No I'm rebuilding the tail wheel on a John Deere MX-6 rotary cutter (brush cutter). I put wrong size on here its more like 2". Using the rod to replace the shaft that goes from the top of the wheel fork up through the tube on the back of the cutter. Cutter is used on a lot of rough and uneven g...

Have a pice of 3" hydraulic cylinder rod that I need to weld to a piece of 1/2" thick carbon steel plate. Question is can I use 70/18 1/8th rod or do I need something different. Also what would be a good heat setting? The rod goes through a hole in the center of the pale and comes out the ...