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rubyshah
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17h ago
Switched from 6010 to 6011 root passes on a rusty tank in Gary, and I'm not going back
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simon_lane1
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1d ago
My foreman said skip the soapy water test on our 300 gallon tank and pressure it dry, and I still can't tell if that was right
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craig.mila
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1d ago
A 30 year hand on my crew said my root pass looked like a bird pecked it, so I slowed my travel way down
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dixon.iris
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2d ago
Dropped $220 on a used tube roller and it already paid for itself on one handrail job
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parker938
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2d ago
A welder in Gary bet me 20 bucks I couldn't hand-tighten a 3/4 inch tube roll, and now I check torque before every seal
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terryw67
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4d ago
Warning: the $18 tube roller I grabbed at a Harbor Freight in Gary cost me a whole shift
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dixon.iris
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4d ago
Shoutout to the old timer at the Anacortes tank yard who made me rethink tube rolling
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wendysanchez
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5d ago
Rant: I called tube sheet expansion voodoo until a rolled joint blew on me at 3am in Gary
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wells.olivia
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7d ago
Wrote off that laser alignment trick for years until a drum at the Ravenna plant changed my mind
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emery_white
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7d ago
Unpopular opinion: I picked the 4 inch grinder over the big 9 inch on a tank job in Gary
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miles_roberts
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7d ago
Blown tube sheet gasket on a 300hp boiler at 2am, had to cut it out cold
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xenaf51
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8d ago
The Tuesday shift where every tube sheet rolled perfect and I thought I was a genius
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janarivera
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10d ago
DAE think a firebrick hammer beats a regular sledge for knocking out old refractory
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emery_white
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11d ago
Spent 4 hours in Baytown chasing a leak that turned out to be my own glove
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noahmartin
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12d ago
Old hand on my first turnaround told me to torque in three passes and I ignored him for two jobs
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