Jimmy shows us some tips and tricks for welding water truck pipelines and spray heads! Welding pipe is a difficult trade that takes a lifetime to master that takes many hours in the welding shop. Whether you've been welding for years or looking to get your CWI, you have to put the work in behind the welder. In open root welding, the two pieces of pipe are not actually touching. Whether you are using smaw or MIG, Jimmy shows his techniques for how to bevel a pipe and get the proper spacing to make open root welds easier.
Jimmy also gives us some beginner to advanced, how to tips that he uses for welding pipe welding MIG under the water truck. These tips could help you weld a water system on your water truck project.
Since our customer needed front spray heads on this Peterbilt truck, he teaches and shows tips and tricks for how to mount the front spray heads as well.
As Jimmy fabricates a new water system from the ground up on a Peterbilt water truck he shares things he has learned over the years for making pipe welding easier on this episode of DECONSTRUCTION at Newman Tractor.