Anybody recognize this part?

[Cord]

I'll give you a clue... it's hollow, the fillet welds at the corners are 2" (look under my hand) and it's fully hand welded.

 

[Big Barn]

Looks like an excavator thumb. But hand welded?

 

[tomplum]

That's modern art. Actually a mustache from a new age work of art downtown.... Pretty impressive.

 

[MossRoad]

Loader arms?

 

[Ford850]

It looks like a part from the latest EA WICKED Grapple.

Your Komatsu Visitor helmet is a big clue though.

 

[Cord]

Loader arms?

Ding Ding! They're parts for a Komatsu mine truck loader.

 

[Ford850]

The scale of that is insane!

 

[Cord]

Personally, i've never seen a "ride-on" mill before, but they have one.

The rotator holding the bucket is used to minimize the need for out of position welds. The typical welder setting was 400a at 36v. The bucket in the photos is the "small one" at 36 yards.

 

[Cord]

The Komatsu folks were nice enough to give us demo rides as well. If you want a sense of scale, there is a white full size pickup to the right of the loader. Komatsu (aka Le Tourneau) mine loader digging dirt - YouTube

 

[Big Barn]

That’s a tour many of us would like to have!