There is nothing wrong with welding it with 7018 if that's what you like. Just as there is nothing wrong in this case with proper mig or 6011, 6013, or 7014 or many others. It's rare that farmers have either the skill, training or equipment to take advantage the difference in welding rods when it comes to mild steel. Since mild steel is 36,000 pound strength and mig and 60 series rods are 60,000 pound strength, and 7018 is 70,000 pound strength, all are much stronger than the steel. It would be more important to get a good weld with proper penetration and clean than the difference between any of those rods for this repair. Properly welded with mig will be much better than poor weld from 7018. If it was some hardened steel then the low carbon 7018 would have an advantage of course. But in this case there would be no measurable advantage. I'm not saying your choice was wrong, only that your assessment of its advantage is misleading. If you are comfortable with 7018 then by all means use it, no disadvantage to it. Only when you said that the mig from the factory was inferior were you incorrect.
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