Recent content by kctgb

That’s better than a plastic cap held in place with a rubber O ring.

I’ll take a transformer welder any day over an inverter welder. You’re correct about the old transformers being tough as granite.

My computer is the most valuable tool for me. If I run into a problem there’s always someone on the web who had the same problem. And always there’s comments on how to fix the issue. Saves a lot of time for me when someone already fixed an issue.

I see very little value in destroying a tool. How many people can destroy a ratcheting wrench in their hand? People are using the wrong tool if they have to put a cheater on a tool to get the job done. There are tools for breaking fasteners loose. I have a Pittsburgh ratchet I’ve had for years...

Sad to see Jody not doing so well, hope his health issues get better.

Is the best ratcheting wrench the one that gets the job done? I bought a set of hyper tough flex head ratcheting wrenches at a garage sale a year ago for $7.00. Haven’t broken one yet. The 14mm gets used on break jobs all the time to remove caliper pin bolts.

Have you ever heard of a court denying a chapter 11. It’s a loop hole for large companies to not pay their debtors. When a company walks away from their debt it’s the consumer who picks up the expense. In my book it’s BS! If you or I tried this chapter 11 nonsense, the bank would foreclose on...

They file 11 when they don’t want to pay their bills and move to China. John Deere is doing the same thing moving to Mexico. JD didn’t file 11, they **** on America to move operations to Mexico. If I was a farmer I wouldn’t buy JD.

I called the JD dealer to see if any kits were available to replace that stupid plastic cap. None are available from JD.

Isn’t that what I said in my comment?

I talked to the owner, he said he bought it at Home Depot. I also talked to the local JD dealer. The riding tractors are shipped to the dealer without the steering wheel on and no deck attached. The dealer has to assemble the mowers, adjust the deck, and then take them to Home Depot.

Briggs filed chapter 11, that isn’t exactly bankruptcy. I live down the highway from Briggs headquarters, they used chapter 11 so they didn’t have to pay their debts and reorganize to china. Every time a company doesn’t want to pay their debts they file chapter 11.

Yanmar has been making green tractors for years. A number of JD tractors were shipped in crates from Japan to the US for assembly in a JD plant. I wouldn’t say they are made by JD.

I hate to say a blasphemous thing like this. Briggs engines are made in China now. I would rather take a Kawasaki engine over a BS engine.

JD has done some really dumb things in the past with tractor design. And let’s not forget, a good number of JD tractors are made by a different manufacturer and painted green. Not long ago JD ATV’s were made by Bombardie with green paint. Not everything in the JD line up is made by JD. Yanmar...