malcolm
& Clementine the Cat
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(For agricultural read a farmer sticked it together without a great deal in the way of design process then massively overloaded it.)
I was helping out a little on the farm this morning. Farmer loaded his 15 tonne bulldozer onto a flatbed trailer made from an old lorry trailer chassis. The trailer fell apart as he drove on, so there was some worry about how they were going to get it off again.
Pulled out the Portamig and welded some bits back on. Roughly 10mm channel section ground to a V and done in 3 passes (with the torch at far too much of an angle). Worked though - it was the channel that failed the second time not the weld.
The failure itself is interesting - sort of a tear. Suppose if the job was done properly you'd weld the bottom of the C section too .
Here's the dozer. 15 tonnes of wartime Americana. The rear end got most of the way down the ramp before the crossmember the ramps were fastened to snapped off so no damage to the dozer.
Just a bit of fun.
I was helping out a little on the farm this morning. Farmer loaded his 15 tonne bulldozer onto a flatbed trailer made from an old lorry trailer chassis. The trailer fell apart as he drove on, so there was some worry about how they were going to get it off again.
Pulled out the Portamig and welded some bits back on. Roughly 10mm channel section ground to a V and done in 3 passes (with the torch at far too much of an angle). Worked though - it was the channel that failed the second time not the weld.
The failure itself is interesting - sort of a tear. Suppose if the job was done properly you'd weld the bottom of the C section too .
Here's the dozer. 15 tonnes of wartime Americana. The rear end got most of the way down the ramp before the crossmember the ramps were fastened to snapped off so no damage to the dozer.
Just a bit of fun.