quality control in 27 ton troy-built

Did some heavy splittin the past 2 day, it's been really cold out. I had the splitter in the vertical position locked with vertical beam lock. I finished up splittin and went to put the splitter back in horizontal for storage. I grabbed the cylinder and gave a tug and all of the sudden the vertical beam lock snapped( dumb ass forgot to unlock). This should not have snapped especially for how thick of a steel pin it is and i only gave it a tug. I bought the machine approx 2yrs ago, i called troy-built to let them know there could be a problem with the pin getting brittle in the cold weather let alone a possible safety issue. they said the had no prior reports and would send me a new one free of charge. watch that pin if your runnin the troy-builts, will get some pics to post.

it's about 10 deg out i was out there for 4 hrs. I'm not crazy about the design also but i do like the honda on it and it splits everything i throw at it. i hardly ever split vertically but i had some huge rounds. Imagine doing a crotch and not standing in the proper position and all of the sudden the machine jerks back the beam lock breaks and the beam base comes right for you. I dont think this is a casting problem. Just think there using inferior steel. troy built was great to deal with i really didnt expect anything from them, just wanted to notify them.

here's some pics

Never even second guessed it beforemyself, had to be some imperfection- its probably made in china. they need to use some good U.S forged steel. Anyways just really wanted to give a heads up to everyone on here.