The good news is both those welders are about the best you can get in their class, so either will be a good choice. Getting both would have you set up about as good as you can get. Asking someone else to pick which type welder is about like asking them to pick your wife. Lol Everyone has their own preferences and needs. If you do mostly mild steel repairs on farm machinery including sheet metal then the mig has an advantage. If you get into thicker steel or hardened steel such as axles or cast iron then you need the stick.
That mig will handle 1/4" well, but with a short duty cycle, so if you are welding up something like a new loader bucket you will have to take some breaks to let the welder cool. I had an older model I think was an SP 175 and it did well up to 1/4". They claim you can do aluminum with that welder, but it won't be much. Aluminum takes a LOT more power than steel in the same thickness. My miller Vintage has 2 power ranges with 6 settings per range. I almost never use high range for steel because on 6 low it welds 1/2" steel well. For aluminum I most always use high range.
If you do a lot of heavy welding then the stick is better. It also allows you to do cast iron. It is hard to do sheet well tho. Some can do sheet with stick, but it takes a fair amount of skill.
Finally, for simple ease of welding the mig is easier to do for a novice. You will have to watch for wind tho because that can blow the gas away. I use my mig outside all the time and with practice you learn to block the wind so you have to have a pretty hard gust to give problems. And with experience you learn to time your welds between gusts.
So, as far as I'm concerned both welders are good choices, its up to you where your priorities are. I hope this was helpful.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Restoring a John Deere 2010 Diesel Tractor - by Jim Nielsen. Following seven years working in California's Silicon Valley, my wife, baby son and I moved back to Australia to retire. We bought a small 'farm' of about 50 acres near Bendigo, in the state of Victoria. I soon found that it would be very useful to have a tractor around the place for things such as grading our long drive and brush-hogging the fields. I was also embarking on planting 1000 eucalyptus trees, and hence I would need a ripper, small disk plow, sprayer etc. to get these things accompli
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1945 Farmall wide body gas with pto and front plow. Runs good but needs new points.
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
