Anything welding

No pulse... it’s such a pain in the ass welding 1/8” corner joints

 

Cool. Any concerns with taking a hit at speed since the angle will be steeper?

 

No, there’s really nothing behind it to be concerned about. I mounted the square tube so it’s lower than the rad. The closest thing will be the edge of the front diff mounting arm, but that’s a solid hunk of steel. I’ll add reinforcements too.

This is the worst dent I have on the front, and it’s 3/16” and away from any reinforcements. I drove right into a rock going 5ish mph. Rocked the shit out of me and this is all it did. 1/4” will do even better.

 

Nice "7".....
lol
Zim

 

Just rivnuts? Of all the beef you are adding to this truck, I am not sure rivnuts will hold up. I've pulled threads straight out of rivnuts just setting them too hard. I'd cut pockets, weld a big nut to a chunk of steel with a hole drilled, and weld that into the pocket.

 

I did this for my steering box, works great.

 

That looks like my frame repair I did next to my gas tank.* uuuuuuuuuuuggggggllllyyyyy


* that's not mine

 

Yeah my skid and bumper is KINDA mounted that way. It's actually a tube that was cut in half, and all the nuts were tacked in place before the newly made C channel was welded on.

 

They’re really not going to be seeing much force. Any upward force will be taken by the tube, and they’re not seeing any downward force. I don’t forsee it being a problem. If it ends up becoming an issue I can always change it.

 

Very true.

 

Fail RT requiring the cut out? How do they make you cut it out? (always curious how different industries handle cut outs)

 

No I screwed up on the root, cut the bad spot out with a 045 disc and re welded it. Looked back in there with mirror and it was still messed up so I cut the 90 off completely and started over! Second time was good. I screw up sometimes! Here is the second one.

 

Gotcha. Not nearly as painful as cut outs for our guys. Especially if cleanliness is being maintained. Get to file away the cap/final pass till smooth then use a clean cut tool (think roller cutter you normally see for copper tubing)

 

Back again for more advice. Appreciate y'all.

tl;dr version - Am I interpreting this sidepanel correctly that the max draw at 120V would be 22Amps? Or is that not including surge / startup draw? Apart from the V*I=Watts, how does that factor into sizing an inverter generator to handle moderate load even if it won't do full load?

Longer version - I have a couple projects in mind that will require a little bit of welding of 14ga square tubing against 1/8" steel as the final attachment. And that has to happen 300ft away from an outlet, downhill on a gravel path, with a few wooden steps just to complicate things. So I'm trying to balance between something that'll have enough power to do the job, while still being light enough to manage moving it. Be a lot easier to manage moving a 50lb 2300/1800watt unit than a 100lb 3200/2900 watt unit.

Edit for clarification- I have other reasons to buy a generator, so I’d rather not invest in extension cords if I can help it.

Thanks.

 

Your welder will have no trouble doing that job on a 20 amp circuit. The problem is the 300' of extension cord. You will have a pretty big voltage drop over that distance. You might get away with it if you do only small, short welds. Long welds will surely trip the breaker.

 

probably would be ok with a #8 awg cord but That’s not the cheapest way to do it

 

Indeed. And I have other reasons I’m looking to buy an inverted generator apart from this. Sorry I wasn’t clear.

 

Oh I didn’t read it properly. My bad. I honestly think a bigger generator would be better if you plan to use it to run a welder. Better to move a 100 lb genny that will run the welder no problem than a 50 lb one that can’t run the welder.

 

No, you read it fine - I edited to add the missing info after your reply. My fault for not making it clear in the beginning. I was trying not to write a book here.

But yeah, from what I've seen it's pretty clear the 3k would do the job with room to spare -- but I kinda hate that logic though. LOL

I'm hoping maybe someone's done something similar and confirm/deny - or can tell me my amp draw figures are off.

Both are available from Costco, so I wouldn't be locked in - could try one and return it if not adequate. Hate to do that without fully researching though, I don't want to abuse the return policy.

Thanks for the inputs.