Are ZTs typically delivered with over-inflated tires?

[bgm1961]

Originally Posted by Sergeant

My Army Career by Post: Fort Bragg, Fort Drum, Fort Bragg, Fort Devens, Fort Bragg, Fort Benning, Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Bragg, Fort Drum, Fort Bragg, Fort Drum retired She was tired of being a camp follower.

That's a lot of repeat assignments! If you had known, you could've bought a house in the Fayetteville area and had permanent housing for each assignment. Funny... I was in the Air Force, and Pope was one of the few CONUS bases I never stepped foot on.

The Air Force has a few specialty codes or jobs that require coming "home" to a primary base several times during a career. But for most of us, our jobs take us wherever the mission calls for that specialty. Among my eleven assignments, I had only one repeat: Guam. But that doesn't include four trips to the desert, lasting between four months to a year for each.

[bgm1961]

Originally Posted by CubDieselFan

[The mom and pop shop]... fixed the old Lowes dryer and covered the cost under warranty and took it back to their house. Better chance of getting good service with a local shop/dealer than a big box store.

Well, that's the age-old conundrum we all encounter throughout life... save a bit of money at the expense of poor service or pay more now for better service. A lot of the decision involves several factors, including one's own capability for self-service, and as you mentioned, whether or not a service shop is within a suitable distance.

I've never really considered any of the big box stores to be a service provider, despite the huge signs as you walk into their stores advertising to the contrary. So, I guess what I'm saying is that if you buy an appliance at Lowes or HD, the month-long wait for repair is the cost for saving the money upfront. Some people decide to purchase knowing that. But I have no desire to ever wait a month, or to repair my own appliance (other than replacing the heating element in my Samsung dryer four times in the past seven years). As such, I would go for the higher-priced appliance just for that added service.

But when it comes to a mower, given that there is a Cub Cadet dealer shop about 15 miles away, and given my inclination to do most of my own maintenance, and given the purchase cost discount, I opted for the big box route.

BUT, the above decision was made based on my assumption that instead of calling Home Depot for any warranty work, I could call the local dealer and schedule the warranty work with them.

[bgm1961]

Originally Posted by Sergeant

...so far he has worked On 3 Cub Cadets of Mine that he did not sell to me. But I am in no hurry on their repairs.

Yeah, that's what I'm hoping for, and I don't expect to be in a hurry, either. I'm not running as business. And if I ever need my grass cut while the mower is in the shop, I have plenty of neighbors who'll cut my lawn for a six pack.

And you're 100% correct that it's always best to establish a relationship with the local dealer! That's why, should I ever have to, when I bring my mower in, I'll be carrying a case of beer and a dart board with the Home Depot logo on it!

BTW, that's a $h!tload of mowers you've got! Is that list over the years, or your current inventory? [/QUOTE]

[Sergeant]

Originally Posted by bgm1961

That's a lot of repeat assignments! If you had known, you could've bought a house in the Fayetteville area and had permanent housing for each assignment. Funny... I was in the Air Force, and Pope was one of the few CONUS bases I never stepped foot on.

The Air Force has a few specialty codes or jobs that require coming "home" to a primary base several times during a career. But for most of us, our jobs take us wherever the mission calls for that specialty. Among my eleven assignments, I had only one repeat: Guam. But that doesn't include four trips to the desert, lasting between four months to a year for each.

I bought a House In Elburn, Illinois, In 1983 On 5 acre and it was paid for in 15 years. 4 years before I retired The Last Bragg assignment, I wasn't there very Long I decided to go back to the conventional Army and not stay In special forces any Longer and finish out my career, not that I knew it was going to be over in 4 years at that time.

Once You went to the 10th Mountain Division, you would always return. But I also requested it, I was actually Only In the 82 Airborne at the Beginning of My Career. My follow-on assignments at Bragg were usually for schooling at the JFK Special Warfare Center or Other Units. I didn't want to retire to the Fayetteville area. A 17 acre place we rented several Times In the Fort Drum area was Originally going to be are retirement Home and I was going to sell the Illinois Home and Buy that Place. But my wife By then was a Nurse, she had been a Teacher Prior Had secured a Job as the Nursing administrator for a Psychiatric Unit back around where we live now. I think really she just wanted to be Far away from Family She is Canadian, and Her family lived outside of Ottawa, Canada. less that 2 Hours from Fort Drum

[bgm1961]

Given that acreage of yours, now I understand your lawn mower fleet!

Yeah, my wife was also in charge when I retired. After dragging her around for 27 years, it was her time to choose where we settled down. Of course, in the geographic center of where all the grandkids live!

[Sergeant]

Originally Posted by bgm1961

Given that acreage of yours, now I understand your lawn mower fleet!

Yeah, my wife was also in charge when I retired. After dragging her around for 27 years, it was her time to choose where we settled down. Of course, in the geographic center of where all the grandkids live!

We Moved In 2016 15 Miles closer to Chicago to the Horse Town of Wayne, IL (barley in Kane County). The Back 1.7 acres of My Property are In the Next county, and I now only have 3.9 acres, But Our Horse Barn is the Tractor Barn I hate it to a Point. We were In Unincorporated Elburn (Kane County) Before. Now I am In an HOA. Though, the HOA is Very Liberal with its rules. It's Just the Principle that it is an HOA. I am actually On the HOA Board. But basically, if the Town is OK with it, the HOA is OK with it. So if You want a House In Purple with Pink Polka dots You can have it.

My Daughter has moved around the Area Now, She was Living In the Boston suburbs as she and her Husband both Taught at Harvard Medical School (but Harvard is a bit too UN-American in their Values for Her and Her Husband) But Now they Both teach at Northwestern Medical School. And Both have established practices around here.

My oldest son Can't stand the East Coast either anymore. But being a federal Judge He can't Just move Jobs, Wants to Get appointed out here, But Indiana is the closest He could get if the POTUS would appoint Him there. But the Current POTUS, I think, likes him where he is at.