Part prices have always been givin' me 'heartburn'! Bearings especially. Maybe because they're so easy to "cross-ref". You'll find that bearings for most applications can be had for about a third of what's requested from any given dealer, at your local bearing house! That said, if everyone sought the alternative replacements, your neighbor, or Son-In-Law might not have that Job, pension, 401k, hospitalization, at JD, MF, NH, or others, that Ching-Chong-Woo doesn't have at his place of employment in Beiging! No disrespect to him!!! It's just sad that we don't make anything anymore! The Unions in this County, while excellent in the day of the coal mines and heavy labor, 'wrote some checks' in the 40s and 50's, that our new work force is having problem cashing! Didn't want to 'morf' this thread into and us vs. them, but that's about the size of it! See the other thread about a guy that refuses to spend $170- dollars for a JD drawbar, and was directed to TSC! (Leaving 'Soap box') Thanks for letting me vent! ~Scotty
