well as dumb luck has it, I ended up finding this out today!
I was looking over my skid steer and noticed my rear door over radiator, the hinge weld was broken about a 4 inch crack down it(guess I backed into something harder than I thought this winter)
and there is only one hinge holding door in place!
its a 99 NH LX 865,
and not helping, I also found previous owner welded the nut onto the bolt holding door in hinge, and not wanting to have to deal with removing that nut
I got to find out about welding onto my skid steer today, HAHA!
I just disconnected battery and even removed (more due to I wanted to clean out the battery tray, I got lost of pine tree's that shed pine needles like snow, so clean things out pretty often )
I then placed ground as close to weld area as I could,
as I think that helps with travel worries of voltage/electricity !
and I just welded things back to good
re installed battery , started as always, and
NO issues all, and all works as it should!
SO< worked for me!
BUT I do think older machines have a ton less gadgets and electronics's on them,so, welding on them might not be the same as on newer things where more caution might be warranted
I talked to a more experienced welder repair man,and asked him about this, and he said, on many things they unplug the computers on things before welding, as well as disconnecting the battery!
so, that might be a good idea for those on newer machines or with concerns!
