Wes Pandy the master of DIY it is a joy to watch you create then build and repair. Hide the dent with an OLF sticker.

Some red reflective tape would help alot for when you tow that at night on that nice new truss you fabbed.

You say your not a professional welder/fabricator, on this side of the pond you are classed as a jack of all trades, master of none. That was a very impressive fix, well done!!

looks good and effective. Always enjoy your videos even if I don't comment often.

"I don't claim to be a professional. I just claim to be able to do stuff" You should put that on your shirts. :D

That looks really smart - it makes such a difference mitering the corners - makes it look professional. What a good idea using the jack and chain to pull it in, I will remember that trick! Thanks.

That brace looks professionally designed.

Wes, thanks for the videos. they have helped a lot. You have inspired me more than you know.

It's called a gusset, you did a fine job Wes.

Looks really good Wes. Building a truss is an excellent way to go. Those really give you a lot of strength. Hopefully it works well, it looks like it should.

Nice job Wes, like the way you use that mig welder now I see why my friend want them.

you are improving You compensated for them using thin steel,, only bad place for concern is where you dented it I very seldom use tubing less than 3/16

Nice looking job except for the spot where you used the jack. I always use a board or steel plate under the jack to keep from marring the surface. Helps spread out the pressure so you don't kink the tubing.

Your weld look good to me . I was a certifide weld inspecter for 12 years. your job looked real nice.

good job I still think a small metal welding table would be a great ad on for your shop

that brace looks professionally designed

Great idea Wes, but I was fully expecting you to take a Ford hammer to the bar to bend it back.

Chain from the hitch pin to the wheel end of axle and place a screw type load binder on the chain, one on each side. Use leverage to your advantage to bring the axles back where they need to be before welding. Just a tip for next time lol.

id bridge over that hinge so the truss extends another foot or two on both sides

Great job Wes great video as well

No videos I bet Wes is the lotto winner in New Jersey I saw on the news. Way to go Wes.

go go gadget looks really nice good job

You have done a dam good job on it Wes your trust has maked it very strong, welding very nice nice paint job H&S can do an upgrade right Tim 👌✌👍💪

looks great wes!!!

aw, that looks really great! very professional...

u do good work looks like a pro did it

hope wes is still kicking , not seen a vid in over a week , hope all is fine with him & his family & he just busy making a living .

Looks good wes!!! ITS 2016 they know how to build equipment right. This looks like they needed a weak point so they could sell you another one sooner.

A++ on the job. Good Job Man.

Looks great Wes

great job wes.. it looks like it came from the manufacturers like that.. now for the big test...

I'd call it the olf anti torsion bar. Nothing is made like it use to be. Good job, I thought the welds were fine. Also it's your rake you can do any damn thing you want to it

Nice bridge, (aka trust)!!! I think you had a great idea there to stop the bending of that tube.. as far as the jack is concerned, if you don't mind my cridasistim, I think would have put two comealongs on the wheels (or out riggers) to the hitch and used them with the jack in the center to pull the beam back to square or true then weld the bridge to the beam. Of course that is to keep from putting to much strain against the bridge and denting it as had happened with your idea. other than that you had a great idea for what you have done!!! I enjoyed the information and videos that showed what you were doing and why, looks excellent!!!

good job, you amaze me

happy mothers day to your mom!!!!!!!!!!

Wes that's a pretty impressive job,long time subscriber here from Ireland,keep up the good work you say your not a expert on things you just do them,,i disagree.

Looks great!

Good job Wes :)

good job wes

Great mod,looks good and strong!!

Well real purdy bro so hope it ends up doing what you expect it to do. Oh nice bit of welding too. atb

Nice work!

awesome wes!

you did a nice job

Nice and shiny!

Well done sir.

As my high school wood shop teacher would say "That's barnyard work" however in this case that's good.

Wes Pandy, does it work right, er, correctly now?? Show it unfolding for raking and folding up for travel, without any glitch, please. I wondered if the extra weight or different leverage for the short stroke hydraulic cylinder was gonna work right. H&S should just make that beam out of 1/4" steel as you mentioned. It takes very little use to make it start bending. It would catch any user pretty quickly.

What is the brand name and exact color you used? I love how that thing finished shiny and smooth like that. I'm gonna be doing my '32 F-12 paint job soon and that looks perfect.

Nice work

very impressive wes

good work!

Super6954 Kuhn may cost more but no down time is great! We run 1500 less ac then Wes an run two Kuhns they have been great but this year we upgraded one to the high capacity speed rake !

a fine example of craftsmanship Wes

Nice job

Good Job!

clamp or c clamp paint and sticker. good job wes.

Sweet fix!

are you gonna paint the modification JD green? LOVE YOUR CHANNEL if it's still on warranty why not have them fix it or send them by your place to fix them before delivery to customers

Looks like it was designed that way. nice mod OLF.

That's pretty good fab work for not having a tool room. I know welding to round edge of tubing can be difficult especially thin wall. Grind off the BB's but not your welds. Are you running fluxcore?

nice fab job! I hope it does the trick.

Great job;hope it doesn't start bending somewhere else.

nice job

Looks good like it was meant to be!!!

Wes i like the construction butt it looked better if you welded a plate on the side connected to the beam where the wheels are mounted! Then you could destribute more force and it looks better from the back!

I see "SEVERAL" Dewalt tools around. Have you considered doing a video for them

Looks nice, happy to see that it's painted and matches fairly close. Since the repairs have been made, have you checked the wheel alignment? Big thumbs up.

where's the next video? love watching your videos.

Good video

i seen your AR 12's i was sold on them, now i am getting a H&S AR 08 action rake because i don't need a 12, 08 will do me just fine , i will be towing it behind my ford 8N .

Do you use sheilding gas Wes? 75/25 mix?

Nice job. Think I would have straightened the original tube first as you straight away put the new part under strain though.

I would also make some support brachets that connect the bridge to where that hydralic ram is mounted to improve the strength

have you ever used a Frontier rake ?

does Tim do any welding/fabrication?

Hey Wes. Great job with the videos.What camera do you use for recording?

A little more work but just replacing the whole beam with a thicker 1/8 inch wall box tube would've been better for the long haul IMO

put an SMV sign on the dent, bolt from the bottom upward so hay doesn't hang on it

could you have slowed down the oil to that so there wasn't such a forceful movement when raising to help prevent this in the future on other rakes

Tidy Job Wes

how bout welding a lil plate over the dent.then putting slow moveing vehical sign bracket there.no more dent

what gauge wire do you weld with?

I think you said this rake was under warranty. If so maybe you could call the dealer and get them to fix it with an upgrade. They'll just say that you have abused the rake like some of your You Tube trolls. Your point about trashing one and using it's parts later was a great example of why farm headquarters often look junky. Are you trolls satisfied?

Tim what did you back into?

can a restrictor be put on the cyninder line to slow down the action ?

I wonder how much better that would be if they used a 6x4 main beam?

like the music

just needs a huge OLF decal arcoss it to finish it off!

are you on vacation? haven't seen any new vidoes in awhile

Do a tour of your farm machinery

Hy, here in Europe, wheel rakes are almost non existent. Have you ever run one and is it just the lack of pto that makes them more popular in US. At least KRONE is a big manufacturer of them around here.

I would have gone the full length of that beam, its going to transfer the bending to the ends over time, or stress crack from fetid being short

why don't you use the wire welder on the other equipment, as compared to the stick welder?

flap wheels work a whole lot better for removing paint

You did 6 welds on the same side of the tube, it could be the new tube bended.

ok here is a thought from a totally new direction and take a minute for it to sink in,, you have 2 wheels and a hitch point (ie triangle) what if you too left one wheel solid like it is but made the other wheel a dollie type arrangement then there would be no tow-in../tow out..between the wheels and would not wear the tires this is a bit extreme and it might not track like it did before but would alleviate the tire wear problem ..like a said a bit extreme but......

If you would have let the rake down and blocked them up to take the weight off the beam it might have straightened out all by itself....maybe

square hollow tubing!

not bad weilding there just slow down and speed the wire up a bit i get were you coming from