Hi,
I haven't been here for a while and I thought I'd have a little rant.
My Hondeere is almost 30 years old and the motor (Honda GVV530) is now about 15 years old. Because the machine is so old and every year something goes wrong, I decided to look for a new machine.
After looking at what was available in my area and checking my finances, I decided on an Airens 22 hp 46" deck would be just the ticket.
Now the lesson:
I went to Home Depot against the advise of several friends because the tractor got very good reviews. I Printed out the info and said "I want that one".
Later when they delivered it I sat on it while reading the manual and getting familiar with operation (We all do that, right?) I pushed on the forward pedal and something let go in the transmission linkage. (I hadn't even started it yet).
I called HD and a couple of days later, they show up with another tractor to exchange. After they got that piece of (bad word) off the truck the driver sat on the "New one" and pushed the forward pedal. Guess what? It happened to him. Now, they loaded the tractor on the truck and left, later they came back to pick up the first one with the message to go to the store and get my money back.
Monday morning bright and snarly, I went to the Airens dealer about a half hour away and picked out a similar machine for $300 more. They were supposed to deliver it yesterday, nope, this am I get a call that it will be delivered today between 5:00 and 6:00, this is about the time when severe thunderstorms are supposed to roll in. We'll see. Meanwhile, my lawn is almost tall enough to hide my Golden retriever at a full run.
My policy is: "Never learn anything unless you can learn it the hard way".
I haven't been here for a while and I thought I'd have a little rant.
My Hondeere is almost 30 years old and the motor (Honda GVV530) is now about 15 years old. Because the machine is so old and every year something goes wrong, I decided to look for a new machine.
After looking at what was available in my area and checking my finances, I decided on an Airens 22 hp 46" deck would be just the ticket.
Now the lesson:
I went to Home Depot against the advise of several friends because the tractor got very good reviews. I Printed out the info and said "I want that one".
Later when they delivered it I sat on it while reading the manual and getting familiar with operation (We all do that, right?) I pushed on the forward pedal and something let go in the transmission linkage. (I hadn't even started it yet).
I called HD and a couple of days later, they show up with another tractor to exchange. After they got that piece of (bad word) off the truck the driver sat on the "New one" and pushed the forward pedal. Guess what? It happened to him. Now, they loaded the tractor on the truck and left, later they came back to pick up the first one with the message to go to the store and get my money back.
Monday morning bright and snarly, I went to the Airens dealer about a half hour away and picked out a similar machine for $300 more. They were supposed to deliver it yesterday, nope, this am I get a call that it will be delivered today between 5:00 and 6:00, this is about the time when severe thunderstorms are supposed to roll in. We'll see. Meanwhile, my lawn is almost tall enough to hide my Golden retriever at a full run.
My policy is: "Never learn anything unless you can learn it the hard way".
