Try cracking one of those weld's open and have a look at the strength where it counts.
on strength and in this industry, strength and reliability over-shadows purdyness any day.
I designed these quick hitch's up a couple of years ago and they were perfect, not a problem in the world, i even built JIGS for it, so the monkeys couldn't make as many excuses and mistakes. but the welds were good. and i Never had one come back broken.
About a year back when we had a mr bling monkey laying the welds at work, he just didn't grasp the concept on penetration.
with in a couple months 3 hitch's had come back and it was getting expensive and shameful on my behalf. i went though the design nothing wrong. so i got mr bling monkey to weld one up on the spot, but only single sided on all joints. after letting it cool over night the next day put it in the press and ripped it apart, penetration was around 25% of the thickness. When he said thats how welding should be he got the boot and i've been running the welds myself ever since.
anyhow, what i come to mean is its not easy to get good penetration on a weld and keep perfect little beads, and i would much prefer a not as neat weld which is solid than a hot looking seam. you might of noticed it on all of my welding i've done on my Race buggy.
Anyway, its 2am and im thinking about buggys, darm this buggy bug bites deep.
