Any barge welders?

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Any barge welders on here workin in barge repair dry docks? Got a physical tuesday for the company that hired me, fresh out of highschool, very reputable company. Wondering if anyone on here does this kinda work if so give me some advice?
Reply:i just lay pipe on them, good luck man
Reply:If you're in talking about ACS in Jeffersonville, IN (Jeffboat) you could save yourself a lot of time and come work for me in Louisville building tanks.  Jeffboat is a fine company and all, but I'd prefer to have the top help working for me.  We are looking at some big jobs for the rest of the year and some huge jobs next year. Originally Posted by Weldin to liveAny barge welders on here workin in barge repair dry docks? Got a physical tuesday for the company that hired me, fresh out of highschool, very reputable company. Wondering if anyone on here does this kinda work if so give me some advice?
Reply:Originally Posted by FegenbushIf you're in talking about ACS in Jeffersonville, IN (Jeffboat) you could save yourself a lot of time and come work for me in Louisville building tanks.  Jeffboat is a fine company and all, but I'd prefer to have the top help working for me.  We are looking at some big jobs for the rest of the year and some huge jobs next year.
Reply:I worked for Bloodworth in Houston for about six weeks in the early '70s, repairing barges in dry dock. Hot, nasty work. Of course many welding jobs are. A double wall barge came in and the laborers worked for two weeks cleaning the insides out. Safety inspected, tagged it safe to work and they sent me inside with a torch to cut out the bottom. I finally worked me, my torch and my bucket of tools to the starting point specified by management and lit my torch. BOOM!! I don't have any idea how long I was unconscious, but when I came to I worked me and my bucket out of the barge, threw my bucket as far out into the channel as I could and went and got a real job.Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.                                         -Cree Indian ProverbSA 200 LincolnVictor Torches
Reply:Hey there, I worked for a dock building company and we used barges for that line of work. We would have to install a pier to get the dock far out enough in the water so it remained floating all year, high or low water.  It was a unique place to work, the working conditions were unsafe, the boss was full of insults and intimidation, almost everything was done "by eye". But it was a great experince, having to weld in all conditions, overhead around pipe on small floats with waves crashing you around, trying to weld on the side of the barge from a boat while the boat pushed away or moved all over while u tried to keep steady on a vertical weld.  There was welding done there that i should keep to myself and forget about it, but we did it and got away with it. My boss was convinced that 7018 was the only rod worth using for root and cap, and the slag should never be chipped out, yes he didnt like the slag chipped between passes. But I leared how to make that slag fall off in any position and any almost  joint configureation from that, so i could use the end of the next rod and sweep the slag out quickly. He didnt like you to do much grinding to clean the rusty steel from the barge before welding so i learned how to weld on that crap too. If you didnt do it his was you would get yelled at and insulted, its not something im proud of but it was the only job around and i got paid decent it put up for it while i did. Basically what I did was sifted through the garbage and learned what a bad place to work was like. I learned how to weld really well in all positions when it was impossible to keep my body still, and how to make the slag fall away so there was minimal chipping when i moved on into a real job.  What i can give to u for advice is learn to tie knots well, keep the ropes coiled up when you have a moment cause when the wind picks up you dont have time to mess around on the water. Dont fall in lol. good luck.ps. i have lots of stories about that job, i put up with it for 3 seasons, if you have any questions ask.Last edited by Doug247; 07-02-2011 at 03:42 PM.Nothing Ever Got Done By Quitting, Never Give Up.
Reply:Originally Posted by Weldin to liveCompany named ingram barge hired me as a welder trainnee because they want to "fine tune"me since im fresh out of highschool before they send me to get certified and advance me to welder 1.
Reply:I dont really think fine tune was the right way to word that. More or less my overhead needs work and i wont go to welder 1 until they send me to get certified.