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Originally Posted by wilmesbm
That's a good question and it is my understanding that you can weld chromoly to steel, but I'm not a 100% sure on that. I'm by no means an expert on that though so don't take that as fact.
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You can weld 4130/4140 to mild steel ..no problem... but you can't do the metal treating needed to make chromo strong and crack resistant when it's welded to a frame made of something that reacts to the treating process totally different.
Without treating you've got an expensive cage that doesn't really offer any benefit over DOM mild steel..and the drawback of being very crack prone at the joints.
To take advantage of chromo you need to treat it and run thinner wall and smaller dia. ..big weight loss and more strength over mild tube.
I bet the cage will need to be bolt on..