Rotary Cutter Bush hog Model 2[emoji[emoji6[emoji640]2][emoji640][emoji640]][emoji6[emoji640]2] Deck Repair

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I'm not that cheap. I'd scrap that turd and buy a new one....

 

[wirlybird]

I think you are in for an exercise in futility with a 110v wire feed. First thing is to make sure you have the correct type of wire.
I was doing small repairs on a brush hog welding cracks with my small wire feed and they'd just crack again in a matter of days. The welds were just breaking/cracking.
My pro welder friend told me it is the wire I am using. I forget exactly what he said, wire too hard/soft, something like that, and I never followed up with him on it. For a successful job I think you'll need to get all the prep done and get a friend with a bigger welder to come help out!

 

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As the photos show, my deck is in bad shape. This cutter is 20 years old and when the rust/rot started it took hold fast. I have acquired some steel plate 1/8” to make the repairs. What is the best option to cut it? I do not have access to a torch, but do have a grinder with metal cut off wheels and can get my hands on a port a band. Thoughts? Any further advice on repair is definitely appreciated. Thanks

Get yourself a metal cutting blade for a circular saw. I’ve cut 1/4” metal with one with ease.

 

[Jstpssng]

Get yourself a metal cutting blade for a circular saw. I’ve cut 1/4” metal with one with ease.

I burned my skilsaw up using one of those.

 

[dieselscout80]

I burned my skilsaw up using one of those.

Can’t force them.

I would limit a circular saw to 1/8 sheet material due the length of the cuts.

For something like 1.5” strap I would likely do 1/4” thick.

 

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I burned my skilsaw up using one of those.

Technique is everything. Saw set depth is another.
Also the quality of the saw.
The 8.25” Milwaukee I have goes thru metal like butter but it’s built to bury an 8.25” blade.
I don’t know if they even make this saw anymore.

 

[Gord Baker]

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As the photos show, my deck is in bad shape. This cutter is 20 years old and when the rust/rot started it took hold fast. I have acquired some steel plate 1/8” to make the repairs. What is the best option to cut it? I do not have access to a torch, but do have a grinder with metal cut off wheels and can get my hands on a port a band. Thoughts? Any further advice on repair is definitely appreciated. Thanks

Take it to a shop with a plasma cutter and remove ALL the panels. Cut new ones to suit.

 

[Gopher Baroque]

Another vote for 4 1/2" grinder with thin cut-off disk. Ever since "Project Binky" (on U-tube), I've been impressed how much can be done with that tool. I've also done the saber saw, cutting torch, saws-all mentioned by others, but those are much slower. like chim, I make multiple passes to grind through the thickness, the first being mostly to set the line of the cut and rest to remove metal.

 

[Travis_R]

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As the photos show, my deck is in bad shape. This cutter is 20 years old and when the rust/rot started it took hold fast. I have acquired some steel plate 1/8” to make the repairs. What is the best option to cut it? I do not have access to a torch, but do have a grinder with metal cut off wheels and can get my hands on a port a band. Thoughts? Any further advice on repair is definitely appreciated. Thanks

Would it be worth while to take the cutter to a metal fabrication shop and have it re-decked? Then when you get it back, you can prime and paint it yourself.
Unless it has sentimental value, I would sell it for what I could get for it and go buy another cutter, depending on what it would cost to have it re-decked.
I had a Bush Hog 285 many years ago and it was an absolute beast.

 

[deerefan]

Would it be worth while to take the cutter to a metal fabrication shop and have it re-decked? Then when you get it back, you can prime and paint it yourself.
Unless it has sentimental value, I would sell it for what I could get for it and go buy another cutter, depending on what it would cost to have it re-decked.
I had a Bush Hog 285 many years ago and it was an absolute beast.

Being the welder I have is light duty, I may go this route. No sentimental value, just an equivalent bush hog is 3k, not really in the budget.