these rods should be in a oven, regardless of the “work he’s doing”. I’m also surprised OSHA hasn’t contacted him about not having a guards on his grinders. 31k subscribers has a pretty audience and Anthony should be stepping up to be legit, not a professional who can’t afford to do it right. If you consider yourself a professional, then act like one and buy the safety equipment and follow best practices.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Randy has never done field repair work clearly, and your also right I’m a professional. I know what these rods will and won’t do. Using 7018 in the way I do is perfectly acceptable. When I built that’s stairway and landing I used freshly opened 7018. Keeping a rod oven running in my truck 24/7 is WAY higher of a liability.

[@randyfrostphotog]

Maybe when I’m living in Winter Graden full time, I can actually show you how a professional welder is suppose to do it. I do like the entertainment, keep trying, you’ll get there.

[@fajsdkfskaf]

thx for saying what popping sound was

[@luke-bookbear]

More often than not these little tiny jobs turn into a big deal. Done the same before. Try to a fix hinge and find out the entire gate is rusted out and the paint was holding it up or as you encountered the latch no longer lines up. What I've found is that most of the workers who install cheap lightweight gates and short decorative fences are not really welders, they just tack weld and in others areas make bugger welds as you called them.

[@milotorres6894]

They're usually dime a dozen shady work but to fast to be true cut rates normally are ....

[@WELDER-UP]

I subscribed as you yelled man lol

[@constructionduru5195]

@M.M.A. I found working at big box stores overkill with the caution tape and flipping carts up to use as posts works the best. It's a total pain but beats a law suit for sure! Since common sense ain't so common with ppl these days.

[@StrangeTimesNear]

Farm jack?

[@joey1456]

You should start advertising will work for Mexican food or good BBQ food 😂

[@chrish8818]

Who makes those pants you're wearing

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 👍🏼👍🏼 Approved

[@wcmwfab935]

High lift jack and a chain. To pull those poles. Just like a fence post

[@enjo9881]

I was about to say bro haha small jobs ain’t quick.

[@erikrobles5727]

*+*+ I work for a concrete cutting company and now and then we have to remove ballards the easiest was we’ve found is to use your carbon wheel and peanut grinder to cut through the metal then simply hit it with a sledge and the concrete inside will crack rarely and I mean only once in a couple dozen times has there been rebar inside

[@frankLopez-zw2ui]

Hey that's my company name. Trifecta welding inc.

[@Gangstercub]

why wouldnt they have a fold up step.

[@repalmore]

For pulling shit out of the ground I just use a hi lift jack and a chain. Great way.

[@mariajacobs139]

Shortest distance between to lines is through a construction site 😆

[@hunterp7821]

11:44 a little subliminal there lol

[@ALWhiteAuthor]

That popping is you getting the torch tip too close, snuffing out the flame and it reigniting by the heat of the molten steel. The pop is, basically, a tiny explosion.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

the dirt is doing it, not the distance

[@DeltaCo7175]

should've jacked the excavator up on that side with the boom to a comfortable working height

[@papapsych2746]

They use caulk instead of welding where its not needed in most instances. In the automotive industry I've read its used to hide bad welds. Here the caulk was used by the paint department so it doesn't rust under the exposed side that's not welded.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

I was wondering, thank you!

[@SwingingTheDead1]

i like to drill a hole at the end of a crack. 1/8 or 3/16 it will keep it from growing.

[@grumpycricket]

I was taught to do that on aluminum fuselages, never seemed critical for any other situation or material.

[@francodeiuliis1562]

At the Home Depot job stupid fuckin people walking through the work site Sometimes they get sprayed with grinding sparks here lol Nice vid awesome job keep up the good work Cheers from Nova Scotia

[@tangenttube]

People walk where they want. You just have to take the precautions to save your own ass. One time, we had the largest mobile crane in the country swinging these HVAC units onto the roof of a large building. We had the whole area shut down and roped off. I stopped a guy on a bicycle before he got to the caution tape and told him he'd have to go around and why(not that I had to, it was pretty fuckin obvious). He looked me in the eyes and said "I understand, but I'm going anyway". I was speechless. He saved himself about 90 seconds. Mega douche.

[@CrummyVCR]

Hiatal hernia's SUCK. Did you have to change your diet ? I sure did, it helped a lot. Cool welding video btw. ~Peace.

[@christilton350]

I like taking a knee and resting an arm in the knee instead of squatting I have bad knees.

[@derekbryant6137]

Oh I love it when people do that s*** especially when you have signage up caution ultraviolet light danger welders at work and then you've done something where you say on a sign wet paint do not touch you just painted it and they touch it anyway and there's a sign there in several different languages

[@sparksmobilerepair4025]

Next time use your truck crane and a strap to yank them bollards up works well. Or a high lift jack works well too. Save your back bro. Mine was hurting just watching that lol

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

I was gonna, Ron didn't wanna spend the time to set it up lol

[@sparksmobilerepair4025]

@@MeltinMetalAnthony crazy guy! Probably eats Advil like m&Ms too

[@tomasalvarado207]

😎👍

[@djdanzy]

Make sure you keep an eye on that hernia. Had two groin hernias that fell into my nuts years ago the size of grapefruits and the paramedics had to push them both up with their fingers through the hole they fell from. Until i went in for mesh surgery. Nasty All I did was cough. Take a shit. Or squat and they always fell out.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

god dam I will! I hope your better

[@wacabdelilah4986]

hello i am looking for a job thanks

[@srjr2531]

Where is the nice weld from the gate ?? Always show the welds man ! Don’t think you showed the weld from the step either smh the weld is the star of the show and you don’t need to be hiding it … anybody else wanna see the finished weld?

[@MrBoilermaker28]

Bring a milk crate or 5gallon bucket to sit on so u don't have to squat

[@coreychisenall233]

They probably used caulk there because the welder missed that weld once it's painted you can't tell the difference 😂

[@hubertrobinson8825]

Did you guys get your burritos

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

not just yet!

[@davidkenworthy7548]

Where's my new truck ?

[@bigdave6447]

Posts are called bollards,not Ballesters, OK you got it right!,8

[@michaelschulz4317]

Man when I start thinking not alot of good people out their here ya are saying things like no need getting upset just fix it right. Also a high lift jack maxes pulling up heavy items out the ground easier I've seen guys use a comealong and a barrel too no need to hurt yourself just an stranger with criticism lol jk but If you don't have room to keep a jack keep an eye out for a used one amd cut it down.

[@Co-SS]

Seems like they owe ya a multi meal gift card there eh? weeks worth or something.

[@mauricematla8379]

Yeah, but the guy without decent hearing protection , no shield on the grinder welding in short sleeves and leaving his glasses on the ground possibly should not complain about others.

[@joshualaury1883]

I think that guy was hoping to be able to sue someone, or he's just an idiot.

[@Omg-js2gi]

Hope your doing well my Jewish brother