Tractor fenders

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Thanks! I'm partial to any old iron which is why I do stuff like this. No paint for me, customers job.

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Finished product.



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Found 3 other spots with rust through. Here is one and the fix on one of them.



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Well it went as expected, took more time than I planned but came out good. Pic 1 cut out section to replace. Still need to cut out far bottom section. Pic 2 fitting skin. Pic 3 all tacked with back side stitched.


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I just realized I posted this in the discussion section. Can this get moved to the project section? Admin?

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This is one of two John Deere rear fenders that customer states new ones for this model are not available, model unknown to me. Final product to be nice but not overly nice. Numerous rust and cracks so I decided to replace vs fix. Pic 1 bottomed rotted and numerous cracking where it bolts on plus...

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Just my take. In the amount of time for everyone to post you could of welded it up. It's not leaking now so any beads you run will be reinforcing it. If it fails, ie starts leaking, it will not fill up with mud and water unless a big chunk just falls off. Most likely it would just start to weep...