finally putting the truck to work

[schwinn68]

I was finally able to buy a welding machine for the back of my truck today. I got a Lincoln Ranger 305g. I finished the install tonight. I'll be posting pics of it tomorrow in the daylight. I still have to finish fabing up the mounts for my torch bottles and mount my toolbox but I'm getting there. I'm getting ready to test for Nicor gas Who else uses their truck for a welding rig?
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[Crickertj]

Slick Lookin Truck. What Year? I dont use my truck for welding yet. But thats my dream is to have my own mobile repair.

TJ

[oldskool]

I orderd a truck, for a welding rig. outfitted with aluminum stake bed with over and under alum. boxes. fabbed tank containment, spare mount. Plan on going out on your own? Union slowing down? Thought they frowned on moonlghting. flat beds nice to access stuff off truck. I can stand on ground and retrieve all equipment, jackstands,tanks,leads,etc. but mine is 2wd posi dually, lot lower!

[duaneb55]

Nice looking start schwinn68. Keep the photos coming.

Is there enough clearance between that nice new Lincoln and the stack?

[farmersamm]

Aaah, RED

[stevinator]

schwinn68 welcome and good luck in Elgin

[schwinn68]

Originally Posted by Crickertj

Slick Lookin Truck. What Year? I dont use my truck for welding yet. But thats my dream is to have my own mobile repair.

TJ

thanks! its a 2005 chevy with the duramax and allison trans.

[schwinn68]

Originally Posted by oldskool

I orderd a truck, for a welding rig. outfitted with aluminum stake bed with over and under alum. boxes. fabbed tank containment, spare mount. Plan on going out on your own? Union slowing down? Thought they frowned on moonlghting. flat beds nice to access stuff off truck. I can stand on ground and retrieve all equipment, jackstands,tanks,leads,etc. but mine is 2wd posi dually, lot lower!

No moonlighting for me. I plan on working for NPL through the union. They do a lot of service main work for Nicor. I can access the whole bed except opening the bottles from the ground. I still have a little to finish up on it but I'm happy with how it is turning out.

[schwinn68]

Originally Posted by duaneb55

Nice looking start schwinn68. Keep the photos coming.

Is there enough clearance between that nice new Lincoln and the stack?

There's plenty of clearance. The picture doesn't do it justice. I'll snap another one in the morning to show how much room there is. I've got some stuff on order that I'm still waiting on and some more that I still have to order. The leads and a cover should be here tomorrow or wed. I still have to order jack stands and a torch reel with hose. Anyone have any used stands or torch hose they'd like to get rid of? I'm also looking for another side tool box and lead reels.

[duaneb55]

Originally Posted by schwinn68

There's plenty of clearance. The picture doesn't do it justice. I'll snap another one in the morning to show how much room there is.

No need - unless you want to 'cause we do like pictures. You must admit the angle makes it look really close.

[schwinn68]

LOL I had to go back and look at my pictures again when you said that to see what you were talking about and it looks like the stack is coming out the side of the welder. I'll keep taking pics as I go to show my progress.

[FluxThis]

Hey Schwin what part of Elgin are you in.. I lived most of (28 years) of my life in that area. Went to Elgin High School.. My older brother still lives out there, he owns a speed shop called Midwest Speed and Performance. My mother lives in Crystal Lake and my younger brother, aslo a welder, lives in Wonder Lake..

I'll tell ya what, I don't miss all that white $hit on the ground! It was 73 here today, not bad for the first of Feb and being 2 blocks from the ocean!

Nice to see folks from my home town on here! Ok, everyone join me and start singing "it's a small world after all", ok forget it..

[schwinn68]

I'm actually from Minooka. HAHA Where did you get the Elgin from? Does your brother have a dyno at his shop? I'm jealous of the weather and water that you're experiencing right now. This has been a long winter with no end in sight.

[FluxThis]

I was going off of what he said.. Yes he does have a dyno there.

Originally Posted by stevinator

schwinn68 welcome and good luck in Elgin

Sorry for the confusion..

[dedmetal]

congrats on the new machine good looking rig great combo duramax and allison love to steal my boss's whenever i need to haul some heavy stuff on the trailer

[regularfella]

That's a great looking setup; is that an 8' bed?? I'm thinking I'll get a 305G as soon as finances allow. Lincoln Electric has been very supportive of our pipefitting school.

[schwinn68]

It's just a six foot bed. The lincoln is a great machine. It has plenty of power for what I need and with the generator I can power my house if the lights go out.

[schwinn68]

Just a pic to show the clearance between the stack and the welder.

[specter]

Nice looking setup

[stevinator]

Flux This, I was just giving him a welcome and wishing him luck.If he takes a test for Nicor it will be at the Nicor weld shop in Elgin.

[dedmetal]

schwinn68 what O/A reel are you lookig at getting for your rig I was looking at the coxreel manual rewind for my truck

[FluxThis]

Originally Posted by stevinator

Flux This, I was just giving him a welcome and wishing him luck.If he takes a test for Nicor it will be at the Nicor weld shop in Elgin.

Ahhhhhhh.... Ok.. I was confusied..

[schwinn68]

Originally Posted by dedmetal

schwinn68 what O/A reel are you lookig at getting for your rig I was looking at the coxreel manual rewind for my truck

I looked at those but I'm not able to spend that kind of money yet. I've used them on other service trucks from the shops I've worked for and they are very good units and worth the money. I ended up getting a 50' retractable reel from a company out of indiana. It was a little over a 100.00 with shipping and should get me going for now. I have a limited budget right now so I unfortunately have to cut some corners to be able to spend money in other places. I'm always looking for good deals on used equipment though. I have a thread in the wanted/for sale section about what I need right now.

[fishon91]

looks cold, got a little snow on your machine

[mb_welder]

We have the same step bars. The newer chevy's are nice, we had to rent one awhile back to empty the other half's storage unit (for obvious reasons, I have no cargo capacity in the back in the back of mine!). The one we rented was fully loaded. It had more buttons than I knew what to do with!

Looking good so far! Out of curiosity, which company out of Indiana did you get your reel's from? Do they have a website?