premier power welder

[MontrealRR90]

http://www.premierpowerwelder.com/specs/ppwspecs.html#

Thinking of bying this they have an alternator for Land rover D1 or D2 and RR any imput appreciated tks

 

[MUSKYMAN]

great piece of equipment add a spool gun and you are really set.

 

[MontrealRR90]

great piece of equipment add a spool gun and you are really set.

TKS

 

[brianhoberg]

damn man, thats f'n sweet! Good luck with it if ya get it!

 

[gmookher]

my buddy with a jeep got one by a company called mean green, but they dont do rovers, yet

 

[Timmy!!!!!!!]

my buddy with a jeep got one by a company called mean green, but they dont do rovers, yet

Mean Green used to do rovers. A guy in Huntsville had one on his disco but I haven't seen it in awhile and I think Garret used to deal with mean green.

 

[Drillbit]

I have seen rover mean green alternators and starters, no idea where they came from. I do know they are awesome. I have seen a meen green starter pulled stalled defender up a hill.

 

[maxyedor]

Get a Ready Welder. The Premier works, but not well, and stick electrodes don't do well on the trail bumping around. The high output alternator would be cool to have, but not $1200 cool.

The ready Welder is $490ish, totally portable so you don't have to do the chinese fire-drill when you have the welder at the front of the pack and the broken truck is at the back, just grab the case and go, also handy if your truck isn't going on the trip. They work great and flux-cored wire is durable as hell while bumping around on the trail, keep the whole thing in a Pelican case and know you'll be ready whenever the need arises.

 

[MontrealRR90]

Get a Ready Welder. The Premier works, but not well, and stick electrodes don't do well on the trail bumping around. The high output alternator would be cool to have, but not $1200 cool.

The ready Welder is $490ish, totally portable so you don't have to do the chinese fire-drill when you have the welder at the front of the pack and the broken truck is at the back, just grab the case and go, also handy if your truck isn't going on the trip. They work great and flux-cored wire is durable as hell while bumping around on the trail, keep the whole thing in a Pelican case and know you'll be ready whenever the need arises.

Ok i just talked to Premier welder and a friend of mine that has one and was actually using one in the trail this weekend. Well stick Electrodes if they are well packaged is not even an issue. My friends has a jeep with 38 inch boggers and offroads very hard and has had this unit for 3 years and nothing with the stick electrodes ? While i agree that the ready welder is portable you have a limit of time has to how long your going to weld. Even if it will do most trail repairs and is more easy to carry around i will need something for myself that we can do more work with. Actually having both would be fantastic. Best thing is having my other trail mate with a ready welder and me with the premier welder. I hace a shop that i could use the premier welder on also once in a while. Also you can use power tools on the premier welder something that is not negletable atriot:

 

[garrett]

my buddy with a jeep got one by a company called mean green, but they dont do rovers, yet

They use to make starters and alternators for Land Rovers, but for whatever reason they are not listed on their site anymore. I use to deal with them, but haven't for a while.

Contact them directly to see.

 

[kbeefy]

+1 for ready welder... All you need is a couple batteries and your welding. Don't need your rig running, don't need your rig even there. Can take it with you anywhere. And it includes the spoolgun, not extra.

 

[landdog]

Which would you recommend if you wanted it to be your primary shop welder? I will never do a whole lot of welding but would like the capability for projects.

 

[kbeefy]

If I wanted a 'primary shop welder' I'd get a 220v MIG w/ gas.

If I wanted something for the odd job around my garage I'd go with the Ready Welder for the same reasons I mentioned above. They only drawback I can think of on the ready welder is the power changes as your batteries drain, so you need to adjust your speed or keep a charge going into them. If you happened to have a 24v system in your truck that can be accomplished by running your vehicle while you weld, but then your tied to your vehicle and might want to start thinking about the Premier.

I'd say the Ready welder is at least as good as any 110v MIG you can buy. I've never used it w/ more than 24v but thought I remembered it would handle up to 36v for the really thick stuff.