shiftsuper175607, I did not intend to give the impression that I was personally attacking all the touchy feely people out there in safe zone land. Some of your commentary, however, revealed to me that I am living during a time period where people could answer some of their own questions simply by reading what was stated. You referred to my "mower" for example. No where in my post did I refer to my equipment as a "mower". I intimated that I own and operate "garden tractors".
So far as coming across as attacking...….I'm going to state my mind......without filters...….without profanity...….and if the me generation and the millennials and gen Xers don't like it......they need to lighten up...…...Jesus called professional members of the synagogue "white washed sepulchers"...…...are you offended by that?
I am former military, airborne engineer, navigation, recon, and weapons specialist, was born and raised on a dairy farm in N. central Ohio, carried to church from infancy, know what it's like to actually work for a living, and pardon me if, like Dave Roever, I am chasing a truck. I am not in touch with my feminine side, nor am I naïve.
I enjoy Power King Economy tractors because of their looks, their nostalgia, and the fact that I am biased toward them from my childhood. They came into existence during the 1940's and survived by the skin of their teeth until the mid 90's because of all the buy-outs and competition with the Japs and the Chi-coms. At the last, there was a merge with Snapper and then, the Power King tractor became a memory. They went thru Kohlers and Wisconsins, Briggs, and I've even seen some creative machinists re-power them with the Chi-com Predator 22 h.p. at Harbor Freight. Some had 3 speed Borg Warner T-92's, some had 2 of those coupled together for twice the gearing, some had hydro-drive, full hydraulics, power steering, 3 point cat 0 hitches, dual wheels, snow plows, rear tillers, belly mowers, FEL's and the list goes on and on.
