westbrooklawn
Platinum Member
I was digging out a 10" stump with my Woods BH80X (done it a hundred times before), when suddenly BANG!... the cross tube on the cylinder end of the dip stick cylinder had broken off. The weld didn't break, but it actually pulled a plug of metal out of the cross tube. I am thinking I can clean it up, bevel the edges some, and weld back together with some 6011 root, and then several passes with 7018 to build the weld wider and thicker on both the crosstube and cylinder end... I would be welding to the existing weld on the cylinder, because if I grind it off, I would loose the mating surfaces on the cross tube... (see pictures). What do you knowledgeable welding and hydraulics folks think? One consolation is that I surprisingly found I can buy the whole cylinder for around $230.