The end of the crack needed to be drilled first with a hole. Next would be the filler or groove rod pass with some 5/16" electrode of the welder could handle it. Then followed up with a cap using 10018 rod for strength and to prevent recurring cracking. I would have done the job for $400.
Thats a serious crack there! At least you noticed it in time ya know. Could have been a disaster if you were loading up a truck. One thing I have always wanted to learn, is how to weld.
@TruckerATK I took a night class at our local county school. They have vocational ed stuff for adults and it's not too expensive. Had a teacher who had welded for the railroad for years and knew his stuff. He gave me some real hands-on help and if we wanted to at the end of the course we took the test and got certified with a three-pass vertical up weld. You should check out your local school system and see if they offer a class. Good luck!
I really laugh when Albertan contractors come to work in B.C. and they litterally distroy their equipment. They come here and thing we can dig that no problem, go right ahead LOL.
Above, just like guys that come from the Island and scratch there heads and wish they never came! without saying names...Des!
Time for a new stick that will keep breaking your other option is chop the end off and weld on a new one. The steel has gotten brittle and will keep cracking.
You got away fairly cheap for the guy to gouge it out and weld up that.
@skadill Digging that rock is the hardest thing for a machine, I really laugh when Albertan contractors come to work in B.C. and they litterally distroy their equipment. They come here and thing we can dig that no problem, go right ahead LOL.
Digging blast rock ages a machine in no time, just as bad as having a rock hammer on a excavator. I imagine the pin on the end of the stick was a little loose to start with. The thing has been hammering back and forth putting extra stress in the area.
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prowelder19 1 month ago
The end of the crack needed to be drilled first with a hole. Next would be the filler or groove rod pass with some 5/16" electrode of the welder could handle it. Then followed up with a cap using 10018 rod for strength and to prevent recurring cracking. I would have done the job for $400.
ColtDeltaElite10mm 1 month ago
Thats a serious crack there! At least you noticed it in time ya know. Could have been a disaster if you were loading up a truck. One thing I have always wanted to learn, is how to weld.
TruckerATK 1 year ago
@TruckerATK ive done every time...its easy lol im goin to college for it in fall
shamuslauer1 1 year ago
@TruckerATK I took a night class at our local county school. They have vocational ed stuff for adults and it's not too expensive. Had a teacher who had welded for the railroad for years and knew his stuff. He gave me some real hands-on help and if we wanted to at the end of the course we took the test and got certified with a three-pass vertical up weld. You should check out your local school system and see if they offer a class. Good luck!
localcrew 4 months ago
I really laugh when Albertan contractors come to work in B.C. and they litterally distroy their equipment. They come here and thing we can dig that no problem, go right ahead LOL.
Above, just like guys that come from the Island and scratch there heads and wish they never came! without saying names...Des!
Lowbeddaryl 1 year ago
I've seen that happen a few times. A good welder can usually save the stick.
Not as bad as it looks.
cullenequipment 1 year ago
+++++
Snicke22 1 year ago
Time for a new stick that will keep breaking your other option is chop the end off and weld on a new one. The steel has gotten brittle and will keep cracking.
You got away fairly cheap for the guy to gouge it out and weld up that.
Graveltrucker 1 year ago
@Graveltrucker Has a fish plate front and back now too.
skadill 1 year ago
@skadill Digging that rock is the hardest thing for a machine, I really laugh when Albertan contractors come to work in B.C. and they litterally distroy their equipment. They come here and thing we can dig that no problem, go right ahead LOL.
Digging blast rock ages a machine in no time, just as bad as having a rock hammer on a excavator. I imagine the pin on the end of the stick was a little loose to start with. The thing has been hammering back and forth putting extra stress in the area.
Graveltrucker 1 year ago
@skadill Does the top of the plate come to a point or is it strait across?
copperheadmarine 1 year ago
@copperheadmarine all four corners were taken off,like a stop sign kind of
skadill 1 year ago
@skadill OK I was hoping that, or it would crack again where the plate stopped. $750 was a bargain.
copperheadmarine 1 year ago