My Industrial Cabin Build

[Carl_NH]

I got one of these plastic welders to repair the hoods and fairing on a 1864 cub cadet and have used it to do a bunch of other plastic welds. With the wire mesh and different welding rod materials it can patch up about anything. https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Weld...8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

Clean and sand the tank first. then melt the mesh into the tank, then melt more rod over the surface.

I used to use a soldering iron to do this but it doesn't do as nice a job.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Storm Destroys Barn

It rained a lot right after that wind storm so I was hesitant to move the excavator over there. Finally got it there this week but was so busy with other things this weekend that I didn’t even start on it. I did bring over the small A-frame that night and stuffed it with straw, so they bucks are fine. They didn’t want to come out this morning for breakfast.

The does and kids were much more adventurous

 

[EddieWalker]

Why didn't you move that doghouse type shelter to the buck pen that the goat is standing on in your picture?

 

[WoodChuckDad]

That is Ayi’s house. She has a thinner coat than Hopper. She was getting very ribsy so we got the doghouse to give her a break from the cold. The boys have epic fur coats.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Did the shed not have posts in the ground? Sorry you lost all that work.

 

[Brianczaw]

Back in the 80's when I was in High School, I bought some sort of two part putty from the Auto Parts Store that seals cracks in gas tanks. In my case, it was rust on a 1973 CJ5. It worked great.

JB cold weld??

 

[dstig1]

Not sure about Kioti but Kubotas tank are HDPE and no epoxy is going to stick to that, especially in the presence of fuel. Sorry to hear about the barn

 

[Grumpycat]

I got one of these plastic welders to repair the hoods and fairing on a 1864 cub cadet and have used it to do a bunch of other plastic welds. With the wire mesh and different welding rod materials it can patch up about anything. https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Welder-Welding-Stapler-Soldering/dp/B0B4RDHKDR/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=254CRR56R5FUQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bqQYgRV7QcSWE_6jeH3V7RSnqvi7m6GI0glwi-zNdaBuxOby9VTs22gUuoVnuD99KvxajivKbmA9fSZSoQi91hqxUK6_h3Zwmkc1oWmBSLSfXR6qPieTX1zy7b3BArAp5G_jWZG3LQF6ae7TPcH5p_V_GxyA8rB4wF2suV3zVN7VECOX1gNJ7sM7UMOcSj5zXzcS0bIBpokHHV_fDQDNayu1NHuqzDO7Q0D9bMb0bJZ67dIJY5UPUXvQVjjhvwWW_tU2ZFllN9_PmznOLaluRTiZdI6YR4uGsGrfquLV-P4.4mj60j9499czmqP2fAkMMhqGDIT4eaFBq1LraCJQTQ8&dib_tag=se&keywords=plastic+welder+kit&qid=1736195512&sprefix=plastic+welder,aps,146&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

Clean and sand the tank first. then melt the mesh into the tank, then melt more rod over the surface.

I used to use a soldering iron to do this but it doesn't do as nice a job.

Over 20 years ago faced similar problem. New gas tank discontinued, aftermarket dried up. This is the crack:

Tried to glue it with special "plastic" glue, this failed.

Then purchased an "ATV Fender Repair Welder", a modified soldering iron with formed tip to accept welding rods. Forgot if this was HDPE or PE, think it was PE plastic. Has held ever since.

I didn't use any mesh. Used the finest tip tool in my Dremel to open the crack and clean it out of glue and gasoline. Then I plunged the "welder" all the way through the tank wall and "puddled" plastic from one end of the crack to the other until finally using makeup plastic to fill the hole at the end. Is important for the weld to penetrate full depth, not just smear over the surface.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

When we built the goat shack, we were being reactive. We didn’t know where we wanted to have the barn or what size we would need so I built it on six by six posts cut as skids… so we could pull it somewhere else if we wanted to. But wind is much more powerful than most people can imagine.
I’ve had a few weeks to think it over and I’m building another shack across the road. I wasn’t planning on it but change was forced upon us so we should make the best of it.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

These plastic welders. How do you not blow uourself up, when welding a fuel tank?