Nice job! I am curious as to why they would want a receiver on a tractor. Is it a yard truck or something? And whats with the foam mat on the ground...back in the day we layed on hot coals for stuff like that
exnailpounder wrote:Nice job! I am curious as to why they would want a receiver on a tractor. Is it a yard truck or something? And whats with the foam mat on the ground...back in the day we layed on hot coals for stuff like that
They have some house trailers to pull.
70 footers.
Just a couple welders and a couple of big hammers and torches.
Men in dirty jeans built this country, while men in clean suits have destroyed it.
Trump/Carson 2016-2024
John,
I thought we had this cleared up on the last post, but I guess not. First off in your last rant I never once mentioned Tig welding, I asked why you chose to Mig weld the wheel when my obvious choice would have been to stick weld it. Then I wasted my time to explain to you that I Tig weld most of the stuff I weld because it's required of me.
You said that you've never seen any of my welds and that's for a good reason, we're not allowed cameras in the plant. Plus I don't need praise from people I hardly know to tell me I can weld, my paycheck is there on Thursday to remind me.
I know that you're a good welder for your age and I admire the effort that you put into getting better. Something you should know before you call me out is that in 1978 when I was 14 I had my first paying welding job building coal mine roof jacks. I burned up more than 100# a week of 7018 rod with an old SA300 and then a little later a Miller Trailblazer. I've chipped your weight in slag many times over and have almost that same weight in burn scars. I repaired beat up old block cranes with nothing more than a cutting torch and an old Lincoln beehive welder and miles of 7018 rods. Oh, and I've worn out about 20 grinders in my life trying to make my welds look better to me because there was no internet to send pictures out to get help learning.
I've refrained from slamming you on more than one occasion when you deserved it to keep this forum civil. I would ask if you want to start another pissing match with an unwilling partner to please take it to the other forums you use, not here.
Braehill wrote:John,
I thought we had this cleared up on the last post, but I guess not. First off in your last rant I never once mentioned Tig welding, I asked why you chose to Mig weld the wheel when my obvious choice would have been to stick weld it. Then I wasted my time to explain to you that I Tig weld most of the stuff I weld because it's required of me.
You said that you've never seen any of my welds and that's for a good reason, we're not allowed cameras in the plant. Plus I don't need praise from people I hardly know to tell me I can weld, my paycheck is there on Thursday to remind me.
I know that you're a good welder for your age and I admire the effort that you put into getting better. Something you should know before you call me out is that in 1978 when I was 14 I had my first paying welding job building coal mine roof jacks. I burned up more than 100# a week of 7018 rod with an old SA300 and then a little later a Miller Trailblazer. I've chipped your weight in slag many times over and have almost that same weight in burn scars. I repaired beat up old block cranes with nothing more than a cutting torch and an old Lincoln beehive welder and miles of 7018 rods. Oh, and I've worn out about 20 grinders in my life trying to make my welds look better to me because there was no internet to send pictures out to get help learning.
I've refrained from slamming you on more than one occasion when you deserved it to keep this forum civil. I would ask if you want to start another pissing match with an unwilling partner to please take it to the other forums you use, not here.
Len
Len,
Your taking this too seriously.
I never doubted your experience.
I'm not degrading you guys, or trying to insult you at all.
I just need some place to joke around with likeminded men.
Take it easy.
John
Just a couple welders and a couple of big hammers and torches.
Men in dirty jeans built this country, while men in clean suits have destroyed it.
Trump/Carson 2016-2024
I don't know, I kind of like the line from Len that goes: "I've chipped your weight in slag many times over and have almost that same weight in burn scars".
exnailpounder has a great line! "Thats a good line. My dad about drinking: "I've spilled more than you ever drank!" " Wow, that goes right along with "chipped more than your weight in slag".
My 'line' that I use is: "I never said I was smart. If I was smart, I wouldn't have been an ironworker".
As my friend and sometimes mentor Wally Davis used to say: "An ironworker ain't nothing but a fitter with his brains knocked out".
Us oldtimers come up with some s@#$ to bust the young guys chops thats for sure. I catch myself doing it to my sons and I just think...oh no...I'm my Dad!