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Originally Posted by apecush
The organizations local to me have pretty much outlawed anything other than mild steel. The problem here is that too few people know how to properly weld steel with a high CE. You need careful preheat and interpass control, and you need to post weld heat treat, or else you end up with welds that look nice but are either cracked or have zero toughness. While chromoly is stronger than mild, it won't be any stiffer for an identically designed cage.
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chromoly is much lighter than a full mild steel cage. Your post scares me kinda knowing that they
only allow mild steel cages???