Good weld?

[Hersheyfarm]

Good weld?

 

[yomax4]

Probably good enough. looks like you could have gotten a little more comfy before pulling the trigger. Couple spots were hurried a bit is all.

 

[Big Barn]

Is that a pallet fork moldboard?

 

[ray66v]

None of the weldor(s) I know, consider any weld that doesn't look good, to be a "good weld".

For most of us however, a weld that will hold, is a "good weld".

That weld looks like it will hold.

A little grinding, perhaps some filler, and some paint, it can be a perfect weld.

I make lots of those. :laughing:

 

[workinonit]

My motto is a good weld isn't always pretty and a pretty weld isn't always good. That's primarily because I'm not a very pretty welder but they sure do hold. But sometimes I do surprise myself.

 

[BravoXray]

Most of my welds are Gorilla welds, ugly, but tough.

 

[4570Man]

With that much of it it will hold fine. 2 inches per side would probably hold. The rest is for good measure. Do you happen to be making a set of excavator pallet forks? I think that would be pretty useful.

 

[Hersheyfarm]

No, this is a pic from everything attachment. I’ve been in the market for a grapple for my track loader. They are very expensive compared to other grapples by 2.5 times. They post pics of welds and I could only imagine they’re good. But this just looks very uneven to me as you look down the seam.

I find myself just looking at welds on things anymore.

 

[Hersheyfarm]

With that much of it it will hold fine. 2 inches per side would probably hold. The rest is for good measure. Do you happen to be making a set of excavator pallet forks? I think that would be pretty useful. View attachment 684630

I’ve got the adapters but I am thinking I’m going to use them on roll bale forks.

 

[crazyal]

Te problem with a company that sells things like attachments or trailers is that they aren't going to higher a certified welder with 20 years experience. They just can't afford to. Add to the mix that they are most likely under a time crunch. When I was inspecting welds on steam pipes the guy doing the welding was making a great living nor was under no pressure to get "X" number of pipes welded in a shift. The only requirement was that I certified the weld. That meant they focused on quality. Since all they did was weld they took great pride in their work. I have to believe a guy working at an attachment factory is doing more than just welding so it's more of just one step in the process. If nobody is complaining about welds failing they are going to assume that the work is satisfactory.

 

[Egon]

The weld shown may be lacking in penetration.

 

[sea2summit]

No, this is a pic from everything attachment. I致e been in the market for a grapple for my track loader. They are very expensive compared to other grapples by 2.5 times. They post pics of welds and I could only imagine theyæ±*e good. But this just looks very uneven to me as you look down the seam.

I find myself just looking at welds on things anymore.

Do you have a link for that? I'm pretty shocked Ted would put that up for the public to look at, I've got several EA attachments and none have a weld that looks anything like that.

 

[Hersheyfarm]

Do you have a link for that? I'm pretty shocked Ted would put that up for the public to look at, I've got several EA attachments and none have a weld that looks anything like that.

Just go to the attachment forum and click on the sticky ea post. It痴 on the last page in a group of pics from everythingattachment.

 

[sea2summit]

Just go to the attachment forum and click on the sticky ea post. Itç—´ on the last page in a group of pics from everythingattachment.

Wow. I didn't comment. That's not what I would have expected out of their shop.

Not sure if there's a way to tag them @ EverythingAttachments

 

[Hersheyfarm]

My position is they toot their own horn about being so good and why theyre so expensive. I’ve watched their videos and looked through their pics and haven’t been impressed with “visual” quality of welds. I can only imagine the welds are plenty strong, but they started the conversation on quality.
For the same money I will probably go with Bradco. Not made my mind up. Also checking out mti.

 

[WranglerX]

If it does not fail, its a good weld.... Now if you are worried about aesthetics on a scale of 1 to 5 I give it a 3.85..

Dale

 

[sea2summit]

My position is they toot their own horn about being so good and why theyre so expensive. I’ve watched their videos and looked through their pics and haven’t been impressed with “visual” quality of welds. I can only imagine the welds are plenty strong, but they started the conversation on quality.
For the same money I will probably go with Bradco. Not made my mind up. Also checking out mti.

I've got a grapple, rake, and disks from them. My grapple will still grab a sheet of paper between all the teeth, the tolerances are quite amazing to me. I have no welds that look like the one in that picture on any of my pieces from them. It is troubling to see that, especially in their thread promoting their product. I weld better than that...most of the time...and I'm self taught off youtube videos.

 

[sea2summit]

duplicate

 

[Hersheyfarm]

Being 11 weeks behind probably doesn’t help.

 

[EverythingAttachments]

Many manufacturers only stitch weld those rails.

It could've been welded by a newer, yet still experienced welder here, but, to his defense, the Hardox AR450 material, which is far superior in strength and abrasion resistance to anything else used in the industry, does require more starting and stopping, to prevent bowing, rather than keeping it full blast all the way across.

Also, if you'll notice, that the bead gets fatter, and then thins out at the notches, to avoid interference with the tine locking(which would really throw down and oh flag).

I have never ever ever seen a failed weld on EA pallet forks. Ever, and I doubt we ever will.

I have, however, seen some other brands fail, due to poor and/or stitch welding..

I hope this helps to explain.
Travis