I weld alum mostly, but my boss needs me to do Stainless from time to time. This boat rail had studs and needed Feet. Cut from plate with a hole saw, cleaned up and added to rail; boy!, do I need practice on stainless. Any way, it turned out "acceptable for what it was. http://i28.photobucket.c...

The returning issue of future cracking is minimal IMO, considering the age of that trailer and how long it took to get to that point. The damage is from abuse, maybe to much tongue weight. Someone, maybe you, moved the winch stand back after the damage was done. I would cut it off and sleeve it insi...