Posted by Stick welding on January 28, 2014 at 17:49:31 from (96.53.210.246):
In Reply to: Bale Spear Sheared posted by 1130Leo on January 28, 2014 at 12:56:45:
Was the spear originally welded on or bolted on? I have seen some that are bolted on and the reason is because it is a high carbon steel like spring steel. Unless it was originally welded, trying to weld it could be a waste of time and money. Even it was originally welded, the chances of it holding for any length of time are very slim. If you did attempt to weld it, you'd need some very expensive specialty rods, a weed burner torch, a tempil stick so you can preheat it to about 600/650 deg's and then you'd have to slow cool it and possibly even stress relieve it. Then it might need to be re-tempered. Would be a lot easier to make a new spear. I'd make a spear out of heavy wall 2" pipe, not drill stem, and for extra strength stitch weld some tapered gussets down the length of the spear. The tapered gussets would also help to keep the bale from turning if you didn't have short spikes to stop it from turning. I think 5/16" or 3/8" plate would work good for the gussets. Pictures would help if you could post some.
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