Anything welding

No I got on at a shutdown and worked the entire project but it was only a 7 week job. So I had to find more work and this popped up so hello pipeline lol

 

West Texas?

 

Yes sir. Out here now.

 

pipeline work is a lot faster pace than I expected !

 

Time is money!

 

Gonna sleep good tonight lol this work ain't no joke. Hopefully in 6months I can break out and go on my own as a pipeliner rather than a helper.

 

Get any shit for having a 1/4 ton gas truck yet? Can't imagine there are very many of those out there. Lol

 

Congratulations, bet it feels good to break into something that was a goal of yours. Work hard, don't play with your fucking phone when you're working, don't volunteer for too much - but do things without being asked... Put your mind to it and you'll go far.

Do you all sleep out on the job site? How does that work?

 

Meh. I don't even use my truck really. I drive to my welders camper and then ride with him in his truck all day. Saving gas lol.

 

It does feel good. Everyone's always gave me shit for setting goals and never reaching em. Well I finally am slowly but surely!

And yea no. There's no time for being on my phone while on the line and plus there's no signal out here in the desert anyway.

And no. We all sleep in campers/motels in the nearest town to the work. No sleeping on job site.

 

Went to the welding shop yesterday and bought a pancake hood. Opened it up today to use and realized its for left handed welders..... ,: frusty:

 

Not the prettiest but definitely not bad IMHO. 6010 uphill

 

Sorry pic is upside down. Will fix.

 

Fixed it now

 

Practiced on some 16" pipe today. 7018 uphill. Got it peeling !

Downhill is even easier. Pretty sure I'll be able to be a full on pipeliner in 2-3 months !

 

Seems like most of Texas is up here working in the Gas fields and building new Gas fired power plants Talking about starting another one.

Don`t be afraid of admitting if you get in over your head.

To bad you didn`t look at your hood before leaving You just need to learn to weld with your left hand

 

Here is what I came up with, will bolt to the swingout I just built, all 3/16"

 

Decided to build me a "scrap iron" trailer. Not to haul scrap, its just made mostly out of excess iron that I had left over from previous trailer projects. I always buy just a little extra every time I buy the materials for a trailer. After a year of so, I build me a trailer to keep or sell.

Here is an hour and half of work. Took me some extra time because the axle was way too wide. I had to cut it down and weld in a sleeve.

 

This is this mornings progress. I only get an hour or so a day to work on the thing. Been working 12 hour night shifts for the last 5 nights.

 

The tube steel is 14 gauge, so burn thru is a pretty big possibility. To save time moving from thicker to thinner iron, I just do more of "spot" type weld.