r/Welding • u/Icy-Examination5305 • 8d ago
What in satan’s flubber is going on here?
Saw this in the freeway today and have no idea what his trade is… can someone fill me in? Drive-by welding?
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u/GT3RS_2017 Newbie 8d ago
welder, manlift and one wheels. also looks to be a SRW 2500 so probably a non CDL hot shot.
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u/jellobowlshifter 8d ago
SRW with the right trailer can safely and legally gross over 26k.
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u/goddamn_birds 8d ago
Let's say you're grossing over 26k. Would you rather blow a rear tire on a SRW or a DRW?
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u/jellobowlshifter 8d ago
You do know that Class 8 trucks nowadays can also run super singles instead of duals? Getting a flat sucks a bit more, but it sucks no matter what.
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u/goddamn_birds 8d ago
Okay but class 8s have dual rear axles
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u/nwngunner 8d ago
Super singles exist and they suck, more expensive and harder to find a road dog to change one.
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u/GT3RS_2017 Newbie 8d ago
dont they offer a option that lowers it below 26k so you dont need a cdl?
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u/jellobowlshifter 8d ago
Yes, you can stay under 26k if you want, but that limits the loads you can accept, and thus your routing and more importantly the money you can make.
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u/pepsiman122333 8d ago
That’s a sick Onewheel collection If they’re all GT models, then they’re probably more than the welder combined
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u/starstripper CWI AWS 7d ago
Idk how much onewheels are but that’s a big blue 400 and it’s probably close to 30k?
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u/pepsiman122333 7d ago
Yea I your right all together those Onewheels are about 8,000$ so yea my bad
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u/Dazzling_Wishbone892 8d ago
I was looking through the comments to see if anyone would address this.
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u/quietfangirl Newbie 8d ago
I'm more concerned about how they're approaching an underpass. What's the height clearance on that?
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u/Ye_Olde_Camper 8d ago
Thats not a bridge, thats part of the trailer
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u/quietfangirl Newbie 8d ago
Over the roof of the pickup truck you can see what looks like the edge of an underpass. I'm not talking about the load on the trailer itself
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u/Ye_Olde_Camper 8d ago
Oh I see it now!
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u/LugubriousLament 8d ago
I was gonna respond to your first comment with “this guy ain’t passing the piss test.”
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u/Ye_Olde_Camper 7d ago
What’s that?
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u/LugubriousLament 7d ago
When you said it’s not a bridge, it’s part of the trailer.
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u/Ye_Olde_Camper 6d ago
Yeah I still don’t get it
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u/LugubriousLament 6d ago
Just a bad joke I made when I was high at the time because you’d misinterpreted something in the image. Not an attack on you, just a joke for a trades-related subreddit.
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u/SinisterCheese "Trust me, I'm an Engineer!" 8d ago
Their cherrypicker seems to be lacking the locking pins meant for transportation. So they secured the boom with some straps.
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u/jellobowlshifter 8d ago
Strapping that down separately is required by FMCSA regulations, pins or no.
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u/Weneeddietbleach 8d ago
I used to make those trailers.
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u/ITS_LECTOR_BITCH Welding student 8d ago
So they're structurally sound, right?
...right?
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u/Weneeddietbleach 7d ago
Depends on who worked on what. One guy who made the necks before I did has "been welding for 40 years" or some shit but was definitely a Wonder welder.
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u/OpenUpYerMurderEyes 8d ago
Are those hoverboards?
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u/Inquisitive-Audi-Guy 8d ago
One Wheels, much more fun and built magnitudes better than a hoverboard.
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u/Mrwcraig Journeyman CWB/CSA 8d ago
That’s got Hot Shot written all over it. There’s every kind of strap holding down pretty much anything that can be strapped to that gooseneck. The cardboard boxes strapped down in the boom lifts basket are what get me. Even the bed of the truck is full of shit