Incompetent welder!

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orezok

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I have a set of gauge wheels on my landscape rake that uses a 2" receiver for attachment. The top cylinder can exert a significant amount of force on the wheels if you're not careful and the attachment finally started to break and deform.

I flipped it over to look at the welds and fix it when I noticed that several of the welds were cracking and needed to be repaired. It's an inside corner vertical weld that is hard to reach so I had to use a die grinder to groove out the old weld.

After I get it all ground out and look at it, I think someone sure doesn't know how to weld.

...and then I remember that I fabricated the receiver attachment myself.

INCOMPETENT WELDER!

Added some stiffeners to transfer the load better.
 
   / Incompetent welder! #3  
You should write yourself a strongly worded letter. In response to said letter you should send the author a case of beer to make amends.
 
   / Incompetent welder! #4  
You should write yourself a strongly worded letter. In response to said letter you should send the author a case of beer to make amends.

I like that advice!
 
   / Incompetent welder! #5  
I have a set of gauge wheels on my landscape rake that uses a 2" receiver for attachment. The top cylinder can exert a significant amount of force on the wheels if you're not careful and the attachment finally started to break and deform.

I flipped it over to look at the welds and fix it when I noticed that several of the welds were cracking and needed to be repaired. It's an inside corner vertical weld that is hard to reach so I had to use a die grinder to groove out the old weld.

After I get it all ground out and look at it, I think someone sure doesn't know how to weld.

...and then I remember that I fabricated the receiver attachment myself.

INCOMPETENT WELDER!

Added some stiffeners to transfer the load better.

We need to see some pic's of that (for educational purposes only.....he..he!) :)
 
   / Incompetent welder!
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We need to see some pic's of that (for educational purposes only.....he..he!) :)

Unfortunately (or fortunately) the stiffener plates covered up that ugly mess.
 

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