Tag: mobile repair welding

Fabricated protectors for a wench

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I fabricated these wench drum protectors to replace the ones from the factory as they were too flimsy and continued to get dammaged due to the use of this towing truck.  The original protectors are the bent pieces of metal to the right.  This tow truck is used to haul junker cars and sometimes more than one so they needed something strong and durable.

I used a piece of 10″ standard pipe for the radius and 3/8″ plate for the flat pieces.  I think the bolts that hold this to the wench mount will fail before the guards do.

Repair Grapple on Excavator

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This grapple is used on an excavator at a transfer station.  Vito Trucking out of Modesto uses it to load a green waste grinder.  They called because it was cracked.  It was critical that their excavator be up and running soon.  Two of us were able to work on it and it took about 12 man hours to complete.  We were able to get them back on track and they were using the excavator that evening. 

I gouged out the crack and in so doing the two pieces of the pivot pin boss seperated, they were only held together by about 1/4″ of material.  It was very important that the two be put back together tightly so there were no gaps between the two pieces of material and so there would not be any added stress from the two arms being different lengths.

This is a picture of the grapple from the inside and you can see quite extensive cracking.

Cracks welded up from the inside.

Pivot pin boss welded up.

Repaired Worn Pin for Cable Pulley

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This is a couple pictures of a quick job I did for Mike at Downtown Auto.  By the way if any of you work downtown near Richards and I-5 you should look him up.  When I worked for Elmer’s in that area Mike would ride his bike to pick up the vehicle from our shop to do what ever maintenance then bring the vehicle back and ride his bike back to his shop.  A really good service.

Below – Pulleys turn on these two pins, its part of his auto lift, one of the pulleys got worn pretty badly and it started to wear the pin out. 

 When I got there the pin was worn over 3/4 of the way thru. 

 I cut the old pin out and welded a new one in, complete with the cotter pin holes.

I appreciate working with you Mike

Repair Stainless Steel rolling table

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Jack at BMH Equipment, Inc., www.bmhequipment.com, asked that I look at this stainless steel table which is used in a hospital here in Sacramento, CA.  One leg is completely broken off and another was nearly broken off.  Someone had tried to fix it before but it did not hold.  Given the apparent use of the table we agreed that the table needed more than just welding the leg back on. 

I welded Stainless steel gussets to each leg to strengthen that connection.  

Then blended the welds so the repair was asthetically pleasing.