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Don't have time to type out business plan right now but I do have one and there's nothing but ranches around here so work is there.

I was gonna buy a diesel soon any say so that's not a business expense if I don't get any work.


And yes I got enough days off work to make it work.

 

Good luck. I hope you make it work!

I'd suggest a sit down with a good tax accountant; they can run your through the advantages of LLCs, S-Corps etc.

Beats the hell out of a lot of the type of advice you'll get online, "Well my buddy did this..."

 

The insurance on mobile welding can be ridiculous. The liability is high since you may be welding in a flammable zone or what have you. I've heard anywhere from $3000 to $8000 per year. My LLC was only $350 to set up so that's a moot cost.

North Dakota had openings for mobile welders but most of them require 5 years of experience. And you need the business and insurance.

You're all over the map here. Pull back on the reins a little, keep working and getting experience, and apply for other jobs when the opportunity arises. You chose welding as a career and it takes due diligence to get somewhere with it. Slow down there turbonetics. (Diesel joke)

A couple hundred here and a couple hundred there isn't going to pay the bills. I found that out. Now I work for someone and it pays the bills.

 

Any welders in the charlottesville/Fredericksburg Va area?

 

There are some really good guys over on Welding Web; that are willing to share their wisdom...

http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?390621-Start-up&highlight=getting+sued

I don't think anyone is trying to discourage you from starting a business, Kase - all good things come with time.

I always thought the line of, "Driving a boat is the easy part..." was pure bullshit.

But it's totally true.

 

^Damn those guys went into some deep explanations. I don't have the motivation to type that, so it's a good read. They covered everything and I learned a thing or 2. I would assume a truck used for business would need business auto insurance. That was not cheap when I looked into it on my truck. Damn insurance is what kills you as a little guy.

 

Its not so much as starting a business. Not gonna have a name or company and will only get paid in cash.

I was gonna buy a diesel anyway and ive always wanted my own welder so I figured I'd advertise for repairing cattle pens and building fences and gates to kill time and make some money on my days off. Not going as extreme as y'all think I am lol.

 

Just food for thought... Ranchers may be reluctant to pay cash because it's not a tax deduction paper trail. A check is not the same as cash, and if you are receiving checks you better pay the taxes on it. My uncle got caught for tax evasion and went to jail. Not good.

 

Well of course but most people around here prefer cash anyway lol. Real old school country town.
Going to meet a guy today to discuss work at his hog ranch :score:
Gonna trade welding work for hog hunts LOL

Kidding BTW about the trading part

 

But anyways yea I get 2-3 days off from work every week. And I have been thinking about buying a diesel for a while now since the taco isn't the most ideal daily driver anymore anyway.

So yea, buying the truck isn't solely for the purpose of being a mobile welder. So there's no loss there if o don't get work.

Then the SA200 ... the only generator welder I have is my dads old Lincoln that's too old and small to burn 7018's over head lol. And its his machine. So I was needing to get my own machine anyway. So with the machine, not a loss if I don't get work either.

As for work, my family knows about every ranch in the county. So gonna tell me grandpa to ask around if any of his friends need anything built or repairs done on their fences,pens, gates, etc.

Also probably gonna post a small ad on the feed store and hardware stores bulletin boards.

Thing is, we work a swing shift at work where one week is 3-12' and the next week is 4-12's. And we CAN go in on our days off for overtime but Q's rather spend time trying to get my own thing going on the side and get some more experience with other things. So yea. Not going as balls deep as y'all think I am with all this lol.

 

I doubt you're on the welders world Facebook page, but there's welders for sale in Texas pretty often.

 

I'm on the page now. Thanks for showing me that !

 

So many welders for sale on that page


I needz loan

 

Was $300 new at Home depot. Asked for a discount, saw in the computer the cost was in the 250 is range. Told the guy I really wanted it, please help me out. I have $200 on me. He makes a call to the MGR. Rings me out and I shake his hand expressing gratitude.

Not bad for $200? http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lincoln-Electric-Port-A-Torch-Kit-KH837/205380140#specifications

 

Hello fellow welders!

 

Nice what are you going to use the set up to cut? Or Gas welding?

 

YEs?!?!

first going to melt 100grams go 18k gold to make something. Then braise a 4 way mixing valve. (overkill)

Cutting and welding. this is just the start.

 

Cracked my TC spindle gussets, just re-weld, or sign of a bigger issue? Is this common? Shitty weld? I was thinking of adding a gusset down to the tie rod arm as well, similar to the sway bar version.

 

Although it looks like the failure happened on the gusset side, was the proper pre-heat and post cool/Ni filler metal procedure followed when these were welded on?

Those welds do not look very sound, either.

I would say a whole new set of spindles, IMO.

The overall integrity has already been compromised.

 

I did pre-heat and slow cool them, as you said the failure is on the gusset side, would the treatment on the cast section affect the gusset as well?

Yeah, not super proud of those, they were hard to reach with the nozzle, the rest of the welds look better, checked the rest of the spindle and they look good.