Yeah, you’re reading right: I’m rating my welder. After my Chinese-made tractor started blowing welds like Old Faithful I needed a mobile service to clean up and fortify my front loader. Now you’ll dig this: after having my 250 gallon propane tank topped off(who is this guy?) I ask for a referral and turns out his brother-in-law is a master welder. Steve Kissell is a mountain of a man and at 42 has been welding for 25 years. He rolls up in his rig and I could tell the dude was serious. Now, mind you, Steve makes most of his coin in oil fields welding up connections and configurations only a twisted mind could conjure up. So my Ling Ling Lo tractor was probably small potatoes. Regardless, Steve stick welded the snot out of that bucket with clean beads of solid steel, He even went so far as to check all the other deficient welds and fortify them, just in case. And in typically fantastic WYO cowboy way, when I asked what I owed him he said, «whatever you think is fair». God, I love the people in this State! Steve and I squared up and I knew he would be the cat I call on when the round pen needs building or any other welding needs at the ranch. Weld on!