Re: (ET) Re: Parts....

[Allan <allanhv worldnet att net>]

I have to disagree, too.  We've had very little trouble with the ET's we 
have.
The usual repairs, of course, like new batteries, etc..  Our neighbors 
with gas
lawn tractors are always having trouble keeping the gas engine running, 
and they
all seem to get new tractors every 5-10 years.  Our ET's are 30 years old 
and
have not had any major service, ever.  Only in the last year or so have we
decided to do some significant maintenance.  Like paint, new transaxle 
fluid,
and maybe replacing the mower bearings.  Every time I use one, and it still
runs, I'm amazed all over again!

Allan


"Elie, Larry (L.D.)" wrote:

> Dave, I'm not trying to be cute; I use the ET as much as anyone.  My 
> point
> is
> that only someone willing to put as much time in it as a collector will 
> be
> using
> the thing all that much.

>
> I was surprised to see Larry write this, and even more surprised that no
> one challenged it.  I may be naive, since I've never owned a gas tractor
> (never had an excus ... uh, need for one until I moved to my present
> home).  But I find that the ET handles my needs just fine.  It shoves
> snow out of my driveway, whacks down the weeds in the field behind the
> barn, and soon will till up the garden for us.
>
> I'm not a collector.  I bought it to use.  I don't want it to be pretty,
> because then I'd hesitate to work it hard.  It's scratched, dirty, and
> rusty, but it keeps on running.  It makes no fumes (my neighbor's old
> lawn tractor had an exhaust stack right in front of his face!).  It's
> quiet enough that I can mow after dark, and I have.
>
> That doesn't sound like a collector's oddity to me.  But perhaps that's
> not what Larry meant?
>
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
> 1991 Solectria Force 144vac
> 1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc
> 1979 General Engines ElectroPed 24vdc
> 1974 Honda Civic EV 96vdc
> 1970 GE Elec-trak E15 36vdc
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