Two Ford Welding Trucks at the Shops Building
Polaroid Spectra photo taken circa late 1980's. Sorry for the lack of definition. Polaroids tended to appear that way often.
Two 1-Ton Ford trucks of possibly the same model year are fitted with engine-driven welding generators for arc welding in the field. They are backed up to the former rail car entrance to the maintenance shops building. When the rail tracks were removed, the weld shop expanded their work space into that area. The rigs remain outside off the building to keep exhaust fumes outside.
The welding generators are driven by their own engines, not off of the vehicle's engine. The one on the left appears to have its welding generator mounted axially to the truck body whereas the one on the black truck appears to be mounted transversely. The former layout is more common.
The staircase to the roof of the building also serves as a mounting rack to store ladders.
Two Ford Welding Trucks at the Shops Building
Polaroid Spectra photo taken circa late 1980's. Sorry for the lack of definition. Polaroids tended to appear that way often.
Two 1-Ton Ford trucks of possibly the same model year are fitted with engine-driven welding generators for arc welding in the field. They are backed up to the former rail car entrance to the maintenance shops building. When the rail tracks were removed, the weld shop expanded their work space into that area. The rigs remain outside off the building to keep exhaust fumes outside.
The welding generators are driven by their own engines, not off of the vehicle's engine. The one on the left appears to have its welding generator mounted axially to the truck body whereas the one on the black truck appears to be mounted transversely. The former layout is more common.
The staircase to the roof of the building also serves as a mounting rack to store ladders.