big no no!

[weldonwelding]

This is the main frame of a well drilling rig with a 40' BOOM this is one of the main supports holding up the boom.. As u see before I chipped it, it didn't look too bad.... but after being chipped you can see its a very crappy downhill 7018. And on top of that the torch cuts (another no no) aren't even cleaned up. I get very frustrated at stuff like this. I have worked hard to get where I am at for other welding shops and some people think they can purchase a welder with no experience and ask questions on the internet to become a welder.. sure u can do small projects around your house but out in the real world your gonna kill someone.

[usjess]

big no no!

Pic(s)?

[weldonwelding]

I tried uploading em from my phone... guess it didn't work. I will do when I get home tonight

[Portable Welder]

Weldonwelding, Yup, I see it all the time and alot of times they get away with it, I cringe when I see back yard welder putting hitches on trucks when they barely no how to weld and they dont have a clue how to properly fabricate.

[weldonwelding]

I will have some pictures for ya tonight. You will cringe when u see some of the stuff I gouged out and rewelded. And using a torch on load bearing clips. Cut the hole and the whole clip out with a torch.... I'm going to guess that the guy has no clue why he shouldn't do that

[weldonwelding]

Here's one

[weldonwelding]

Only let's me do one at a time

[idahoguy]

How about a pic or two of the re-weld.

[MMW]

Hope you post more pics. The two you posted don't really show anything.

[milkerman]

So the question i have is how long was this mount on the drill rig couple days,weeks or years. I agree with mmw the pictures don't really show anything. The other thing how do you know if the person did this job just got a welder seems like a broad statement to make. Were you brought into fix this problem or something else and found this at the same time. I hope you used a good dual shield or self shielded wire to repair it.

[tackit]

I'm certainly no heavy equipment repair expert but I was told you never weld across the face of a beam or a vehicle's frame, only along it's outside edge so you don't weakin the frame or beam.... that's why they use rivets shown in the picture. Am I right, wrong or is it sometimes you got to do what you got to do.
I know they make HD rivet guns you can buy to install the rivets pictured, a guy on welding web used them when he did a trailer rebuild.

[weldonwelding]

So the question i have is how long was this mount on the drill rig couple days,weeks or years. I agree with mmw the pictures don't really show anything. The other thing how do you know if the person did this job just got a welder seems like a broad statement to make. Were you brought into fix this problem or something else and found this at the same time. I hope you used a good dual shield or self shielded wire to repair it.

New truck. Old rig. Hired a guy that is about 60 thinking he knew what he was doing but come to find out that he retired from a desk job and started welding very recently to mount rig to truck couple weeks ago. Having probs uploading pics so gotta do it from home when I get a chance. Its really not a broad statement when you see it all the time. Anyone can get a business license and start welding is the problem. And no.... 7018.

[weldonwelding]

Vertical

[weldonwelding]

Torch cuts left jagged

[weldonwelding]

My favorite... flat