Conclusion...almost. I hadn't heard anything back in a couple of
days, so called back to dealer and he said they will change out the tires with
new ones, but could not find any locally to do it, so he said they
will need to order in a new tractor with turfs and then give me those
in place of these used ones. Of course 30 to 45 days from order to arrive
from factory. He said go ahead and feel free to use the tractor with the
used ones. Will not do any trail blazing, for fear of sticking a limb in
the side wall, and then not being able to give back a working tire. So the
outcome of this story was foretold, but to just be sure, I will not
write "The End" until the new tires are bolted down on the tractor.
You know, every one is different. I tend to be very tolerant and trusting of
people (and it is an obvious fault) and it takes me some time to get fired up, but as every one jokes, no
one would ever want to see me if I ever did go off the deep end. I could tell
when it was delivered that the tires may have had some sort of use, like a poster
wrote about some minor use around the dealer yard, maybe through some mud, or some
one used them a few days, then traded them out. That wouldn't have been a problem. I didn't get down to looking at the
tread wear until later... you know, when you are kind of bonding with your tractor alone
in the garage and getting down on the ground and looking every square inch of it over.
It also has to do with the emotion of the momemt. I haven't had a tractor in 10 years,
and my love of tractors goes back to when I was about 5 years old and my dad would
include me in the use of his old Ford 8N. My dad is no longer here, but every time
I will get up on this new tractor, my thoughts if him and those wonderful times
will come back, and I hope that I can pass on that same feeling of joy to my son
in the same way, as we work on projects together over the many years. This is my
emotional side to this pile of metal, rubber, electronics, and hydraulics. I guess
call me milk-toast for not really seeing the tire problem right away, but I guess the
overall aura of the green machine blinded me for a while when it came.