Free bow rails

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Yes spare that's probably what I would have done
It would break my hearth cutting it in half but that is probably the only way to transport them
Then like you said ,get a 1 inch s.s. Pipe and join them together with S.S screws. Easy Peasy.
The one I have now is cut in half and is fine just old and dull and the bases are pitted ( just two of them) I replaced the other,why I didn't replace all of them? IDK.