May I ask how did your dad passed away?

@@abelguerrero144 don't be rude now the man said in the job and that's all u need to know .

@@arozverde3994 I was wondering if he passed away due welding fumes which really concerns me

@@abelguerrero144 very good question bro. Toxic fumes can really be bad for you if you’re not covering your face all the time. Shortens your life span by 10-15 years when you get older if you’re constantly welding for years and years

@@MRJ37welp it’s not like I wan get that old 😅

You could say they... Work weld together....

taylor bryan booooo

My husband has had an exceptionally long career as a welder..now retired, still pumping out amazing creations! Good luck young man...

I think the word "Hero" is thrown around a little to often. Your not a hero for doing your job. A lot of us bust our asses, doesn't make us a hero. I agree, Athletes and Movie stars are overpaid crybabies, but thats our fault for going to the games or paying for their movies. They do NOTHING to keep the world going round.

Heros don't do it for money. Js

Never give up homie you can only keep improving! Welding is a great trade to get into

Me too. It’s amazing how much I have improved in literally 4 days.

FJB

I'm completely new to welding. I've only had my everlast welder for a while but completely love it. How do I get started getting a welding job?

I bought an everlast welder last summer and am practicing as much as I can. How's the best way to get a welding job?

Carlos Extromolo make an application to the Pipeliners Local 798 union..they will be selling books as there is a lot of work starting up!

Carlos Extromolo if you feel confident and can actually weld on the pipe you first must pass a test at the union hall...but an application must be made first...

Hey man I'm on The east side of the states also got all my certifications. What do I have to do in order to become a pipeliner ? Also if you ever need a helper I'm tryna get on. Thanks -Tyler

You're wrong there Steve....I met my husband on a 36" Pipeline that run from Canada through Washington state....2006...I was a laborer at the time out of Local 32!

Anthony Mcintosh I wish everyone could make up their mind....I thank you for the positive comment...however this is shot with a Flip video camera...they're old and outdated, easy to use on a very rough terrain (for me) probably why the film jerks at times ... not only do I have to watch my step, I have huge equipment that could run over me!

Amen brother! 🙏 we had a foreman that referred his pipeline to a rolling wheel and every spoke had their job to do...it works! Especially Union members busting butt out there!

No wonder they hate inspectors

@@m6ndohernandez339 inspectors have a ton of weight and responsibilities on their shoulders man I have respect for them. He said not with the welds the have "now" meaning you need to work on your welds. He was being honest. I was told I have great welding skills when indeed I do not. Any welding job for critical work needs the best of the best.

John Smith I know it’s been a while since this comment but it brought back memories of me visiting my great uncles shop back in the 70’s. I bet you can remember how it smelled. My uncles shop had wood floors and smelled like mildew on cutting oil. It was dark, damp and awesome.

That's badass!!! Thank God for grandparents willing to roll there sleeves up and do it!!!!✌👊😎❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💰💰💰

I'm not sure I would be proud of any Boston union, esp after shit fell off a tunnel a ceiling killing a woman driving down the road, the big dig was a total rip off of tax payers money

Dominick Gulizo That's funny ... his name is Walter Ancell ... and he has a twin brother also!

That's crazy. All three should get together 😃

strafe777 they won't pass no kind of xray I can promise you that

Steven Bernsen you know not what you're talking about. Those welders have to test at every job they go to even if they have traveled 1500 miles the day before,and if they bust out they go home. Then when the job starts, most gas companies require 100 percent xray or sometimes ultrasonic technology. I actually recognize a few of those guys because I've worked with them from time to time and I can say that 798 welders are the best. Not saying that they're the only good welders, but not many have to perform in the same rough conditions. I know because I've been working alongside them for 43 years. Knee deep in mud and dust in our eyes. We do what we do in an effort to get energy to the people of this great country safely and maybe more affordably. We do what we do with a certain amount of sacrifice. We spend many nights in strange beds in strange places while our wives, children, and other loved ones had to stay behind. Then you have to trust the Lord to watch over them and us. Yeah as you can probably tell, I love what I do. After 43 years, I'm fast approaching retirement and that is the goal I've been working for. There's a lot I won't miss but my pipeline family, strong, honest, caring individuals, I will.

strafe777, you could go getchya a block brush 'n go scrub some.

@Stephen bernsen, plus ya might get one maybe two welds needing repair cause on the 3rd one yer down the road with a rancid baloney sammich on stale bread and a outa date roadmap.

Nothing special

Amen...hard work for sure

michael El is that easy

Amen...yes ... we are now retired and he is working from his shop...and most pipeline welders cannot even come close to being able to fabricate and build what he does now!...yes I turn 67 in August...

Sean Gibson It doesn't matter the industry you're in....MEN TALK SHIT! I retired after doing this for 12 years...before that I was a deputy sheriff and worked with men just like these guys! So I love these welders, and respect their work as professionals in their field....they're my ROCKSTARS! We worked in Tioga so you should watch my video... Don't Be H8ters, Because We're 798er's We got to -45° ... it was freezing!

Sean Gibson It doesn't matter the industry you're in....MEN TALK SHIT! I retired after doing this for 12 years...before that I was a deputy sheriff and worked with men just like these guys! So I love these guys, and respect their work as professionals in their field....they're my ROCKSTARS!

You will,takes time.

Robert Good Guy...that's a funny name...

You bet it is. That's a big part of what I've done all these years. I'm a blasting foreman for the ROW and the ditch

I am working on another video that shows how we bend the pipe...it's done right on the right of way...very cool indeed...The pipe comes coated already and then laborers coat the welds after they are xrayed...it depends on the size of the pipe on how many passes they will do....

I love it!! Its the little things that cause the largest problems

Ha I just took a job as a pipe fitter helper. If you're not familiar with the material it's so easy to just ask questions all day long. Hell it's going on my second month and all I've learned is that I know nothing haha

Jack Willis o 8th and 778 87u

Roger Klotz hellye

Right? Clueless is a good word on this one

Cheryl Levi , Hi. What are the pay rates for helper and welder?? Great video.

They worked out a flat rate for the helpers on this job since we're bouncing back and forth from Ohio to West Virginia at $29.78...welders here are making $53.94 to $55.94...working for Welded construction on some 20 inch currently.

Are you guys running your own business / trucks sub contracting on? In Alberta I've known a few welders who sub contracted on EOS pipeline and facilities when I worked there, they would clear 1000$ a day @ 120$ an hour rate, Some were there for months on end without days off. B-Pressure Journeymen welders, Nice video.

Gosu Vu No ... we are union ... so some of us are sent in from the union hall and some are contracted by the welder Foreman! thanks ...

Did you work the Grapevine with us?

@@CherylAnn798 we were out by the 33. And highway 5

@@CherylAnn798 I was with Tommy's water trucks

@@carlossantacruz6248 Of course...we loved working with all of you guys...it was a fun crew...crazy drive up that mountain...huh?

That's his helper....All Weldors have them...we are union...

@@CherylAnn798 yes I know this already.

Are you talking about Pipe Baby?

wow

what do they say?

Eddie Banda i have one of those and am not welder🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

I wouldn't use it !!!!!!

The pancake is to keep the sun from shining and glaring threw from behind where a regular hood is open on the back. There more sealed of like goggles and not as heavy..

My first month in doing horizontal overlaps. Going to verticals next, any tips from your expertise?

Most 798 welders are either left or right handed and don't switch back and forth. They are usually paired left and right

Couldn't have said it better...and I'm not a welder...my hubby is...so I ask him all these questions...all he said was PIPELINE WELDERS RUN DOWNHILL! Hey... Maybe the name of my next video...hehe

It depends on the application/process/filler. These guys are running an alkili electrode of the 10 series where the 1 stands for all position and the 10 series electrodes are all quite well suited to downhill (ie: 6010 (5P), 7010 (hyp), 80 or 9010 etc) progression due to the limited flux and slag produced, the extremely forceful arc burn (spray) of the electrode and very high deposition rates. It's a very deep penetrating electrode with very little slag produced that fills quickly and freezes quickly. Because of this many pipelines are welded out from root to cap completely downhill with a 10 series alkili electrode. Per API 1104 as well as the electrode classification and spec this is 100% acceptable. In the Construction Industry you deal with completely different codes. Most notably is AWS D1.1 code for Structural Steel as well as the AISC code book for construction and The UBC/IBC for building codes, all of which will refer back to the AWS D1.1 which specifies that structural members (classed as 1/8" thick and up, because less than 1/8" refers to the code for sheet steel/lt gage) must be welded with a cellulose low hydrogen (due to hydrogen embrittlement) electrode. None of which are produced that have the acceptable characteristics to be used in downhill progression. They are smoother (globular type arc characteristic), less deeply penetrating, have lower deposition rates and produce much more slag due to a different type and thickness of flux, which actually results in a slightly different and tougher alloy of finished weld metal. TOUGHNESS is what you're going for in the structural industry. You also use a different grade of steel that that on the pipelines. Most common pipe steel is A53 Gr B where most structural members must conform with A-36 or A992 for shapes and A500 for tubes. Thgere's way more than this that goes into it and I'd be here all day if I even remotely tried to scratch the surface. But in the end it's simply, different grade of steel, different subjected stresses (pipeline stress is internal and structural is external/compressive/cyclic etc) , therefore different codes are applied and different electrodes are specified. How you weld with those electrodes also by their very nature changes as well. For example you'd never get away with running a root weld on a moment frame with E-6010. 6010 is unacceptable in virtually every application under structural D1.1 code. However, by the opposite metric there are pipe applications where E-7018 is used and because it is an electrode that is specifically produced for uphill only progression, you'll never find a pipe welder weld with it downhill; because the code, the electrode specification and the manufactures specifically state you can't. So there are many pipe jobs where a 60 or 7010 root and hot are run and then it's filled and capped with 7018 or even dual shield flux cored and in the uphill progression. But most PIPELINE jobs that are manually welded are with 10 series electrodes that have the acceptable characteristics I described earlier that allow them to be used most quickly and efficiently in downhill progression that simply aren't acceptable for use in the building industry due to other characteristics that are undesireable in a structural load bearing application where the greatest forces are external (such as hydrogen embrittlement, low charpy toughness etc).

Frank Lyons How do they clean all the swarf and grinding out of the inside of the pipe?

George Mooyman with a Q-tip the kind that goes in your ear

Frank Lyons I used to work in a garbage truck manufacturing plant with a girl named Cordy who could out weld any guy there. Including me, it’s a well known fact some women have a steadier hand than most men.

George Mooyman Once the pipeline or a section of it is completed, and before pressure testing, cleaning pigs, which are just big foam sponge type bullets are pushed down the line by pressure. This gets rid of most of the loose debris. After that, once the line taken into service, filters at the receiving ends will be monitored regularly until "normal" levels of foreign material are occuring. In cross pipeline welding of line pipe, weld procedures never have a need for back grinding or welding, internal welding work) The only internal welding related operations is the use of an x-ray head on crawler to x-ray each weld as after it is completed. This is now more and more being replaced by ultrasonics.

Frank Lyons 6

find your local union :)

Yea laying on pallets in th mud.

Northern Sweden Welding Depends on the size of the pipe... usually 2 welders, 1 on each side...however, this job they ran 3 bead hands, to speed things up.

Cheryl Ann Lager why does the welder need all the helpers and why do they sit in there truck all day watching movies🤣

I started as a laborer in 2006...made great money being in the Local Union