Wal Mart Compactor Install

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Thought I would share this install. Attached ImagesYou have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein
Reply:Ah... an impressive array of large grey boxes!Help me out here... Compactor?  What exactly does the Wal Mart Compactor do?I see the industrial looking rails and power panel but I'm missing the welding connection?Rick V 1 Airco Heliwelder 3A/DDR3 CTC 70/90 amp Stick/Tig Inverters in Parallel1 Lincoln MIG PAK 151 Oxy-Acet
Reply:We built the shoot, dog house, and guides. Theres a lot of "welding" that goes into an install.Much like this one: http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=48171You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein
Reply:Rick, mostly they are for trash, though I have seen a few for cardboard. You dump the stuff into the unit thru the black door shown thru the building wall, and then cycle the machine to crush everything into the dumpster.Looks like a self contained unit. The ones I was most familiar with had a separate compactor and dumpster, where the compactor stayed, and they just swapped dumpsters. This one looks like the type where they swap the whole unit compactor and all..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:Originally Posted by DSWRick, mostly they are for trash, though I have seen a few for cardboard. You dump the stuff into the unit thru the black door shown thru the building wall, and then cycle the machine to crush everything into the dumpster.Looks like a self contained unit. The ones I was most familiar with had a separate compactor and dumpster, where the compactor stayed, and they just swapped dumpsters. This one looks like the type where they swap the whole unit compactor and all.
Reply:Just replied while you were typing. I have to go out the door to class right now, but I'll get back to you later if you have any questions..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:Very nice job! I can't believe how clean it looks right now. I was working on a compactor two days ago at a store and I almost stopped and got a tetnaus shot on the way home. Those things get so dirty, though the self contained ones fair a little better. And around here, to dump that type, they haul off the whole thing and dump it and bring it back. The stores have the same units all the time. no swapping. Round trip to the dump's about 2 hours.
Reply:Originally Posted by Birdwell4Very nice job! I can't believe how clean it looks right now. I was working on a compactor two days ago at a store and I almost stopped and got a tetnaus shot on the way home. Those things get so dirty, though the self contained ones fair a little better. And around here, to dump that type, they haul off the whole thing and dump it and bring it back. The stores have the same units all the time. no swapping. Round trip to the dump's about 2 hours.
Reply:This 'Compactor' bears a striking resembalnce to...Rick V 1 Airco Heliwelder 3A/DDR3 CTC 70/90 amp Stick/Tig Inverters in Parallel1 Lincoln MIG PAK 151 Oxy-Acet
Reply:Originally Posted by Mick120Man, that brings back some nasty memories of servicing garbage trucks in Sydney, back around '79.After I left, it took me ages to get the smell outta my system, hell, if I concentrate, I can still smell it..... Money was good tho.......
Reply:i rolled a few maggot wagons back onto their tires after they went a little off axis.   two simple words that still bring a shiver and a dry heave to me are garbage juice.Try crawling under them on a 100 deg day to fight the hell out of a pressed in driveshaft are to cage the brakes with all that lovely juice dripping everywhere.Vantage 500's LN-25's, VI-400's, cobramatics, Miller migs, synch 350 LX, Powcon inverters, XMT's, 250 Ton Acurrpress 12' brake, 1/4" 10' Atlantic shear,Koikie plasma table W/ esab plasmas. marvel & hyd-mech saws, pirrana & metal muncher punches.
Reply:Yea, that juice smell never leaves your nose. I keep all kinds of smell goods in the work trucks, and I tell guys when I hire them, if you drop something out of your lunch on the floor of one of the work trucks, leave it there I never knew maggots bite untill we started doing this type of work, years ago I was welding on a patch inside a reciver box and It felt like sparke were hitting my arm, well upon inspection, maggots were inside my long sleeve trying to chew on me.... NASTY!Thats funny about the air in the tire, If we use the plasma after using it to cut plate at one of the landfills we work at, ewwww. The compressor is 8 gallon dewalt, so it stinks when its being let out. You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein
Reply:How much of that smell would a steam jenny take off for work not done at the job site?
Reply:Originally Posted by farmallHow much of that smell would a steam jenny take off for work not done at the job site?
Reply:Originally Posted by Rick VAh... Help me out here... Compactor?  What exactly does the Wal Mart Compactor do?
Reply:Originally Posted by jreynoldsweldingSome, but it really just heats up the smell, better left undisturbed if you can.
Reply:Originally Posted by Black WolfTrue words.At the rental company I work at we have oilfield equipment, refuse equipment, and septic equipment.Rig Bins and Camp Bins (Garbage) are bad enough, but NOTHING I have worked on matches having to Tig weld up Aluminum T-boxes for the Waste Water (Poop) department.  I can't describe the aromatic sensations of having your head stuck in a 3 foot square box that had toilet paper and human waste in it.Somedays I love my job more than others.
Reply:It's a hard-earned honest living...  We all do what we have to do.Later,Jason
Reply:Originally Posted by Dualiei rolled a few maggot wagons back onto their tires after they went a little off axis.   two simple words that still bring a shiver and a dry heave to me are garbage juice.Try crawling under them on a 100 deg day to fight the hell out of a pressed in driveshaft are to cage the brakes with all that lovely juice dripping everywhere.
Reply:My first job as a welder was at JV manufacturing in Springdale,Arkansas also known as Cram-alot. We built those compactors and cardboard balers for Wal-Mart. I get some pictures of the yard next time I drive by.
Reply:Originally Posted by belliottMy first job as a welder was at JV manufacturing in Springdale,Arkansas also known as Cram-alot. We built those compactors and cardboard balers for Wal-Mart. I get some pictures of the yard next time I drive by.
Reply:Originally Posted by lars66try smelling that lovely juice after it is fryed from hours of welding inside the box.
Reply:Originally Posted by Black WolfIt's a hard-earned honest living...  We all do what we have to do.