Tugger2
Senior Member
I found a picture of mine.
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Just some work pics
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I found a picture of mine.
crane operator
Senior Member
Tugger- you're being a enabler here, I was hoping for words of wisdom like "You're too young to be nostalgic- it was a hard starting noisy sob back then- what makes you think it will be any different 30 years later!"
I think your welder might be one size up, this one was just 200 amp with a two cylinder, yours looks like a 4cyl ? 300 amp?
I think your welder might be one size up, this one was just 200 amp with a two cylinder, yours looks like a 4cyl ? 300 amp?
Tugger2
Senior Member
Yes you are right Crane operator it is the 300. I just sense your bitten with the bug of appreciation for older things ,sorry to be supporting impractical decisions .
Welder Dave
Senior Member
Isn't the small wheel in the middle of the "steering" wheel for fine adjustment? Hobart made good welders. I had a 200 amp Hobart generator from the 40's. It was hooked up to a 6 cylinder Chrysler industrial engine but also had a 10 HP 3 phase motor on the opposite end of the welder. Way more engine than it needed but had a really smooth arc. The small fine adjustment wheel came out and you could use an extension cord to have a remote current control. Hobart also had water cooled welders with a full enclosure that also had 3 phase motors to run them. Run it on 3 phase in shop or bolt the engine up to run in the field.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=te...nepage&q=hobart simplified arc welder&f=false
https://books.google.ca/books?id=te...nepage&q=hobart simplified arc welder&f=false
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crane operator
Senior Member
You're making invalid assumptions here Dave. Yes the small wheel is for fine adjustment. No- not everything works the way it is supposed to on 40 year old hand me down equipment, and if you can do the same thing by adjusting the throttle, why would you fix the fine control?
You evidently don't have enough poor farmer blood in you.
Welder Dave
Senior Member
I was going by how most older Hobart welders are set up but the fine adjustment rheostat can go bad on any machine. Turning it while welding isn't recommended but a lot of people do. I also had an older Miller welder with plugs for different heat ranges that used the throttle for fine adjustment. A lot of newbies to welding ask about what amps to use but it's pointless because every machine is different. All the dial does is give you a reference point once you figure out the right heat. The best way to set your heat (other than doing critical code work where they actually hook meters to the cables) is to run some beads on a piece of scrap till it burns how you want it.
I currently have a 1961 SA200 that started without much fuss yesterday after sitting for over a year. It doesn't idle down until after you used it for about 1/2 an hour. It's not a big deal because I don't use it very often. I'll play with it when I when I get caught up with everything else. A welder is one of those things that you want to have around when you need it. A welder on a trailer would be super handy.
I currently have a 1961 SA200 that started without much fuss yesterday after sitting for over a year. It doesn't idle down until after you used it for about 1/2 an hour. It's not a big deal because I don't use it very often. I'll play with it when I when I get caught up with everything else. A welder is one of those things that you want to have around when you need it. A welder on a trailer would be super handy.
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terex herder
Senior Member
You can see the rheostat windings when you remove the remote from the housing. Don't call the remote cord an extension cord, as it is only 2 wire. Original would be round black hard rubber cord ends. I've got a 25hp motor drive version, 9 speed unit, 350 amp. Very noisy brushes.
Welder Dave
Senior Member
I don't think all of them had the rheostat that could be used as a remote. Back when they were new extension cords were only 2 wire. Didn't have the 3 pring prong plug ins yet. I still remember the commercials for 3 pring prong lug ins from the early 70's.
crane operator
Senior Member
I'm telling you- this crane stuff is all glamor, bright lights big city, hiiigghh class work.
"Say- while you're here, can you set this little amusement ride on the second floor?"
"Say- while you're here, can you set this genset over on the pad?"
I'm on the clock, I don't care what we are picking up.
Only bad thing with the oddball extra stuff is we've been using the old winch truck on site to move around the weights, and I don't have all the "standard" rigging that I've got set up in all the other cranes. No room on the deck for a rigging box. So every time they show up with something else, I've got to make a phone call to have one of the guys bring me some rigging/ spreader bar/ extra shackles, or something from the shop.
But we're working on that problem. We've got the flatbed headache rack cut off, and have flipped it and cut all the old racks out of the bottom. It needs some welding on the bottom side also. I'm thinking of adding some large square tubing or c channel right where the weights are going to set.
"Say- while you're here, can you set this little amusement ride on the second floor?"
"Say- while you're here, can you set this genset over on the pad?"
I'm on the clock, I don't care what we are picking up.
Only bad thing with the oddball extra stuff is we've been using the old winch truck on site to move around the weights, and I don't have all the "standard" rigging that I've got set up in all the other cranes. No room on the deck for a rigging box. So every time they show up with something else, I've got to make a phone call to have one of the guys bring me some rigging/ spreader bar/ extra shackles, or something from the shop.
But we're working on that problem. We've got the flatbed headache rack cut off, and have flipped it and cut all the old racks out of the bottom. It needs some welding on the bottom side also. I'm thinking of adding some large square tubing or c channel right where the weights are going to set.
crane operator
Senior Member
Got the second floor wall panels all set.
crane operator
Senior Member
Airborne rock drilling. Yes, we do that too.
Overhanging ledge on a cliff face at a resort/ golf course. No way to set the drill rig on what's left of the rock so they can drill it and blast it off. There's a clay line behind the rock face and they were concerned that it will eventually break off and go tumbling down the hill into one of the ponds or be on the golf course.
I had around 29,000lbs with drill rig and rigging. We had to skip the furthest hole they had marked out, I just couldn't get the drill rig all the way over there. Drilled a total of 9 holes on the face. They were going to blast it yet this afternoon.
Had to do a little playing around with shackles and rigging and the placement of the drill head to get it to hang halfway straight.
Overhanging ledge on a cliff face at a resort/ golf course. No way to set the drill rig on what's left of the rock so they can drill it and blast it off. There's a clay line behind the rock face and they were concerned that it will eventually break off and go tumbling down the hill into one of the ponds or be on the golf course.
I had around 29,000lbs with drill rig and rigging. We had to skip the furthest hole they had marked out, I just couldn't get the drill rig all the way over there. Drilled a total of 9 holes on the face. They were going to blast it yet this afternoon.
Had to do a little playing around with shackles and rigging and the placement of the drill head to get it to hang halfway straight.
crane operator
Senior Member
Had a nice view from up on the hill. They had to break me out a spot for the one side outrigger. Flew over the skip box with the tamping rock and the rest of the hardware for the blasters.
Kiwi-truckwit
Senior Member
Ahh, I see you have the same amusement rides as we do
crane operator
Senior Member
Flying rebar, forms and a couple manlifts.
And I'd like to talk to the engineer that came up with the lifting points for the manlifts. 18" higher on one side than the other? Yeah, that's real convenient. At least its marked.
And I'd like to talk to the engineer that came up with the lifting points for the manlifts. 18" higher on one side than the other? Yeah, that's real convenient. At least its marked.
crane operator
Senior Member
Big timber trusses. Middle ones are 50' and just under 6,000lbs each.
crane operator
Senior Member
The outside two trusses were around 2,400, I think it was 120' or so to the far one on each side. 
petepilot
Senior Member
definitely no shortage of rock in branson & surrounding areas
crane operator
Senior Member
Log cabin. Two semi loads of logs per cabin, I've built these before, just not from 120' away. Usually you can set in the front of the house and back the truck right up. Too many trees on this one. These two are side by side at a local resort.
crane operator
Senior Member
Its like lincoln logs but bigger. The cabins are actually preassembled in montana, disassembled right onto the truck, and then rebuilt on site, so no fitting on the jobsite.
They go pretty fast. The first one I did in one big day, but they kind of messed around the first two hours. The second one the trucks showed up a day apart from one another, so each day was about 1-2pm when we got done, because I had to move in and move out, the resort wouldn't let me leave the crane in place.
They go pretty fast. The first one I did in one big day, but they kind of messed around the first two hours. The second one the trucks showed up a day apart from one another, so each day was about 1-2pm when we got done, because I had to move in and move out, the resort wouldn't let me leave the crane in place.