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So I'm Will, I'm in QC. Specifically mainly a weld inspector. PLEASE do not ask me if your welds look good. I will tell you, and a lot of people do not like my answer!
I always wanted an off road cart, so about 8 months ago I traded an SKS and a decent amount of ammo for a Ace Maxxam. I had to nearly redo all the wiring, spent a lot of time bust rust, got a good shipyard welder to fix some of the welds, and got her running. I have attempted to paint it, but I need to do it again. I added a plywood roof, CB, better lights, and some other things. I've rebuilt a little trailer and it holds most of all my camping / bug out supplies.

This got my brother in law working on his old Honda Odyssey frame. He found it at the dump! It had been modified with different suspension. He put a Kohler 16 horse electric start engine on it and we have been getting ready for a camping trip in the spring.

This weekend I hope to pick up my 2nd cart. I think it is a Yerf Dog 3203. I know it isn't as aggressive as the Maxxam. However, I don't need it to be. We are not going to be jumping anything that I can imagine. As a family unit we try to take care of our stuff and make it last. I hope to add a pully/sprocket to the rear axle to provide a little power for head lights. But I might see if I can power lights off the motor directly for now and save up for an electric start motor.

I will post some pictures later if I can remember.
 

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Welcome.
Sorry to hear you Traded an SKS and AMMO!!! OMG! for a kart!
"Bug out supplies" Sounds like you should have known better.
Come Nov 9. Those Items may become REAL valuable! LOL
Just kidding Welcome again!
 

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It's not just a kart. It's also a vehicle that gets really good mileage and can go through things. Plus it is fairly quiet. It has a lot of advantages. As to the SKS, it wasn't a bad one, but not a great one and I still have more... :) The amount of ammo was much to me, but it was to him.

The Yerf Dog is out, I'm probably going to just get a Ken Bar, I have some things I want to be able to do, like electric start. All I want for this is to have something someone else can ride so I'm not crusie the trails at the... location, by myself.
 

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Im short, yes. I'm currently certified in Navy Vis-dye PT (structural and pipe), Navy VT (both again), and formerly ET, I requal in MT in a week after next. I got out of inspection and went to dimensional control for 2 years so some of my quals expired. The DOD has all their own quals, so things like (CWI) D1.1 do not apply to Navy work. I am also certified by my company in D1.1 MT (both), VT (both), and PT (both)
 

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Im short, yes. I'm currently certified in Navy Vis-dye PT (structural and pipe), Navy VT (both again), and formerly ET, I requal in MT in a week after next. I got out of inspection and went to dimensional control for 2 years so some of my quals expired. The DOD has all their own quals, so things like (CWI) D1.1 do not apply to Navy work. I am also certified by my company in D1.1 MT (both), VT (both), and PT (both)



Holy crap, sounds like you a good at the weld.
 

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I never did any Navy welding, I imagine it's a good job though. I mostly did D1.1, 1104 and B31.3. Gas industry is all API 1104.
 

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I have never struck an arc on purpose.

I'm not a welder, I'm a weld inspector. There is a big difference. You do not have to have any weld experience to be an inspector and it has been proven to not be any advantage to be so.
I do not now nor have I ever worked for the government. It's not to figure out where I used to work, its the biggest shipyard in the US, and now I work for the commercial subsidiary working on power plant stuff.

D1.1 is about the most common standard for welding and inspection for those welds in the US. CWI is certified welder, they own D1.1. Like I said, the navy has different standards, and at the shipyard I worked to their standards. Now I work to mainly commercial standards.
Bomarfab also mentioned API, American Petroleum Institute, API, CWI and ASNT (American Society for Nondestructive Testing) are the big three of inspection in the world.

The acronyms deal with different forms of inspection. MT, Magnetic Particle Inspection/Testing. PT, dye penetrate inspection/testing. ET, electronic inspection/testing (this is the craziest of the methods I used, it uses something we call PFM. Pure something magic). VT is visual inspection. This is your eye balls. There is also UT, ultrasonic, and RT, xRay.
 
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