Trunnion mounted cylinder

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Anyone ever add trunnion mount pins to a cylinder successfully? Advice?

Basically, I’d like to convert a base mount cylinder over to trunnions.
Thanks.
 
I have a homemade vertical splitter that has a trunnion cylinder on it. It is a very heavy built surplus cylinder that I would say was for like a track Cat type loader or something like that. It has last well the last ten years. I think trying to weld mounts on a base mount cylinder is not going to last. The reason I built the splitter around a trunnion cylinder was the cost of the cylinder back then.
 
Trunnion cylinders that have a band welded to the tube have the hone work done afterward welding, it will have a misshapen ID due to heat. And like was said above the wall thickness is considerably more on tube mounted trunnions.
 
Here is what I have done to convert cylinders to front mount. I have done this with 6 different cylinders from 4 to 5 inch bore.
 

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2 plates either end, connected by all thread, bolted to a mounting base at the rod (front) end?
Good idea.
 
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