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Thomas
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OUCH. 
..must have been real hard pack snow drift.
I've seen good welder make such repair to a cylinder..not bent,straight break..little heat w/heavy hammer flanges should be good as new.
..must have been real hard pack snow drift.I've seen good welder make such repair to a cylinder..not bent,straight break..little heat w/heavy hammer flanges should be good as new.
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Egon
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It got broken out at the play-farm while it was digging out stumps along side the access road.
Our snow fell last night and disappeared this morning.
Our snow fell last night and disappeared this morning.
Thomas
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"Our snow fell last night and disappeared this morning."
..and you live in snow zone to boot..figure the odds.
..and you live in snow zone to boot..figure the odds.
dfkrug
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What a bizarre break, EGON. Must have been a crappy weld. By
all means, weld it up. That will be easier than bending back the
bent parts. The spray of oil must have been dramatic!
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Egon
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No oil spray. the weld was OK. The pin holding the stabilizer to the sub frame broke. It showed signs of previously having started to break.
Heated the flanges up and straightened them. Pulled the cylinder apart and had the ram straightened and then the cylinder end was welded back on. All done this morning for $168.00.
A new cylinder was $750.00
Heated the flanges up and straightened them. Pulled the cylinder apart and had the ram straightened and then the cylinder end was welded back on. All done this morning for $168.00.
A new cylinder was $750.00
Thomas
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"All done this morning for $168.00.
A new cylinder was $750.00 "
Santa elf treated you well.
A new cylinder was $750.00 "
Santa elf treated you well.
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Egon
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Santa Lives in the Local Shop I frequent. He looked at the cylinder and said "I can fix that for a whole lot less" and he did!
He has some pretty fair presses to work with for straightening the ram.
He has some pretty fair presses to work with for straightening the ram.
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As they say in hockey: "WoW, a sensational save!!! Well now Egon, you can go back and apologize to the ladies, for the things said in haste just after the break and they should forgive you as at least "some" of the words are sort of expected on such an occasion!!
Can't believe your snow disappeared so quick. Ours has not quit in 3 days and if the wind would quit I'd go out and plow. Yes I have a nice warm Cab but its almost sensless to plow when the wind just drifts it in behind you. (unless it gets tooo deep) So doggoned cold out there I just put my 4x4 truck to work if I need to get in and out. A tractor-trailer turned around in my lane and took out my mailbox, snapped the post off at ground.
Not fit for man nor beast to go out and rig a temporary one. Wife's hollerin at me cuz she wants mail,....ho-hum. Spose be nice tomorrow, (Sat) so may get out and get things done,...gotta keep the peace . . . . . . . . .
OK,...got that off my chest!! NOW,...glad you're back in business Egon.
CHEERS!
. . tug
Can't believe your snow disappeared so quick. Ours has not quit in 3 days and if the wind would quit I'd go out and plow. Yes I have a nice warm Cab but its almost sensless to plow when the wind just drifts it in behind you. (unless it gets tooo deep) So doggoned cold out there I just put my 4x4 truck to work if I need to get in and out. A tractor-trailer turned around in my lane and took out my mailbox, snapped the post off at ground.
Not fit for man nor beast to go out and rig a temporary one. Wife's hollerin at me cuz she wants mail,....ho-hum. Spose be nice tomorrow, (Sat) so may get out and get things done,...gotta keep the peace . . . . . . . . .
OK,...got that off my chest!! NOW,...glad you're back in business Egon.
CHEERS!
. . tug
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Well, EGON, nobody should have to pay $750 for a new cylinder. The
dipper cyl in the photo is from a Praire Dog hoe like mine. It buckled when
the whole weight of the tractor fel on the retracted dipper. This is
a 2.5x16.3x1.25" cylinder and I got a new one from the maker for $350.
The owner went to a hyd shop and was quoted $380 to do a new one
from scratch, unpainted. If it were mine, I would have bought a new cyl
from SurpCntr for about $175 and welded on the correct cross tubes.
New cyls from most tractor dealers are insanely priced. Even if nothing is
salvagable from the damaged cyl (as in this case), making a cyl from
scratch is heaps less.
dipper cyl in the photo is from a Praire Dog hoe like mine. It buckled when
the whole weight of the tractor fel on the retracted dipper. This is
a 2.5x16.3x1.25" cylinder and I got a new one from the maker for $350.
The owner went to a hyd shop and was quoted $380 to do a new one
from scratch, unpainted. If it were mine, I would have bought a new cyl
from SurpCntr for about $175 and welded on the correct cross tubes.
New cyls from most tractor dealers are insanely priced. Even if nothing is
salvagable from the damaged cyl (as in this case), making a cyl from
scratch is heaps less.
