Rock Crawler
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- Aug 15, 2017
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- Pittsburgh, Pa.
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- 2021 Kubota L3560 HSTC, 2011 Craftsman Excellerator GT (680hrs), 2018 Husqvarna TS354XD, 2017 Husqvarna HU800AWD, 2019 Kawasaki Mule Pro DX (Yanmar)
I am a NDE Level III (Non Destructive Examiner) (Level III means I am at the highest achievable level in this field) with 29 years experience in the nuclear industry. I currently am the program owner and level III in a USA nuclear power plant. I think I can speak to those welds as good as anyone alive. I do not even need my Ultrasonic flaw detector to interrogate these welds .plowhog,
If you really want better advice on weld quality, you should post your photos and questions on the following welding dedicated sites. Not knocking TBN's contributors, but we are really a bunch of tractor/ equipment guys who occasionally have to fix some stuff we broke.
A professional welding site run by a master welder with decades of experience.
MIG, Flux Cored, TIP TIG, Manual & robot Welding Processes
MIG, Flux Cored & TIP TIP weld process controls, tips and welding practices. As well as Manual, Robot, MIG - TIG - Flux Cored and TIP TIG welding.weldreality.com
A sister site ( if memory is correct ) to TBN
Pure trash.
Farm welds are typically no where near that bad. That said, I have seen some pretty crappy welds hold up to amazing abuse. I would have a real hard time paying for that bad of a job. If it was me doing the welding and that was the best I could muster from my $79 HF flux core MIG welder.... I guess that I would have to accept it. But paying for that would hurt a lot.