Very Serious Question

I have a question from a friend of mine that I wasn't able to answer, as I am not married so I couldn't give a good, relevant response….
Lately his wife has been working a lot of evening shifts and for the past couple months has been carpooling with a male co-worker. At first he didn't mind, as he would rather have someone with her in case she has car trouble or something like that, but it seems that they have become a little bit more than friends. You know the scenario, the phone calls that hang up, she starts wearing nice clothes to work, talking about him all the time, etc. We don't know what to think.

If "Mike" is out in the garage lifting weights when she gets home (usually after midnight) he just drops her off and leaves, but if the lights are off in the garage and he's in the house (they think he's sleeping) they sit out in the car for like twenty minutes. "Mike" did ask her once what they were doing, she said "just talking"….whatever.

So last night "Mike" decided that He's going to see what really goes on out there. He leaves the garage door open, but turn out all the lights. About the time she usually gets home, he goes out and hides in the garage and waits. In a few minutes, his car pulls into his driveway, and "Mike is hiding behind the squat rack and weights. When his headlights shine through the garage and onto the rack, he sees something that he just can't believe and when told, I can't believe it either

One of the upright supports of the squat rack has a bad crack in it. It's a bad crack, but the rest of the frame looks OK. Do you think he should just weld the cracked area or buy a new squat rack?

well, i've been told that i don't know squat about racks but my personal opinion is that if you have access to a rack of exceptional quality, it is often worth the effort to have it trussed up or even augmented – the benefits are not only in aesthetics but there are some who say that the utility and functionality can be vastly improved. i am uncertain of the efficacy of welding but some sort of brazin' activity might do the trick.

i hope that this helps!

p.s. if Mike's surname is "Hunt"… this may all be a moot discussion…

Rudyk, how 1970's can you get?

Thanks for the advice RudyK . I'll have to mention it ;)

Actually, I used to work in a metal fabrication shop and I always remember Shop Manager always saying that the welds they did were stronger than the steel(!) I never did find out if it was true or not, but it did make sense when he explained it……..