42" Pipe Pixs

[fireline]

Pix of weld pipe on our last job, 42" .900 wall and 12 and 16 ".

[duaneb55]

I shiver just looking at those shots. Better you than me.

Where was the job?

btw, you might want to consider resizing your photos before uploading so they don't cut your text and header off.

[Road Warrior]

I see by one of your other posts you're from N. Co. I lived in Ft. Collins for about 10 years.
I've been gone from there for 12 years now and probably wouldn't recognize the place if I went back.

Where were these pics taken? Looks like a cold nasty day there and probably plenty of wind to go along with the cold I bet!!

[A_DAB_will_do]

Fireline,

How do you like working with that Mathey-Dearman pipecrawler for cutting pipe? I have one where I work, and we've used it for cutting and beveling pipe. Some of our bands are old and worn. We have experienced troubles with the crawler slipping on the pipe at 3 and 9 o'clock. Have you seen the same? I've used ours with an OA torch and with a Miller plasma torch. The Plasma is pretty sweet. We have some issues with getting an even bevel because the weight of the cables/hoses pulls on the crawler enough to change the bevel angle. We're still looking for a good solution to this problem.

I thought the setup you used for leveling the pipe was clever. Looks like you can get quite a bit of adjustment by sliding the cross beam up and down the sloped top of the stack of timbers.

I assume you're welding downhill with XX10 filler. Or are you all experimenting with anything new?

[Brainfarth]

I just noticed the leveling setup.. That is a pretty good idea.

[fireline]

Originally Posted by duaneb55

I shiver just looking at those shots. Better you than me.

Where was the job?

btw, you might want to consider resizing your photos before uploading so they don't cut your text and header off.

Yeah....it was -25* for 3 days in thoughs pixs with the wind, we where in the beautiful state of Nebraska, late Dec.....I have a new love for corn now after being there a year....

[fireline]

Originally Posted by Road Warrior

I see by one of your other posts you're from N. Co. I lived in Ft. Collins for about 10 years.
I've been gone from there for 12 years now and probably wouldn't recognize the place if I went back.

Where were these pics taken? Looks like a cold nasty day there and probably plenty of wind to go along with the cold I bet!!

I was hatched here 37 ago....lots of things have changed, people moved in with new ideas, most not so good in my opinion, just talked to a friend that said he gets sited from the subdivision police if he parks his work truck (standard 3/4 ton ) infront of his house or on his property, no truck of any kind in that subdiv...

[fireline]

Originally Posted by A_DAB_will_do

Fireline,

How do you like working with that Mathey-Dearman pipecrawler for cutting pipe? I have one where I work, and we've used it for cutting and beveling pipe. Some of our bands are old and worn. We have experienced troubles with the crawler slipping on the pipe at 3 and 9 o'clock. Have you seen the same? I've used ours with an OA torch and with a Miller plasma torch. The Plasma is pretty sweet. We have some issues with getting an even bevel because the weight of the cables/hoses pulls on the crawler enough to change the bevel angle. We're still looking for a good solution to this problem.

I thought the setup you used for leveling the pipe was clever. Looks like you can get quite a bit of adjustment by sliding the cross beam up and down the sloped top of the stack of timbers.

I assume you're welding downhill with XX10 filler. Or are you all experimenting with anything new?

The pipe crawlers we had were also shot, payed for themselves years ago I'm sure. A plasma would be the cats pajamas for sure. The typical problem slipping areas are what you have listed, 3 and 9 o'clock. Had pretty good luck having one person hold the crawler, move and steady it. I really dont now if they ever worked all that good, never been around anything new in that department, it would probably ruin me if I worked with a new system and have to fall back with the worn out stuff

Even with oak skids you have to watch and look over the cribbing everytime you get near it, the 42" is almost 1.000" wall and is approx 18,000 a joint, give or take. On a job prior to this one, we had a rain storm hit, headed for the house , the next day, many of the skids were cracked by just minor washouts,not massive dirt washouts and nothing to really catch your eye about. Just have to respect it.

Kinder Morgans weld procedure was a 6010 root and 8010 out, the pipe we were welding on,and most of the bigger stuff was a X 70 pipe, it went down from there to X 42 I believe. Ive got a 300 D Lincoln with the arc force adjustment, really like it. Some of the high / low was out of control with the big pipe and fittings, you can dial the machine in pretty good, took some time for me to get used to it, be hard to be without it now, Im sure alot of other companys build a good machine with the same or better bells and whistles, but going from my old sa-200s to this was night and day for me.