RockMonkey
Suddenly Enthusiastic
I just got this welder today. It's freak'n sweet! It comes in a nice padded plastic case so you can take it with you in your tow rig, or even in your trail rig if you've got a little storage space. It will weld steel or aluminum, and everything from 22 guage, to above 1/2 inch. Basically, it's a spool gun that comes with long leads and clamps. You clamp it to anywhere from 1 to 3 batteries, and you're ready to weld. 2 batteries is sufficient for pretty much any trail repair you would need to make. My tow rig has two batteries under the hood, so I unhooked those from the truck wiring (24 volts to the truck electronics could be bad...) and hooked the up to the welder. The thing welds great. It's flux core wire, so it's not as pretty a bead as you'll get from a gas-shielded mig welder, but it will produce a bead with plenty of penetration. This thing could be a trip saver if you break something and need a welder. Very cool tool.
I paid $395 with free shipping from an ebay store. You can save 50 bucks or so by getting the regular 10000 model. You just don't get the 110v adapter to run the spool gun motor while using a stick welder as the power source for the welder. If you're using this as a trail fix welder, the 10000 model is perfect. Save the 50 bucks.
I do wish the power cables were longer. As it comes out of the box the two batteries need to be basically side-by-side to be hooked up to the power cables. The two batteries on my truck are one either side of the engine. too far apart for the cables that the Ready Welder comes with. I didn't want to physically remove one of the batteries from it's mount in my tow rig, so I just used a high-quality set of jumper cables attatched to one of the batteris to "extend" those battery terminals to the other side. worked like a charm.
I'll probably be doing a full product writeup on this soon, with pictures and details and stuff.
I paid $395 with free shipping from an ebay store. You can save 50 bucks or so by getting the regular 10000 model. You just don't get the 110v adapter to run the spool gun motor while using a stick welder as the power source for the welder. If you're using this as a trail fix welder, the 10000 model is perfect. Save the 50 bucks.
I do wish the power cables were longer. As it comes out of the box the two batteries need to be basically side-by-side to be hooked up to the power cables. The two batteries on my truck are one either side of the engine. too far apart for the cables that the Ready Welder comes with. I didn't want to physically remove one of the batteries from it's mount in my tow rig, so I just used a high-quality set of jumper cables attatched to one of the batteris to "extend" those battery terminals to the other side. worked like a charm.
I'll probably be doing a full product writeup on this soon, with pictures and details and stuff.
