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Got sent to pick up a trailer "that has been towed". I get there and this is what I find Attached ImagesYeah, I know, but it'll be ok!Lincoln Square wave 255Miller Vintage mig30a spoolgunThermal Dynamics Pacmaster 100xl plasmaSmith mc torchEllis 1600 band saw
Reply:Originally Posted by welderjGot sent to pick up a trailer "that has been towed". I get there and this is what I find
Reply:The oxygen hose on their torch, yep a splice Attached ImagesYeah, I know, but it'll be ok!Lincoln Square wave 255Miller Vintage mig30a spoolgunThermal Dynamics Pacmaster 100xl plasmaSmith mc torchEllis 1600 band saw
Reply:Come along didn't work, this did. I don't know if you can see it, but the gas line on the torch is spliced too Attached ImagesYeah, I know, but it'll be ok!Lincoln Square wave 255Miller Vintage mig30a spoolgunThermal Dynamics Pacmaster 100xl plasmaSmith mc torchEllis 1600 band saw
Reply:You seem really concerned that there are splices on the OA hoses.  Why?
Reply:Fire?Yeah, I know, but it'll be ok!Lincoln Square wave 255Miller Vintage mig30a spoolgunThermal Dynamics Pacmaster 100xl plasmaSmith mc torchEllis 1600 band saw
Reply:Little welding and I'm out a here. Attached ImagesYeah, I know, but it'll be ok!Lincoln Square wave 255Miller Vintage mig30a spoolgunThermal Dynamics Pacmaster 100xl plasmaSmith mc torchEllis 1600 band saw
Reply:Shot of his weld and the finished product. This just has to go about 200 miles and get unloaded then they will send it in for complete repair and inspection. There are some bent parts in the suspension and the front corner is dented. This is a 2014 trailer. Attached ImagesYeah, I know, but it'll be ok!Lincoln Square wave 255Miller Vintage mig30a spoolgunThermal Dynamics Pacmaster 100xl plasmaSmith mc torchEllis 1600 band saw
Reply:On logging trucks around here, that's a permanent repair But you've seen them, so you knew that Dave J.Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw~ Syncro 350Invertec v250-sThermal Arc 161 and 300MM210DialarcTried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.
Reply:Welderj,  I see your location listed as Pine City, MN. and your wearing a hoodie from Rupp's in Lamar CO. Looking at the pics that show outside it looks kind of Southeastern Colorado-ish. LOLAre you down there working or do you know them?jrw159
Reply:Originally Posted by jrw159Welderj,  I see your location listed as Pine City, MN. and your wearing a hoodie from Rupp's in Lamar CO. Looking at the pics that show outside it looks kind of Southeastern Colorado-ish. LOLAre you down there working or do you know them?jrw159
Reply:Originally Posted by welderjI'm a truck driver and this trailer was in a wreck and I just picked it up to get it unloaded. I'm not in the pics, those are the folks working on it. It is in Lamar Co. in the Se. part of the state.
Reply:Dang, we coulda got lunch. Would have kept me out of the mechanics hair.Yeah, I know, but it'll be ok!Lincoln Square wave 255Miller Vintage mig30a spoolgunThermal Dynamics Pacmaster 100xl plasmaSmith mc torchEllis 1600 band saw
Reply:Originally Posted by jrw159Small world. LOLI am from Lamar, have family and own a house there. I am working in Colorado Springs right now.I was down there on the Tuesday (12/16/14) and Wednesday (12/17/14) for a funeral.jrw159
Reply:Originally Posted by welderjWent through colorado springs this morning on the way down. In Loveland now.