Mobile Welding 4 Farm Equipment Repairs.

In this video we take the mobile Welding Rig out and fix 4 pieces of broken Equipment. Nothing in this video was all that difficult really just some simple repairs. Sa200 cold start.

[@alex4alexn]

if you keep making repair vids, ill keep watching and liking them, great vid, thanks!

[@tonitavake3307]

same haha

[@oohjah]

don’t listen to all these negative comments. sure there’s some things you can work on to make everything more presentable, but at the same time i get the vibe you’re THE local welding guy everyone can call up because you’re on the cheaper side but you get the job done better than a lot can do which is the most important thing

[@scrapmanindustries]

Yes. Thank you. I try to make things Affordable but yet still functionable.

[@geneautry2091]

Safety 1st, Quality 2nd, Efficiency 3rd, In that order of priorities is how everything should be.

[@JonDingle]

Tidy work there young man. I do very similar work over here in the UK. Our gouging/scarfing nozzles have a steel shoe on the bottom of the nozzle so its possible to slide the nozzle on the work piece and it makes it easier to control the movement of the torch. On the second item you repaired (packer/press) I would have used a needle scaler to clean up after gouging out the welds. Also, use a 6010 to blow a hole through the steel at the end of the crack too. Using a 6010 is better than a drill in my opinion because it burns through faster than drilling and melts the steel to terminate the end of the crack. When you did the other side with cold mig welds, I would have gouged off those welds first. Going over the top of the old known to be faulty welds isn't the best practice. You can see porosity because of the old weld still being there. The drawbar repair on that old cart, I would have used the old hitch again but reinforced it rather than replace it with two flat plates. Those plates will be weaker that the old hitch. But hey, we all have different methods. Best regards, for the UK!

[@scrapmanindustries]

Thanks. I did actually use 6010 and kinda blew it out on that crack the best I could. as for gouging off the old welds I probably spent about 30 minutes while I was welding the crack trying to decide what I was going to do with them old welds. I ran over one with the 3/32" 7018 and it cut through the old weld like butter so I decided to try and keep costs down for the customer since that guy didn't point out that he wanted them welds fixed to begin with. I kinda just took it upon myself to fix it. or at least make it better than it was. I'm pretty sure it should last a good while. especially considering how long them old welds lasted till they broke. I'm kind of in an area where I won't say all my customers are concerned about money first but you won't see many people around here paying $1800 or better to get the bumpers of their construction equipment straightened like you see on other KZbin channels. It's kind of a balancing act between doing the best job you can do and doing the best job you can while still trying to be affordable. I also considered for a second trying to clean up and reuse that old hitch but then I noticed how many times it was ripped off and rewelded before me so thought I would try something different. Question, what brand welders are most common in the UK?

[@olliwhosu5593]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Southsidewheelsga]

Yikes, I hate hearing somebody say it’s just “this” so it’s not a big deal. My dad told me a long time ago if it’s worth doing this work doing correct

[@scrapmanindustries]

it was done correct enough for what it is.

[@firefalcon3086]

Nice

[@scrapmanindustries]

Thanks

[@geneautry2091]

Even though it's only detailed structural weld repair, I wouldn't leave that weld in that condition with its "undercut" and questionable appearance. I'm certified AWS D1.1/5.20 unlimited thickness g1,2,3,4 on 1"PL

[@olliwhosu5593]

ohhh man🙄 it is for farming😉

[@geneautry2091]

Beware the "snowflakes" working. They melt anytime they're brought to correction or not given high complement.

[@scrapmanindustries]

I also have d1.1 3g. Unlimited. I didn’t have much room to let the bead build up. If it got just a little too big the jack wouldn’t fit. I was a tad bit on the fast side with that one. It will hold till the next time they forget to take the jack off before moving the tractor.

[@joejoesmojo32]

Can you discuss in another video what those types of repairs generally cost.

[@scrapmanindustries]

How much it costs me or how much it costs the customer?

[@joejoesmojo32]

@@scrapmanindustries the customer for jobs like that?

[@scrapmanindustries]

@@joejoesmojo32 it depends who you hire. I charged by the hour. $400 for all 4 repairs in this video. I know some guys are more expensive than me though. I also know some people are cheaper. I would like to say you get what you pay for but I’ve also seen a place charge some dude $8k to do some stuff to his flat bed because a trainee was working on it and still billing full shop rates for some reason. Any experienced guy woulda charged between $500-$2k. Some guys also have a minimum fee so even if they only came out to do the first repair in this video which took all of about 45 minutes total they would still demand $300 or something ridiculous.

[@SteelDogFab]

For mobil repairs I charge $150 for the first hour, then $75/hr after. With $150 being the minimum.

[@scrapmanindustries]

I will attempt to make a video on how I charge the next time I have to fix something of mine.

[@gettinbentfabrication9137]

Wow just paint over the sticker take some pride in the work

[@scrapmanindustries]

I do take pride in my work.

[@cmdonespice]

Hope you ain't charging to much for them welds there bud.

[@scrapmanindustries]

Why do you say that? And how much would you consider too much?

[@kazleehart2656]

This man definitely is a production mig welder who only welds in the flat position and calls himself a welder , gay ass keyboard warrior . Would like you to make a video and let’s see you do better .

[@gettinbentfabrication9137]

Kinda what I was thinking

[@bolivo100]

@@scrapmanindustries The issues I see is consistency, you need to practice stacking beads around corners, and porosity, the rods your using either have moisture damage or you need to clean that metal up hard to do on farm equipment. Also if your going to be painting on customers equipment you need to pack some masking tape for a cleaner job. Your hustling getting jobs and making fixes but be open minded to making changes and you'll be a better welder.

[@DG-fn7qg]

Too, not to.