Mikes story is exactly what makes me pissed when people say “that’s what insurance is for”…. Your vehicle will never be the same after a wreck.

Bro you're living like a king I'm in Huntington Beach and your front yard there is not anywhere in the whole city that has any open land like that everyone's so packed in

Your shop is beautiful the front of the shop that dirt area is so spacious it's amazing it makes me happy

Guys are rocking that PPE hard! lol. Just messin'... cool video. I'm waiting on my multimatic 220 any day.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Ай бұрын

What's PPE ? 🤣

at my welding school, we use mostly lincoln 350mp mechanics each one gets about 8 hours a day. on our farm we use a everlast that might not last as long as a miller but just as cable as a miller or lincoln.

@jeffgood6441

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯

I had same problem when buying my miller. In the down time I bought a Lincoln and love it. Miller is sitting in the box in the corner.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Just curious what machine did you get ? 🤔

@rishipandit5022

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Get_Muddy Lincoln 260 power mig.

I would have thought miller would have been much better at resolving their issue. I'm a miller guy but this gives me some caution at buying a miller again.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

8 ай бұрын

I will say that once it got fixed it has been such a great welder.

Thank you for the longer video!

You just uped your game big time. Very nice welder.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

My first project is gonna be ridiculous but also gonna be super rad

keep it up James enjoy the videos

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Man !!

Still using our Miller-matic 250 my dad bought in the 90's replaced the gun and all the wearables several times and it gets used a lot would be an understatement. Been a Miller guy for years, my brother bought a Lincoln 250 generator welder the same time I bought my Miller 250 generator welder and he never could get it to work right so he wizened up and took it back and got a Miller and hasn't looked back. That said nobody builds stuff like they used to.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Ya we got a trail blazer that has been trouble free im pretty much a Miller guy

I did same as you, after years of thinking about it, scheming, dreaming etc I finally got a blue box courtesy of a tax return.. I showed up with cash in hand, to a very shocked air gas rep who'd never seen a customer roll in with that much cash in hand for a purchase. Miller told me it would be a 3 month lead, I got a surprise when they shipped it in a few weeks. My multimatic had an unexpected glitch that I didn't discover for a while, in manual mode it wouldn't initiate arc, it would feed wire and trigger the gas but no arc. Using the auto modes all was well.. The mdx 250 gun that shipped with it had some minor issues, that just shouldn't have been overlooked (it looked as though someone hadn't assembled completely). So that no arc condition persisted for weeks, I had consulted with miller and my local airgas, all of them were shocked and didn't believe me when I told them but eventually they verified my claims. When I was about ready to pack it up and take it back to the shop I bought it from, the most absurd thing happens - all of it started working as it was supposed to. The 255 multi-matic, is hands down the most expensive single purchase of any tool I own. The expenses didn't stop there... I had to buy several tanks c10 & c25. I recently bought a spool gun, there was some hard won knowledge that came with that purchase. The Spoolmatic 30a, has a lot of differences over the Spoolmatic 30a Pro, the singe biggest one is the number of head tubes that fit them. The 30a pro has 10 interchangeable heads it shares with the Alumapro XR, the 30a only has 3 and none of them are shared. This is information all the sites and sales reps i've interacted with won't tell you. The 30a is 1900 usd, the 30a pro is nearly 3k, about the cost of an Aluma Pro XR push-pull gun. 6 months later, i'm still chugging along casually welding steel from 1/8" wall to 1/4". I'm looking into buying a water cooled Mig gun, because my mig gun is burning my hands when i work on heavy plate, the stock gun kind of sucks. Happy welding dude!

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Holy smokes sounds like you had more fun than me trying to put all that together

I got the Miller 220 and I love it

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Ive heard lots of good things about that one

@neek2384

4 ай бұрын

Mine been good too

We bought a new 255 that did the same thing, less than a year and it is messed up again.

I bought a miller syncrowave 210 ac/dc tig stick and spool gun mig machine. Had to take it back four times for repair. The inverter failed 3 times and then the high frequency start module failed. I think the hi frequency module was bad from the start and was killing the inverter by backfeeding hi voltage into it. They just kept replacing parts without really looking for the root cause. While the miller was down I bought a harbor freight vulcan pro tig 200 ac/dc machine and have had zero problems with it. It's not as nice but it worked when I needed it and serves as backup now.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

I do belive you may have worst luck than I do I might have to look into that vulcan tig welder

I bought the Vulcan 220 I’m more of a grinder than a welder so it works great for me. Someday I’ll get that exact welder.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

It only took me 10 years lol 😆 but i e heard good things about the vulcan 🖖 220

@billywhalin4051

6 ай бұрын

Mr get muddy how thick have u welded with the 211 and it do great?

I don't think I have seen a more dirty welder than that Millermatic 211! ..lol

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

She been up and down the block and dragged through the fields a couple time but she keeps on cranking lol

My new Miller came with Hobart wire too !!

@hooznxt04

3 ай бұрын

Miller owns Hobart.

Very awesome shop looks like it gets used so many videos it's just some rich person who charged a product to their credit card now I'm a welder

I had a very similar experience with a Multimatic 255 four years ago, ran for a month, main board burned out. The retailer took it back for a month and it finally came back fixed.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

11 ай бұрын

Almost like there was a bad batch of boards that were made. Ever since I got mine back I love it and I have had zero issues with it.

@JohnSmith-lv8xk

11 ай бұрын

@@Mr_Get_Muddy I guess that would depend on when you originally received it. Yours shouldn't have made it through quality control and as such they should have given you a new replacement. The one I had at least lasted a month so I understand fixing it under warranty.

Yes jog is to save time and not sit there waiting forever for the wire to feed through

Stainless steel your buddy kind of had a small mistake stainless steel uses 90% helium with a little bit of CO2 and Argon call trimix

sorry id be all done after all the issues.,,for the money? I have a mm220 and love it.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

It was rough but after getting use to it I love it.

just last week I was bidding at auction for a millermatic 211 used there were four of them from a shop closing, I went up to 1300 then dropped out they sold for like 1700, but really looking for a 252 or better yet the 255 because a week prior I bought a spoolmatic 200 gun thinking it would maybe fit on a lincoln i have with a 14 pin adapter, it does not fit lol so now I have this hardly used spoolmatic 200 for aluminum gun looking to match it up down the road with a millermatic 252/255 Dang man you must have held your temper pretty good over all that, good thing you didn't like really need the welder asap for a job, you could have even got more upset with the situation at hand.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

1700 for all four 211's ? Or was for the whole bundle?

@diggindiggenit6540

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Get_Muddy that was for each, ranging from 1500 up to 1800 four separate lots if they had been 252's or 255's I would have not dropped out.

Hey nice video, very entertaining, id really like to know if that machine would weld sch 40 carbon steel pipe open root?

HELP!!! My 252 won’t turn on, the red digital read outs flicker when i turn the switch on. If i spin the dials it flickers a little faster. Once or twice the fan turned on without anything being hot, (since it won’t run) Any ideas what it could be?? I purchased it new in 2008 as a hobby machine. Barely used at all since i tried to teach myself how to weld and seldom used it. Last time used was about 4 months ago. Thanks for your help, TJ

My Lincoln 211 is in for repair it happens to all brands, My school runs the 255 I plan to buy a 255. I run a 252 for FCAW and it runs great but its not portable in the slightest. I also want the DC tig as well. The 211 is ok but I want a single machine that I can bring to a job and do multiple processes.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

10 ай бұрын

I have the millermatic 211 and I love that little thing it is the little engine that could it just keeps on cranking. The 255 is awesome but kind of wish I had the 235 instead so I could tig aluminum though. Best of luck getting your welder fixed hopefully it doesn't cost an arm and a leg

@NateKK7

10 ай бұрын

@@Mr_Get_Muddy TIG aluminum isn’t that important right now. I will get a dedicated TIG rig for aluminum when I start. I will be purchasing the push pull for the 255.

What plug in did you put on the miller i came across a miller xmt that was 450v and looked up the power source is said commercial and industrial settings so i passed on it but i wanted that miller so bad just couldn’t buy it with out trying testing it.

Where is your water cooler? Me personally I don't have a Miller or Lincoln or a 3sab I ended up going with a primeweld Tig 225x I also have the maxcool 3000 water cooler and I run a flex lock FL 230 water cooled TIG torch had the machine now for a little over a year flawless everything I throw at it takes it. Now far as my MIG welding goes I still have my first multiprocess welder that I learned on it's a susemse MIG -255 straight out of China. I used it because it was a multi-process to teach myself how to TIG weld I learned how to make and stick from out of high school. And I can say this is my second and third welder I've ever had and I'm in my late 40s. But I can definitely say I had gentlemen who have dynasty 250s and big Lincolns and they say that the primewell weld right up there with them on AC and DC.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

You Sir know way more about welding than I ever will lol. I didn't even know water cooling was a thing lol but i am definitely interested in it now lol.

I can’t stand a welder on the ground like that, you have to get down on your knees to adjust anything, i put mine on a Harbor Freight blue rolling tool box, welded together the gas bottle holder on the back side, now i just walk up to it for adjustments, plus it’s gots 6 drawers for all my welding stuff.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

10 ай бұрын

That kind of sounds like a pretty rad setup I've been needing a new tool box 🧰 for my welding stuff might need to try this out.

How do I get one of those get muddy decals???

Should have gone green or something else Lol. This is actually common for miller. And being local (Wisconsin, just north of Milwaukee) to them is the same hassle.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Miller till I die Brother lol. Truth be told my favorite color is just blue so......

Where are you my friend are you in Northern California or in central California what a beautiful place

Yea I bought the 215 multi process it needs a new board $1000 😢 I have hospital bills $$$$😮

I dont know who you bought that from. When we sell a machine, it is put together and a quick demo before it goes out the door!!!! The 255 is a great machine. Unfortunately the government is telling g manufacturers, no more transformers after 2024.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Ya my cousin is big in the welding industry and was giving me the downlow on all the government shenanigans 🤪 right now.

I'm sure Miller is a great company with fine products, but with customer service like that, it won't be on top for long. Plus, and sorry to say it, but that product should have been tested before going out the door. If that had happened to me, I think I'd have taken it back & bought another brand.

Can’t go wrong with blue or red

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

It almost came down to the point where i got me some red but Miller pulled through

When you let Mike Weld ,,,did you turn the gas on?

@Mr_Get_Muddy

2 ай бұрын

Been a while since I made this video but I'm pretty sure I did

HTP

@RAREFORMDESIGNS

7 ай бұрын

That's what I was going to say...

On the 211 did you run on 110 or 220 Volts ?

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Running it on 220

I have Lincoln and NEVER had issues. Another reason why not to buy Miller...

Nice pair of scissors to open up a box, all the women in my life open them like that 😂😂

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Lol 😆 well........ At least mine were klein scissors ✂️ 🤷‍♂️ .

Iv come to find over my welding profession that big name welders really arnt shit

How much did you pay for such bad service??? How long did you not have it? How many hoops did you jump through to get it fixed??

@Mr_Get_Muddy

7 ай бұрын

Took a while to get everything squared away welder was 6 gs but I love it now.

What is the intro song?

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

I thunk its called "howling at the moon"

Guys what song is his intro I'd love to get it.

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Howling at the moon by D Fine Us

@badazzpandaz

Жыл бұрын

Thank you man. Keep up the videos I love watching them. I feel like I'm hanging with you watching the videos.

@thomasmattern8679

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Get_Muddy just went to iTunes and bought it. Love this song. Thank you.

The second they said it's back ordered indefinitely I would have said I want my money back then, I'll go buy another brand. Thanks ✌️ bunch of bullshit some days

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

I'm a little partial when it comes to Miller welders so I gave it one little last push before I took it back

@ryanc8188

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Get_Muddy Yeah I give people a bit to get their shit in order before I start to raise hell. But you saw how fast those "indefinitely backordered" parts un-backordered themselves the second you said give me my money back 🤦 They probably robbed another machine.

I don't understand why you just didn't get a stick welders instead of a bigger MIG welder would have been less expensive and you would have got better been penetration

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

I thought about it but my next welder is probably gonna get a trailblazer and i really wanted to try my luck at tig welding

Music?

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Howling At The Moon by D Fine Us

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

I think thats what it 🤔 is

@derricksmith5547

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr_Get_Muddy bingo. Just looked it up. Nice. “There’s dirt on my hands” get muddy!

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

@@derricksmith5547 my hands are almost never clean lol

Miller customer service is slow. I had better service out of offshore welders with their service. Board went out after about 3yrs. sent it back while on vacation and it was sitting at my shop before I got back. 1week impressed sercice.

First 🤘🏼

@Mr_Get_Muddy

Жыл бұрын

Most gangster

You seriously don't know to take the tip and nozzle off when you first wire it up...