Rough Cut (Bush Hog) Mowers?

[Canada_CT230]

Please read 4 posts above No one in Canada would have to face that.

 

[tcreeley]

People are only human, they do what they can. My wife a month ago broke her ring finger when a fresian/morgan coss pulled away suddenly as she was leading him. The leather strap caught and her finger was splintered at the break. She had surgery and two pins. Since, it heals, but nothing like it should. The surgeon is experienced, but 70. Nice man. Her occupational therapist is quietly telling her to get a second opinion. But why? For more surgery? We have good healthcare and people do their best. But sometimes it is no more than having a good mechanic. As a friend used to say- medical schools produces brilliant doctors and other doctors who are at the bottom of the class! I think what ruins healthcare in the US is the crazy insurance system we have with all of their crazy rules. To see a specialist- my wife has to get it approved first by her primary doctor. Then it can only be a doctor on the "list". If she doesn't follow the rules- insurance cuts what they pay. As a kid, a cow I was cleaning up for the fair swung its head and caught my lip with it newly sanded horn. I needed 3 stitches and the local surgeon (elder!) met us in his office where he did the job. -no ER visit, no nursing staff, no pain killer either! This was in the early 1960's. Times have changed.
I like doctors I can get to. I hate the insurance company that makes it hard to see them.
Last time I went 5 years ago, the local doctor stitched up my leg when I fell back against my 1948 Farmall Cub mower blade. My calf was punctured by the pointed teeth guard on the sickle bar. Took me a day before I talked myself into going. The doctors and healthcare system is great, the insurance and administration/money end of it is lousy.

 

[gumshu]

I'm in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (1 hr west of Winnipeg).

I merely pointed out that Canada has higher taxes and high priced consumer goods but we don't have to worry about paying for health care. Other people took it and ran off with it.

As for the mower...I don't know what to do. The used ones are too pricey. New is either a little known brand name or $1500 plus tax and shipping.

Hey CT230,
If I were you I'd just wait a while longer and keep your eyes open for something else to come along. Something always does. Anyway, good luck in your search.

 

[PILOON]

Yeah,that can't happen here. Thing is, and as others have pointed, there are better specialists stateside and the reason why, is exactly one of the primary ends of a successful health system. Doctors, stateside, can charge abhorrent amounts of money for their services, which can give them funds for the best equipment, even the most cutting edge research. Capitalism kills your health plan. All countries with successful health plans have set a limit on different procedures. The belief is that the doctor doesn't need six Mercedes Benz's. One is enough. Japan is, I believe, the cheapest. An operation that is $250k stateside is probably $30k paid to the health provider by the state.

One setback in many systems is the referral process. One cannot just get a specialist to assess anything, one must be referred by a more general practitioner. This, though cost saving, is very time consuming.

But enough of health care:confused2:

Not to hijack but just had to add my 2 cents.

3 weeks ago I called ambulance as I was totally pluged up and in serious pain.
My total cost for ambulance, ct scan and emergency operation plus 7 day hospital stay was $20.00 for my wife's parking to visit me.
They needed to remove 3 ft of my small intestine due to a knot that caused that footage to die.
The alterative would had been me dead from a rupture.
This is in Canada under our government medicare system.
Oh, and I actually had a private room for my 7 day stay.
And the US does not want Obama care????

 

[Lockport]

Mais oui, mon ami.

 

[tcreeley]

I am sure you checked this out-

NorTrac 3-Pt. Roughcut PTO Mower — 5ft. Mower, Model# 1104S082 | Trail Mowers | Northern Tool + Equipment

800 cost 5' roughcut rotary mower + 492 shipping

I like Northern Tool. Not a brand name, but a bit cheaper. I once bought their mini-backhoe and it was great. It is a little cheaper than what you quoted as available to you. And I think your dollar is 4 cents over ours in value right now!
Used is always good- everything is replaceable and a welder can patch the rest of it. But these implements are rugged.

 

[Canada_CT230]

At $800 plus shipping equals what I can buy it here for. I've been looking for a rotary cutter for over a year. Used seems to be non-existent. The only one I saw and ad for $300 was sold before I could dial the phone number. Haven't seen any ads since. The other used I found is $200 cheaper than new.

I can buy a Sovema for $1295 w/ slip clutch.

 

[Canada_CT230]

As for the health care...

Last August I had severe headaches. To the ER twice and had CT scan and free ambulance ride to the major metro hospital (I live in a 13,000 pop town). Spent 1 week in the stroke unit intensive care unit and 1 week in general ward. I had 2 MRIs, 3 Anigiograms and another CT scan. Had nursing staff checking in on me every hour. I have a large brain aneursym that can not be treated by anyone. My files and pictures were sent to world experts in Finland, Toronto and New York/Arizona. No one came back with any different options than what my medical team suggested or recommended already. I've had MRIs since, and been referred to other specialists to control the headaches I still have. I haven't been at work since August and I get a regular pay cheque and benefits from my work place. The only expense like PILOON was the wife's parking and gas money to drive back and forth. Cost to me $0. I do not pay for medication either.

I don't doubt if you have a good job in the US that you are not worrying about health care. But I have met and read about college students and people out of work or with poor jobs getting the wrong end of a stick when disaster strikes.

 

[Bird]

There'll always be disagreements as to whether the Canadian system or the U.S. system is best. Yep, I was always employed and had health insurance after I met the deductible each year which increased from $100 to $1,000 per person and then had to pay 20% after that. Now we have Medicare and pay more for health insurance (Medicare Supplement, Medicare Part B, Medicare Part D, dental, and vision) than ever before.

I went to the "Long Course" (9 months) at the Traffic Institute of Northwestern University for the 1971-72 school year. There was a sub-inspector in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the class. About halfway through the course (or maybe a bit more than halfway), he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He contacted his headquarters to ask whether he should return to Canada for treatment or remain in the Chicago area, and they left it up to him. He stayed. A few class members, including me, visited him in the hospital and after he got out of the hospital to help him keep up with the classes. For awhile the radiation made him look like he'd been cooked, but he recovered and finished the course to graduate with the rest of us. And lived for many years afterwards. He mentioned once that the grand total of his expenses for the illness was $5, but I've forgotten what that $5 was for.

 

[Canada_CT230]

I pay $0 per year for health care, and $0 for medication, eyeglasses and other medical services.

When you cut out very greedy doctors and "business like" hospitals you dramatically cut costs. Doctors in Canada make a very good living. Maybe they don't have the 20,000 sq ft house on 10,000 acres and 10 'super' cars in the garage but they have more than enough money to do anything in the world they like.

Spread the cost over the whole nation and the increase in the tax rate is small.