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Tramway Guy

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Going to look at a Diesel 350 amp welder tomorrow (govt surplus auction). Perkins 4-236, circa mid '80s with 287 hours on it. Says it runs but welder must need repair.

Any good/bad on these? I know the Perkins is a really good engine, but how about the welder side? Wondering what a typical used price for a running welder that works, with leads?
 
That is not the wedling machine the USMC uses . They use an LM-62 which is 6 cylinder GMC to a Lincoln winding.Fire it up and try to strike an arc. Otherwise who knows whats wrong with it.
 
If it says it runs might mean that everything works. Hobart made very good welders. The Alaska pipeline was welded with Hobart welders using automatic CRC MIG equipment. This sounds like the same model of welder. If it is, it is a constant current, constant voltage machine which means you can run stick or a wire feeder off of it. The model might be DCC-350-P! These would be equivalent to the Miller Trailblazer 55, that Puddles used to own and has pictures of, or a lincoln SAM 400. The welder would have cost around $14,000 or more when it was new and weigh around a ton. I bet you could get it for under $2500 which would be a steal! The engine alone is worth that.
 
If you google DCC350P Hobart, several sites come up that refer to the military selling off this particular welder. One sold for $3525 which is a very good deal for a top of the line machine like this.
 
if this is the one at Fort Drum, looks and reads like a good machine, some of the stuff that goes thru auctions the govt has / had went thru , did any repairs, paint and then is replaced with newer models before it gets used, definately worth a look, good luck if you buy it , let us know!!
 
Went and looked at it. Looks in really good shape and complete with batteries. I know it runs because they had video of it. And the hourmeter works. it cranked over, but was very cold today (15 degrees) and the batteries started to run down before it fired and the ether starting aid was empty, I think.
Rep said that it has become obsolete due to age.
Only 287 hours.
The only thing is that it is very large, 2500 lb.
Sure is large; 300 amps 100% duty.
Haven't made up my mind.
 
There's a manual for it on the internet if you search dcc353p Hobart. Those machines were popular for automatic pipeline welding and are a very high end machine.
 
I have a Hobart G-3010 engine drive with a Chrysler 225 6 in it. This is a 300 amp AC/DC machine with a 10K alternator set. This was sold new in 1974 in Mass. and believed to have made it's way across New York state to Erie Pa. during the construction of route 17/ U.S.86. It is a hammer when it lays down a bead at whatever amperage. I haven't tried it on scratch TIG (DC) or with a frequency stabilizer, but it's impressive on stick. The alternator isn't working in a balanced fashion so I'm not getting consistant voltage on that side. One of the 3 excitation wires to the sliprings (rotor windings) doesn't have voltage and the other 2 have 21 volts so for now I can't use it for power generation. These were built at the dawn of transistorization in machines if this type and parts are non existant or only available from a friend of a friend's brother in law and then only with the secret password and lots of cash. Most the people who really know how to fix them are dead now. These 2 things would be the only thing to deter me from buying another old Hobart.
 
Final price was $2850. Plus buyer's premium and sales tax, up to almost $3500.
More than I wanted to pay, but obviously worth it to somebody that can use it more intensely than I could have!
 
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