After years of use the tool we pull irrigation ditches with just wasn’t doing it. New blades are not available and couldn’t find replacement steel. Out to the scrap iron pile to find a used blade that came from Kenco. They use a submerged arc process to embed broken carbide on the cutting edge. Cut off the old steel and welded in the replacement edge.
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Rework cutting edge of a ditcher
- Thread starter Nutfarmer
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Looks like you have a well-equipped scrapyard!
What type rod did you use?
-Mark
What type rod did you use?
-Mark
Used 6011 for the root pass then 7018 for fill. Had to stitch weld in two inch passes to keep the weld and high carbon base metal from cracking. Scrap pile is almost a must to keep farm equipment running. It is amazing how much can be repurposed with a little thought. I would be broke if I had to hire out repairs. Couple days work 5 pounds of rod and a little hard face and it's back in service. When we irrigate there is two thousand gallons a minute running. Pull a poor ditch and it breaks making one heck of a mess.