What Kind Of Welder To Get

Originally posted by TwistedMinis



Originally posted by Pneufab



Originally posted by TwistedMinis



Miller 175.

Just pray you don't need a warranty part, its like pulling teeth without anesthesia.

Do you care to elaborate Seth? I work for a Miller Distributer and authorized repair center and they are awesome to deal with. What issues did you have?

t

Took 4 months to get a warrantied part because no one knew what it was. They wanted me to find out by trial and error. I replaced parts at my expense and it cost me about $80 before they said to try a new leader hose/stinger. So I borrowed a friends of an older model, and it worked fine. So about 6 weeks later they sent me a replacement. They refused to pay for the parts they asked me to buy in order to find the problem. And the 3 local shops that do "warranty work" don't actually do it. They say anything that falls under warranty needs to go through Miller. And if it needs to be worked on, they all send them to the same place in some podunk town in Clearlake.

That is the first negative thing I have heard. They are really good to us as far as getting us parts and crediting us for warrantied parts. It doesn't help that none of your local shops actually repair the machines because Miller would have reimbursed them back for the parts. Heck they have even warrantied boards that were months out of warranty! If you have any issues again, let me know and I will see if there is anything I can do to help.

t

whenever i get a new welder at my house, im getting a miller xmt series inverter, we use them at work and they are awesome, we have never been able to overload the things..... they have capabilities of mig tig and stick with optional accessories.... and they are only a hair bigger than a miller 180 or 175...... and weigh less i believe....

Originally posted by Pneufab



Originally posted by TwistedMinis



Originally posted by Pneufab



Originally posted by TwistedMinis



Miller 175.

Just pray you don't need a warranty part, its like pulling teeth without anesthesia.

Do you care to elaborate Seth? I work for a Miller Distributer and authorized repair center and they are awesome to deal with. What issues did you have?

t

Took 4 months to get a warrantied part because no one knew what it was. They wanted me to find out by trial and error. I replaced parts at my expense and it cost me about $80 before they said to try a new leader hose/stinger. So I borrowed a friends of an older model, and it worked fine. So about 6 weeks later they sent me a replacement. They refused to pay for the parts they asked me to buy in order to find the problem. And the 3 local shops that do "warranty work" don't actually do it. They say anything that falls under warranty needs to go through Miller. And if it needs to be worked on, they all send them to the same place in some podunk town in Clearlake.

That is the first negative thing I have heard. They are really good to us as far as getting us parts and crediting us for warrantied parts. It doesn't help that none of your local shops actually repair the machines because Miller would have reimbursed them back for the parts. Heck they have even warrantied boards that were months out of warranty! If you have any issues again, let me know and I will see if there is anything I can do to help.

t

I'll let you know if I have any other issues. That experience really made my question my choice. Thanks man, appreciate it.