building trailer ramps

[ranchersam]

Hello all,

I'm planning on building ramps for my 16 ft pipe utility trailer. I want each ramp to be at least 2ton capable. Does anyone have specs and or pictures of theirs? I want to make each ramp 2ft wide. I'm thinking 3/16" 3X3 angle on the sides and 2X2X 3/16 braces every 6-8"?...

[ranchersam]

nice job! what's the spec on the moldboard "skin"? what guage steel etc, and how did you bend it to the contour of the ribs?

[ranchersam]

apply heat on table top to undo the weld warp

couldn't you heat up the table top with a torch to undo the warp you have on your table top? BTW, it's looking excellent. Also, I think if you weld opposite sides and keep your welds small, you can minimize warpage.

[ranchersam]

nice stool

wireburner,

you have quite a haphazard web page, but I like your stool

[ranchersam]

i thought this was a spam message at first. Although, after reading through the thread, my opinion hasn't really changed much. oops. bad sam ( slaps myself on the wrist ).

[ranchersam]

lol

this is a hilarious post!

[ranchersam]

Bobcat options

So if you have a Bobcat 250, your only option is a VS. Looks like I'll be looking at a 12 vs xtreme soon.

[ranchersam]

cable

search for coppercableman on ebay. I bought 250 ft of 1/0 from them about a year ago. The customer service is excellent. I ended up getting a few feet less than 250 ft, and when they realized their mistake, they sent me an extra 100 ft for free, now that's customer service!!

[ranchersam]

welding helmet

I have a speedglass 9002x auto darkening. Banged it up on pipe a bunch of times, still works just fine. this is a quality product.

[ranchersam]

welding project

I'm looking at welding me one of these pretty soon:

http://www.arizonatools.com/tools/ja...ail/SUM780376/

it's a worthwhile small project.

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I'm considering buying a plasma cutter. I want to be able to cut 1/2". I'm not in a production environment, in fact the usage will be occasional, but when I do use the equipment, I want to be able to get a quality cut up to a 1/2".

Here are the three top contenders
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[ranchersam]

welding helmet

I too vote for the speedglass 9002X, that's what I have. It's light and durable. Before I bought the helmet, I went to one of my lws's and asked them their opinion about speedglass vs. miller elite series. They claimed that a local company purchased the elites for their...

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you might be a welder if...

you the difference between 3/32 and 1/8.