"Basically, this is a whole bunch of cracks." Understatement of the day. The only thing really holding together was your fix from two years ago. Nicely done.
@intensemojo2 ай бұрын
The question to be asked is “can you fix this so they won’t crack again?” I’d be thinking this machine has a whole of issues with a harmonics history.
@ronbuckner817913 күн бұрын
This machine is going to haunt you. With that many cracks you know . they’re gonna return. It’s like a boxer getting his bell rung, once it’s happened, it can happen again ,its harmonics
@ronbuckner817913 күн бұрын
Hilarious that every rando on the internet thinks they know better than the guy in the video actually doing the repair. Glad to see you proved the naysayers wrong once again.
@TennSeven2 ай бұрын
I use these videos to make me a better welder but I only work on my own machines so I never comment and never judge. Nearly forgot to mention that I am retired,70 years old and still learning.
@robertdominiczak65232 ай бұрын
You’re so right, they buy a Harbor Freight welder and now they’re experts.
@orlandochacon92532 ай бұрын
And they not even have experience about that work
@Jacob-402 ай бұрын
This work is made good
@piotrpartacz86222 ай бұрын
@@robertdominiczak6523 You can keep learning until you die, even then the learning continues.
@dirtfarmer74722 ай бұрын
"It's two years later. You're wrong." Golden! :D
@justjoe73132 ай бұрын
Lol "you're wrong" Thanks for the content and continued success from the NJ Bayshore.
@jamesdrake23782 ай бұрын
old girl has more cracks than a plumbers convention!
@jackdawg45792 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed seeing the success of the "firiey fuel tank weld repair". The crack around the bolt circle was scary and you made it look like play. I'm sure glad to see some of the old iron restored for another few yards of dirt. Well done Good Sir!!!!!
@danielpullum19072 ай бұрын
You can't have a channel called "On Fire Welding" without having some content with actual fire, lol.
@joehirschegger77232 ай бұрын
You do good work in a craftsman manner. I am learning so much. I know it takes time and effort to make these videos and slows you down but they are very much appreciated.
@hmrodyАй бұрын
I have always wanted to see the innards of a scraper and this is too cool! THANKS FOR TAKING TIME TO SHOW US!!!! I can only imagine the shocks and stresses the frame endures. Interesting to me that they form at the narrow points and unions! JUST fascinates me!
@Jdigger41302 ай бұрын
Your field experience in all aspects of repairs is extremely impressive. Always a pleasure to look over the shoulder of a professional applying their trade!
@russellgilson40722 ай бұрын
That frame is the definition of “I’m tired boss”
@briantetreault1875Ай бұрын
Yessir! I truly hope she stays fixed. But I truly doubt it will.
@ronbuckner817913 күн бұрын
The paint you put on 2 years ago is the best paint on the machine.
@robertbyrne72412 ай бұрын
Very Nice. I like how you decided to weld up and re-drill the holes. Doing it the right way. Thanks for sharing. !
@MarvUSA2 ай бұрын
Greg welds the fuel tank, the rest of the scraper fails around it! Awesome. Thanks for your tip on Cubitron discs - they're the Dobermanns Danglies!
@ian-petersimpson15652 ай бұрын
An old mechanic would always tell me when I would come out to the job and weld up all the cracks on the cushion hitches on 657 B models that those cracks come from to much use when it was new . 😎. Nice work my friend. So thankful for the new mag drills . 😊
@Bigmike3406E2 ай бұрын
I cant believe the 7018 gods are not on here letting you have it 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@moosetallone22 ай бұрын
I guess your channel was put onto my landing page because I watch a lot of Curtis and his Wife from the channel Cutting Edge Engineering. You two have a lot in common especially the part of doing the job the right way...cheers from Jersey!!!
@spencemiller58362 ай бұрын
You’re sick. I hope you get to feeling better soon. Great work too.
@stephenmeeks6842 ай бұрын
Cripes, you will tackle anything. Great job man. Thanks for sharing.
@billcarlson17302 ай бұрын
I love when the fulltime shop guys like to put in their 2 cents on field repairs. It's a piece of equipment used to quite literally move dirt/earth, doesnt need to fancy or pretty just strong enough to hold up to the abuse. Great work as always! Any chance you got a line boring job coming up I cant wait to see that S power in action and get a true honest review. Seems too good of a price to be super quality, I want to see if it would be a good avenue for my business in to line boring. Thanks Greg
@BowHunterMadness2 ай бұрын
I should be doing a video on the s power soon.
@OFW2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the welcome back 👍 looks like a row of silver dollars, If you built border wall panels would keep you very busy for long time .
@crbrepairmotorcycles66082 ай бұрын
0:05 I remember that video. Great reference. Your work looks awesome!
@aaronkcmo2 ай бұрын
As particular as you are about how to prep and get to good metal I had no doubt that those welds you did 2 yrs ago would hold ! You do a great job ! If I were 40 yrs younger I would want someone like you to train me to fabricate an work and weld metal ! Thanks for the update ! Stay Safe !
@victorjeffers19932 ай бұрын
I don't think you need to worry about AI replacing you anytime soon! Keep up the good work!
@robertpeters94382 ай бұрын
Wow that's a lot of weld joints on that scraper yeehaw
@89firebird2 ай бұрын
*On Fire Welding* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.
@MrRebar152 ай бұрын
A welder’s dream. Chase rack and fill it. I use to have to fix cracks that ran into the mounting holes on 793 diff housings. I would make up a brass stud to screw into the hole then roll the weld metal into the open thread portion without arching on the studs. Once it cooled we could back the stud out and run a tap through the hole and the threads were good to go. Never had a mounting bolt strip out the threads.
@LoBeau532 ай бұрын
That damn cold won't let go, hope you get to feeling better soon. Thanks for the video.
@westerntruckandtractorrepa13532 ай бұрын
Well that's definitely a hell of a lot of cracks . I guess it show just how much stress these machines put up with . That was a lot of passes on that cross member. I guess that'll hold Thanks for showing how you do the repairs to your std and as your fiery tank is still good that means you know what ya doing ..lol. many thanks from an armchair viewer
@garyyorke10802 ай бұрын
Fiery Fuel Tank got me to subscribe. The filming and the welding keep me tuned in. Thanks
@frfrpr2 ай бұрын
Greg… we really enjoy your videos and like your other friends, always looking forward to your next projects. It’s amazing to us how these “ monster” machines can get these types of failures. Again many thanks and do take care…
@alanschwier40452 ай бұрын
Now this gentleman is what you call a proper welder well done mate cracking job .
@BigMels..Ай бұрын
Wow ! Serious bunch of cracks there, seems like with a few more loads this 637 could lose its rear axle ah ah ! Rock on Buddy !
@segomatu70632 ай бұрын
Lots of people don’t realize how long this prep would take with a normal size engine drive. I have a 300 amp machine and a 500 amp machine, 500 is the largest machine I have ever gouged with the step from 300-to 500 is amazing, can’t imagine 300 to 800 , !!!
@badjeepman2 ай бұрын
It’s a big difference. Almost scary.
@OFW2 ай бұрын
Another 200 Amps and you could run those ridiculously large broom handle sized electrodes that some welding channels have shown off with! 1000 Amps! Absolutely insane!😮
@markfryer98802 ай бұрын
Nice work, my boss thinks welding shouldn’t take that long and tries to rush me when I do it lol. I do go to school for it many years ago passed all the tests it could never find a good job doing it for a living so I just do it part time or when something breaks at work. I use my own welders grinders etc etc. some people never learn
@mikeboring12932 ай бұрын
Most of the time quality welding work is not fast. But just do it once instead of 3 times.
@OFW2 ай бұрын
If your boss doesn't appreciate your efforts at work to try and save them some money by repairing things for him, just stop doing that work, say that you are too busy with your ordinary work and let him try and find a reliable welder or boilermaker. Once he starts seeing expensive invoices, he might change his tune and if not then you have saved yourself from his nagging and aggravation. Yes, that is a poor attitude, your boss is not valuing your welding skills so withdraw them until he does. I work maintenance at a large private school in Melbourne, Australia and I have eased back on how much welding and metal work that I do and I still have metalwork jobs to do and others get handed over to our fence contractor. Being understaffed, my jobs list has been steadily growing in red on my tablet, but I can only get through so much work in a 8 hour day by 5 days per week. They have not really wanted to pay overtime, so jobs get done when they can and after urgent jobs have pushed them down the list again. I hope that my comments have helped. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
@markfryer98802 ай бұрын
Great job!
@jjinak3962 ай бұрын
This guy is an absolute maestro.....
@GPz842 ай бұрын
Gday mate, I’m catching up slowly on the back log of your videos and you level of skill is just sublime. I also find that I get lots of info on just how you set your work up which I find has helped me heaps. One day when you get the chance could you just explain how you build your welds up, like in that big section you just did there as I would like to know how you work it out, why you do it, when do you decide to go up or down the weld etc. I guess a lot of it is from years of practice and experience but it must be based on something. I always have a little chuckle too when you linish a surface back and then spot weld little imperfections up and linish them again, I thought I was being anal when I do it but feel I have the blessing of the master. Anyway, you work is beyond reproach, you are an artisan and I love you basic, simple commentaries. Many thanks
@gordonagent7037Ай бұрын
Awesome work as norm. Glad to see your so busy.
@kennytoler64852 ай бұрын
Thank you for your videos!!
@jaymarshall76322 ай бұрын
Fun to watch you do your thing. Great job.
@justinblanchard27462 ай бұрын
Sweet how we can electrically erase a wield and then electrically glue it all back together again. Nice job jigging and man handling that Mag Drill. Cool stuff bud.
@bfd15652 ай бұрын
Weld thr original hot glue.
@troytheconsumeroflargequan32542 ай бұрын
Scrapers have been the most unreliable machines we have owned, I was so happy when the last one we had went down the road. I think I repaired them 1 hr for every hr they worked. Rock trucks are slower, but they rarely break down.
@rebelcats74914 күн бұрын
You did a fantastic repair on that tank Greg .
@gusm51282 ай бұрын
Love your videos, especially since you’re a local welding guy. Keep producing!
@albertgalan24832 ай бұрын
Again you have done a great. You are a master.
@glenngosline33032 ай бұрын
Excellent work as usual. Appreciate the content. Thank you.
@PrairieMechanic2 ай бұрын
Sounding better. Hope you are feeling better.
@jshelledy12 ай бұрын
I'm 61 and been doing this kind of thing for over 35 years now. This guy knows what he is doing. He has a bunch of rod to burn. Glad it's not me
@danielelliott3659Ай бұрын
Outstanding work, thank you.
@jspice-kl2wc2 ай бұрын
Nice job on the bolt circle
@merkyworks2 ай бұрын
Good job man 💯 quality work right there !
@lildante85222 ай бұрын
I like the way you got the tape started. I have never seen a mag drill run a tape.
@TheRitchieLeeShowАй бұрын
The redrill and tap look factory new, excellent work!
@coryl51422 ай бұрын
Brilliant video as always 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧
@ragnarironspear17912 ай бұрын
Great work young man, especially around that mount/mating face.
@JonDingle2 ай бұрын
Way too go Greg!! Thanks to your classes. I know use might exclusively in the field on yellow iron crack repairs. It’s so much faster than the 7018 stick method.
@jiml9971Ай бұрын
happy Friday Greg.........have a wonderful weekend, cheers from Paul in Florida......
@ypaulbrown2 ай бұрын
This pile of... beautiful equipment!
@ecocrime89572 ай бұрын
Another great project, thank you for sharing ,I learn a lot 👍👍👍👍
@carloskawasaki6562 ай бұрын
Your editing got a lot better, cheers. But I'd love if you went in depth about the game plan when tackling a job
@fyodorautistoesky9902 ай бұрын
Great job Greg Looks like you went back to your Milwaukee mag drill I guess if Caterpillar and any other heavy equipment companies,built machinery to last,yourself and a lot of others would be out of work 😂😂😂
@terrminatoragain4612 ай бұрын
People who don’t repair scrapers for a living can say whatever they want about a repair. Scrapers cracking is just what they do from the amount of forces exerted onto them. Doesn’t matter how good of a job you do, the operators are gonna try their best to break it for you.
@squarecrab2 ай бұрын
If CAT built a scraper that an operator couldn’t break they wouldn’t be able to sell the thing.
@dirtfarmer74722 ай бұрын
@@dirtfarmer7472Or have it move anywhere near as fast as they currently do, because it would be too damned heavy. 😂
@markfryer98802 ай бұрын
Awesome video man! It’s still crazy to me that those pans hold up as long as they do! Had some 657’s at work they are monsters
@fasteddie8225Ай бұрын
Great video!
@michaelmackey754Ай бұрын
Excellent work, awesome video.
@kevinmartin54892 ай бұрын
Great quality welding
@ssmith60192 ай бұрын
Beautiful work
@falcon85532 ай бұрын
God bless you Greg... please don't work yourself to death & kick that cough
@jamesarnold60592 ай бұрын
Quality work just the best
@guygfm42432 ай бұрын
Awesome work
@travelingtech32512 ай бұрын
An other Epic Repair, Thanks for Sharing...
@Tenright77Ай бұрын
Good job pal
@Jacob-402 ай бұрын
On some of these jobs I almost expected you to pull out a ladle of molten metal and just dump it into these large cracks!
@robertpeters94382 ай бұрын
Nice job
@AnthonySmith-hr2kp2 ай бұрын
219 👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing 🤗
@scotthultin77692 ай бұрын
Where to start on a job like that, well done!
@sackvilleweldingservices2 ай бұрын
Nice and enjoyed!!!
@harveystephens6115Ай бұрын
Nice work
@roadsideservice24062 ай бұрын
It's always an interesting watch. 👍🏻👌🏻
@PAINFOOL132 ай бұрын
10:20...now that is a big ole dog bone........
@ypaulbrown2 ай бұрын
There are more cracks on this scraper than in a plumber's convention !
@NICK-uy3nl2 ай бұрын
Yikes, nice work👌
@neilheriot23612 ай бұрын
Oh, I remember the "firiey fuel tank" case... With everybody talking about "you were wrong", I've had to think twice If I could be wrong too... but I don't remember to have complained about that repair. What I probably did, as I always do... It's to complain about the structural design from factory, they always disappoint me.
@samos_sainz2 ай бұрын
Great video, very interesting! I'm curious how you knew exactly where to drill those holes. Seems like it would be difficult to get them exact. Which is why you're the pro, not me! Thanks for sharing these vids, they are really interesting.
@RubberneckerАй бұрын
A lot of very careful measures. I measured them 5 times before I drilled the holes.
@OFWАй бұрын
I am not a welder! I weld to repair stuff around the ranches. But how would I know what kind of material would need pre heat. I know I don’t repair anything that I think Would need it. Mostly repair disks and other farm equipment and cattle pens and trailers. Great videos!!!
@ronnierivera39912 ай бұрын
Just think anything super thick, like 1” or more. Or something that will have a lot of twisting stress. Pre heat and even post heat can help relax the metal.
@OFW2 ай бұрын
@@OFW thank you!!
@ronnierivera39912 ай бұрын
When I was a kid I used to wait for the next episode of dukes of hazzard with so much anticipation. Now I wait you and icwelds videos. What part of Cali are you in? I’m from Tennessee but Sacramento area is my second home. I feel like your in the valley north of LA
@Bltwll2 ай бұрын
You would be correct. Fresno.
@OFW2 ай бұрын
@@OFW 😎
@Bltwll2 ай бұрын
More Crack than downtown Hollywood
@ypaulbrown2 ай бұрын
When you go get the crack from over onto once ice fire tile when tool on? Or popcan tanks underdogs tower?
@dogyerf21Ай бұрын
Shout out from the 209.... handle it!
@Daniel-np8zoАй бұрын
You da man. ,
@Jimmy-Legs2 ай бұрын
Are you always expected to do such work as drilling and taping or even disassembly/ re-assembly? So often you seem to do more than just weld work. Do many welders leave this type of work to the company's mechanics to do?
@BCole-bj4lv2 ай бұрын
That is what sets me apart from everyone else. Most welders don’t do anything but weld. I love wrenching and taking stuff apart so why not offer it as a service as well. One phone call does it all!
@OFW2 ай бұрын
Another superb repair done in the field. Did you use dual shield flux core? Amazing how much stress one of those graders takes, and even more amazing is that the welds you’ve done will hold under those stresses. Probably stronger than it came from the factory. Hope your cold gets better soon, and your videos are most appreciated!
@woodartist20212 ай бұрын
Yes, I used dual shield.
@OFW2 ай бұрын
I work for a mine doing heavy equipment repair but I really want to learn how to do this kind of stuff too
@Dillon_Sparrow2 ай бұрын
Good job 👷👍🇲🇫
@patrickz87642 ай бұрын
Good grief! If that scrapers name isn't Humpty Dumpty it oughtta be! 😅
@bumblebeebob2 ай бұрын
Is the new welding unit you purchased a few episodes back ? Looked like you were welding dual shield with the brushes between passes. Hope the new unit is proving to be a good purchase, excellent work as always.
@toddmuehleip92502 ай бұрын
Yes, the new unit is performing great.
@OFW2 ай бұрын
thats cool how you can just cut and paste chunks of massive machines, its like minecraft
@richardjohnson80092 ай бұрын
Just wanted to know have you ever used a Haollow air ark rod the oxygen go's through the middle of it that is what I use under water to cut.just curious thanks be safe and have a great day Sam and love your videos
@samuelspencer91942 ай бұрын
Yes. Those are called an oxy lance. Used for cutting. I don’t think it would work well for gouging.
@OFW2 ай бұрын
@@OFW thank you for the information and I also have used magnesium filled rods you only had to have 150 amps again thanks Sam
@samuelspencer91942 ай бұрын
I am truly just interested on how much on average a job like this would cost to a construction company. I would greatly appreciate some transparency on this one. Thanks!
@ignitionaddiction91762 ай бұрын
About a couple thousand.
@OFW2 ай бұрын
I’d be curious to know at how many hours these machines start to crack apart like this?
"Basically, this is a whole bunch of cracks." Understatement of the day. The only thing really holding together was your fix from two years ago. Nicely done.
The question to be asked is “can you fix this so they won’t crack again?” I’d be thinking this machine has a whole of issues with a harmonics history.
This machine is going to haunt you. With that many cracks you know . they’re gonna return. It’s like a boxer getting his bell rung, once it’s happened, it can happen again ,its harmonics
Hilarious that every rando on the internet thinks they know better than the guy in the video actually doing the repair. Glad to see you proved the naysayers wrong once again.
I use these videos to make me a better welder but I only work on my own machines so I never comment and never judge. Nearly forgot to mention that I am retired,70 years old and still learning.
You’re so right, they buy a Harbor Freight welder and now they’re experts.
And they not even have experience about that work
This work is made good
@@robertdominiczak6523 You can keep learning until you die, even then the learning continues.
"It's two years later. You're wrong." Golden! :D
Lol "you're wrong" Thanks for the content and continued success from the NJ Bayshore.
old girl has more cracks than a plumbers convention!
I really enjoyed seeing the success of the "firiey fuel tank weld repair". The crack around the bolt circle was scary and you made it look like play. I'm sure glad to see some of the old iron restored for another few yards of dirt. Well done Good Sir!!!!!
You can't have a channel called "On Fire Welding" without having some content with actual fire, lol.
You do good work in a craftsman manner. I am learning so much. I know it takes time and effort to make these videos and slows you down but they are very much appreciated.
I have always wanted to see the innards of a scraper and this is too cool! THANKS FOR TAKING TIME TO SHOW US!!!! I can only imagine the shocks and stresses the frame endures. Interesting to me that they form at the narrow points and unions! JUST fascinates me!
Your field experience in all aspects of repairs is extremely impressive. Always a pleasure to look over the shoulder of a professional applying their trade!
That frame is the definition of “I’m tired boss”
Yessir! I truly hope she stays fixed. But I truly doubt it will.
The paint you put on 2 years ago is the best paint on the machine.
Very Nice. I like how you decided to weld up and re-drill the holes. Doing it the right way. Thanks for sharing. !
Greg welds the fuel tank, the rest of the scraper fails around it! Awesome. Thanks for your tip on Cubitron discs - they're the Dobermanns Danglies!
An old mechanic would always tell me when I would come out to the job and weld up all the cracks on the cushion hitches on 657 B models that those cracks come from to much use when it was new . 😎. Nice work my friend. So thankful for the new mag drills . 😊
I cant believe the 7018 gods are not on here letting you have it 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I guess your channel was put onto my landing page because I watch a lot of Curtis and his Wife from the channel Cutting Edge Engineering. You two have a lot in common especially the part of doing the job the right way...cheers from Jersey!!!
You’re sick. I hope you get to feeling better soon. Great work too.
Cripes, you will tackle anything. Great job man. Thanks for sharing.
I love when the fulltime shop guys like to put in their 2 cents on field repairs. It's a piece of equipment used to quite literally move dirt/earth, doesnt need to fancy or pretty just strong enough to hold up to the abuse. Great work as always! Any chance you got a line boring job coming up I cant wait to see that S power in action and get a true honest review. Seems too good of a price to be super quality, I want to see if it would be a good avenue for my business in to line boring. Thanks Greg
I should be doing a video on the s power soon.
Thanks for the welcome back 👍 looks like a row of silver dollars, If you built border wall panels would keep you very busy for long time .
0:05 I remember that video. Great reference. Your work looks awesome!
As particular as you are about how to prep and get to good metal I had no doubt that those welds you did 2 yrs ago would hold ! You do a great job ! If I were 40 yrs younger I would want someone like you to train me to fabricate an work and weld metal ! Thanks for the update ! Stay Safe !
I don't think you need to worry about AI replacing you anytime soon! Keep up the good work!
Wow that's a lot of weld joints on that scraper yeehaw
*On Fire Welding* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.
A welder’s dream. Chase rack and fill it. I use to have to fix cracks that ran into the mounting holes on 793 diff housings. I would make up a brass stud to screw into the hole then roll the weld metal into the open thread portion without arching on the studs. Once it cooled we could back the stud out and run a tap through the hole and the threads were good to go. Never had a mounting bolt strip out the threads.
That damn cold won't let go, hope you get to feeling better soon. Thanks for the video.
Well that's definitely a hell of a lot of cracks . I guess it show just how much stress these machines put up with . That was a lot of passes on that cross member. I guess that'll hold Thanks for showing how you do the repairs to your std and as your fiery tank is still good that means you know what ya doing ..lol. many thanks from an armchair viewer
Fiery Fuel Tank got me to subscribe. The filming and the welding keep me tuned in. Thanks
Greg… we really enjoy your videos and like your other friends, always looking forward to your next projects. It’s amazing to us how these “ monster” machines can get these types of failures. Again many thanks and do take care…
Now this gentleman is what you call a proper welder well done mate cracking job .
Wow ! Serious bunch of cracks there, seems like with a few more loads this 637 could lose its rear axle ah ah ! Rock on Buddy !
Lots of people don’t realize how long this prep would take with a normal size engine drive. I have a 300 amp machine and a 500 amp machine, 500 is the largest machine I have ever gouged with the step from 300-to 500 is amazing, can’t imagine 300 to 800 , !!!
It’s a big difference. Almost scary.
Another 200 Amps and you could run those ridiculously large broom handle sized electrodes that some welding channels have shown off with! 1000 Amps! Absolutely insane!😮
Nice work, my boss thinks welding shouldn’t take that long and tries to rush me when I do it lol. I do go to school for it many years ago passed all the tests it could never find a good job doing it for a living so I just do it part time or when something breaks at work. I use my own welders grinders etc etc. some people never learn
Most of the time quality welding work is not fast. But just do it once instead of 3 times.
If your boss doesn't appreciate your efforts at work to try and save them some money by repairing things for him, just stop doing that work, say that you are too busy with your ordinary work and let him try and find a reliable welder or boilermaker. Once he starts seeing expensive invoices, he might change his tune and if not then you have saved yourself from his nagging and aggravation. Yes, that is a poor attitude, your boss is not valuing your welding skills so withdraw them until he does. I work maintenance at a large private school in Melbourne, Australia and I have eased back on how much welding and metal work that I do and I still have metalwork jobs to do and others get handed over to our fence contractor. Being understaffed, my jobs list has been steadily growing in red on my tablet, but I can only get through so much work in a 8 hour day by 5 days per week. They have not really wanted to pay overtime, so jobs get done when they can and after urgent jobs have pushed them down the list again. I hope that my comments have helped. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
Great job!
This guy is an absolute maestro.....
Gday mate, I’m catching up slowly on the back log of your videos and you level of skill is just sublime. I also find that I get lots of info on just how you set your work up which I find has helped me heaps. One day when you get the chance could you just explain how you build your welds up, like in that big section you just did there as I would like to know how you work it out, why you do it, when do you decide to go up or down the weld etc. I guess a lot of it is from years of practice and experience but it must be based on something. I always have a little chuckle too when you linish a surface back and then spot weld little imperfections up and linish them again, I thought I was being anal when I do it but feel I have the blessing of the master. Anyway, you work is beyond reproach, you are an artisan and I love you basic, simple commentaries. Many thanks
Awesome work as norm. Glad to see your so busy.
Thank you for your videos!!
Fun to watch you do your thing. Great job.
Sweet how we can electrically erase a wield and then electrically glue it all back together again. Nice job jigging and man handling that Mag Drill. Cool stuff bud.
Weld thr original hot glue.
Scrapers have been the most unreliable machines we have owned, I was so happy when the last one we had went down the road. I think I repaired them 1 hr for every hr they worked. Rock trucks are slower, but they rarely break down.
You did a fantastic repair on that tank Greg .
Love your videos, especially since you’re a local welding guy. Keep producing!
Again you have done a great. You are a master.
Excellent work as usual. Appreciate the content. Thank you.
Sounding better. Hope you are feeling better.
I'm 61 and been doing this kind of thing for over 35 years now. This guy knows what he is doing. He has a bunch of rod to burn. Glad it's not me
Outstanding work, thank you.
Nice job on the bolt circle
Good job man 💯 quality work right there !
I like the way you got the tape started. I have never seen a mag drill run a tape.
The redrill and tap look factory new, excellent work!
Brilliant video as always 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧
Great work young man, especially around that mount/mating face.
Way too go Greg!! Thanks to your classes. I know use might exclusively in the field on yellow iron crack repairs. It’s so much faster than the 7018 stick method.
happy Friday Greg.........have a wonderful weekend, cheers from Paul in Florida......
This pile of... beautiful equipment!
Another great project, thank you for sharing ,I learn a lot 👍👍👍👍
Your editing got a lot better, cheers. But I'd love if you went in depth about the game plan when tackling a job
Great job Greg Looks like you went back to your Milwaukee mag drill I guess if Caterpillar and any other heavy equipment companies,built machinery to last,yourself and a lot of others would be out of work 😂😂😂
People who don’t repair scrapers for a living can say whatever they want about a repair. Scrapers cracking is just what they do from the amount of forces exerted onto them. Doesn’t matter how good of a job you do, the operators are gonna try their best to break it for you.
If CAT built a scraper that an operator couldn’t break they wouldn’t be able to sell the thing.
@@dirtfarmer7472Or have it move anywhere near as fast as they currently do, because it would be too damned heavy. 😂
Awesome video man! It’s still crazy to me that those pans hold up as long as they do! Had some 657’s at work they are monsters
Great video!
Excellent work, awesome video.
Great quality welding
Beautiful work
God bless you Greg... please don't work yourself to death & kick that cough
Quality work just the best
Awesome work
An other Epic Repair, Thanks for Sharing...
Good job pal
On some of these jobs I almost expected you to pull out a ladle of molten metal and just dump it into these large cracks!
Nice job
219 👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing 🤗
Where to start on a job like that, well done!
Nice and enjoyed!!!
Nice work
It's always an interesting watch. 👍🏻👌🏻
10:20...now that is a big ole dog bone........
There are more cracks on this scraper than in a plumber's convention !
Yikes, nice work👌
Oh, I remember the "firiey fuel tank" case... With everybody talking about "you were wrong", I've had to think twice If I could be wrong too... but I don't remember to have complained about that repair. What I probably did, as I always do... It's to complain about the structural design from factory, they always disappoint me.
Great video, very interesting! I'm curious how you knew exactly where to drill those holes. Seems like it would be difficult to get them exact. Which is why you're the pro, not me! Thanks for sharing these vids, they are really interesting.
A lot of very careful measures. I measured them 5 times before I drilled the holes.
I am not a welder! I weld to repair stuff around the ranches. But how would I know what kind of material would need pre heat. I know I don’t repair anything that I think Would need it. Mostly repair disks and other farm equipment and cattle pens and trailers. Great videos!!!
Just think anything super thick, like 1” or more. Or something that will have a lot of twisting stress. Pre heat and even post heat can help relax the metal.
@@OFW thank you!!
When I was a kid I used to wait for the next episode of dukes of hazzard with so much anticipation. Now I wait you and icwelds videos. What part of Cali are you in? I’m from Tennessee but Sacramento area is my second home. I feel like your in the valley north of LA
You would be correct. Fresno.
@@OFW 😎
More Crack than downtown Hollywood
When you go get the crack from over onto once ice fire tile when tool on? Or popcan tanks underdogs tower?
Shout out from the 209.... handle it!
You da man. ,
Are you always expected to do such work as drilling and taping or even disassembly/ re-assembly? So often you seem to do more than just weld work. Do many welders leave this type of work to the company's mechanics to do?
That is what sets me apart from everyone else. Most welders don’t do anything but weld. I love wrenching and taking stuff apart so why not offer it as a service as well. One phone call does it all!
Another superb repair done in the field. Did you use dual shield flux core? Amazing how much stress one of those graders takes, and even more amazing is that the welds you’ve done will hold under those stresses. Probably stronger than it came from the factory. Hope your cold gets better soon, and your videos are most appreciated!
Yes, I used dual shield.
I work for a mine doing heavy equipment repair but I really want to learn how to do this kind of stuff too
Good job 👷👍🇲🇫
Good grief! If that scrapers name isn't Humpty Dumpty it oughtta be! 😅
Is the new welding unit you purchased a few episodes back ? Looked like you were welding dual shield with the brushes between passes. Hope the new unit is proving to be a good purchase, excellent work as always.
Yes, the new unit is performing great.
thats cool how you can just cut and paste chunks of massive machines, its like minecraft
Just wanted to know have you ever used a Haollow air ark rod the oxygen go's through the middle of it that is what I use under water to cut.just curious thanks be safe and have a great day Sam and love your videos
Yes. Those are called an oxy lance. Used for cutting. I don’t think it would work well for gouging.
@@OFW thank you for the information and I also have used magnesium filled rods you only had to have 150 amps again thanks Sam
I am truly just interested on how much on average a job like this would cost to a construction company. I would greatly appreciate some transparency on this one. Thanks!
About a couple thousand.
I’d be curious to know at how many hours these machines start to crack apart like this?