XDeck rear rail welds cracking, advice?

[MolsonX]

Hello,
I have a 7' XDeck sled deck with their extension on the back and the welds where the rear rail connects to the original deck are cracking. Is anyone else having this issue, if so what did you do to fix it? I'm thinking about welding a triangular piece onto the square tubing that connects to the back of the deck. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Summiteer]

How old is it? What does the manufacturer say? Warrantee?

 

[B-Mac]

How old is your deck? I have had an older x-deck and now a newer one and they have started building them exactly how you described to fix it. They beefed up the rear rail by welding another piece of aluminum under the square tubing. Let me know if you want some pics.


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[MolsonX]

This deck is 2 years old I believe. I haven't talked to a dealer or anything yet. Here's some pictures.

I was thinking about welding another piece close to the top, one on each side of the square.

 

[cokecrazed007]

I would just get it welded up. Every deck that I have owned has cracked, and I have owned a couple of brands of decks. Aluminum does not flex like steel so it is more ridged and tends to crack and break.

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[B-Mac]

This deck is 2 years old I believe. I haven't talked to a dealer or anything yet. Here's some pictures.

I was thinking about welding another piece close to the top, one on each side of the square.

Ya, those are the extra support they put on them in your pictures. Older models didnt have those and the back rails folded down a few of them from what i heard. Unfortunately the fix didnt make it bullet proof but at least they tried.