<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div>This looks like a Deere old wagon running gear reach tube, I have 2 of them, we had one on my Dads farm. under no circumstances would I weld on this. It's made to be bolted tight on each end and the Reach tube twists as required. For mine I ground the heads round on 1/2" bolts to make what Deere used to hold the front and rear together- </div><div><br></div><div class="ydp6df05267signature"><div>Barney Van De Weert<var id="ydp6df05267yui-ie-cursor"></var></div></div></div>
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On Thursday, February 22, 2018, 4:26:03 PM CST, Spencer Yost <syost@triad.rr.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Had to be home today for a personal errand , so I had a chance to try to separate the Haywagon. Chained the rear to a tree and pulled. Even with penetrant soaking for a few days after cutting a groove in the tube, a bobcat could not pull that thing apart. So I tried twisting by picking up one front tire with the bobcat bucket and it did create a twist. So I set it back down and pushed to twist it back. Try pulling again and it still wouldn't separate. So I picked up the other front tire and got it to twist. Set it back down. This time it pulled apart ever so slowly but it finally came.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> I am so glad I didn't bother with any other method and went straight to Cecil's solution of cutting a slot in the tube. After heating grooving, soaking, twisting it still took a bobcat to pull it apart. I think that thing was close to rust welding itself.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Here's a picture of the groove in the picture of rust on the inner tube.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Next will come welding. I guess I'll have to be careful not to weld the innertube to the outer tube :-). I'm afraid to weld it without the inner tube in place because if I get some slag/welding material below the groove i will have a hard time grinding it out so that the innertube can slide in.<br></div><br><br>Spencer Yost_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br></div>
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