Thread: Welding help and advice needed please.

Mate i'm a boilermaker and trust me mate even if it is justa light trailer.dont muck about with trying to weld it yourself will take a welder no longer than 15-20 minutes to weld it up so $44 dollars is better to wear than 15-20 years in jail for killing some poor sucker minding their own business ,keep the welding to your benches for your shed until you get alot more practice regards celtic4x4

Before seeing the above posts I came to the same conclusion.

I fitted a towbar to the front of my RRC by cutting it short and rewelding the flanges. To get the weld done , I tacked it how I wanted it and took it to the local trailer manufacturer that I bought the towbar from.

It took about 15 minutes and $20 , and I have good welds and a reduced chance or hurting someone in a recovery as they have the correct equipment and experience.
Regards Philip A

What PhillipA said mate, get someone that knows what its about to do it. There is a lot to welding something together other than whacking a bead of weld on it, like they say. Ya don't want it coming off and sconning some poor bugger with a wayward wheel and maybe killing them . Wouldn't want that one on my conscience, take old mate up on his offer to help out, i'm sure he loves beers .

Get stuck into a heap of practice with your welder and make sure you are ready for the next project!

Cheers........................Pete!

Yeah good advice guys, I'm a pretty decent welder on the stick and the mig but if it's structural where failure could hurt someone, I ain't doing it!

all good advice, take it to a machinist/ engineering shop, they will do it quickly and cleanly but above all safely!

jc

But if u are going to do any more welding i would use Kobe LB-52U Low Hydrogen E7016 welding rods they get good penetration at low amps and are high tensile. And if u dont want it to warp clamp it down