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Yes the regulations really hurt the little guys. I love the new ford vans! If I was going to buy a new vehicle for welding it would 100% be a van.

Yeah exactly. Even if I got a brand new one I still wouldn’t use it. Just can’t beat those cheap princess auto hoods!

@@JTwelder. love that princess auto hood 😂

I have AirTag trackers in any all my expensive equipment. I would love some of those hockey puck locks but they don’t fit on any of my boxes. Luckily though I live and work in a very safe area. The only time I’m concerned about theft is whenever I have to stay at hotels overnight with the rig.

I pressure tested it by running it lol. Works perfectly fine.

We really need some other manufacturers like mosa and esab to break into the full sized engine drive welder market in North America. Competition is always a good thing for the consumer.

Thanks, Im going to try and upload 3 videos a month by July! Ah ok my bad, I don’t know much about tractors at all.

I try to keep my profit margins as high as possible and knowing how to use the tools I already have efficiently is a great way to do it. I can’t believe all the money some guys spend on top of the line equipment. In the end a lot of them hardly use a good amount of their tooling or end up not using them to their full capability, it just lost profits.

The duty cycle is great on that machine. Mine works ok but the arc isn’t very stable unfortunately. Not sure what would cause that.

That’s definitely possible as a welder.

Yeah exactly! I decided to do a welding skid setup in the factory bed indefinitely now. Make the truck a welding rig and in 5 minutes I can remove the skid and have a regular truck.

That is totally possible!!! Work yourself to the bone for about 5-6 years live modestly and don’t buy stupid stuff like expensive trucks, cars, boats and off road toys. Save up your money and invest it as you work. You’ll end up with a really nice relief fund the you can take months of work eventually every year.

@@JTwelder. That would be a great goal to work towards then

Not sure. It’s definitely not the same shop as I don’t even live in the US.

You got it. There wasn’t enough space for anything thicker than 1/4” in order for the back of the forks to clear it. When being adjusted. The reason for the expanded metal over just solid 1/4” plate is they wanted to easily be able to see through it.

I forgot to mention that! Yes renting is also a super good option if you only need that expensive tool for one job!

No I own a rig welding company. Yes I do wear comfortable footwear when I think there’s no major hazards to my feet, is it the safest option? No it’s not but at the end of the day safety is a choice and you’re never going to convince people to be safer by leaving snarky ego fueled comments on RUclips videos.

Also own a fabrication and mobile welding company, and I’ll be damned if I wear boots all day in own shop.

I’ve never driven a fully loaded service truck with a crane and everything. I’ve driven a few f550 welding trucks both diesel and v10 gas. The whole point of this video is talking about what is the most profitable option. If someone wants to drive a diesel truck they totally can but it may not be the most profitable setup. I drive my trucks to make money so I’m gonna pick whatever cost me the least money in overall ownership and gets the job done.

500 hours on the engine and 40 hours on the compressor. I paid around $4000 usd for it. I got a deal because I purchased it from a company that was shutting down and liquidating. Normally they go for $7500-10,000 used. Before you buy one just know that the compressor is extremely expensive to service. Every 500 hours it requires a $1500 oil and filter change.

3/32 dia 7018 at 85-95 amps

I hate running a grinder without a guard. With the guard on there’s so many more ways you can hold it to get into tight spots and not worry about it cutting your hand. Not using the guard is just plain stupidity imo.

You actually gain penetration with Gasless flux core in straight polarity. It’s designed to be ran only on straight polarity just like Tig. If you run it on reverse polarity the wire doesn’t burn properly causing splatter and it actually won’t penetrate much because of that. And as I mentioned in the video this is only for gasless flux core it doesn’t apply to gas shielded wire. What you’re saying is true for all other processes but always remember Tig and gasless flux core only run properly on straight polarity (electrode negative) and that’s by manufacturers specs.

@@JTwelder. This actually really great to know.

I see the exact thing you’re talking about all the time! Thanks for pointing this out, I really should make a whole video on this. Here’s some quick reason why without writing a book for a reply. 1. Students come out of colleges cocky and entitled making them extremely hard to train on the job 2. The younger generation absolutely sucks at finding work. They say they try to get jobs but in reality all they do is send out their resume by email and expect the jobs to roll in. 3. Construction comes and goes in waves. Sometimes they need hundreds of thousands of people then 8 months later companies are laying off 60% of their workforce as they wait for the next bid. 4. Construction companies are absolutely horrible at advertising job openings. 5. Unions own a lot of the work in certain areas. They prefer to train and school new members themselves opposed to taking in college graduates.

I forgot to mention vans. Very few guys have them but ideally I would like to run a van. Up until recently in North America the only option you had for a 4x4 van was the Mercedes sprinter so there wasn’t much for a used market and since it’s German there’s not many shops that know how to work on them properly. Now that ford and ram are making 4x4 vans I expect to see a lot more of them being used for a welding set up.

It’s 37 isn’t bad at all. I’ve worked with quite a few apprentices that were in Their 40s. Just remember that the good money in welding only comes with lots of hours and travel. Almost no welders that work 40 hours a week within commuting distance of their residence make good money.

@JTwelder. Hey thanks for the quick reply. It seems like the kind of job you don't get into unless your passionate about also because it is dangerous. You can't just half ass it. And like you said if you want to work 40 hr weeks close to home the money is t there anyway.

Over 10k wheel repair under my belt before you say i don't know // lol

The 12 valve vibrates too much for the transmissions used in the 6.0 and 6.4 power strokes. I’m am completely committed to keeping my work trucks as stock as possible. makes parts and repairs much easier and cheaper

Watch the whole short before commenting.

I don’t but I live in an area with lots and lots of lakes.

I pulled the battery and recharged it recently because I accidentally left the switch on and killed it. Put the battery back in fully charged and the display is reading the voltage correctly again. I haven’t tried it yet with the ln25 but I will soon and see if it’s fixed.

Thanks! I always bring my wire feeder for cracks because you never know how wide your gonna have to open it up.

@@JTwelder. after having to Texas tig a few gaps you make space in that truck for the wire feeder lol

I looked It up and it ended up being a giant water bug although it does look very similar to a beetle. They’re pretty vicious, apparently they can take out bull frogs and ducklings.

My plan was to root and hot pass with the wire on both sides because I knew it was going to be a wide gap then fill and cap with 7018. Since it the cv mode stopped working I was only able to root the one side. If I’m welding on metal 1/2 and ticker with wire I use a gas shielded flux core or T8 rated structural gas-less flux core like Lincoln 233 or 232 and Hobart xlr8 Your right though T11 wires like fab shield 21b, Lincoln 212 and 211 are only structurally rated up to 1/2 so it wouldn’t be ideal to weld a big crack like this one all the way out with it.

@@JTwelder. Thank you for the reply. It’s good to know that I wasn’t barking up the wrong tree 😏.

Thanks! I was charging my emergency rate as well so I made out pretty good in the end.