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Originally Posted by gsomersjr
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That is an interesting philosophical approach to the problem. Surprisingly, I studied many of the ancient Greek philosophers, but have never come across this story--thanks for sharing that!
Certainly a lot of different perspectives have come out of the original question. Being that I know nothing about welding, I have done business with a professional welder, who is also a garden tractor puller, so I will show him the crack and see what he thinks about it. My dad passed 15 years ago, it isn't his original cub cadet 106 that I'm seen standing on in my photo album (I cannot seem to trace it down, but thanks to Merk I have one very similar to it), but it is his 123. He wasn't much on fixing things, so he would have probably just ran it like it is, but I'm smart enough to learn from his mistakes and I want to put things right to the best of my abilities. I know it is just a garden tractor, but to me it is no less than a car, motorcycle or whatever, it's my dad's and it's sentimental value surpasses it's actual market value.
One thing is for certain, it is great to hear so many different perspectives so that I can make an informed decision before proceeding to what is to me, an important decision.
Cub Cadet 123