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Well, certainly every mower will have a degree of warts but I'd say it's really up to the dealer to "do diligence" and inspect before the consumer picks up... I think the consumer shouldn't have to do the QC because at the price paid for this mower, I expect more.

yeah, it's sad when that's the case... but after purchasing 3 belly mowers, the total cost for the 3 was getting old... so decided this purchase will last for a very long time... so yeah, sux in the wallet but to maintain my house and roughly 5 acres, I wasn't going to do it with a push mower!

Hi John: the biggest reason for the Ferris is the factory is about an hour away and I really want to support a local company - given today's economy, I wanted to buy something that was made here in the USA. With that being said, the second and still large reason is the performance - Ferris is a very good brand with the quality of the metals used plus design. I have about 8 hours on the machine and it's performed flawless. The slip plate is still being evaluated but spoiler alert... I'd not do it again since I'm seeing areas that wore off very fast. My plan is to do a second vid at the end of the season to give a good review. I do think what coating is "left" does help to prevent grass build to some extent - still too early on to give a solid report. I will however come back in Sept / oct with the follow up. Thx for the excellent questions! Cheer, Alan

Right on! I do my best to look logically before I grab the 2lb hammer and HULK SMASH! lol, Alan

I know Ferris makes a jack that mounts to the mower, and that is probably the cheapest / most economical lift... however, I wanted something that I can use not only for this mower, but others as well... thx for the watch!

Did you find a solution to the grinding gear? I just put mine together and it grinds so bad it’s hard to turn even with no mower on it.

@@zacmay2091 I have not taken apart the gearbox / mechanism... but it seems like the "grinding" happens at the exact same spot - maybe not every rotation, but every few rotations its definitely a grinding. Since you are having similar issues, I think it' s probably part of the design... which now has me a bit curious... I'll likely tear it apart - I'll film and post if I find anything. Cheers! Alan

@@Moto-Tobo Just to follow up, I did find that on the small gear, between the teeth that were binding, there was a deposit of some sort of hardened resin. I removed the stuff with a pick and it did improve things. Even with that, it is not a highly precision gear mechanism, has a lot of play. The overall design is top notch, but mine came with a few manufacturing defects prior to shipping: one of the wheels is out of round and scrapes the frame, one of the end caps is busted, and the wheel bracket was bent. Other than that it's a solid piece of equipment. Thank you for the post Alan, I look forward to more in the future. Zac

@@zacmay2091 Right on Zac - so I'm def. going to dig in and see if I have a similar issue - I also think this is an excellent jack as far as doing what it's designed to do, but the final fit and finish is likely a by product of being made over the pond... I'll def. post up a vid as I think this will be a very common finding...Cheers!