My FIRST Montana welding job!

[@bigiron5508]

Good luck brother, 29 years as a ironworker working in 10 below zero and - 40 windchill, been in Florida for 10 plus years freakin love it here...be safe..

[@HeliPadUSA]

I'm 48 years old and impressed with you and your channel. You know how to do so much. I wish I had gone and learned a trade when I was young. You're gonna be one of those wise old grandpas someday that can make and fix all sorts of things. Your channel is more entertaining than anything on TV. Watching you fix things is amazing as you come up w some creative ways. I wish you the vest in your biz and your new home. Good for you.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Thanks glad you enjoy it!

[@FishFind3000]

You could look into a small portable inverter welder for mig work and small tig/stick. My buddy has a miller suitcase welder that does it all.

[@scrapmanindustries]

yeah I use fronius trans steel and transpocket machines on my truck. they work out really well.

[@outwestcountryliving9735]

We always called it a knuckle boom crane. Hydraulic cylinder for each section. Some have a winch on them also. Enjoy your videos. Worked in the logging industry where you don't always have time to get correct parts and have to make due with you have at your disposal.

[@juliabentley2809]

Never met a guy named Anthony that wasn’t super chill. I just found your channel and really enjoy it.

[@josephsanchez262]

You’ll make it work you look like a go getter and great at what you do. I love your videos I learn alot

[@Troutelectric4492]

That's Awesome that you are in Montana. I'm an Electrical contractor and also do mobile welding and fab. I moved back to Wyoming from Las Vegas this last September. Hope it all goes well for you.

[@camelshark69]

We are looking to move from vegas too. So tired of these summers.

[@jerrygoldfuss466]

Great job! Good luck with your new endeavor in Montana! Glad you are making videos.

[@casevideo9880]

Love the view of the mountains there. Hope it works out well for you there. Dress in layers, and never leave home without a jacket. Welding those racks looks good. Fabbing the first is always the slowest. Stay warm. Fell better, you and your wife, and no motorcycle on snow covered roads…😵

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

for sure bud! hope to be making the move for good soon

[@samuelscragg7052]

Best of luck with a move to Montana. If I were a young man I would move there.

[@justintasht1067]

Fantastic video all ways appreciate your time to show what your doing and your skills👍👍and the landscape is beautiful. Hope your wife feels better soon. Look forward to more videos👍👍👍

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Thanks 👍

[@James-up8ln]

Anthony hello I'm glad to see I'm not the only one from the south up here in the north me and my daughter moved from Louisiana all most 5 years ago to come live in the mountains the winter's are the best I love the cold my daughter loves the snow I wish you and your wife the VERY Best in Montana keep up the great welding I may have some questions for you some time hope that you might answer them for me and I love your videos thanks David

[@nicklebac6753]

Moving to northern Montana from the East Coast is the best decision I’ve Ever made, was used to the cold and snow already living in ct tho lol

[@davidusry5048]

I admire your will to chase your desires.

[@DonnyBwelding1]

Nice. Using what u got to make it hot !! Weld on brotha

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

100%

[@memelord6514]

I liked your video. I’m a high school student and where I live my town can enroll you into college trade class as electives for free which means I’ll be able to get my welders certificate right out of high school as long as I complete the program. It’s nice to see what some different kinds of welders do because it helps me find what I want to do in the future.

[@dankinder4010]

Congratulations on your move, mountains are beautiful.

[@downhilldaddy9346]

Good deal brother!!! Good luck and keep us posted🤙🏾

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Thanks! Will do!

[@6218dank]

Have you ever looked into a skill metal saw? Definitely savers a lot of time and saves on tool box space

[@weslymanley8953]

It's a Knuckle Boom Hoss!

[@garys5175]

We just call them Boom Hosses...

[@richardgraiff9995]

good luck on your new adventure. Hope the wife is feeling better

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

yes she is ! thank you!

[@123ABC-Machine-Basics]

I moved to Cheyenne Wyoming from the San Francisco bay 17 years ago, same deal - too many stupid people , too many regulations and I knew eventually some kind of big event was bound to happen and I didn't want to be stuck . Life is unpredictable so enjoy it where you are happy ! If you ever roll through Cheyenne stop by . Charles

[@joshua.recovers]

Anthony, you have some slick torch cutting skills. Very little dross and slag. Well done!

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

thank you!

[@clintonhanson]

You really want to see a human with some serious gas axe skills check out IC welds here on KZbin

[@Gus1966-c9o]

Yes , Isaac from IC is inhuman with a cutting torch .

[@mcfwelding]

Boy i hope you're ready for the cold lol you'll get used to it... working in 5 degrees tho In the dead of winter can be grueling

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

ill just do shop work lol

[@mcfwelding]

@@MeltinMetalAnthony build a massive shop on your property with a little loft apartment up top and you'll be good to go

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

@@mcfwelding im doing a barndominum your close, but I do have a wife lol and you know women they need house room.

[@mcfwelding]

@@MeltinMetalAnthony oh I know all too well haha, happy wife happy life 😄 I want to get of out jersey in the worse way and Montana sounds reallllly nice

[@JohnWright-n4l]

My home state man! Glad u love it

[@firetom911]

We call it a HIAB crane, HIAB is the company that build these Truck cranes. It's very usual here in Austria. Hope you and your wife getting better soon, but you will deal more often with kind of colds in Montana I guess. The country I came from (Austria) the winter here is pretty similar. We have a lot of mountains (the Alps) and snow. But with all my implanted iron in my body (knee, wrist, spine) I can't stand the cold any more and would love to move to Florida, that's the reason I'm being there during the coldest period of our winter. Kind of snowbird. Wish you best of luck anyway and I like the new Truck. Stay safe and hopefully you guys feel better soon. Tom

[@Stephen-J-in-IA]

Looks great Anthony! Congrats on the move; now you get four seasons and mountains to boot!

[@joebriggs9599]

Florida to Montana big difference I really wish you luck.

[@woshyboy561]

I would love to move to the mountains of Montana

[@ASMRaphael]

You are so charismatic and energetic! :) I love it! :)

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Thank you so much 😀

[@rody_bay143]

The vertical bandsaw chilling in the back while he makes all those grinder cuts like 🫣

[@curtispowell5481]

Best of luck!

[@trailblazingfive]

Good luck on your new path in Montana!

[@jkgkjgkijk]

Welding in Montana 🎶🎧🎶 soon....gonna be a cellulose tycoon🎶🎧🎶doo doo doot doo doo

[@craigconway4093]

Awesome !

[@sparksmobilerepair4025]

Looks like you need an ln25. Good job bud hope the work keeps flowing!

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Got one in my other truck in FL

[@sparksmobilerepair4025]

@@MeltinMetalAnthony well shit doesn't help you out there now does it lol. That's the worst when you go to get a tool and then realize you left it in the shop or on the other truck.

[@sapper_5126]

I don't know if you're still using those quick connects, but I highly recommend switching to the Koike ones. They're a good bit more epensive, but well worth it. I've never had an issue with them even with salt on the roads in winter

[@jerediswatching6563]

Ive been to Ennis once. I went to a shop called shed horn sports and bought a gun lol. thats a pretty area for sure. At the time i lived in West Yellowstone MT. I like it there a lot. Have fun getting really into Snow Machines. :)

[@davidwellander6030]

Anthony, you have all these nice tools but you have a dollar store tape measure . I recommend a Milwaukee wide blade tape . I bought one recently and I haven’t looked back since .

[@sebastiannai4381]

Cool Anthony, hope Montana is all you hoped for. If nothing else the contrast with Pinellas will definitely give you a richer life experience and break up the mundane nature of living in same place for too long., I appreciate your work ethic and hope he was happy with the end result.

[@andrewcdavies]

Good luck from South Wales. What's your other KZbin channel?

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

adventure Anthony. I don't post much there

[@hubertrobinson8825]

Good job as usual and best of luck to you on your move to Montana

[@beauswisher8580]

Sweet your in my neck of the woods . When did you move from Florida

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

not there 100% yet

[@mikeduhm5325]

Get yourself one of the Milwaukee tools trim squares, just like a speed square, just smaller and easier to use on 2" material.

[@TopQualityIronWorks]

I live in California.. I love me The Woods And Mountains thoe..... 👨🏼‍🏭🤟🏼👏🏼

[@irelandssons]

You need a bench top portaband brother, great videos just got my own rig together doing major frame and boom repair

[@JD-526]

Nice work. Good luck in all you do. Try a suit case W.F. you'll love it.

[@PatriotWeldFab]

What are your reasons for moving to MT?

[@beauswisher8580]

It's a knuckle boom btw

[@lonlyful1]

Hey MMA, if you could point to what you forgot the name of it might help. My guess is headache ball.

[@michaelsjostrom4421]

If your quick connect ends keep freezing up, you can melt them down with the exhaust of your truck, usually have to do it that way myself. Always keep air line antifreeze with yea if your doing lots of gouging or work with air lines from compressor

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Good tip!

[@ryantheentrepreneur4040]

Best of luck In Montana Man

[@mariajacobs3649]

Great work! I always like to see what project your working on.

[@ezelk1337]

It's Kinda cold here in Helena. 25 Below with the wind chill yesterday. A balmy 0 this morning. Two years ago on March 3rd it was -31! Actual temp without wind. Get mittens and put handwarmers in them so that you don't get frostbite. Good luck.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

the gloves and boots are the only things I havent invested in so far

[@michaeljennings5014]

I wear roping gloves under my welding gloves in the winter. Most of the time its enough. Always have extra gloves, socks and hand warmers in the truck though.

[@jamesbscott97]

Are you talking about the boom?

[@antonioking4009]

Looks great man! Moving to Montana within the next year too

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

sweet!

[@steviehobgood3003]

What part of Montana

[@johnathangreen4422]

Liquid white out better then soap stone it don't burn off so when using torch u can still see lined

[@gurjindersingh199]

Nice I want to move to Montana from British Columbia

[@gedward777]

Pick up a few 90 deg magnets for holding your parts together, and that ensures an accurate 90.

[@brianpatrick8441]

Too bad Bob didnt have a dry cut saw to lend you

[@grant8593]

Where in Montana are you moving to?

[@austinreed2129]

What respirator do you recommend for welding fumes? Great video love the channel!

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

3m quick latch and I can’t remember filters

[@georgegriffiths2235]

Hey Ab is what we call it in the UK

[@donsmith9081]

A cut off saw would have saved a lot of time and straightness.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Psssshhh all my cuts are dead on 😉 but yes it would have. If I wasn’t 3000 miles away from my evo saw

[@peteryeung111]

I have the same thought. I would've brought evo along if I have to cut that much metal.

[@peetky8645]

is that toboggan fireproof? best to go with 100% cotton or 100% wool so you dont torch your head

[@rabbit_abel]

Hell yeah bro

[@danielmontgomery3576]

All the pieces cut out of the pipe should have turned out 3/8 to small? Good luck

[@josephsanchez262]

Too cold beautiful but cold I’m a New Mexico high desert dweller forever I guess it gets down to teens in winter here but nice summer and spring

[@georgedlasalajr5506]

anthony do you use a sliding roula

[@TheJessiepacheco1992]

Why did you move to Montana. It is beautiful there

[@mt8149]

Why move away from Florida? Just curious.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

too many people

[@pcmfmacs9087]

Hi Anthony great video and good luck with your move have you been to Australia 🇦🇺 HOO ROO Paul🍺👍

[@ypaulbrown]

Well alright Anthony, looking real great....don't forget to look into some Polypropelene long underwear....you will thank me for it.....do not know if you need the tops, but the bottoms are great and indispensable in the weather you are in...........I lived in Cleveland and traveled al lot doing outside work in the snow......they are great.....Cheers....Paul in Orlando

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

I definitely will Paul

[@johnathangreen4422]

And I noticed you weld on your bed idk if it would hurt I know it's got a coating on it but maybe in can or truck have battery disconnect switch just so it don't ark the bed and dry your truck computer I may be wrong but would hurt look into it

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

Na it won’t hurt nothing. Current isn’t going to loop all the way through the front of the truck

[@eydentube]

U had a bandsaw behind u 😀just where the frame is.

[@StaticSift]

is that a sky hook?

[@ajsironworks3937]

Hey man why did you move? I’m in Idaho sonic you’re around here anytime let me know

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

too hot and too crowded in Florida.

[@donsmith9081]

A fan would also be a good Idea.

[@jamesharlan1319]

Good luck brother enjoyed the video. I like your content cause I see myself in your situation here soon. You might want to consider some adjustable stands so can you don't have to catch your cut piece. Also a chop saw or something might have been a bit easier.

[@plumbcrazy375]

Knuckle boom

[@StevenOsterlund-q4p]

Knuckle boom crane

[@kyleensley5934]

What part of Montana? I'm out of bozeman

[@blakeschneemann6276]

Great job! What did you do for marketing when you moved to the new area?

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

just walked in asked if they need my service. that's how I got most of my best customers

[@_kline9571]

What cut of wheels did you end up using? I know you did song good comparisons. Looking good man

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

bench mark abrasive in this video

[@elkvis]

got a link to the new channel?

[@br-dj2ti]

How long have you been welding for

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

over 10 years now

[@MOAONAABE]

its a boom

[@spenserh98]

Quick question for you. Why the respirator when MIG welding? Was it galvanized or something, or just bad ventilation?

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

always wear it! if your heating anything it is releasing fumes into the air

[@johnpeluso482]

You should always use a resperator or at least a m95 dust mask after a while you really start to feel it not only welding but cutting disks and abrasive disks ex grinder flap wheel whatever you use or call them are not the best thing to breath in i used to care what people thought or said but now I'm all about ppe eyes ears and lungs wish I would have realized this when i was younger the damage is already done

[@ypaulbrown]

I never saw this Rig of yours before, did you have it all along here in Florida? you are looking sharp.......Cheers

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

yea ive had this truck for a long time I just finished putting it together before I left

[@FishFind3000]

@@MeltinMetalAnthony are you keeping the old ford?

[@OnRappel]

You were using two different stick rods when making the base. What rods were you using and why two different types?

[@CamMacMastermusic]

Lincoln MP 210 and a Hypertherm XP 30 air would save you A LOT of time and money.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

didn't have that in Montana!

[@nwafab5335]

Invest in a toothed saw (unless you have and just don't care for them) I find them better for repetitive cuts - I have an evolution but there are many to choose from - I like the videos but don't care for the repetitive intros - proud of you and your drive, sir

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

I was thinking of dropping it, but a friend encouraged me to keep it. im gonna put it to a vote

[@5075E]

Where in Montana are you based?

[@geeez4231]

How many grinding disks did you go through because I know usually they aren’t made to the best quality

[@FishFind3000]

You can buy some for pretty cheap

[@geeez4231]

@@FishFind3000 yes but you would be going though a lot of them I would think I’m only 15 I love welding tho

[@blessedandtalented113]

You should've used a smaller tip on the torch

[@georgedlasalajr5506]

keep tham in the kab

[@jimgam730]

Movin to Montana soon, going to be a dental floss tycoon. That's an old Frank Zappa song. Have fun being cold in the winter. I used to like to cold but, as I got older, it's just not as fun anymore.

[@wrenchesandcars5161]

What made you wanna move from Florida to Montana

[@ypaulbrown]

Davit Crane or boom Crane maybe

[@Justforfun-ek7et]

Did you move up here permanently or is this a job you’re going to finish and head back to Florida? I moved up here a couple of years ago and haven’t looked back. Florida is nice and all but it’s boring compared to Montana.

[@MeltinMetalAnthony]

im hoping to be there permanently in April

[@Justforfun-ek7et]

@@MeltinMetalAnthony Awesome! congratulations and welcome to Montana brother!