Titan lift problems
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From: Central MN
Titan lift problems
Just bought a Titan lift last week. Once I got it home and put togather I noticed some of the welds looked like crap. http://photobucket.com/Titan-motorcycle-lift-welds
Sent an email to the dealer (TRS SALES out of Baldwin WI) and the manufacture. Dealer never got back to me Titan told me there is nothing wrong with the welds
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Am I expectiong too much?
Sent an email to the dealer (TRS SALES out of Baldwin WI) and the manufacture. Dealer never got back to me Titan told me there is nothing wrong with the welds
....Am I expectiong too much?
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You've got some real chickenshit there , aside from using weld to fill a big gap I see weak shielding gas flow , too low amperage and they where moving way to fast .
Typical with bulk production places using $10hr beginners as welders or china made crap and those bolt are all metric so you figure it .
Typical with bulk production places using $10hr beginners as welders or china made crap and those bolt are all metric so you figure it .
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Pictures 2 and 3 have about as much spatter as Dickey made with his Craig's list ad. The sad thing is the welds don't look like they have enough penetration and as far as Dickey's date, well....
Last edited by monkeyboy22; Apr 10, 2012 at 03:06 PM.
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I'd be embarrassed to sell a product with welds looking like that.
That said, most of the welds will probably function ok - they appear to have sufficient penetration at enough of each weld to keep it together as far as I can tell from the pics, but I'd be assessing each weld and the loads it's going to see before completely trusting that lift. Some of the welds are more critical than others.
I spent a few years a long time ago as a weld inspector in the aerospace industry and not one of those welds would come close to meeting the stringent requirements in that field. But hey, this is a lift table, not a rocket engine.
That said, most of the welds will probably function ok - they appear to have sufficient penetration at enough of each weld to keep it together as far as I can tell from the pics, but I'd be assessing each weld and the loads it's going to see before completely trusting that lift. Some of the welds are more critical than others.
I spent a few years a long time ago as a weld inspector in the aerospace industry and not one of those welds would come close to meeting the stringent requirements in that field. But hey, this is a lift table, not a rocket engine.
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From: vienna ga
if you can weld patch up some of the worst spots.
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Maybe they are getting free work done by their local high school welding class?
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I welded for 34 yrs and Millwright/Welder, at GM and some of the equipment we bought from outside had welds like these.
We used to have to re-due 1/2 the stuff Mgt bought outside to make it strong enough to keep from falling apart just unloading and moving it in the plant.
When a company don't even take the time to clean up the splatter from the welds, to me that say's alot about the company making the product. (They don't Care)..
A good 1" weld will hold a lot, but looking at some of those welds, I am not sure I'd call very many of them good welds..
I'd be livid on this one.
I thought this was one of the better lifts out there.
Bet the one on company display don't look like that.
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