Maybe you could get rid of the perocity by giving the rebar a good clean, like get rid of the rust off it. Would like to see how it welds an actually weld, like a butt weld or something
Suddenly I realize my $1,500 tig welder was not expensive and I no longer feel hesitant to pay $250 for a pickup bed crane to lift my generator. Thank you for the very interesting look into your business and I wish you the best!!!
I would have guessed $30k.... just shows how long I've been out of the business. You'll have that paid off pretty quick with all those earthmovers you have to fix. love the videos.
@@nickfowler429 when you touch the grounded metal you want to weld into with the rebar, it creates an arc of electricity and this arc is hot enough to melt the rebar smaw or stick is the exact same thing but the flux around the electrode obviously helps and improves the weld in many ways
Yep, I use to believe that statement, being a welder for over 50 yrs that's all we used in the shops was Miller equip. Then as I got close to retirement I decided to buy me a Miller Trailblazer so I could do all the types of welding around the house,,,,, boy what a mistake. The motor runs great,,, the generator side, not so much. The engineering side of the generator sucks at best,,, the gen. won't talk to the engine,, burned out board,,, after using it for less than a 100 hrs., mach sitting in garage with a cover on it. Miller wanted over $1000 bucks for the board,,,, ughhh,,, so I bought the board,,,, 50 hrs later,,,, nope won't work again. You'd think Miller would back their crap up, but nope, you're on your own. My son bought the same mach a coulpe of yrs later, his works fine, you could see the "engineering design changes to make it dependable and actually work, what a novel idea. So I have a huge paper weight that "runs" but doesn't work and I'm DONE with Miller and I'll bad mouth them every chance I get,,, will not make their junk work. '
Some people may wonder why you spent so much on the welder but you can never have to much power with the heavy machines you work on and as you say you can employ 4 welders in 1 go, the welding with half inch re-bar that was totally mind blowing to watch thank you for another great video.
Unfortunately the same people complain when public agencies spend money on seemingly expensive stuff. :P Not understanding that to be able to do the wanted things the most efficient way sometimes requires quite a capital outlay upfront. :|
It's unfortunate you two have such beliefs. My experience from having worked in both public and private sector is that there's often little difference when you're dealing with the same size orgs.
In 1954 my dad bought a big welder on a home made frame, the welder was for my Grandfather in Colorado. Dad towed it behind a 1950 Ford, it was so heavy (no brakes on welder) that it would push the car around real bad in the mountains! Couldn't go faster than 45 mph, welder would fish tail. Dad was so stressed out, bitting at Mom and us kid's took 4 days to deliver it to Grandad.DAD said I'm never doing that again!! You got a kick butt welder. Thank you for showing it to us!
Brakes like everything else except styling on those old cars and trucks were terrible. That's why there were "brake shops" at the bottom of many long grades. It was impressive what junk the auto industry sold to cut production costs. The really brave guys were the truckers who had to deal with terrible tech every day. Those who never worked on those fossils have no idea.
Wow! No, no questions about it paying for itself. The kind of work you do and the number of jobs you have clearly justify the purchase. Looking forward to seeing using it in the field. Congratulations!
You are very right, although...if one of those many options goes bad you loose the whole unit to service and nobody works then. So long as he has many others waiting in the background of his shop as back ups he'll be fine. A guy like me always had to have an immediate backup plan in the case of being on a critical job with all the college white hats walking around like moronic zombies and my machine having problems exactly when it was time for me to swing the bat, this happened more than once in my 35 yrs of welding. Luckily I always had other machines waiting in the wind only an hour or so away at most to save the day for me!
@@bjorker40 I assume someone like him will have backup machines, older machines, other machines if necessary. Being a college white hat I won't take offense at your words. 😂
I’m jealous! My Bobcat 260 efi is probably all I need, but man, that thing sure is purdy!!! Efficiency, fuel savings vs. running 2 or 3 trucks to the same location, plasma cutting, and a rotary screw compressor….you’ve upped your capacity big time, and it will pay off over and over again over the next few years. Congratulations, Greg!
So awesome. I was grinning ear to ear watching you unbox and set that bad boy up. Good on you and thanks for sharing such an awesome machine with us. 👍
I've seen 1/2" welding rods being use in Norfolk VA. ship yards to repair 3" & 4" thick cast steel housings. Those aren't the biggest though there is one out there at a meter long and 1" thick. A heavy monster welding stick.
A buddy of mine's family had a huge salvage yard and he and his dad picked up a few semi-loads of the monstrous power supply units (Miiller, Lincoln and other brands) many years ago that ran those types of rods. All were 1000 to 1600 amps continuous duty rated! They got them cheap, too cheap. Turned out they were all garbage because the huge transformers and buss bars in them were all copper-clad aluminum which is worthless to try and recycle even for professional scrappers like them. They're both dead now and the scrap yard is running at bare minimum, but there are still piles of those things lying in the trees slowly rusting away today because they are literally not worth the costs do anything with them.
Bless You Sir! You don’t have to validate your position! You know what you need! I’m very happy for you, may you be successful in all your ventures! I too love this Motor Generator Welding system, I will have one as soon as I can; for my needs as well, been eyeing it for a while !
I have a Millermatic 175..... I am so pleased for you that business has been good and you can afford it and that the future is no holds barred for you. What a machine.
What a BEAST !!!!!!!!! Great purchase and as stated the pay back is quick. I had another well known brand for years and was tired of replacing parts. Bought a Miller and never looked back. Great welder and fantastic customer service.
I was just lottery shopping this model online and I’m not a welder by trade. I’d go for the trailblazer 302 airpak and all the accs. suitcase mig etc. Because lottery 💰💰means some smaller heavy equipment to maintain. 😊 You are in my welding viewing rotation with IC Weld and CEE. Nice rig and congrats on your business.
awesome! You deserve it sir. You are such a hard worker and are so skilled. I remember back in the 80's I bought a brand new Miller Legend portable welder, I was so proud of that. I had a smaller welding shop. I eventually got into law enforcement and made a career of that for the next 30 years as a deputy sheriff. I always missed the welding and machining. Now that im retired I have a shop full of welding and machining equipment again and am enjoying life. I really enjoy your videos.
Nice machine. There is also a lot to be said about the personal satisfaction of having a nice piece of equipment that makes your life easier. And it's never a bad thing to show up on a job site with nice equipment. Congrats!
Bare electrodes were always run electrode neg [DC-] runs smoother less spatter, back in the 20's-30's before coated electrode...Just say'n, NICE WELDER!
It would be kinda fun to see how well a good welder can do without *any* of the right tools. Car batteries , jumper cables, vise-grips, rebar, maybe a pile of borax/sand for flux? Then compare that to someone who has never welded before and hasn't had any more training than they need to avoid being a safety risk.
Miller does the best job of mixing modern day computational power with old school reliability and it results in the most reliable and robust products. Love them.
That's bad ass. One tip on turbocharged engines. After running the machine for any extended length of time, let the engine idle for a couple minutes before you shut down. That'll cool the turbo and extend the life.
You took me down memory lane. Grew up in a welding shop in the 70’s, my dad welded pressure vessels at a couple of places in East Texas (Bakers Tank which is till outside Tyler) and over in Henderson at a big tank mfg, (Southwest Tank?). Cataracts eventually got him out of welding. I went a diff career path, “Mamas don’t let your boys grow up to be welders!”; (Texas heat’ll make ya want a cushy desk job, swamp coolers don’t cut it). One of my younger brothers worked at Tyler Welding Supply, funny thing is he never wanted anything to do with the shop growing up. We had a portable Miller arc for the truck, looks like the hue of blue ain’t changed much, I rember the day it came home all nice and shiny & starting it fer the 1st time. Most guys around our area were Lincoln users. Slogging through mud welding on broken down tractors/dozers/etc, scrapping/recycling oil derricks, building round bale carriers, water bumpers for tractors, bulk contract work such as kiln racks for Kilgore Ceramics, Carpet “elevators” for Pope & Turners in Overton; hadn’t thought about that in a while. Left for university in the “big city” in ‘81. Had been working at Shore Oil Refinery/Cannery in Kilgore after getting out of high school to save up money for school. Mucked spills, hooked up tank trucks for loading (oil/gas), washed/loaded rigs, rode shotgun on rigs to help (eg keep them awake) drivers loadin from tanks in the field (think hooking up & dragging hoses through 18” of muck), worked the cannery and also helped with site construction projects mainly w a guy named Travis…also usually got drug into welders helper/gophering for the contract welding crews. A few months or so after I left, heard there was a major accident. The welders hadn’t flushed the fumes adequately from a holding tank they were inside working on. Travis and one of the welders survived w severe burns and were brought up to a burn unit in Dallas. but one welder did not. “Blacky” (never did know his real name), the head foreman/site manager .. a Stetson wearing/steel nail chewing/cussing lanky old fellar, passed from a heart attack when the explosion occurred. Be careful out there guys. Still do a bit of project welding but nothing big. Being round welding growing up taught me a lot. Much later in life all that gave me the nads to start our own small product prototyping/mfg shop (3D Cad/Cam, woodworking, VMCs, CNC routers, 3D printing, etc). Probably never would have done it if I hadn’t grown up in that 30x40 welding shop that took over our driveway. I’ve seen some large welding rods (think they were like 3/4” X 18-24” or so (was decades ago) but never seen welding w rebar, that’s a first. Long & short of it…Nice rig 👍
That’s how “Stick Welding “ got its start. The first welders would dip there bare rods into a brine water solution so the (sodium-6010, potassium-6011) salt would burn a shielding gas plume to help prevent your “rebar porosity”.
I have a Miller #Multimatic215 and I love Welding with 220 V. Congratulations on your 800 duo pack. Looking forward to your next video with 5 guys Welding off of 1 machine.
Nice. Looks fairly tidy under the covers too, which is important. Surprised how close the gen exhaust was to what looked like the two inverter unit heat sinks but the exhaust looked fairly well insulated and those heat sinks are massive. Plus I expect there's decent airflow within, from the radiator fan. Thanks for sharing.
That's quite a machine, Greg. I'm sure you will putting it through its paces. Hope it serves you well! I'll have to keep the 800 amp setting in mind next time I'm welding with half inch rebar. 🤣
Holy man, I just looked up the Canadian price on that machine,you weren’t lying about the most expensive welder Looks like it’s going to be worth the money
Some people might say it's a crazy price for a welding machine blablabla ($68,969.00 Miller's Official Pricetag) but it's actually a BIG money save. As he said in the video, you could put 3 or 4 employees on this only machine, basically needing 1 truck or 2 trucks equipped with one of them, to run your entire buisness. Instead of 4 - 5 trucks to do the same task. That's sick ! buying 2 trucks will cost let's say $100,000, instead of 5 trucks costing you $250,000. Now ofc i know it's better to have more trucks than you need, in case one of them breaks down or need maintenance or anything, but in the theory, this machine is pure money saving. PS: Love the content keep it up, i wish you a great day & hope you enjoy that new puppy you just bought !
Lincoln has an 82-90k machine called the Vantage 500 with a Kubota 58hp motor. Sold at Airgas. They probably priced it above the Miller not because it’s better, just because they can. And can call it "the most expensive". Rebar welding in the apocalypse beats all.
A video showing the three mobile welding trucks side by side would be a first on CZcams and a good promotion for On Fire Welding to be posted on other platforms to boot
No questions but wow so happy for you what a machine and now an asset to your business work gained will justify its price and not so bad when you consider the alternative big Cheers mate
"800 seems to be the smoothest for half inch rebar..." That cracked me up.. what a beast..💪🙂👍
That is a solid flex!!
Absolute creature of a machine. Very cool.
Maybe you could get rid of the perocity by giving the rebar a good clean, like get rid of the rust off it. Would like to see how it welds an actually weld, like a butt weld or something
Suddenly I realize my $1,500 tig welder was not expensive and I no longer feel hesitant to pay $250 for a pickup bed crane to lift my generator. Thank you for the very interesting look into your business and I wish you the best!!!
Better to invest in your business than paying 80% tax on bullshit, as they want you to
I would have guessed $30k.... just shows how long I've been out of the business. You'll have that paid off pretty quick with all those earthmovers you have to fix. love the videos.
I feel stupid so apologies but what is the price of this welder?
@@squartbotai1383 He says at 12:30 that it was about $65,000. Big price, but the potential return on investment is huge.
$65,000
And the Miller website:
$68,969.00 Manufacturer Suggested Price (USD)
@@Z-AckThat's a pretty sweet tax write off
Hmm, this rig looks nice, but I'm not sure if it beats my old extension cord with the end cut off.
I cut both ends off and connected to my truck battery if I need more power get the shop bitch to redline my truck works like a charm
Ah, you’re using Macrowave welding.
No, I'm using the toaster in the bath method @@Georgewilliamherbert
I started with pennies !
I sold welding equipment for 45 years. You made the right choice. Miller is great equipment.
Amateur welder here how can machines weld with rebar? Is it just needing a lot of power?
@@nickfowler429 with stick its basic Electricity in simple. its got enough amps aswell to practically burn anything metal for a filler.
@@nickfowler429 when you touch the grounded metal you want to weld into with the rebar, it creates an arc of electricity and this arc is hot enough to melt the rebar
smaw or stick is the exact same thing but the flux around the electrode obviously helps and improves the weld in many ways
Yep, I use to believe that statement, being a welder for over 50 yrs that's all we used in the shops was Miller equip. Then as I got close to retirement I decided to buy me a Miller Trailblazer so I could do all the types of welding around the house,,,,, boy what a mistake. The motor runs great,,, the generator side, not so much.
The engineering side of the generator sucks at best,,, the gen. won't talk to the engine,, burned out board,,, after using it for less than a 100 hrs., mach sitting in garage with a cover on it. Miller wanted over $1000 bucks for the board,,,, ughhh,,, so I bought the board,,,, 50 hrs later,,,, nope won't work again. You'd think Miller would back their crap up, but nope, you're on your own. My son bought the same mach a coulpe of yrs later, his works fine, you could see the "engineering design changes to make it dependable and actually work, what a novel idea.
So I have a huge paper weight that "runs" but doesn't work and I'm DONE with Miller and I'll bad mouth them every chance I get,,, will not make their junk work.
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@@pull-do6498 Ive had better luck with lincoln and everlast IMO.
Some people may wonder why you spent so much on the welder but you can never have to much power with the heavy machines you work on and as you say you can employ 4 welders in 1 go, the welding with half inch re-bar that was totally mind blowing to watch thank you for another great video.
and think of the time saving not having to chip slag when using rebar :)
Unfortunately the same people complain when public agencies spend money on seemingly expensive stuff. :P Not understanding that to be able to do the wanted things the most efficient way sometimes requires quite a capital outlay upfront. :|
@@ZaphodHarkonnenpublic agencies are never efficient lol
@@ZaphodHarkonnen Public agencies are not the same
It's unfortunate you two have such beliefs. My experience from having worked in both public and private sector is that there's often little difference when you're dealing with the same size orgs.
In 1954 my dad bought a big welder on a home made frame, the welder was for my Grandfather in Colorado. Dad towed it behind a 1950 Ford, it was so heavy (no brakes on welder) that it would push the car around real bad in the mountains! Couldn't go faster than 45 mph, welder would fish tail. Dad was so stressed out, bitting at Mom and us kid's took 4 days to deliver it to Grandad.DAD said I'm never doing that again!! You got a kick butt welder. Thank you for showing it to us!
Cool story!
That's insane amount of power
Brakes like everything else except styling on those old cars and trucks were terrible. That's why there were "brake shops" at the bottom of many long grades.
It was impressive what junk the auto industry sold to cut production costs. The really brave guys were the truckers who had to deal with terrible tech every day. Those who never worked on those fossils have no idea.
Wow! No, no questions about it paying for itself. The kind of work you do and the number of jobs you have clearly justify the purchase. Looking forward to seeing using it in the field. Congratulations!
You are very right, although...if one of those many options goes bad you loose the whole unit to service and nobody works then. So long as he has many others waiting in the background of his shop as back ups he'll be fine. A guy like me always had to have an immediate backup plan in the case of being on a critical job with all the college white hats walking around like moronic zombies and my machine having problems exactly when it was time for me to swing the bat, this happened more than once in my 35 yrs of welding. Luckily I always had other machines waiting in the wind only an hour or so away at most to save the day for me!
@@bjorker40 I assume someone like him will have backup machines, older machines, other machines if necessary. Being a college white hat I won't take offense at your words. 😂
you can bet my older millers bruse@@BruceBoschek
And that's how we know you're running that business the right way sir. Glad to see all of that hardwork working out for you! Congratulations
I’m jealous! My Bobcat 260 efi is probably all I need, but man, that thing sure is purdy!!! Efficiency, fuel savings vs. running 2 or 3 trucks to the same location, plasma cutting, and a rotary screw compressor….you’ve upped your capacity big time, and it will pay off over and over again over the next few years. Congratulations, Greg!
Yes I agree with you & when it’s paid off it’ll still be working for several more years & it’ll be a while before Gregg will need to upgrade.
It’s a diesel…that engine can probably run 10k hours or more before needing a rebuild. Should last many years.
Congratulations !!!! That looks great......can't wait to see the two of you using it at the same time.
Thank you for the video. Congratulations on your new purchase! This is going to be a blast,
So awesome. I was grinning ear to ear watching you unbox and set that bad boy up. Good on you and thanks for sharing such an awesome machine with us. 👍
Very cool! Congratulations on the new machine! Awesome production opportunities with the versatility!
I’m sure you’ll have no problem making it pay for itself. Thanks for sharing, can’t wait to see how it works out.
I've seen 1/2" welding rods being use in Norfolk VA. ship yards to repair 3" & 4" thick cast steel housings. Those aren't the biggest though there is one out there at a meter long and 1" thick. A heavy monster welding stick.
A buddy of mine's family had a huge salvage yard and he and his dad picked up a few semi-loads of the monstrous power supply units (Miiller, Lincoln and other brands) many years ago that ran those types of rods. All were 1000 to 1600 amps continuous duty rated!
They got them cheap, too cheap. Turned out they were all garbage because the huge transformers and buss bars in them were all copper-clad aluminum which is worthless to try and recycle even for professional scrappers like them.
They're both dead now and the scrap yard is running at bare minimum, but there are still piles of those things lying in the trees slowly rusting away today because they are literally not worth the costs do anything with them.
Warren gave you a huge shout out. Been watching you for a long time.
Bless You Sir! You don’t have to validate your position! You know what you need! I’m very happy for you, may you be successful in all your ventures! I too love this Motor Generator Welding system, I will have one as soon as I can; for my needs as well, been eyeing it for a while !
Congratulations brother all of your hard work has paid off. those units are killer..
Very decent, professional and well-made equipment. Hope to see it in action soon. Greetings from Poland 🙂
What a beast! I can’t believe how good that weld looked with no shield!
I have a Millermatic 175..... I am so pleased for you that business has been good and you can afford it and that the future is no holds barred for you. What a machine.
Wow,nice addition to your shop.!!
I used to work for Miller at industrial engine drive area and there built great!! Quailty thru and thru..great company
I own 3 of these they are the greatest machines on the planet over 4000 hrs on each
What a BEAST !!!!!!!!! Great purchase and as stated the pay back is quick. I had another well known brand for years and was tired of replacing parts. Bought a Miller and never looked back. Great welder and fantastic customer service.
That’s great. Congrats on the upgrade.
"it welds with rebar"
"That's not impressive. Almost anything can weld rebar"
"No, welds WITH rebar"
No, you need 800amp to do that.. Id like to see a redo with the rebar cleaned up and some c25 gas in the mix... wow that's some insane amperage.
I was just lottery shopping this model online and I’m not a welder by trade. I’d go for the trailblazer 302 airpak and all the accs. suitcase mig etc. Because lottery 💰💰means some smaller heavy equipment to maintain. 😊
You are in my welding viewing rotation with IC Weld and CEE.
Nice rig and congrats on your business.
awesome! You deserve it sir. You are such a hard worker and are so skilled. I remember back in the 80's I bought a brand new Miller Legend portable welder, I was so proud of that. I had a smaller welding shop. I eventually got into law enforcement and made a career of that for the next 30 years as a deputy sheriff. I always missed the welding and machining. Now that im retired I have a shop full of welding and machining equipment again and am enjoying life. I really enjoy your videos.
Congratulations on that awesome welder! Welding with rebar!! Who would of thought. LOL. I always learn something from your videos. Thanks
Nice machine. There is also a lot to be said about the personal satisfaction of having a nice piece of equipment that makes your life easier. And it's never a bad thing to show up on a job site with nice equipment. Congrats!
Bare electrodes were always run electrode neg [DC-] runs smoother less spatter, back in the 20's-30's before coated electrode...Just say'n, NICE WELDER!
As a welder I learned something new (but very old knowledge) from you 👍
I learned it from my uncle a welder in late 1920's and & old books
@@frank-t6857
I bought the Titanium version of that at Harbor Freight last week. Also bought me a rod oven for my 1/2 rebar while i was there.
🤣🤣🤣
It would be kinda fun to see how well a good welder can do without *any* of the right tools. Car batteries , jumper cables, vise-grips, rebar, maybe a pile of borax/sand for flux? Then compare that to someone who has never welded before and hasn't had any more training than they need to avoid being a safety risk.
Thank you for sharing your welder purchse with us and thank you for showing us your top notch repairs
What a beauty!!! Well deserved my friend.
I always wanted re-bar back-up. I did not hear the Miller hesitate when you struck an arc with re-bar that's power in spades! Ray
If you could manage to put some type of coating to shield the weld it would be to smooth lol good shit
That thing is freakin sweet! Look forward to seeing you put it through its paces in the field
That’s an awesome addition! Congrats
She's a beaut clark!
Rebar for a stick weld…. It cracks me up 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Just lay a 75/25 line at 60CFM next to your weld and go for it
Miller does the best job of mixing modern day computational power with old school reliability and it results in the most reliable and robust products. Love them.
I am blown away. What a beast. Greets from Bavaria, Germany. Love your videos👍🏼👍🏼
Wow, I need to get one of those so I can weld up the sheet metal on my BBQ! Lol
That’s looks Amazing . Very happy for you. It just shows people if they work hard they too can get great welders.
I love to see high end quality tools and machinery like this, thank you for sharing ❤
Good luck with the new machine , looking forward to new videos .
Wow what an awesome unit. That remote is quite slick too. love the rebar welding
Right on Greg , congrats on the purchase, if anybody deserves it , it’s You cos you work your ass off for everything you’ve got dude 🤙🏻🤙🏻😊
Nice....congrats on the new rig.
Congrats mate, enjoy watching your work 👍🏽
Awesome, thank you for sharing, always a pleasure start a week end with you 👍👍👍👍
Amazing Machine. Can't wait to see more videos of it in use
Beautiful machine I'm happy your doing well and hope you keep growing.
Wow it sure is nice and shiny it's crazy how much the price of welders has went up over the recent years. Sweet machine!
Amazing kit - also really good to hear the rationale behind the purchase, very good investment for the future and no doubt it will pay off for you 👍
That's bad ass. One tip on turbocharged engines. After running the machine for any extended length of time, let the engine idle for a couple minutes before you shut down. That'll cool the turbo and extend the life.
That thing is a monster! Congratulations!
That’s an awesome machine man. The rebar capabilities are pretty spectacular!!
Can't wait to see this beast in action on some big projects!!!
Nice one Greg,why not have the best you can get, you work hard enough for it , stay safe
It's always great getting something new and not settling for less. Congratulations on getting what you wanted.
Good luck with your new welder going forward.
Man, that is a beautiful machine! You are going to love it!
Congrats! Halva machine! It will fit your team well! Thanks for sharing! 👍💪
Congratulations on the welder would love to see it working looks an awesome bit of kit
congratulations Greg......I know you will get your money back very fast....cheers my friend, Paul
You took me down memory lane. Grew up in a welding shop in the 70’s, my dad welded pressure vessels at a couple of places in East Texas (Bakers Tank which is till outside Tyler) and over in Henderson at a big tank mfg, (Southwest Tank?). Cataracts eventually got him out of welding. I went a diff career path, “Mamas don’t let your boys grow up to be welders!”; (Texas heat’ll make ya want a cushy desk job, swamp coolers don’t cut it). One of my younger brothers worked at Tyler Welding Supply, funny thing is he never wanted anything to do with the shop growing up. We had a portable Miller arc for the truck, looks like the hue of blue ain’t changed much, I rember the day it came home all nice and shiny & starting it fer the 1st time. Most guys around our area were Lincoln users. Slogging through mud welding on broken down tractors/dozers/etc, scrapping/recycling oil derricks, building round bale carriers, water bumpers for tractors, bulk contract work such as kiln racks for Kilgore Ceramics, Carpet “elevators” for Pope & Turners in Overton; hadn’t thought about that in a while.
Left for university in the “big city” in ‘81. Had been working at Shore Oil Refinery/Cannery in Kilgore after getting out of high school to save up money for school. Mucked spills, hooked up tank trucks for loading (oil/gas), washed/loaded rigs, rode shotgun on rigs to help (eg keep them awake) drivers loadin from tanks in the field (think hooking up & dragging hoses through 18” of muck), worked the cannery and also helped with site construction projects mainly w a guy named Travis…also usually got drug into welders helper/gophering for the contract welding crews. A few months or so after I left, heard there was a major accident. The welders hadn’t flushed the fumes adequately from a holding tank they were inside working on. Travis and one of the welders survived w severe burns and were brought up to a burn unit in Dallas. but one welder did not. “Blacky” (never did know his real name), the head foreman/site manager .. a Stetson wearing/steel nail chewing/cussing lanky old fellar, passed from a heart attack when the explosion occurred. Be careful out there guys.
Still do a bit of project welding but nothing big. Being round welding growing up taught me a lot. Much later in life all that gave me the nads to start our own small product prototyping/mfg shop (3D Cad/Cam, woodworking, VMCs, CNC routers, 3D printing, etc). Probably never would have done it if I hadn’t grown up in that 30x40 welding shop that took over our driveway.
I’ve seen some large welding rods (think they were like 3/4” X 18-24” or so (was decades ago) but never seen welding w rebar, that’s a first.
Long & short of it…Nice rig 👍
I have a miller TrailBlazer purchased in 1997 still runs and welds like a beast just put a new starter on it this week
That’s how “Stick Welding “ got its start. The first welders would dip there bare rods into a brine water solution so the (sodium-6010, potassium-6011) salt would burn a shielding gas plume to help prevent your “rebar porosity”.
Thats one of the best setups ive seen. Lot of guys here in Australia would love that.
Amazing set up!!
The smile on your face for the unboxing says it all. Just subbed BTW, this content is awesome!
Very nice 👍 that's a beast! Miller should consider sponsoring some of your videos.
Love watching the come up man two thumbs up......
Quite the set up you got there across the board. Nice Stuff.
That's right dude, a lot going on. Good luck. That things a beast.
I have a Miller #Multimatic215 and I love Welding with 220 V. Congratulations on your 800 duo pack. Looking forward to your next video with 5 guys Welding off of 1 machine.
Nice. Looks fairly tidy under the covers too, which is important. Surprised how close the gen exhaust was to what looked like the two inverter unit heat sinks but the exhaust looked fairly well insulated and those heat sinks are massive. Plus I expect there's decent airflow within, from the radiator fan. Thanks for sharing.
That's quite a machine, Greg. I'm sure you will putting it through its paces. Hope it serves you well! I'll have to keep the 800 amp setting in mind next time I'm welding with half inch rebar. 🤣
Nice shop you have all kinds of dream tools!!
Electrical Engineers , Impressive minds build things
Holy man, I just looked up the Canadian price on that machine,you weren’t lying about the most expensive welder
Looks like it’s going to be worth the money
Congratulations dude "the power of blue, always"
So glad for you!💥
Some people might say it's a crazy price for a welding machine blablabla ($68,969.00 Miller's Official Pricetag) but it's actually a BIG money save. As he said in the video, you could put 3 or 4 employees on this only machine, basically needing 1 truck or 2 trucks equipped with one of them, to run your entire buisness. Instead of 4 - 5 trucks to do the same task. That's sick ! buying 2 trucks will cost let's say $100,000, instead of 5 trucks costing you $250,000. Now ofc i know it's better to have more trucks than you need, in case one of them breaks down or need maintenance or anything, but in the theory, this machine is pure money saving. PS: Love the content keep it up, i wish you a great day & hope you enjoy that new puppy you just bought !
Crazy price
when the commercial came on, for a micro second, i thought he blew my circuit breaker running that hot! lmao
im so jealous, that makes my little bobcat 250 look like a childs toy. that upgrade is awesome, congrats man.
Congratulations , that machine is a Beast !
Lincoln has an 82-90k machine called the Vantage 500 with a Kubota 58hp motor. Sold at Airgas. They probably priced it above the Miller not because it’s better, just because they can. And can call it "the most expensive". Rebar welding in the apocalypse beats all.
that definitely will get it done! It looks so beautiful
A video showing the three mobile welding trucks side by side would be a first on CZcams and a good promotion for On Fire Welding to be posted on other platforms to boot
Nice ,1/2" rebar and vice grips. Looks like it's well worth the money.
Outstanding purchase! That is a money making machine right there! Awesome!
Wow, welding WITH rebar is not something i ever thought i would see! Thats a lovely machine.
Nice brother! I am truly happy for you, wow!
Wow, thats a beast! Will shurely come in handy on those massive jobs.
No questions but wow so happy for you what a machine and now an asset to your business work gained will justify its price and not so bad when you consider the alternative big Cheers mate
Nice rig boss great equipment helps got a fan from NH.