Thanks for all the tips and advice guys I'm getting the bucket cleaned up in the next evening or 2 then I'm going to try to borrow my buddies diesel powered dc welder for a weekend. If I can get it I'm going to hit it with some 6010 then 7018s. None of the cracks or holes I currently know of are on ...

Unfortunately I got stuck with the task of patching a couple small holes and cracks in an old beat up Cat e70b bucket at work. I've done a temporary patch early this spring just so we could finish a job and its come time to fix it somewhat right. Any body got any tips for me like should I just clean...

What's up fella's and ladies? I'm new to the forum and also new to actually trying to make welds even halfway right. I am a farm hand-mechanic-heavy equipment operator-whatever else the boss needs that day where I work so I'm not new to welding(by which I mean I can stick 2 pieces of metal together ...