If your mower didn't have any issues you would be praising it every day. But come on here and whine about most of your issues being operator contributed. A mower, sitting in a heated garage, does not have any issues. UNTIL someone climbs on board and starts to mow.I do realize that, which makes it all the more deplorable. Perhaps Briggs and Stratton values it's US business, but they got rid of every single one of the market reps in Canada last year, ( I know as I tried to contact them) so now you're left with the dealer. The minute this POS gets out of the shop I'm bringing it to my local Kubota and Deere dealer and the one that gives the most for it on a trade is where it's going. If you're a manufacturer and your 6 weeks out on a part that brings your machine down, you should get out of the business as you're embarrassing yourself, you buy a lawnmower to cut the grass, now to plow snow, taking 6 weeks to fix anything is lunacy.
"Fix your mower and move on with life. Should be easy to do with 7 years of parts upgrades now." completely agree it should be easy, but apparently Ferris' definition of easy is 6 weeks and counting. If the thing would have been fixed in 3 to 4 weeks I likely wouldn't have had an issue. It's important anyone thinking of buying a Ferris and doing some research on it hear from not just those that are happy. When the mower was actually working, yep it was good, but the quality of a manufacturer is not on how they handle business when things work...but how they handle their business when their equipment breaks down. I wish you continued great mowing with your Ferris, personally I'm not going to take a chance that this things breaks down again and I have a wheat field growing in my yard because of it again, I'll stick to Manu's that actually take sourcing and stocking parts seriously going forward.If your mower didn't have any issues you would be praising it every day. But come on here and whine about most of your issues being operator contributed. A mower, sitting in a heated garage, does not have any issues. UNTIL someone climbs on board and starts to mow.
Yes belts are wear items. Pulleys are wear items. Bearings are wear items. And this 7 year old post is wearing me out.
Fix your mower and move on with life. Should be easy to do with 7 years of parts upgrades now.
Same old guns kill people and lets outlaw all guns. No it's the human idiots BEHIND the guns doing the killing. Guns have ZERO to do with any killing. Think about it.
Well I've owned Deere's and currently own one of the tractors, they aren't perfect no manufacturer is, however the dealer network, is certainly much stronger, and inventory I know for a fact on machine down parts have a certain criteria that must be stocked, I know this because I used to work for Deere and Company. My gut told me from the beginning to stick with Deere, but the suspension on the Ferris kind of made me want to go with that, I should have just rolled the 4 acres smoother and stuck with a company with a strong dealer network, and not one that abandoned theirs in Canada last year.Hate to burst your bubble but long wait times, especially now in peak mowing season is the norm. You think Deere is any better? Good luck. $$$$$
Just another reason to own a second or 5 more mowers. When your Ferris takes a dump you have your others to mow your Jack and the Bean Stock down with LOL.
Just maybe Trump was right to do so. Darn near everyone knows that the quality of the metal and parts coming from China are inferior; but, alas they are cheaper due to labor costs. So, the issue becomes a Fram oil commercial, i.e. "You pay me now or you pay me later". Just maybe it's time to start making things back in in the U. S. of A. once again and start paying the American worker reasonable wages to do so. I may be wrong, but in the long run the overall costs to the consumer will probably be close to the same as buying from China. Just a thought . . . . .Right now there is a big supply problem that is yet to be fully overcome
President Trump started a trade war with China which caused China to restrict supply of some parts to USA manufacturers so the USA manufacturers can not make anything because everything has Chinese sourced components in them.
Then covid struck and the restricted supply became a zero supply
I have waited 2 years to get a loom for a Toro
Right now I have a pile of hand held tools waiting for starter pulleys, carb parts gears, bearings etc.
I have a Swisher still waiting for a hydro fan for over 2 years .
It took 18 months to get belts guards for some Murrays , etc etc etc
BS, and I don't mean B&S. There is PLENTY of political blame to go around, especially where covid is concerned...so its best to keep this repair forum to repairs...Right now there is a big supply problem that is yet to be fully overcome
President Trump started a trade war with China which caused China to restrict supply of some parts to USA manufacturers so the USA manufacturers can not make anything because everything has Chinese sourced components in them.
Then covid struck and the restricted supply became a zero supply
I have waited 2 years to get a loom for a Toro
Right now I have a pile of hand held tools waiting for starter pulleys, carb parts gears, bearings etc.
I have a Swisher still waiting for a hydro fan for over 2 years .
It took 18 months to get belts guards for some Murrays , etc etc etc
eSometime late last summer, the belt jumped off my new IS2100Z. I assumed a stick or something contributed to this. Put belt back on and continued to mow. Fast forward to this summer, cleaning deck after mowing, noticed a cut in the belt, removed belt, also found large chunk missing. Called dealer, said belts are a normal wear item!!!!! It has 132 hrs., my John Deere X720SE has over 600hrs. w/ no belt issues! Contacted the warranty guy @ the dealer, said it looks like rodents chewed the belt (there are no teeth marks, and it is kept in my garage). Contacted Ferris via email, no response. The problem is, when mowing fast (that is what they are designed to do), objects get thrown onto the deck and into the belt. I didn't design it or build it, so who is responsible????