Bush Welding - Batteries?

5 rods!? Oh my god, your skin must have been burned...;-)

Yeah, I've read this article, but as far as I can see it contains nothing about how long they actually welded...

"If you vehicle is in good condition then you should not have cause to weld out bush."

Gday Willem, I must disagree :-))

On trips in recent years, we've needed to weld up a few things - a broken upper rear control arm on a Prado on the Madigan Line; had to weld an axle flange back onto a Trak Shak camper trailer in the GVD; and a front spring hanger back onto a Patrol. Also could have got the welder out for a broken lower wishbone on a 100series on a previous Madigan Line trip, but that one was nursed home.

All had nothing to do with the condition of the vehicle.

But agree 100% that welding uses very little battery power - voltage hardly goes down after a weldijng job.

Cheers
Phil

So, if you plan and execute your trip well, you won't need to take EPIRB, emergency food, emergency fuel, tool kit ???????

Look here fellas


Read what I said proprely and then you will learn something. I have been on this forum long enough to choose my words carefully. Both of you blokes are learned people so take care not to shoot from the hip! I said "should not"

Parts of vehicles do break as a result of the vehicles being overloaded and also as a result of drivers being inexperienced over the terrain they are traversing OR from vehicle malfunction.

What you take with you on a trip is entirely up to you. I know that I carry too much stuff but I have shifted the load to be carried in the trailer to take the weight strain off the tug.


Cheers

Gday Willem,
I read your words proprely. :-))

Your original statement and reply both suggest that there is no need for a bush welder if you take a vehicle in good condition.

I still disagree!!!

Cheers
Phil

Bloody hell, Phil...Yer being Pigheaded again :-)


I said nothing about NOT taking welding gear. I said "you should not have cause to weld out bush" Where in the English language does this suggest that you should not carry welding gear???

I carry welding gear myself

The same analogy applies to a First Aid Kit. If you are fit and healthy and don't have any accidents along the way you should not have cause to use the kit!!!!!!! Does this mean you should not carry a kit???


Go figure..........................LOL

Cheers

Peter,

where abouts in Adelaide? Have you got a contact No. for the place. How long ago was it that you bought it. Been looking for one myself. Thanks very much.

Mick

Was in 2005 Mick O.
Can't track down the name at the mo, but it was a hire company. They did not have them to sell, but were happy to do so. They had a division in Melb or Syd I think, which is where the unit came from.
Have a search on Google. Thats where I originally found them.
I do know another guy who was flogging them about the same time, but he was asking $1200. I definately paid $700 (+ hobby gas reg + hobby gas + extra spools, maybe $900 the lot)

Get back to us if you can't track it down.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Mick O
I have a ready welder MIG purchased it last year out of Queensland over the phone and delivered via Australia Post.....if you wish I can look up where it was.....from memory it was a dedicated retail outlet specialising in welding gear..took me some time to find an outlet in Australia

what I can tell you that it is a serious bit of gear...used very successfully last year on a stranded motorist....

there was then and I assume still is two versions......the one I purchased is always live electrically at the tip and the trigger simply feeds the wire.....they also have a dearer version which is more akin to what "the workshop model" that is... dead electrically at the tip and feeds the wire and current when you squeeze the trigger.

I am proficient at either stick or MIG and so didnt find an issue getting used to being live at the tip...so it was worth the saving

cheers

Bungarra

Thanks B,

have sent you a MM re same.

Cheers Mick

Mick, Lucy has one of those units, if you like I can put you in touch with him and he may be able to recall where he got his from. He lives somewhere near Melbourne

From their website, there is a dealer in Queensland.
Open pull down menu, third from left to show dealers, select Australia and click on the mauve diamond.
Klaus

Mick O

Have sent you a MM..email bounced

B

Here is a quote from the Readywelder Manual -


"We recommend a deep cycle gel cell battery,
like Optima Batteries offers, or at least a group 31 marine deep cycle battery as a power source for the Ready
Welder II. A fully charged pair of these batteries will normally yield a minimum duration of about 45 minutes when
welding 1/2” steel or 3/4” aluminum @ approximately 175 amps, while lighter duty welding operations on thinner
metal can offer a duration time of 4 hours or more."

Mick ya bastard wheres my evening gone?????! I just linked thru and watched almost all of your vids what a fantastic set of vids, you sure had a good time out there. A most enthralling and tremendous review of a great trip. Thanx for a great read.

Glad you enjoyed em Bonz. Slowly reviewing them and adding snippets of video as I get em loaded.

Cheers Mick