Re: Outdoor Welding

On 6/24/2025 3:02 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:103f1mm$283e1$1@dont-email.me...
 I'm not sure how that is relevant to welding on a complete jack assembly
to a complete trailer assembly.  I guess I could have welded on flanges
and then bolted the flanges together, or perhaps made up an assortment
of plates and u-bolts and cut some holes in the deck to run the
fasteners around the frame. I'll just have to live with my welds and see
if they fall off.
Bob La Londe
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 It's about welding mounting plates to the legs while horizontal and then drilling instead of welding once they have been clamped in place on the trailer. I listed the simple equipment I use to locate and drill structural steel accurately enough by hand outdoors. If the welds you don't trust fail that might be the fix.
 

To a certain extent that is self deprecation, and to some extent I know what a "pretty" weld should look like.  I really don't think 48 inches of weld will fail catastrophically all at once without warning causing both jacks to suddenly fall off under load.
I should atleast see some movement and hear some metal screaming as I run frantically to get out of its path.
Next is some real wheel chocks because I intend to use the jacks to tilt the trailer detached from the tow vehicle for loading.  I thought I had some big plastic ones around, but they seem to have disappeared.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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