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So a little while back I priced new tines for my little 28 inch tiller that goes behind the GT. They wanted nearly $500 for a complete set. I didn't bother looking again as I'm sure they have gone up even more. I'm considering welding scabs or bandaids on to repair them. I have some harder than mild steel plate. Not sure exactly what it is. It was sold to me as mild steel but I found out it wasn't the first time I cut any. It cuts HARD way harder than mild steel. My tines are about shot. There's just about enough of the horizontal surface left to get a decent weld to. The vertical part is pretty good. There is room to just add a full layer over top the old layer which would make the tiller about 1/2 larger in diameter. I also have some hardface wire but I don't really want to try and build all that back with wire facing. Since I seldom use it in unplowed ground I can't think of a reason it couldn't work. The tines would be nearly twice as thick though.. The metal I have is 1/4 inch and they were 5/16. Opinions please. Each one would be about 2x5 inches.