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is their any money in it and weir do you buy the supplies and what side welder  con I do it with a Lincoln pro mig 140?
Reply:No, there is no money in it.No, you can't do it with any 110v mig unit.
Reply:No.  Go back to school.
Reply:There is no real money in it if you are using a 110v..... (after the lawsuits when they come apart and kill people...)A 110v is fine for building light trailers to pull behind ATVs and such, but I wouldn't put one on the road.
Reply:Trollling...... Trolling..... and SNAG! Hooked all of you.Just shacking my head at the OP.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:nope I didn't get hooked. I answered simply and bypassed the barb to rant.I am trying on my good guy hat
Reply:Originally Posted by Scott Youngnope I didn't get hooked. I answered simply and bypassed the barb to rant.I am trying on my good guy hat
Reply:Originally Posted by ThorsHammer hath hell frozen over? LMAO! J/K
Reply:so how big of welder wood I need
Reply:No welder too big. You need 200 amps plus. Make sure you go through chapters 5,6 and 8 for the quiz on Monday. City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Film @ 11.....zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Originally Posted by nmaine1313so how big of welder wood I need
Reply:I expect someday someone will come on here and ask if they could a small nuke power plant w/ their 110 mig.                                                       MikeOl' Stonebreaker  "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
Reply:Originally Posted by nmaine1313so how big of welder wood I need
Reply:@ mla2ofus - you made me jettison "Lil Sumpin Sumpin" ale from my mouth.  Good one!  So true bro!"Discovery is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought" - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Reply:I have built some small thing like racks on trailer an go cart and repair rusted out parts on truck. I pretty much taught myself to weld but I have don a lot with wood
Reply:Surely you jest!!
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Reply:How much Wood , wood new wood weld if new nub could spell wood?
Reply:To be blunt - building and selling trailers with low skill level is a bad idea.Start small.Large companies can build and sell trailers for less then what a small time guy can buy the parts and steel.Economy of scale is not your friend when you are a one man show.Dave J.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:Stay (go back) in school and please learn to spell basic words.  Best advice here yet. 1st on WeldingWeb to have a scrolling sig! HTP Invertig 400HTP Invertig 221HTP ProPulse 300HTP ProPulse 200 x2HTP ProPulse 220MTSHTP Inverarc 200TLP HTP Microcut 875SC
Reply:Please listen to the people of this forum and don't build trailers you will lose money and if you have no formal welding experience and have good skills and something fails on the highway your in major hot water so i suggest something else i apoligize for any rudenessLast edited by flux core joe; 08-08-2013 at 11:08 PM.
Reply:Go for it! Menards and home depot sell steel to get you started. Make sure you post updates as you go. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
Reply:If you buy metal material from Home Depot, you will certainly loose money, their prices on the limited stock they have are ridiculous."Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum"Lincoln Idealarc 250 AC/DCMillermatic 251   Syncrowave 300   30A spoolgunLincoln MP210Hypertherm 45(2) LN 25(2) Lincoln Weldanpower 225 CV(4) SA200   1 short hood    SA250    SAM 400
Reply:Originally Posted by kolotIf you buy metal material from Home Depot, you will certainly loose money, their prices on the limited stock they have are ridiculous.Originally Posted by AntiblingGo for it! Menards and home depot sell steel to get you started. Make sure you post updates as you go. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
Reply:On a side note, since this is probably  a CD in the microwave anyway, threadwise, I know the trailer building thing is a big source of rage and bloody patches on the ground, anyone round here got a link to a funny thread?Preferably something where everyone got banned and the whole universe collapsed on itself?I'm bored tonight, and I'm never gonna build a trailer out of stock steel.If you fight long enough, you will win. The problem is it costs too damned much.- Lee Cheng
Reply:I have a scrap bin, a soldering iron, and a library card; how much does a solid rocket booster generate in calories? Attached ImagesCity of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Originally Posted by tanglediverI have a scrap bin, a soldering iron, and a library card; how much does a solid rocket booster generate in calories?
Reply:We're in America. Do what you want.... But your question was answered by the first person who posted a reply.
Reply:I don't know what everyone is freaking out about. I stuck my trailer together with chewing gum a paper clip and a couple of toothpicks McGyver style. Granted, I still lost money on it when I sold it. The guy wouldn't come up on his offer. something about not using home depot steel, and that he'd have to redo all the welds with his 110v mig from Harbor freight. I hauled a D5 on that single axle trailer. I don't know what his problem was. I even got the 8" tires from harbor freight. It's not like I cheaped out on the build.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:ok thanks yall for is your input
Reply:Originally Posted by nmaine1313so how big of welder wood I need
Reply:LOL He could weld a lot if he could just get that Red Oak wire to feed!
Reply:Originally Posted by nmaine1313ok thanks yall for is your input
Reply:Originally Posted by welderjLOL He could weld a lot if he could just get that Red Oak wire to feed!
Reply:I love these threads. Half the time I'm here looking at projects and ideas, the rest is just for the comments. As for trailers, you should see what what I bounce through the fields stacking bales on. Before my father was in high school, my grandfather bought a home made flatbed trailer. The frame and running gear were from a 40s truck. To get the deck as low as possible, the truck rims were cut to allow car tires to fit. The front of the frame was bent in and a tractor hitch welded on. During the 50-60s, the trailer had a wooden deck that rotted out years before I ever saw it. My uncle replaced the wood deck with a sheet metal deck. I only remember that deck as the source of stitches and tetanus shots. It was thin sheet, never stored under cover, and was rapidly rusting away because the only protective coating it had was iron oxide and some loose hay that wasn't swept off. When I was in high school, and tired of getting cut, I got my first big welding project. Cut off the sheet metal deck (what was left of it) and weld on metal grating. I had a lot of fun building it. All 6011 with our old miller thunderbolt. I'm still using it today, but I've since had to replace the hitch. The frame formed into the hitch could only take  a few decades bouncing through our fields before giving up.Lincoln Precision Tig 185Lincoln Power Mig 256Hypertherm PM 45Everlast 140STSmith O/A
Reply:This thread is similar to "Looking into buying a rifle and interested in shooting steel out to 1,000 yds.  What's the best rifle, scope, and ammo?  And my budget is like $500.  Oh and by the way, I know nothing 'bout rifles/ammo and have never been to formal training.  Should I buy an AK, or is an M-4 better?  Heard that 300WM is mo-betta than 308".  SmokeFest!  Take-a-Way: generating projects intended for human conveyance, using sub-standard equipments/techniques, are recipes for Master of Disaster.  'NufSaid.Last edited by ManoKai; 08-09-2013 at 01:59 PM."Discovery is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought" - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Reply:Originally Posted by MinnesotaDaveTo be blunt - building and selling trailers with low skill level is a bad idea.
Reply:So many good one liners!
Reply:Yep there's lots of money in it. Yep a 110 volt mig will work but only if you use cheap flux core wire and gobb it on good while wearing a news paper welding hood.
Reply:Originally Posted by jamesyarbroughYep there's lots of money in it. Yep a 110 volt mig will work but only if you use cheap flux core wire and gobb it on good while wearing a news paper welding hood.
Reply:Originally Posted by AntiblingSarcasm is lost on some people. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
Reply:Originally Posted by kolotI wasn't being sarcastic at all, I happen to believe the steel at home depot is very expensive , same for tractor supply, case in point, 1x1 angle, 1/8" x60" long around $16. You could not profit on a trailer buying material from these type of vendors. Now I am in the NE, the steel at home depot is very limited , don't know what they carry in other parts, or down south   for a comparison I can buy a 22FT stick for around 45 bucks, at the steel house same material. Not saying he shouldn't build the trailer, just get the right machine, and buy your material right/ smart..
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Reply:I haven't been on in quite a while, and this is the one of the first threads I clicked on...Yowzers! Some things never change...
Reply:Originally Posted by kolotI wasn't being sarcastic at all, I happen to believe the steel at home depot is very expensive , same for tractor supply, case in point, 1x1 angle, 1/8" x60" long around $16. You could not profit on a trailer buying material from these type of vendors. Now I am in the NE, the steel at home depot is very limited , don't know what they carry in other parts, or down south   for a comparison I can buy a 22FT stick for around 45 bucks, at the steel house same material. Not saying he shouldn't build the trailer, just get the right machine, and buy your material right/ smart..
Reply:hmmmmm. 68 total posts and calling out someone who's got near 1500... Kolot, you missed his sarcasm. Time to replace some of that vitamin B  with some vitamin C.There are no problems. There are only solutions. It's your duty to determine the right one.Hobart Handler 210Airco 225 Amp MSM Stinger
Reply:here's some sarcasm, good luck with your HD, 110 volt built profit seeking trailer, probably carry a bulldozer if you brace it right. As for my brightness, I get by.Last edited by kolot; 08-18-2013 at 05:46 PM."Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum"Lincoln Idealarc 250 AC/DCMillermatic 251   Syncrowave 300   30A spoolgunLincoln MP210Hypertherm 45(2) LN 25(2) Lincoln Weldanpower 225 CV(4) SA200   1 short hood    SA250    SAM 400
Reply:Originally Posted by kolothere's some sarcasm, good luck with your HD, 110 volt built profit seeking trailer, probably carry a bulldozer if you brace it right. As for my brightness, I get by.