I used to do small time repair and fabrication. Everybody wanted "cheap and yesterday" work. I quoted one guy price to repair his mangled trailer tongue. "That's too high". Okay then go to someone else. It's the weekend and no one is open!! Well Monday go to one of the local welding shops. I will do the job for half of what they quote. They always came back saying they were nuts with their prices and I have to wait two weeks before they can do it! Yep. How does my price sound now?? One guy claimed that anyone could do what he wanted but he did not have a welding machine. I offered to let him use mine. He came by the shop and I told him that the equipment was right there so go for it. He didn't know where to start. People have no idea about the skills involved in welding and fabrication. Don't work for cheap---ever.
Shit I can barely do basic ass welding with a wire fed one form harbor freight. I atleast know how to work that bitch though lol and my welds aint breaking. May look like shit till they become meh lookin ones lol
@@gabrielmaynardDeath before 9-5 dawg. The bad days with difficult customers are the best because afterwards you usually come out learning very important stuff. Like never working for that person again and also learning how to read people before you start a job for them
Been welding for 37 years.started out on logging and heavy equipment.your doing great work.its not easy to weld on a turd or easy to have to fix someone's turd welding.
It's not easy when the body is beat to shit. But like you say it is the real world. It is bread and butter work keeps the wolf from the door. Good work Ant❤Ruth
Man I love watching these old videos. I learned a lot before breaking out. Coming from a huge production code welding background building fuel tankers you definitely help me get back to my roots of “farm welding” and not nit pick the little bullshit. You’re right it’s the real world and alot different application
Thank you MMA for showing the real world work that needs to be done... So many other just want to do the, "Here's how it should be done, no mater how long it takes." version, because they are afraid of having others criticize them. Bringing it from the real world is a fresh bit of reality.
I’m a roofer and weld lead…dunno how I got here but this guys spot on !shitty jobs just gotta be done to make the money…dudes honest and straight up…love from lead welder Cambridge uk
The old saying comes to mind "you take the good with the bad" Also, I've found that turning a job down must send a message to the universe because work seems to slow down.
That is right. You have to broadcast to the universe, that you are the kind of guy, no matter the unforeseen problem on site - you are the guy to grab it with both hands- own the problem, and do whatever it takes to solve the issue, who will not leave the customer alone until they are comfortable.
@@TheAefril That’s right brother! I work with a perfectionist Russian ( who I love to death) and he always comes to me saying , “We have a problem “ to which I say, “There are no problems, only solutions!😎” All within reason of course..
i just bought my first welder and a helmet; thanks for keeping this real, now i know what to expect when i get my first mobile welding job. I'm going to binge a bunch of your videos now.
Absolutely love your attitude about everything and never bothered by any work you do you just get on with it and deal with it. Full respect to you and keep up the crazy work 👍👍👍
Jobs like this need doing the fastest way, even if its not the neatest. These trucks are a tool for a job and they need to get back in service asap. Keep up the good vids.
Sometimes the customer needs a beautiful perfect job, sometimes close enough does just fine. Key is being able to shift gears and do what job requires and price accordingly. If you can only find dumpsters to weld, so be it. Whatever puts food on the table.
Couldn't agree more with your philosophy mate. The lorries move crushed concrete, that's all they have to do without leaving it all over the road, they don't have to look like a Lamborghini. Horses for courses. Good vid cheers, subscribed.
I have tons of respect for this video. I weld on trailers all day long. People have know idea how rough jobs like this can be, tight spaces, dirty steel, beating shit with the 5 lb and the 12lb bitch. We've really changed our rates and the way we bill shit based on how difficult this sort of work is.
Im right on the verge of starting my business since im nearly finished my trade cert. Im terrified of not knowing what to do exactly so i watch your videos and pretend i have to repair it. But its awesome to see even you still have to change your approach mid job.
I hear you on that I'm taking the brakes I had a customer yesterday that said I was wasting time that I needed to get it done and I told him put on all the PPE that I wear and hold the torch to for half an hour 45 minutes and see if he needs to take a break!!
I’m a HE operator and taking a break is critical after about 4+ hours non stop that’s when mistakes happen or your machine if not maintained supper well might need a break. When you got 3000lbs+ in the air mistakes are lethal, expensive or both.
Go work for big construction company who has heavy equipment like bridge contractors you'll be welding pile and welding machinery as a diesel mechanic 👍
This is now my favourite video. Everyone tells me the same thing to, I use to weld…. It’s easy…… I know a guy who makes 400k a year…. I know the pain of working on old shit, I currently work at a remote mine in northern Canada. All there is is old beat up shit. Whatever you have to do to make it work, it gets done. Awesome work…🤙
Continue to stay real, if anyone wants to get into this trade they’re gonna be cussed at, worked over, have shitty jobs and you sir show all of it. This is what I’m watching because I want to start my own business and was wondering what repair work looked like. I didn’t even imagine some of the stuff you do so I’m glad you’re here to show us the dirty under side of welding
Yep, when you first start you're going to get the shit nobody else wants... and it's usually because with shitty equipment the people that own it aren't usually up to paying you what's it's worth to fix there junk. I've been doing this for 15 year and within the last 6 years I've managed to get contract work with my time and effort. Anthony is right tho you gotta do whatever to get started.
It’s long been a point of irritation to me that the manufacturers of welding equipment, magazines like “The Welder” or “ARC” , and so on, spend all their time featuring metal artists and custom car & motorcycle builders, trying to get young people into the welding industry by making them think that’s a typical welders life! There are far, far, far more welders doing this type of repair, pipeline and structural work than there are welding scrap metal into sculpture in an air conditioned and heated shop, and the art market is small which makes it even tougher to make a living at it! My feeling is this false promotion actually hurts more than it helps in drawing new people in, because when they walk out of welding school and find a job, it’s nothing like the glamorous picture painted by the industry, and they move on to something else! As someone who was a welder from 1976 to 2020, I can verify that’s it’s blood, sweat, tears, heat, heat, heat, cold, and smoky! That being said, I wouldn’t trade it for the world!! Keep up the good work! I enjoy your channel, but even being the crusty old fart that I am, I wish you’d kind of filter out the endless F bombs! They “cheapen” your otherwise excellent content!
@@tomt9543 great reply about the industry trying to make art and hot rods......you have a better chance of winning the lottery than making money as an artist......I know, art is such a small market, no one wants to spend money unless you are famous, and there are only a few famous artists, it is all about who you know, a very stuck up group of people in that world.....stay away for sure . cheers, Paul
@@tomt9543 . Sir Tom, BRAVO on your outstanding perspective and suggestions. You put into words what I’ve been thinking for a long while now with respect to the cool, clean and glitz factor associated with the trade media, etc. All the BEST to you in your well deserved retirement! Best Regards, Shawn
Texes tig haha Im up in the great white north. I went to a new mill and was filling some big deck cracks with a fill rod and everyone was looking at me like i just invented fire or something, even the maintenance boss was in awe. Do whatcha gotta do and get it done. Cheers bud, cool video
I cracked up the about the guy who wanted to talk your ear off. It never fails that someone wants to give "advice" while you're working because they used to weld. Then you get the people who don't know anything about welding and when you tell them you're a welder they always bring up underwater welding.
For almost 3 years I did welding and fabrication on belly dump trailers. Did a lot of patching and re-skins. But work was rough, but I worked inside of the shop. I didn’t hate the work as much as I hated the pay. It was just a small mom and pop shop and it was my first welding job. I would like to also become a mobile welder and start doing that stuff again.
A word to help , on down hill 6010 /11 for this kinda work . Use a 5/32 if burn through is not a problem. Your welds will be a bit more beefy . More metal more strength.
I like the beaten steel fixed. Real steel. My first impression of welding was a maine logger with a cracked frame. Talk about a thrash of mobile. Love your work.. get more subscribers with less swearing. Stay cool.
Exactly! Great content, but it’s “cheapened” by the constant medley of F bombs and so on! Hope he takes this as constructive criticism! I want his channel to succeed!
@@tomt9543 Ya I don't care about swearing but he indeed could appeal to more people if he just cut them out. Ik this aint his job but it is a good amount of $$ he could make ontop
At 17:20, man that’s a crappy weld, probably some mechanic. 🤔😳 hey wait I’m a mechanic!! Awesome vid really glad I found it! No holds barred exactly what it sounds like in the real world!! Good stuff
Just started my own welding business. Got my first estimate on a old dump trailer for a landscaping company tomorrow. Going head first and I’ve been watching your videos for awhile now 🏁
love your channel as a fellow welder up here in the great north ill suggest building dogs from plate, nuts and 1" bolts rather then cast the you can really crank on em lol works great and would have fixed that gap for ya no sweat keep up the good work
I'm about to make one from 3/8s plate but two of the same shaped that are welded onto a 1" id nut and a footlong heavy equipment 1" bolts lol It won't be a dog, it'll be a werewolf
I have my own one-man band welding and custom metal fabrication business and I always get a good laugh when customers tell me about how they can weld or how they thought about buying a welding machine and doing it themselves. Lol
1:52 Exactly, if it stays together that’s all you need, I had to do a few exhausts and we don’t have a lift and they didn’t so I’ve blind welded them on, looked at them after, welds were terrible but were good enough.
I'm a mobile engineer and love jobs like this you can charge heaps for jobs that nobody wants to do and don't think you are above any job its bad practice
Man I’ve been in this exact situation several times until one day I had a customer come here requesting that I cut out a full square while leaving a 3 inch gap between the old wall & the new sheet. Better look & lesser of a head ache then bending, welding, bending etc. after doing it for so long it seems like a bigger patch is way easier then making a small one. But like you said. It’s whatever the customer wants to pay for. keep it up bro lay them dimes 🤙🏼
Suggestion; Don't try to bend angle. Cut the vertical with torch where the bends are needed,thus allow easy bend on the thin plate, then you would not even need to worry about filling the cuts to the box frame, just weld the angle edge to box frame. A lot faster. As you say lip stick on a pig.
It’s nice to know I’m not the only one doing this kinda horrible stuff. Everyone knows how to weld or use to weld just can’t weld right now for some reason
Your RodBuddy has a belt loop ,put on a belt and lowered your rod to the truck bed. If you have quick detach lugs you can reverse polarity for extra thin areas!!
I've done so many of these repairs. Aluminum dump beds too, and it's all the same story. Patch panel it and burn through the shit until it welds. I've tried so hard to clean it's and make it look some what decent but there's no point to it. Just need patch panels and a big hammer and you can make miracles happen
I know you like the cast clamps, and I do too but I always have a good one with a piece of C channel welded to the bottom, facing towards the threads so it’s easy to snap off. And I always start in the middle of the patch and work out wards then it doesn’t work against itself. Love the videos.
RULE NO.1 GET PAYED. RULE NO.2 DID YOU GET PAYED. I'm glad I lived long enough to see the day the craftsman get the money and respect they deserve. Keep building AMERICA. 😉🤑🤑🤑🤑...
i feel ya man, i did stuff like this its a mother. i did alot of plate steel for the walls at first but after a while for those repairs i learned that angle works a bit easier (1/8 or 3/16). love the vid's brotha keep doing what ya do!
Get a surge protector, just clamps to the battery terminals like jumper cables, use them at work all the time also when using plasma cutter on a vehicle
This reminds me of a job i had when i was like 19, Doing fleet repair for a construction company. Exactly this type of work daily, in the worst weather. Working in mud, Shocking myself all day cuz my gloves were soaked... This vid flared up some PTSD, I think.
Love welding paint. Lol. I try to only do new aluminum fabrication and welding. Been welding since 1995 and finally figured out its lighter, cleaner. Was goin to share a recent gate I did but can't put pics in comment. Great videos brother. Weld on!
I actually love these types of job! Lol I like doing a slick bead where slick bead really shouldn't be. 😆 When he gets his new beds you want a tap him up for more work, I'd be advising him to invest in some hardfacing to prolong the life of them, those seams for a start and his buckets too. How I get most of my work, plant the seed and it grows on em. Better still some Harrod overlays. Sexy!
I love doing that type of work, Crack repairs and improvised repairs are my favorites, plus when you take on jobs no one else wants you become their superhero lol shit Ive have customers bring me lunch while I'm welding their shit and drinks and shade
Absolutely love this channel because Anthony tells how it really is no bullshit , plus he’s a scream lol . Would love to go for a pint with him I’d say he’s great crac !!!!
Anthony have you ever run nr232 inner shield. I run .072 in a Lincoln ln 25. I’m an iron worker and this wire has a seismic rating for d18 for welding schools and hospitals. In other words high tensile strength and ductility. Very strong and you can lay down wire so freaking fast. I just thought I would throw it out there because I’m not sure if you heard of it. It’s all all position wire that cooks through rain and bullshit and leaves a nice bead. Cheers mate, thanks for the content. I’m on the road to becoming an independent welder my self.
When repairing corners like this, slot your angle iron on one side. The bend will take a broken harbor freight C clamp and a little hammer. Cost a little more rod to finish, but the time saved is worth every penny.
I've been with most of my life it's nice to see somebody to get out here and show how it's really done I've come across so many fucked up jobs shit that people just wouldn't believe if they didn't see it I mean fucked up jobs keep it real buddy great channel
I used to do small time repair and fabrication. Everybody wanted "cheap and yesterday" work. I quoted one guy price to repair his mangled trailer tongue. "That's too high". Okay then go to someone else. It's the weekend and no one is open!! Well Monday go to one of the local welding shops. I will do the job for half of what they quote. They always came back saying they were nuts with their prices and I have to wait two weeks before they can do it! Yep. How does my price sound now?? One guy claimed that anyone could do what he wanted but he did not have a welding machine. I offered to let him use mine. He came by the shop and I told him that the equipment was right there so go for it. He didn't know where to start. People have no idea about the skills involved in welding and fabrication. Don't work for cheap---ever.
Shit I can barely do basic ass welding with a wire fed one form harbor freight. I atleast know how to work that bitch though lol and my welds aint breaking. May look like shit till they become meh lookin ones lol
Well said.👍
The more they complain and talk! The higher the price gets!
I’ve said this many times but nothing makes you wanna work a 9-5 than the bad days working for yourself.
@@gabrielmaynardDeath before 9-5 dawg. The bad days with difficult customers are the best because afterwards you usually come out learning very important stuff. Like never working for that person again and also learning how to read people before you start a job for them
Been welding for 37 years.started out on logging and heavy equipment.your doing great work.its not easy to weld on a turd or easy to have to fix someone's turd welding.
Thanks!
It's not easy when the body is beat to shit. But like you say it is the real world. It is bread and butter work keeps the wolf from the door. Good work Ant❤Ruth
I love this channel cause he is honest about the worth no sugar coating says it like it should be
Man I love watching these old videos. I learned a lot before breaking out. Coming from a huge production code welding background building fuel tankers you definitely help me get back to my roots of “farm welding” and not nit pick the little bullshit. You’re right it’s the real world and alot different application
Worlds away! Mechanical knowledge is almost more valuable in this realm than welding knowledge
different jobs call for different quality
Some guys just put in the work whatever it takes. They are a rare breed and you are one of them. Keep kickin" ass bud!
Thank you sir!
9 years in the corps and I’ve been telling my guys K.I.S.S every step of the way. Made my day to hear you say it.
Thank you MMA for showing the real world work that needs to be done... So many other just want to do the, "Here's how it should be done, no mater how long it takes." version, because they are afraid of having others criticize them. Bringing it from the real world is a fresh bit of reality.
I’m a roofer and weld lead…dunno how I got here but this guys spot on !shitty jobs just gotta be done to make the money…dudes honest and straight up…love from lead welder Cambridge uk
What’s a dunno
@@JameGoFast red neck for “don’t know”
Welding lead sounds dangerous. What kind of jobs require welding lead together?
@@kennotrogzeug7012lead roof peaks
The old saying comes to mind "you take the good with the bad" Also, I've found that turning a job down must send a message to the universe because work seems to slow down.
That is right.
You have to broadcast to the universe, that you are the kind of guy, no matter the unforeseen problem on site - you are the guy to grab it with both hands- own the problem, and do whatever it takes to solve the issue, who will not leave the customer alone until they are comfortable.
@@TheAefril That’s right brother! I work with a perfectionist Russian ( who I love to death) and he always comes to me saying , “We have a problem “ to which I say, “There are no problems, only solutions!😎” All within reason of course..
i just bought my first welder and a helmet;
thanks for keeping this real, now i know what to expect when i get my first mobile welding job.
I'm going to binge a bunch of your videos now.
Proud you thanked you dad - you learned quick on this one the nuance of manipulation - rock it my friend
Absolutely love your attitude about everything and never bothered by any work you do you just get on with it and deal with it. Full respect to you and keep up the crazy work 👍👍👍
At the end of the day that's all ya can do is shrug your shoulders and be like alright let's get it done
I about died at the "We're just junkyard welding here, were not welding a fucking spaceship" 😅😅
Jobs like this need doing the fastest way, even if its not the neatest. These trucks are a tool for a job and they need to get back in service asap. Keep up the good vids.
Sometimes the customer needs a beautiful perfect job, sometimes close enough does just fine. Key is being able to shift gears and do what job requires and price accordingly. If you can only find dumpsters to weld, so be it. Whatever puts food on the table.
Couldn't agree more with your philosophy mate. The lorries move crushed concrete, that's all they have to do without leaving it all over the road, they don't have to look like a Lamborghini. Horses for courses. Good vid cheers, subscribed.
I have tons of respect for this video. I weld on trailers all day long. People have know idea how rough jobs like this can be, tight spaces, dirty steel, beating shit with the 5 lb and the 12lb bitch. We've really changed our rates and the way we bill shit based on how difficult this sort of work is.
Im right on the verge of starting my business since im nearly finished my trade cert.
Im terrified of not knowing what to do exactly so i watch your videos and pretend i have to repair it. But its awesome to see even you still have to change your approach mid job.
I hear you on that I'm taking the brakes I had a customer yesterday that said I was wasting time that I needed to get it done and I told him put on all the PPE that I wear and hold the torch to for half an hour 45 minutes and see if he needs to take a break!!
I’m a HE operator and taking a break is critical after about 4+ hours non stop that’s when mistakes happen or your machine if not maintained supper well might need a break. When you got 3000lbs+ in the air mistakes are lethal, expensive or both.
I’m a mechanic who fell in love with welding while in the field I’d love to do this full time I’d quit wrenching in a minute lmao
Go work for big construction company who has heavy equipment like bridge contractors you'll be welding pile and welding machinery as a diesel mechanic 👍
Rico w Brewster here: shity shity bang bang ! This is what people don’t understand! Real world shit! Keep it up brother!
This is now my favourite video. Everyone tells me the same thing to, I use to weld…. It’s easy…… I know a guy who makes 400k a year….
I know the pain of working on old shit, I currently work at a remote mine in northern Canada. All there is is old beat up shit. Whatever you have to do to make it work, it gets done. Awesome work…🤙
Continue to stay real, if anyone wants to get into this trade they’re gonna be cussed at, worked over, have shitty jobs and you sir show all of it. This is what I’m watching because I want to start my own business and was wondering what repair work looked like. I didn’t even imagine some of the stuff you do so I’m glad you’re here to show us the dirty under side of welding
Yep, when you first start you're going to get the shit nobody else wants... and it's usually because with shitty equipment the people that own it aren't usually up to paying you what's it's worth to fix there junk. I've been doing this for 15 year and within the last 6 years I've managed to get contract work with my time and effort. Anthony is right tho you gotta do whatever to get started.
It’s long been a point of irritation to me that the manufacturers of welding equipment, magazines like “The Welder” or “ARC” , and so on, spend all their time featuring metal artists and custom car & motorcycle builders, trying to get young people into the welding industry by making them think that’s a typical welders life! There are far, far, far more welders doing this type of repair, pipeline and structural work than there are welding scrap metal into sculpture in an air conditioned and heated shop, and the art market is small which makes it even tougher to make a living at it! My feeling is this false promotion actually hurts more than it helps in drawing new people in, because when they walk out of welding school and find a job, it’s nothing like the glamorous picture painted by the industry, and they move on to something else! As someone who was a welder from 1976 to 2020, I can verify that’s it’s blood, sweat, tears, heat, heat, heat, cold, and smoky! That being said, I wouldn’t trade it for the world!! Keep up the good work! I enjoy your channel, but even being the crusty old fart that I am, I wish you’d kind of filter out the endless F bombs! They “cheapen” your otherwise excellent content!
@@tomt9543 great reply about the industry trying to make art and hot rods......you have a better chance of winning the lottery than making money as an artist......I know, art is such a small market, no one wants to spend money unless you are famous, and there are only a few famous artists, it is all about who you know, a very stuck up group of people in that world.....stay away for sure . cheers, Paul
@@tomt9543 . Sir Tom, BRAVO on your outstanding perspective and suggestions. You put into words what I’ve been thinking for a long while now with respect to the cool, clean and glitz factor associated with the trade media, etc. All the BEST to you in your well deserved retirement!
Best Regards, Shawn
I love your videos Anthony.
So full of passion and showing exactly how it is in the real cut throat world of contracting.
This is the best chanel, real life repairs, no sugarcoat bs.
I like your "real world" videos. You did what the customer wanted and earned a honest living.
Im almost done with classes in welding and manufacturing thes videos really help me know what im getting into
Texes tig haha Im up in the great white north. I went to a new mill and was filling some big deck cracks with a fill rod and everyone was looking at me like i just invented fire or something, even the maintenance boss was in awe. Do whatcha gotta do and get it done. Cheers bud, cool video
👏 Bravo for putting that PSI #up, you probably just saved a life.
PSI where?
I cracked up the about the guy who wanted to talk your ear off. It never fails that someone wants to give "advice" while you're working because they used to weld. Then you get the people who don't know anything about welding and when you tell them you're a welder they always bring up underwater welding.
This is what brings me to your channel, you give us the good the bad and ugly
Don't you just hate it when a guy that's burn maybe two or three rods in his whole life wants to talk to you like he's a welder
For almost 3 years I did welding and fabrication on belly dump trailers. Did a lot of patching and re-skins. But work was rough, but I worked inside of the shop. I didn’t hate the work as much as I hated the pay. It was just a small mom and pop shop and it was my first welding job. I would like to also become a mobile welder and start doing that stuff again.
A word to help , on down hill 6010 /11 for this kinda work . Use a 5/32 if burn through is not a problem. Your welds will be a bit more beefy . More metal more strength.
i just found this channel, and i really like the welding and talking footage balance as well as how real Mr Anthony keeps it
Cool. The inside of that bed looks like Neil Peart played it like drums for 35yrs. Straight.✌
I like the beaten steel fixed. Real steel. My first impression of welding was a maine logger with a cracked frame. Talk about a thrash of mobile. Love your work.. get more subscribers with less swearing. Stay cool.
Exactly! Great content, but it’s “cheapened” by the constant medley of F bombs and so on! Hope he takes this as constructive criticism! I want his channel to succeed!
@@tomt9543 Ya I don't care about swearing but he indeed could appeal to more people if he just cut them out. Ik this aint his job but it is a good amount of $$ he could make ontop
At 17:20, man that’s a crappy weld, probably some mechanic. 🤔😳 hey wait I’m a mechanic!! Awesome vid really glad I found it! No holds barred exactly what it sounds like in the real world!! Good stuff
This is probably my favorite welding video ever
You've done a bloody good job with what you had to work with. Looking forward to your next video
Thanks for sharing. Terry from the uk
Just started my own welding business. Got my first estimate on a old dump trailer for a landscaping company tomorrow. Going head first and I’ve been watching your videos for awhile now 🏁
hows it going 2 months in?
@@hxlize4913 slow and steady wins the race I’ve done 5 jobs as a mobile welding business. Just trusting the process
You guys that can weld like baseball catchers I salute you
love your channel as a fellow welder up here in the great north ill suggest building dogs from plate, nuts and 1" bolts rather then cast the you can really crank on em lol works great and would have fixed that gap for ya no sweat keep up the good work
slots in square plates and wedges cut from the same plate. All from offcuts and free.
Half clamp. Or wedges
I'm about to make one from 3/8s plate but two of the same shaped that are welded onto a 1" id nut and a footlong heavy equipment 1" bolts lol It won't be a dog, it'll be a werewolf
I have my own one-man band welding and custom metal fabrication business and I always get a good laugh when customers tell me about how they can weld or how they thought about buying a welding machine and doing it themselves. Lol
1:52 Exactly, if it stays together that’s all you need, I had to do a few exhausts and we don’t have a lift and they didn’t so I’ve blind welded them on, looked at them after, welds were terrible but were good enough.
Good job that's the reason I like your videos and watch them all real welding jobs explained in real everyday language keep up the good work
haha bro you're killing me. I like the attitude there is a time and place you make a very good point.
I'm a mobile engineer and love jobs like this you can charge heaps for jobs that nobody wants to do and don't think you are above any job its bad practice
Yo, my battle is dirty with this work, and your right NO APOLOGY OR APPRECIATION 😢
Anthony, I stumbled across your channel and now I cannot stop binge watching it! Great job!!!
I do exactly what you’re doing here everyday on railroad cars. Grunt shit work but it’s experience!
They don't pay you for having fun.
Man I’ve been in this exact situation several times until one day I had a customer come here requesting that I cut out a full square while leaving a 3 inch gap between the old wall & the new sheet. Better look & lesser of a head ache then bending, welding, bending etc. after doing it for so long it seems like a bigger patch is way easier then making a small one. But like you said. It’s whatever the customer wants to pay for. keep it up bro lay them dimes 🤙🏼
Always happy to see a fabricator get out the gas axe.
I really like you no bs approach. Keep it up I'm learning a lot 😁
i'm going into welding school soon and your vids are giving me some valuable perspective. love it. Thanks Anthony!
Glad to hear it!
Such moxie, super :) The description of real world versus welding with an instructor, lol. And I'm only at minute 2 of this video.
I work for a company that builds bins like that for trucks. very fun work. we do a lot of repair work too. biggest problem is cracks
Love it, I've welded on nasty trash trucks, farm trucks. Make it road ready and give me my money 😁
Best thing ive heard all week.
I work on repairing dumpsters for a living. Those dump trucks are more solid then what I weld on😂 I had one that the entire side was rotted away
A good day when M.M.A uploads!
Suggestion; Don't try to bend angle. Cut the vertical with torch where the bends are needed,thus allow easy bend on the thin plate, then you would not even need to worry about filling the cuts to the box frame, just weld the angle edge to box frame. A lot faster. As you say lip stick on a pig.
I like meltin metal Anthony he's a funny dude!!!!!
I just started doing some roll off bin repair same as this just get it done so the garbage don’t fall out the bin. Nice vid, the real shit.
Like Your honesty on projects and explanation/narration of what your doing!
"BUilD a FeW StAtuEs oUt oF iT" lmfao we all know a guy like this. Building metal sculptures in his garage, best welder on the block cuh
It’s nice to know I’m not the only one doing this kinda horrible stuff. Everyone knows how to weld or use to weld just can’t weld right now for some reason
I love these kind of jobs. Just starting out these are great low-risk practice
I love your work homie! LOve the way you shape that sheet inside the dump
Your RodBuddy has a belt loop ,put on a belt and lowered your rod to the truck bed. If you have quick detach lugs you can reverse polarity for extra thin areas!!
There's good and good enough. A lot of people have a hard time doing good enough. But if that's all you're getting paid for that's what ya gotta do.
I've done so many of these repairs. Aluminum dump beds too, and it's all the same story. Patch panel it and burn through the shit until it welds. I've tried so hard to clean it's and make it look some what decent but there's no point to it. Just need patch panels and a big hammer and you can make miracles happen
down and dirty! ive done a few jobs like this and they really do suck, power to you its a rough time in those dump beds
I like this guy i amg getting back into welding afternoon more than ten years and iam working on dump trucks asphalt sucks
I know you like the cast clamps, and I do too but I always have a good one with a piece of C channel welded to the bottom, facing towards the threads so it’s easy to snap off. And I always start in the middle of the patch and work out wards then it doesn’t work against itself. Love the videos.
RULE NO.1 GET PAYED. RULE NO.2 DID YOU GET PAYED. I'm glad I lived long enough to see the day the craftsman get the money and respect they deserve. Keep building AMERICA. 😉🤑🤑🤑🤑...
I love the scuffedness of your videos it's amazing
one of your best videos in my opinion.......cheers, Paul
i feel ya man, i did stuff like this its a mother. i did alot of plate steel for the walls at first but after a while for those repairs i learned that angle works a bit easier (1/8 or 3/16). love the vid's brotha keep doing what ya do!
Get a surge protector, just clamps to the battery terminals like jumper cables, use them at work all the time also when using plasma cutter on a vehicle
This makes my tennis elbow flair just watching.
Anthony, you're the BEST!
The explanation in the beginning of the video is the most accurate shit I've heard in a long time
Anthony this is why I watch. I want the real deal. Might have to by you a beer when you move to Montana
This reminds me of a job i had when i was like 19, Doing fleet repair for a construction company. Exactly this type of work daily, in the worst weather. Working in mud, Shocking myself all day cuz my gloves were soaked... This vid flared up some PTSD, I think.
Love welding paint. Lol. I try to only do new aluminum fabrication and welding. Been welding since 1995 and finally figured out its lighter, cleaner. Was goin to share a recent gate I did but can't put pics in comment. Great videos brother. Weld on!
I actually love these types of job! Lol I like doing a slick bead where slick bead really shouldn't be. 😆
When he gets his new beds you want a tap him up for more work, I'd be advising him to invest in some hardfacing to prolong the life of them, those seams for a start and his buckets too. How I get most of my work, plant the seed and it grows on em. Better still some Harrod overlays. Sexy!
Carrying a Lincoln SP 125 comes in handy too !
Loved Rugged works,from Philippines..
Thanks, Anthony. You're doing a great job despite the crappy conditions. I hope your 2022 is great;
I love doing that type of work, Crack repairs and improvised repairs are my favorites, plus when you take on jobs no one else wants you become their superhero lol shit Ive have customers bring me lunch while I'm welding their shit and drinks and shade
One of my favorite channels, no bs
Ant you just might be the best out there. Another great video brother.
Absolutely love this channel because Anthony tells how it really is no bullshit , plus he’s a scream lol . Would love to go for a pint with him I’d say he’s great crac !!!!
id take a pint! you from the UK or AUS?
@@MeltinMetalAnthony I’m from Ireland your welcome for a pint anytime if you ever make it here . When are you moving to Montana ?
@14:49 there’s always gotta be a mosquito getting in the way when you’re tryna get shit done🤣
Anthony have you ever run nr232 inner shield. I run .072 in a Lincoln ln 25. I’m an iron worker and this wire has a seismic rating for d18 for welding schools and hospitals. In other words high tensile strength and ductility. Very strong and you can lay down wire so freaking fast. I just thought I would throw it out there because I’m not sure if you heard of it. It’s all all position wire that cooks through rain and bullshit and leaves a nice bead. Cheers mate, thanks for the content. I’m on the road to becoming an independent welder my self.
Any tips on running that stuff vertical up?
@@shaunybonny688 Use a slight drag angle (Yes, even when welding uphill).
@@PatriotWeldFab thanks, I’ll give it a shot.
This guys the man love his attitude
When repairing corners like this, slot your angle iron on one side. The bend will take a broken harbor freight C clamp and a little hammer. Cost a little more rod to finish, but the time saved is worth every penny.
I've been with most of my life it's nice to see somebody to get out here and show how it's really done I've come across so many fucked up jobs shit that people just wouldn't believe if they didn't see it I mean fucked up jobs keep it real buddy great channel
that's a great Job bro , respect & love from Algeria
Thanks a lot!
This guy keep it real. Keep moving forward. 💯💯💯💯
Best two words to live by when doing repairs. Cheap and dirty
Never stop uploading!!!