"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message
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Clark said:


The new blades are thicker, and have a "crease" on both sides 3/4 of the
length of the blade, looks like they were added to make the blade more
rigid.
so far I like them

Have you tested them on that stick, yet? =D

--
Eggs

-What do you call a fish with no eyes? ... A fsh


I just had a good laugh at your post, thanks. :-)

You kidding? I tried to avoid thick grass!!!
No really, I mowed (almost) the same way I did last weekend, (I'm gun shy
now) I'll post some links of the Pics I took of the blades.
The pictures won't do justice compared to holding and looking at the blades
in person, but I think you can still see the diff.


Clark

"Clark" ...
I'll have one for ya.
I agree on the blade thing, something tells me I should buy a dozen or
so blades, just in case.

I have 3 sets from before I started to sharpen my blades myself. I had
one on the mowing deck, one sharp and ready to put on and the other one at
the shop being sharpened/waiting for me to pick it up (meaning stored at
the shop, grin). Then when I dulled my blades I would swap in the good
set, run the dull ones to the shop, and get the sharp ones to be ready for
the next round.

Now I sharpen my own blades, which turns out to be easy with a dremel and
a bench clamp. Just grind a new bevel and ensure that it is reasonably
balanced.

Bent blades are tossed into the metal recycling, not fixed.
Tomes

http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/



--

Eggs

I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart.

on 7/21/2007 4:50 PM Clark said the following:
"Mel M Kelly" wrote in message
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I had a Sears mower and the blades were so soft I could bend them with
my hands. I bent one and put it on my knee and bent it back. So much for
Sears.


From Mel & Donnie in Bluebird Valley





http://community.webtv.net/MelKelly/TheKids



Thanks for the heads up, turns out the blades that it came with were thin
and goofy looking.
I went to Sears and bought a new set, same model number totally different
blade!

The new blades are thicker, and have a "crease" on both sides 3/4 of the
length of the blade, looks like they were added to make the blade more
rigid.
so far I like them

Clark

You shouldn't have had to 'buy' new blades, Sears should have replaced
them with the newer blades, since this is a defect in materials.
I wonder how many others have had the same problem with those flimsy
blades?

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

"Tomes" wrote in message
link.net...
"Clark" ...
I'll have one for ya.
I agree on the blade thing, something tells me I should buy a dozen or so
blades, just in case.

I have 3 sets from before I started to sharpen my blades myself. I had
one on the mowing deck, one sharp and ready to put on and the other one at
the shop being sharpened/waiting for me to pick it up (meaning stored at
the shop, grin). Then when I dulled my blades I would swap in the good
set, run the dull ones to the shop, and get the sharp ones to be ready for
the next round.

Now I sharpen my own blades, which turns out to be easy with a dremel and
a bench clamp. Just grind a new bevel and ensure that it is reasonably
balanced.

Bent blades are tossed into the metal recycling, not fixed.
Tomes

I use a 4" disk grinder.

"willshak" wrote in message
...
on 7/21/2007 4:50 PM Clark said the following:
"Mel M Kelly" wrote in message
...

I had a Sears mower and the blades were so soft I could bend them with
my hands. I bent one and put it on my knee and bent it back. So much for
Sears.


From Mel & Donnie in Bluebird Valley





http://community.webtv.net/MelKelly/TheKids



Thanks for the heads up, turns out the blades that it came with were
thin and goofy looking.
I went to Sears and bought a new set, same model number totally
different blade!

The new blades are thicker, and have a "crease" on both sides 3/4 of the
length of the blade, looks like they were added to make the blade more
rigid.
so far I like them

Clark

You shouldn't have had to 'buy' new blades, Sears should have replaced
them with the newer blades, since this is a defect in materials.
I wonder how many others have had the same problem with those flimsy
blades?

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @


The guy that came for the service call did offer me two new blades for no
charge, (and I quote: the blades are not covered by warranty but here's two
new blades anyhow). The service guy then went on about how bad the stock
blades were, and the ones he offered me were heavy duty (again same part
number)
I refused the new free blades, and just stated that I was disappointed that
a $1600.00 mower would have such lousy blades on it.

I'm posting some Pics (well links) so you guys can honestly tell me if I'm
wrong or not.

Thanks

Clark

Clark wrote:
The guy that came for the service call did offer me two new blades for no
charge, (and I quote: the blades are not covered by warranty but here's two
new blades anyhow). The service guy then went on about how bad the stock
blades were, and the ones he offered me were heavy duty (again same part
number)
I refused the new free blades, and just stated that I was disappointed that
a $1600.00 mower would have such lousy blades on it.


And why would you refuse new free blades that were better? That make no
sense at all.

--
Art

Srgnt Billko wrote:

Tomes wrote:
"Clark" ...


Now I sharpen my own blades,
[....]

Bent blades are tossed

I use a 4" disk grinder.

http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/t...-workshop.html

the resharpened blade in the picture had an encounter with
driveway gravel. forgot to raise the deck when I crossed.
duh oh well stuff happens.

these people might save you some money. the blades are made
by Oregon. sears craftsman is close to the bottom of the page.

http://www.agri-supply.com/HTML/2700008.htm

"Srgnt Billko" ...
"Tomes" ...
"Clark" ...
I'll have one for ya.
I agree on the blade thing, something tells me I should buy a dozen or
so blades, just in case.

I have 3 sets from before I started to sharpen my blades myself. I had
one on the mowing deck, one sharp and ready to put on and the other one
at the shop being sharpened/waiting for me to pick it up (meaning
stored at the shop, grin). Then when I dulled my blades I would swap
in the good set, run the dull ones to the shop, and get the sharp ones
to be ready for the next round.

Now I sharpen my own blades, which turns out to be easy with a dremel
and a bench clamp. Just grind a new bevel and ensure that it is
reasonably balanced.

Bent blades are tossed into the metal recycling, not fixed.
Tomes

I use a 4" disk grinder.
Yep, I wish I had one, but this is what I have....
Tomes

"Art" wrote in message
...
Clark wrote:
The guy that came for the service call did offer me two new blades for no
charge, (and I quote: the blades are not covered by warranty but here's
two new blades anyhow). The service guy then went on about how bad the
stock blades were, and the ones he offered me were heavy duty (again same
part number)
I refused the new free blades, and just stated that I was disappointed
that a $1600.00 mower would have such lousy blades on it.


And why would you refuse new free blades that were better? That make no
sense at all.

--
Art

The service guy hinted that the new blades were going to "fall" off the
truck and he would not know what happend to them.

I might be allot of things but I don't take "free" stuff.

Clark

Clark wrote:
"Art" wrote in message
...
Clark wrote:
The guy that came for the service call did offer me two new blades for no
charge, (and I quote: the blades are not covered by warranty but here's
two new blades anyhow). The service guy then went on about how bad the
stock blades were, and the ones he offered me were heavy duty (again same
part number)
I refused the new free blades, and just stated that I was disappointed
that a $1600.00 mower would have such lousy blades on it.

And why would you refuse new free blades that were better? That make no
sense at all.

--
Art

The service guy hinted that the new blades were going to "fall" off the
truck and he would not know what happend to them.

I might be allot of things but I don't take "free" stuff.

Clark



Hmmm. I took that as the guy was trying to look out for you. He new the
originals were crap and probably didn't feel like telling you that you
had to pay for new blades. They have a fair amount of leeway for
goodwill consideration. I think you should have accepted them, but
that's just me.

--
Art

--
Art

on 7/23/2007 7:32 AM Clark said the following:
"Art" wrote in message
...

Clark wrote:

The guy that came for the service call did offer me two new blades for no
charge, (and I quote: the blades are not covered by warranty but here's
two new blades anyhow). The service guy then went on about how bad the
stock blades were, and the ones he offered me were heavy duty (again same
part number)
I refused the new free blades, and just stated that I was disappointed
that a $1600.00 mower would have such lousy blades on it.


And why would you refuse new free blades that were better? That make no
sense at all.

--
Art


The service guy hinted that the new blades were going to "fall" off the
truck and he would not know what happend to them.

I might be allot of things but I don't take "free" stuff.

Clark




It's not free stuff. You paid for a mower and it had a defect. So a rep
of Sears offered to replace the defective blades with a new set. You
decided not to accept the new set and went out and bought new blades
increasing the cost of your mower. What are you going to do about the
torn up deck? Buy a new one?

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

"willshak" wrote in message
...
on 7/23/2007 7:32 AM Clark said the following:
"Art" wrote in message
...

Clark wrote:

The guy that came for the service call did offer me two new blades for
no charge, (and I quote: the blades are not covered by warranty but
here's two new blades anyhow). The service guy then went on about how
bad the stock blades were, and the ones he offered me were heavy duty
(again same part number)
I refused the new free blades, and just stated that I was disappointed
that a $1600.00 mower would have such lousy blades on it.


And why would you refuse new free blades that were better? That make no
sense at all.

--
Art


The service guy hinted that the new blades were going to "fall" off the
truck and he would not know what happend to them.

I might be allot of things but I don't take "free" stuff.

Clark



It's not free stuff. You paid for a mower and it had a defect. So a rep of
Sears offered to replace the defective blades with a new set. You decided
not to accept the new set and went out and bought new blades increasing
the cost of your mower. What are you going to do about the torn up deck?
Buy a new one?

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

I was going to either buy a $200.00 mig type welder or bring it to a friend
to have it welded.
Or I still have the option to take the lawn tractor back to Sears for a
refund, minus the restock fee.

Clark

Clark said:

"willshak" wrote in message
...
on 7/23/2007 7:32 AM Clark said the following:
"Art" wrote in message
...

Clark wrote:

The guy that came for the service call did offer me two new blades for
no charge, (and I quote: the blades are not covered by warranty but
here's two new blades anyhow). The service guy then went on about how
bad the stock blades were, and the ones he offered me were heavy duty
(again same part number)
I refused the new free blades, and just stated that I was disappointed
that a $1600.00 mower would have such lousy blades on it.


And why would you refuse new free blades that were better? That make no
sense at all.

--
Art


The service guy hinted that the new blades were going to "fall" off the
truck and he would not know what happend to them.

I might be allot of things but I don't take "free" stuff.

Clark



It's not free stuff. You paid for a mower and it had a defect. So a rep of
Sears offered to replace the defective blades with a new set. You decided
not to accept the new set and went out and bought new blades increasing
the cost of your mower. What are you going to do about the torn up deck?
Buy a new one?

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

I was going to either buy a $200.00 mig type welder or bring it to a friend
to have it welded.
Or I still have the option to take the lawn tractor back to Sears for a
refund, minus the restock fee.


Dood. Sears should replace the deck. If they won't, raise hell with them,
right there in the store. If it were me, and they even began to balk about
fixing it, I'd chew the manager's ass out, right in front of everyone
within earshot. They should fix it, or refund (shoving the restocking fee
up their proverbial asses). If they still balk, escalate things:

Sears, Roebuck and Co.
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
Tel: 847-286-2500

--

Eggs

APATHY ERROR: Don't bother striking any key.

"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message
...
Clark said:

"willshak" wrote in message
...
on 7/23/2007 7:32 AM Clark said the following:
"Art" wrote in message
...

Clark wrote:

The guy that came for the service call did offer me two new blades
for
no charge, (and I quote: the blades are not covered by warranty but
here's two new blades anyhow). The service guy then went on about how
bad the stock blades were, and the ones he offered me were heavy duty
(again same part number)
I refused the new free blades, and just stated that I was
disappointed
that a $1600.00 mower would have such lousy blades on it.


And why would you refuse new free blades that were better? That make
no
sense at all.

--
Art


The service guy hinted that the new blades were going to "fall" off the
truck and he would not know what happend to them.

I might be allot of things but I don't take "free" stuff.

Clark



It's not free stuff. You paid for a mower and it had a defect. So a rep
of
Sears offered to replace the defective blades with a new set. You
decided
not to accept the new set and went out and bought new blades increasing
the cost of your mower. What are you going to do about the torn up deck?
Buy a new one?

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

I was going to either buy a $200.00 mig type welder or bring it to a
friend
to have it welded.
Or I still have the option to take the lawn tractor back to Sears for a
refund, minus the restock fee.


Dood. Sears should replace the deck. If they won't, raise hell with them,
right there in the store. If it were me, and they even began to balk about
fixing it, I'd chew the manager's ass out, right in front of everyone
within earshot. They should fix it, or refund (shoving the restocking fee
up their proverbial asses). If they still balk, escalate things:

Sears, Roebuck and Co.
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
Tel: 847-286-2500

--

Eggs

APATHY ERROR: Don't bother striking any key.


Hi Eggs,

You really think they should replace the deck? (the Sears guy said he's
seen much worse, well what's that say?).
I really have thought about making a fuss, like bringing in the old and new
blades and the "monster stick" and telling them it says "Satisfaction
guaranteed" on the back of the receipt.
Kathy thinks we should bring it back too (replacement or)?
I have owned allot of mowers over the years and never encountered this type
of problem before.
The problem I have is I have already "admitted" to mowing something other
than grass and I think they consider that misuse, but

looking forward to your reply

Clark