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Stuff like that is exactly what I was referring to in my first post in this thread. Manufacturers' recommendations for use, maintenance, and storage need to be met by the owner or end-user. For example if this tractor model has a clutch disengage latch, and that latch is recommended to be used in situations like this owner subjects his machine to, but he doesn't use it....then he didn't live up to his end of the warranty bargain. (If indeed he did even have any warranty coverage left in the first place.)
That's why it's soooooo amazing to me that operators manuals and warranty agreements are seldom, (if ever), read by owners. They literally have no idea what to do or what not to do, until a problem comes up. And then when a problem does crop up, they know they have no leg to stand on....so the next best thing is to apply the time-honored "squeaky wheel gets the grease" tactic and threaten to take their business elsewhere or badmouth anyone that won't give them consideration.
(Requesting "consideration" from customers in situations like this is perplexing also. Whenever I'm asked for "consideration", I wonder what it is the customer thinks I've been doing the whole time. The entire situation is nothing but "consideration". I've "considered" the conditions the machine has been used in. I've "considered" the shape the parts are in. I've "considered" other examples of the same machinery used under similar conditions for a similar number of hours, and I've "considered" information from the manufacturer when I've asked them about known issues or prior problems a particular model has experienced.)
Once again, hate to say it...but often it's the folks asking for consideration, that need to do some "considering" themselves.
If everyone read, understood, and adhered to their equipment manuals before running their machines in the first place, their lives would be more hassle-free. Funny thing is, they're convinced that actually reading the stuff is the big hassle.
Stuff like that is exactly what I was referring to in my first post in this thread. Manufacturers' recommendations for use, maintenance, and storage need to be met by the owner or end-user. For example if this tractor model has a clutch disengage latch, and that latch is recommended to be used in situations like this owner subjects his machine to, but he doesn't use it....then he didn't live up to his end of the warranty bargain. (If indeed he did even have any warranty coverage left in the first place.)
That's why it's soooooo amazing to me that operators manuals and warranty agreements are seldom, (if ever), read by owners. They literally have no idea what to do or what not to do, until a problem comes up. And then when a problem does crop up, they know they have no leg to stand on....so the next best thing is to apply the time-honored "squeaky wheel gets the grease" tactic and threaten to take their business elsewhere or badmouth anyone that won't give them consideration.
(Requesting "consideration" from customers in situations like this is perplexing also. Whenever I'm asked for "consideration", I wonder what it is the customer thinks I've been doing the whole time. The entire situation is nothing but "consideration". I've "considered" the conditions the machine has been used in. I've "considered" the shape the parts are in. I've "considered" other examples of the same machinery used under similar conditions for a similar number of hours, and I've "considered" information from the manufacturer when I've asked them about known issues or prior problems a particular model has experienced.)
Once again, hate to say it...but often it's the folks asking for consideration, that need to do some "considering" themselves.
If everyone read, understood, and adhered to their equipment manuals before running their machines in the first place, their lives would be more hassle-free. Funny thing is, they're convinced that actually reading the stuff is the big hassle.
