reynoldston,
Thank you for the welcome. Having lived in North Eastern Pennsylvania for many years we are very happy not to have to plow snow any longer. My old Wheel Horse no longer has a snow plow. I must take issue and debate with you on your thought about the advancement in design and work-ability. I try to buy things that will last. I am sick and tired of Madison Avenue and the way many people are brainwashed into buying less expensive items, whatever they may be. If we are not carefull we end up buying items that come with a less expensive price tag only to find they are made out of junk, designed to ware out in one tenth the time. I am all about quality and out lasting the throw-away life style of todays world. One of the things I learned long ago was from one of my favorite people from history, John Moses Browning. He was the genius firearms designer of Browning Arms. Browning motto was " A poor man can only afford the very best " Case in point is my favorite handgun, the Colt 1911 45 pistol. His design is over 100 years old , going strong and being copied by untold numbers of firearms companies. I only own two of them. I attempt to offer this type of cost effective advise to anyone out there when they think about buying tin machinery from the Big Boxes. But, I guess your right. 100 years from now they may have robotic goats that will be programed to go out and eat the grass and fertilize it at the same time ! ! ! What will Madison Avenue think of next ? ? ?
Have Fun,:laughing:
buckshot