The good news is that I can get it to where I want it to be, relatively easily, without frustrations and busted knuckles.
The casters that the crane came with, are complete crap.
I welded the Peerless casters to the crane's legs. Using TIG process.
For God's sake, buy a wire brush! (good job!)
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That dirty looking, irregular shape stuff on the weld bead is actually rust preventer...
i
Looks like a sound weld, and by the lack of real serious discoloration, looks like the HAZ didn't come close to the bearings.
Iggy, you're good.
Steve
Thanks. I followed the advise, which was very good, to keep a wet rag near the weld area and to weld intermittently to let the area cool.
i
Shurrrrrrre it is, wink, wink!
Applied a lot of blue/green "marine grease" to all fittings today, with a grease gun, this way I am pretty sure that it will never rust. I hope that when next summer comes, the grease would not all melt away as the crane gets hot from sunlight.
i
If it gets that hot, the tires will melt first. Where do you live? Phoenix?
Steve, who lives in Las Vegas and hopes he has spent his last summer here.
Illinois. I would say that the crane legs could get up to about
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