Project 1 from Rambozo. Category: General Welding repair

[DaveO]

Hard to believe the machine is only a year old, with that kind of wear and tear! Did you get a look at the cutting area? Not sure if that one has blades or hammers, but if the skids were in that condition, I can only imagine what the cutters look like.

Sure doesn't look like a rush job, nicely done.

[redbeard]

Thanks for the Lincoln literature, another fountain of info to learn from.

Repair looks nice, a lot prettier than it needs to be for an ag implement.

If that is only a year old, I think the operator needs a bit more training before he gets back out there!

[Rambozo]

It probably should be a hammer & knife , but it's just a flail with pretty lightweight cutters. It's on the second set of those. I'm not sure this tractor has enough HP to run a big hammer knife, and the operators might just get into more trouble. My guess is that they don't have the three point set right and were dragging it on the skids more than the rear roller. It goes into some really rough areas with all kinds of debris hidden under the weeds, so who knows. I might even try hardfacing the next set of blades and see if that helps their life. As long as they don't bring it back in pieces, it looks like a win around here.

[undercut]

It probably should be a hammer & knife , but it's just a flail with pretty lightweight cutters. It's on the second set of those. I'm not sure this tractor has enough HP to run a big hammer knife, and the operators might just get into more trouble. My guess is that they don't have the three point set right and were dragging it on the skids more than the rear roller. It goes into some really rough areas with all kinds of debris hidden under the weeds, so who knows. I might even try hardfacing the next set of blades and see if that helps their life. As long as they don't bring it back in pieces, it looks like a win around here.

Not sure if this is good news or bad news but given the amount of wear and the high possibility of nothing changing in the way they use it, this could be a recurring source of revenue ....

[Rodsmachineshop]

I get some back hoe buckets at my shop to repair use truck leaf springs to build build up the blades . and face them tough steel . good article http://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/heat1.htm

[SeanMurphy265]

Which hard facing rods did you use?

[Rodsmachineshop]

Lincoln wearshield rod lincoln make a hard face mig wire also besides stick

[Rambozo]

Which hard facing rods did you use?

I ordered Lincoln Wearshield ME. I got Stoody 31. It's rated as a moderate abrasion metal-to-earth rod, so it's all good. I never figured out the best technique to put it down. No matter how many amps I dialed in I had some welds that went great, and some that didn't. It seemed like I got the best results with a drag motion and a lot of rod angle. I would have liked to try DC as I bet that would have really helped, but I didn't have the time to put together something to adapt the cables. It seems like every welder here has a different cable setup.
I really need to get a nice Everlast machine that I can actually carry around without needing to use the forklift.