Heavy equipment Welding repair

[DMiller]

Most likely the Other welder will NOT return his call or he has NOT paid him yet. Give him the Phone number for a Welding supply, if is that easy, Buy his own machine and fix it. OR He DID just install it and cannot weld just bird crap spatter.

 

[Bls repair]

I was thinking along the same lines . He hung up before I could ask him

 

[BigWrench55]

Couple weeks ago I had a guy stop me to look at his trailer. Told me that it only needed a little weld here and there. He said he would do it, but dosen't have a welder.
I looked at it and it needed more than just a weld it needed to be completely rebuilt. Someone had jackknifed the trailer and completely destroyed the front of the trailer. I gave him a rough estimate of what it would cost and what I charge per hour. I also told him what steel to get. He insisted that the mangled steel could be straightened out and said that I was asking to much per hour. When I convinced him that it needed to be replaced, he then asked me to pick up the steel. I told him that I would have to charge him by the hour to round up supplies. He didn't like that either. I then told him he had two choices. You can scrap the trailer or find someone that's not me to fix it. Originally he thought that I would work for beer. I told him that I don't drink and if I did. I can buy my own beer. I am learning to walk away when I have to really try to sell my labor.

 

[Bls repair]

I don’t pay for supplies I don’t have on hand unless the customer comes up with cash first. Been burned a few times

 

[DMiller]

I keep handy items on hand for quick sales like trailer light junction blocks small lamps but NOTHING big. When worked for a living out of the house would do as you stated, make a list tell them Where to buy, hand them a copy of the list, if did not or would not get parts required would either note NO Warranty on the receipt due to that or explain they could take elsewhere.

 

[BigWrench55]

I don't normally purchase parts. Because if the part fails I would have to warranty the part and install it for free. If I get them to buy it then I would only have warranty my labor. People don't like that much either. But if I have learned anything. Don't work on people's personal vehicle's. They are the cheapest and neediest customers out there

 

[Bls repair]

I only buy steel for welding jobs. I can’t tell you how many people call me to repair holes in exhaust systems . I tell them to save money replace rotted parts patching is only temporary fix your going to have to replace it eventually

 

[Bls repair]

This is how I repair tube handles that are crimped flat to make a mounting point.
1)weld up the break
2)grind down side flat
3) make plate a little bigger then original mounting area
4)weld together
5)drill holes through plate
Where green line is original break

 

[Bls repair]

 

[Bls repair]

Just had a call from a guy wanting me to fix an edge on his bucket . He said it was just put on ,hit a stump and broke half of it off. Told him my rate and minimum hours for a road call ,said it was to much ,only a little job

My question is why didn’t he get the original welder to fix it?

This guy calls me back yesterday ,tells me go here then go there then over here to finish the day . Called him back and left message No thanks.

Maybe I wasn’t to expensive after all.

 

[Willie B]

This guy calls me back yesterday ,tells me go here then go there then over here to finish the day . Called him back and left message No thanks.

Maybe I wasn’t to expensive after all.

Or he doesn't intend to pay anyway.

 

[Bls repair]

Just some new wear bars

 

[Bls repair]

Ran into a mig problem on heavy equipment welding today

 

[Bls repair]

Cleaning it up

 

[Bls repair]

Positioning it and welding

 

[DMiller]

Do not get me wrong, I will mig some things, I still fall back to Stick for Structural welds.

 

[Bls repair]

Where the weld split there was absolutely zero penetration. Would’ve been with silicone caulk

 

[Theweldor]

Do not get me wrong, I will mig some things, I still fall back to Stick for Structural welds.

I will agree although sometimes I will use dual shield flux-core for the time savings. I keep a spool loaded in one of the mig machines all the time.

 

[Bls repair]

I don’t consider dual shield mig

 

[Old Doug]

I don’t consider dual shield mig

What ? We used it at the rail car shop i would like to have one of the welders we used sometimes on big jobs 095 wire you can glue things together fast.