Any keen welder in Manchester Stockport area?

[metalworker0]

Every picture is full of rust ...he isn't showing the rest .... if you say the rest is ok Andy, tell him to get on with it and spend his money ...i'm just suggesting its not worth it, being as he has to pay someone else to do it.

all the best.mark

[andz327]

Every picture is full of rust ...he isn't showing the rest .... if you say the rest is ok Andy, tell him to get on with it and spend his money ...i'm just suggesting its not worth it, being as he has to pay someone else to do it.

all the best.mark

So if your connect got a bit of corrosion you'd just scrap it then ?? Your slating the guys pride and joy for no reason cause it's clearly fixable, going by what your sayin 90% of transits on should be scrapped

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[xelaris]

Every picture is full of rust ...he isn't showing the rest .... if you say the rest is ok Andy, tell him to get on with it and spend his money ...i'm just suggesting its not worth it, being as he has to pay someone else to do it.

all the best.mark

the pictures show the very worst - that's why you can't see the rest - the actual structural beams are good. No garage said a word about it. I did try to explain but they concentrated on the sills and the panels around the wheels which don't do much except for protecting the wheels and holding themselves. Then I'll take some more pictures...

[metalworker0]

Every picture is full of rust ...he isn't showing the rest .... if you say the rest is ok Andy, tell him to get on with it and spend his money ...i'm just suggesting its not worth it, being as he has to pay someone else to do it.

all the best.mark

So if your connect got a bit of corrosion you'd just scrap it then ?? Your slating the guys pride and joy for no reason cause it's clearly fixable, going by what your sayin 90% of transits on should be scrapped

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it did get some ...... but i fixed myself and did not have to pay anyone

[xelaris]

More pics - considering the thickness this in my view is mostly a rust converter's job:

[metalworker0]

looks not bad ..in the other areas
I'll take it all back

still its hard to get someone to do it ....and that's a big problem for you

all the best.mark

[xelaris]

It's frustrating but I've considered everything -
1) renting private parking spaces? You have to meddle with the owners who might not like the dust and noise from power tools (eg. to remove the rust).
2) Keep moving the van locally from one parking area to the next and do this job on the road? Too dangerous....and the risk of being clamped (all job done down the trash).
3) A large parking space near Stoke is available for 65pm - any size of van and campervan allowed...maybe a solution there.

more pics: maybe the most troublesome under the chassis is the bow (second pic) but it's thick enough (my view). The rest around the wheels and sills isn't structural...

[metalworker0]

i would inclined to have that lot shot blasted.

,..or someone use the latest laser cleaning methods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRzg3i7o-IA

... be there with some sort of phosphoric acid primer, strait after, followed by zinc primer and gloss .

as regards places to weld ..ask a few farmers if you can rent their space ..large farms have mechanics who can weld. ..may be worth a few enquiries

all the best.mark

[Chug]

Have you tried member Karl in Irlam?
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[xelaris]

Have you tried member Karl in Irlam?
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=71815

I've just sent him a PM (thanks).

[karl]

Have you tried member Karl in Irlam?
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=71815

I've just sent him a PM (thanks).

only just seen this

i dont come on here that much these days

thanks for the recommendation guys