LD1
Epic Contributor
Maybe I am wrong, and only time will tell, but I think the kits will mostly sell to people with "above average" fabrication skills, but not necessarily the right equipment to cut/bend/roll, and form the peices needed. This is kinda a one-stop to get all the peices, and takes the guess work and measuring out of it.
Sure, I could plan a kit. Get materials. Cut and bend what I can. Have the local fab shop cut and bend or roll the harder pieces, and then try remember how it all goes together and start welding. But a kit would be a lot simpler. It would give me everything I would have to have done locally, yet still leave me with the stuff I am capable of doing myself to save money, like fitting, welding, and painting.
I dont think the "average joe" homeowner with a 110v mig in his garage and very limited fab skills is going to even want to attempt a kit like this. I think they will realize that this is above their skill level. And such, I dont think it should be marketed to those type of people.
It is all in how you define "average welding skills" though. Everyones skills are different. And only those people can know if this is within their ability to tackle. I am not a professional welder or fabricator. Dont claim to be. But I am not afraid to build things. I have done attachments like a potato plow, and 3PH reciever hitches, and a few wood hauling trailers. Stuff that is just straight peices that are cut and welded. But a kit-type for something like a blade, or boxblade where there is bent or rolled metal is something I dont have the equimpemt to do. And to buy that in a kit for me would be the next step. But if you arent the type to want to make someting as simple as a reciever hitch out of some scraps, I dont think you are the type to want a "kit" from EA.
I guess what I am trying to say is, I "think" that unless you are what some consider "above average", you really wouldnt have any interest in the kit anyway. And those that are interested in the kit, and have the equipment (and know how to use it) to assemble and weld the attachment, then you are most likely not just "average" IMO
Sure, I could plan a kit. Get materials. Cut and bend what I can. Have the local fab shop cut and bend or roll the harder pieces, and then try remember how it all goes together and start welding. But a kit would be a lot simpler. It would give me everything I would have to have done locally, yet still leave me with the stuff I am capable of doing myself to save money, like fitting, welding, and painting.
I dont think the "average joe" homeowner with a 110v mig in his garage and very limited fab skills is going to even want to attempt a kit like this. I think they will realize that this is above their skill level. And such, I dont think it should be marketed to those type of people.
It is all in how you define "average welding skills" though. Everyones skills are different. And only those people can know if this is within their ability to tackle. I am not a professional welder or fabricator. Dont claim to be. But I am not afraid to build things. I have done attachments like a potato plow, and 3PH reciever hitches, and a few wood hauling trailers. Stuff that is just straight peices that are cut and welded. But a kit-type for something like a blade, or boxblade where there is bent or rolled metal is something I dont have the equimpemt to do. And to buy that in a kit for me would be the next step. But if you arent the type to want to make someting as simple as a reciever hitch out of some scraps, I dont think you are the type to want a "kit" from EA.
I guess what I am trying to say is, I "think" that unless you are what some consider "above average", you really wouldnt have any interest in the kit anyway. And those that are interested in the kit, and have the equipment (and know how to use it) to assemble and weld the attachment, then you are most likely not just "average" IMO
