How John Deere (and others) Are Deceiving You!
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- čas přidán 12. 03. 2024
- These crafty companies have their ways of making you think what you're buying is made by them. Taryl goes over a few examples of how John Deere (and others) are deceiving you into thinking what you bought was theirs. Feel free to name some more brands you can think of in the comments section incase we missed any. And There's Your Dinner!!
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John Deere, Harley Davidson, and any foreign luxury car...they all know how to (over) charge for parts!
Aftermarket companies cant make a profit making cheaper parts for niche markets. Not many people own those brands compared to the others so if you need parts, you have to pay top dollar for oem parts. And as they age the parts just get more rare and expensive.
Bottom line is you pay more...way more.@@user-un4mu1hj5o
Every word out of Taryl's mouth in this video is 100% TRUE!!!!! 👊🤩
Not exactly....
Wrong @@BKD70
You mean out his mouth and through his teeth
He is the MOST honest man alive. Second only to the "Chosen One", aka DJT!
Like to see Steve backing up Taryl sure he would do the same for you.
Henry Ford reportedly joked "If I could make them buy their parts from me, I would give them the cars for free!"
That is all most what HP did with the printers. The ink cost more than the printer..
@@ralphmowery2898 ALL the printer companies are the same. I bought a Canon printer (with starter ink) for $19.95 at Walmart about 3yrs ago. When I needed ink, found Canon ink for $40! Printer ink is the MOST expensive item on Earth. The cost of ink = $4000 per gallon!! FACTS! This is why "Laser" printers are becoming so popular.
John Deere's biggest mistake was selling products in the big box stores in the first place.
Actually it was brilliant move, come out with a budget tractor to go against and trounce the other budget tractors….i used to go and PDI them at Lowe’s and HD stores before they could sell them, usually worked out to about 700 mowers a year at 6 stores, they sold a ton of them
@@Tech-tipsntricks not if destroys a brand's image and reputation. It's a mistake because you buy from a place like that and when you need warranty service the big box stores cannot provide warranty service, they give you the runaround, you go to a John Deere dealer for warranty service and they put you on the bottom of the list because you didn't buy from them. Because of that you'll wish you bought from a dealer because you were given the runaround. John Deere was always known as being one of the best names in turf equipment.
They sold millions of them as a better cheap mower than the cheap ones out there. Have seen new young landscapers buy one and a trailer from Lowes and hd to get started out in business…then up grade….peope know they are buying cheap, that’s why they are there…but have to go to dealer to get warranty registered and warranty done, then they are comfortable and know dealer…brilliant
@@Tech-tipsntricks it makes more sense to buy from a dealer in the first place. They cost more money upfront but since you're getting a better made product that'll last longer you'll save money in the long run. Not to mention you won't be put on the bottom of the list when it comes to warranty service. John Deere should have never got involved in the cheap mower market. They were always associated with being the best on the market. Selling in the big box stores ruins a brand's reputation in most situations.
I’ve worked at a Deere dealer on mowers for 24 years now, at our store everyone is in same que, if issues come up we fight with Deere, if legit for everyone, even if unit is out of warranty, proud of it too, doesn’t matter if green, orange, yellow or red
I especially enjoy when people tell me that the box store John Deere is powered by John Deere! That is until I point out the Briggs and Stratton logo on the valve cover!
Yes, but you better be using GENUINE "John Deere" oil, otherwise your warranty is void! LOL
I got the same thing when I did service on two John Deere X570s for a church. The guy went on about the engine being “John Deere powered” until I pointed out they both had Kawasaki V-Twins on them and were no different from one you’d see on any other high end riding mower.
I worked for a company that makes spark plugs and we made 6 million Autolite plugs one summer, but we made Atlas, JC Penny, Clark Equipment and many other brands. Spark plug's are all the same, few brands of any product are actually made by the brand.
I stacked boxes of soy milk on pallets for a summer after high school. All the soy milk, almond milk and basically anything that comes in a tetrapak container of all brands is made in that facility. It makes sense because it takes giant machines to turn a big wheel of container material into a folded container filled with a liquid and sanitized and packaged up.
like oil filters
Right.
Even more so applies to lead acid (car) batteries. Remember reading label of Interstate Battery and it said basically “We market batteries”. Lots of money from marketing and not producing cuz they pay for a NASCAR team for marketing and that ain’t cheap
Same for automotive type batteries. Only a few companies actually make them but many other companies put their name on it.
Absolutely Buyer Beware!! Buyers need to inform themselves about what they're buying. There's nothing magical about the John Deere brand name. They've been rebranding many different machines for decades. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as some of these products were really good. I remember JD had their compact utility tractors built by Yanmar, a Japanese tractor manufacturer. Most buyers probably had no idea. These Yanmars were really great little tractors and a credit to any brand, so they were up to the "John Deere Standard". The problem comes when you have to overpay a premium for the JD name and the green paint, when you could buy essentially the same equipment cheaper directly from the real manufacturer. Thanks for educating the consumer Taryl - Love your videos!!
Just the 1000 series compacts were built by yammer.
No 1000 series are Deere, just yanmar engine…older ones before 1000 series were yanmar tractors, but Deere partially owns yanmar and use there engines in all smaller diesel machines, gators, z track diesels and even the smaller wheel loaders which are Liebehr loaders
My Dad bought a John Deere 650 in 1981, one of the tractors built by Yanmar to JD specs. However, if you looked, it said Yanmar on it all over the place, even on the serial number tag. JD never tried to keep it a secret, as Tarryl alludes to in the video... you clearly knew it was a Yanmar tractor if you just opened your eyes. It still is a great tractor, he still has it, but is showing its age a bit, being 43 years old now.
When you buy a tractor like a John Deere, or CaseIH, you're also buying into the dealer support network, which should be a major consideration when buying equipment. If you get a tractor like a TYM or Mahindra or any of these lower tier companies, sure you get a tractor at a much lower price, but then unfortunately you really realize the cost when you need dealer/parts support. Ask me how I know. I bought a Mahindra... great tractor... but the dealer and Parts support on it is now zero... my closest mahindra dealer is 2 hours away. If I would have spent a little more money on the green paint, I would have had a modern up to date dealer about 15 minutes away and great parts support. Right now I am my parts support.... If I can't find it myself, I can't get it fixed.
There used to be a animal feed company whose slogan was "Only the rich can afford cheap feed..." Well, the same holds true on tractors.
@@BKD70 yes. Very well put.
John deer is no longer a reputable manufacturer, my mother bought a brand new john deer and because of a manufacturers defect it burnt to the ground with less then 10 hours of use. Neither John deer nor the dealership selling the mower would warranty the unit. In our town alone 3 of the same John deer burnt up. They claimed we did something wrong when using the unit so she had to go through home insurance to pay off the mower she never got to use.
BBB that complaint
What model was it?
Are you even sure that it's a John Deere product they they *actually manufactured*? Watch the entire video before commenting because John Deere private labels just like most everyone else....
Interesting. Do you know what engine it had? I know kawasaki engines have been recalled recently.
I've never even considered anything JD since the right to repair stuff came out. I'm a huge believer in right to repair and will not touch their brand.
I tell you what, ever since i became a diesel mechanic,i have gotten to the nitty and gritty of things and are astonished of how these companies get over on folks.. So now with certain things, i dont even look at the name brand anymore.
I was helping my neighbor tune up his lawn tractor and told him not to pay double for a JD air filter. I said look here, here's the Breaks & Scrapem logo and model number on yer engine so just look up the air filter that way. He was surprised and then he asked "so BS makes these engines for Deere but nobody else gets this one right?"
I told him, yes, the fan shroud is painted green. No one else gets that.
Usually the crank shaft on deeres engines used in lawn and garden equipment is a different size. They do this so you have to come to them for a replacement engine or internal engine parts.
Briggs engines for Deere are indeed built to JD specs... aren’t exactly the same that you’ll see in MTD ... that being said , i’d avoid B+S in my equipment whenever possible
@@michaelsocash3407 I have a JD lawnmower thats 18 yrs old battery, oil ch, blades that's it still runs like it was new but I keep it greased and oil changed the secret
MTD has been doing this for decades. They sell their own brand name garden tractors but they also make several models for other brand names as well. Many of the light duty big box store garden tractors are just rebranded MTD's.
Yup. Rebranded junk. 'Made To Destruct'
Technically speaking, they are not garden tractors--they're just residential-grade riding lawnmowers with the engine in the front. A Garden Tractor is a different, high dollar machine, built stout and designed to run implements front and rear.
Back when Sears sold a really good Garden Tractor mower, they were made by Roper. I have 2 that are parts mowers, and one that i still use today. It even has the original blade spindles, and greasable. It's a 1976 ST16 48 inch cut, 16 hp cast iron Tecumseh OHV. uses some oil now, never rebuilt, but mows just fine. Been serviced regularly and garage kept. Original tires also, been thru several seats though.
...... and it didn't have a cheapazz plastic hood that broke the first time you used it.....Deere must have made a fortune selling replacements to people.
You must have gotten lucky because most Tecumseh are rod throwers
@hugoglenn9741 maybe on some, but I believe that old horizontal shaft OHV 16 had a pretty good track record. Never tampered with the governors, never ran it low in oil, and serviced regularly.
I remember my Father mowing our ditch in the early 80's on a Crapsman rider with a Tecumseh. All I saw watching out the window was sparks and a big puff of smoke come from under the hood. He was so pissed off. He bought a new rod, crankcase, gaskets, and piston for it. My dad's ex brother in law came to visit with his motorhome. Dad came home from work one day and his ex brother in-law was installing the piston into the cylinder with a hammer thinking he would fix Dad's mower for letting him stay for a little while. He didn't know you had to compress the rings. I guess back then the drugs were really good.
@Discretesignals sounds like a Chevy Chase National Lampoon movie..lol
My biggest issue with cheap stuff so far is stripped self tapping bolts and flimsy plastics. Keep the engines well maintained and don't kill the machine with over use you will get far. A tap and die set and tiny welder will do a lot if you are handy.
These machines are made to be disposable, not fixable.
I have a 1995 John Deere straight shaft line trimmer that was made by Echo. What an awesome machine! I still use that trimmer every week from March through October during my mowing season here and it will start on the 3rd pull cold, first pull when warm. So far, the only thing I've had to do is replace the fuel line and 1 carburetor due to my using ethanol fuel one year.
Echo makes great products.
I have two of those Deere trimmers. I use them as dedicated brush cutters. Well one the shaft is toast so it is a dedicated parts donor now.
I had a Deere handheld blower made by Homelite. Flawless through 15 mowing seasons until I upgraded to an Echo backpack blower. Homelite is cheap crap now.
I had the same weed eater and chainsaw made by Echo. Both were great.
I agree - Echo is a quality machine
Scotts brand tractors sold at the box stores were also made by John Deere. Some Snapper tractors were made at the Lawrenceville TN Murray plant after Briggs bought Snapper. The list goes on and it's always been a regular business practice to do Private labeling. Sears was a prime example. Kenmore, Craftsman, J.C. Higgins, Ted Williams etc... were all made by contractors for Sears.
That applies to everything made at Sears, the were not a manufacturer but found the best bang for your product at that time. Took some brand names and dropped the price by putting Sears or Craftsman on them.
The beginning of the end started when they rebranded Comm Chinese products.
WARNING to all brands, your brand will die without exception when you manufacture in Communist China. It’s just a matter of time.
Do you mean the Lawrenceburg, TN Murray plant? I worked there back in 1996. At that time, if it came down the line and was yellow and blue it was a Lowe's mower, if it was that pinkish red it was a Murray, if it was darker red it was a Huskee, If it was green it was called an Ultra, if it was grey it was a Craftsman mower. Some things were different about them: Ones for Walmart always used a cheaper transaxle that you had to shift, used cheaper line motors from either Briggs or Tecumseh, used cheaper tires, seats, steering wheels, and a different hood stamping. The Craftsman mowers all had a better transaxle, a higher grade engine, and seats, tires, rims, rubber foot treads and steering wheels that looked nicer and said 'Craftsman' on them. The frames, decks, foot boards, front axle, steering components, etc... were all the same. That's how they were built.
Anybody else catch the "guy" lurking in the background at 9:13?
Sure did...lol...probably Slippers or Junior, since the camera guy is either Slippers or Junior
Very well explained thanks for the information i was not aware of
I just watched mustie1 and he had one of your mugs and he drained the scummy gas into it. That's love!
Vocational Agricultural/FFA was my best class in high school..common sense and insight..and more!! (including dinner)
Where is the lawn mower detective when you are buying a mower?😅
Stuffing their ugly bad tooth faces with donuts and coffee.
He is at Taryl Dactiles
Over here in Australia, greenfield is the weapon of choice. I have a redmax the diff fell out of so I wish I had a greenfield. The repair here will be one of those CZcams (hope this works) series lol
Taryl I just got done watching your video on your cats. I just started to follow you on CZcams about a month now. I love your stuff. You seem to be a great person. I hope maybe I will meet you someday. Keep it up.
Homelite is actually a TTI brand now, they make Milwaukee and Ryobi too, which do really well on the Torque Test Channel. TTI is China, but good products. They make some stuff in USA, and invested in Wisconsin to make a research facility. So kept some good roots in USA, and the design-work is USA.
"The company is now a subsidiary of TTI Group alongside brands like AEG, Ryobi, Hoover, Dirt Devil, and Vax. In 2022, $206 million was invested in Wisconsin research and development facilities. Milwaukee tools today are manufactured globally in China, Germany, Mexico, the United States, and Vietnam"
"Who makes Homelite now?
A division of TTi (Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd); Homelite and Ryobi Outdoor Power Equipment are joined by Milwaukee and Ryobi Power Tools and accessories, in the TTi portfolio of global brands".
Great information thanks for sharing.
Keep us conned and confused and paying too much. Thanks again Taryl 👍
At one point before I bought a real old school Deere from the 1980s I was looking at others online. Being I didn’t rly know what I do I asked my dad abt it. He told me exactly what you’re saying. Ford did it with their ranger, with Mazda, & a few others.
Pretty much the Deere’s available at homedepot are throwaway. The good ones are at the dealer.
At the time I didn’t care if it ran of not, just good signs of if it’ll run so I bought my First John Deere 212 that was almost 7yrs ago this year.
Love my 212, & when you see the old school all metal quality back then it’s rly hard to get anything new unless you go straight to the commercial stuff from Scag or at the dealer above the 300 series.
Your recommendation for a Stand On or Zero Turn for a 1ac residential property. Thank you, really enjoy the channel, your wisdom and humor.
Badge engineering at its finest. I used to work at a John Deere plant where we made construction equipment, Liebherr made crawlers right along side the Deere machines there.
Yanmar And Hitachi made excavators for Deere.
Excellent quality.
"...spooning together..." LMFAO
A girl wrote me a John Deere letter one time.
You better stay up in Podunk, IN. You'd get run out of the south for trashing John Deere. haha
Same goes for the "trashers" living in Iowa! Lots of John Deere products made there!
Nothing runs like a deer... Except your credit card! 😊
I remember CASE Internationals' slogan for countering that one. Nothing runs like a Deere, But nothing kills a Deere like a Magnum. 😁
Nothing runs like a Deere...except their service dept. when you try to buy parts for your tractor that you aren't allowed to buy for your own machine.
Nothing runs like a deere, nothing stinks like a john 😂
Thanks Taryl, as always great video!
Thank you AGAIN on another fine educattonal video, cheers from TAXACHUSETTS.
Great video as always Taryl.
It looks like Taryl went to the hair salon or something. His hair looks so shiny and stylish in this video.
Probably because he uses "Brylcreem". Brylcreem......."a little dab will do ya and all the girls will pursue ya"🎶 "simply rub a little in your hair"🎵
They made snow mobiles. I can paint my shovel John Deere green and put one of their stickers on it and sell it for 5 times more money 🤠
Great video thanks
Ryobi weedeaters was made by Weedeater brand at one time. I also found out that Hyper Tough was made by Murray at one time.
time stamp 9:12 there's a ghost in front of the orange curtain! Who is it? Ronnie? Elkskins? People in the know, want to know!
Thank you for sharing.👍
My neighbor bought a JD lawn tractor and I swear you compare parts on it to my 15 year old Husky made by MTD they are identical ! I say the only thing JD on that machine is the paint ! My scrub cadet is a MTD and has very cheaply made wiring harness all ready burned up a connector and it quit charging . 2 warranty shops later it’s fixed right ! I had the first one tell me I had to have a bigger battery to make it charge correctly I knew that was not right !
The way congress passes all kinds of laws there should be a law of truth in who actually makes the items. I remember the story about Jeep being made out of parts from other companies and you had to know the day the Jeep was made as to see if it had a Ford or Chevy engine in it that day. My dad repaired home appliances like stoves and washing machines. Many brands used other parts inside. and that was around 1965.
When I bought a house with a large yard Ai went to the Deere dealer and thought I was buying quality. Turns out it was one of the cheap mowers like the sold at Lowes and the transmission quit on me around 300 hours just like many others did.
Lots of confusion AMC merged with Jeep along with Kaiser. Some of their motors had the same displacement as GM and Dodge motors and people confused that. I believe the 360 was one such example
Some times this works out for the consumer. I bought an older Simplicity Stallion zeroturn many years ago that is a Ferris built and tagged machine. Was way less than buying a straight Ferris unit.
When you said Homelite the first thing I remembered was an ST-100. The engine was down where the head is and the tube the handles were on were the fuel tank. I thought it was a bit of an odd design. Even today it would be strange design since I don't see it any more. This was 40 years (not exact) ago or so that we had that. It was a typical 2 stroke since it was often a real pain in the neck to start. I am sure that everyone who had anything 2 stroke has dealt with the nightmare of a hard to start engine. That is just how fussy some of those things are!!
Awesome video God Bless you and your family
The 1990's JD lawnmowers with the Kawasaki FV rotary mower engines that came with a pressurised oil system and a car grade oil filter are near indestructible ...
still using mine 30 years later on the third chassis.....
Who made the John Deere walk behind mowers of the late eighties through the 90s. These were the SB series I think what's a Kawasaki on it. Now that was the absolute best mower on the planet bar none and go through a foot of grass never bogged down and kick it out the back. Made every other more look like it was going backwards.
Deere made those. They were made in the same plant that now produces most of the lawn tractors you see at Home Depot and Lowes and the dealers. Same with the zero turns. Those were built until Deere got out of the walk behinds in 2003-2004? I believe it was.
All those companies that make products for John Deere don't actually make them either, they buy them from ACME and those made during Coyote's shift are bad but the ones made during Roadrunner's shift are of good quality 😅 Meep Meep!
😅 Why does slippers have his back turned staring at his phone 🤔 I hope he's not getting paid he looks to be scheming with Ronny for those mowers
Surprised JD doesn't have that part talking to the computer control module so an "authorized" technician needs to make a trip out to assure the computer that the new part is authorized and it's okay for it to be in the machine, like they do with their big tractors. The only JDs I will buy now are antiques without a computer network in them, as per Battlestar Galactica.
I'm sure the other tractor companies are looking at Mother Deere and saying "Hold my beer".
It’s like that in the appliance industry. You think you’re buying Maytag dependability but you’re really buying another Whirlpool washing machine. The “dependability people” sold to Whirlpool in 2006.
Keystone beer is the cheaper version of Coors beer made in the same brewery in Golden Colorado.
I’m holding out for The Taryl Dactyl Grass Rats Garage Brand.
There is more and more partnerships happening as time goes on, keeping costs and price-points inline and trying to stay relevant in the marketplace. Good for a reminder of the practise, an informed consumer is a better consumer. Cheers.
Nothing runs like a DEERE or smells like a JOHN!!
Lookin great tyral
Red Wing makes good boots. In 2015 I needed a new pair but ended up buying two. One was the same model I had which is made in USA and the other was the same price but made in China I found out after I got them home.
That means Red Wing will kill their brand
@@hugoglenn9741 It's possible! They made a name for themselves by making very high quality made in America boots that would last several years of daily work use. And they are very comfortable once broken in. The selling point of these Chinese ones were that they have a "king toe" which has more wiggle room, and require less break in. They are lighter too so I thought I'd give them a try. Not bad, but not worth the price and they wore out on the inside like a regular shoe would.
Good info, thanks T !
I remember in the early 70’s John Deere small walk behind mowers were rebadged Toro Whirlwind mowers. The entire mower was identical to a Toro Whirlwind right down to the bag assembly and the under-deck muffler, only difference was it was painted green and had the trademark JD red shifter knobs on the throttle and self propel levers. JC Penny offered rebadged Toro Whirlwind mowers back then too, same thing with a different color and logo.
hey Taryl, I wanna finally see this Munny who is frequently calling while your videos :)
Are you implying that those companies are SCREWING EACH OTHER?? that's what it sounds like"SPOONING" EACH OTHER😮😮😅😂😂
I’ve always been a Wheel Horse guy , but bought my first John Deere….. a 1966 model 110. I look forward to many years of mowing with it
I've got a 65 round fender 110, love it, it's a real deal JD.
I had a really old chainsaw,John Deere green, it was made by Remington after I dud some detective work, I didn't know JD bought homelite at the time,I have seen that brand switch done for a long time, thumbs up great video
Taryl enjoy 😂your videos friend in Kentucky here ive love messing with mowers all my life dont do it anymore never did get into two cycle much anyway great job godbless hang in there
At 3:00, briggs and JD tweak their push mower engines, I needed a part for the recoil, JD only. I switched the whole damn top to run-of-the-mill briggs for less than the JD parts I needed to fix the original
The wildest I ever heard was back in the '70s a factory in Arizona was making evaporative air conditioners, aka swamp coolers, for 400 different brands. They changed the paint and logo, otherwise they were identical.
Automotive batteries. there are just a few manufacturers, but lots of labels to stick on them.
Thanks for the video Taryl.
Smoke and mirrors Taryl! Thank you for the great videos.
First Scag and now John deere? Say it isn't so! Lol
Remember the days when companies built brand recognition and loyalty by trying to build the best products they could build? What a quaint and silly time that was...
Same with the German auto manufacturers... they lowered the quality to compete with Japanese and Domestics... except they went to far and now they are bigger pieces of shit than Domestics.
You are 1000 percent right on that and they also want more money than expensive Japanese parts
It is NOT lowering quality, instead it is the INSANE OVER ENGINEERING that is killing German brands. They are SO complex to work on that your average shop WON'T touch them!
Nothing runs like a Ron beer 😅😅😅
I remember years ago when Wal Mart wanted to sell Snapper mowers, but had to be manufactured somewhere else at a lesser quality. The Snapper guy turned them down.
Walmart did sell "Snapper" mowers. Snapper was owned by Briggs who also owned Murray mowers. The "Snapper" labeled mowers at Walmart were made by Murray.
@@MrNormalT As are "John Deere" riders.
How did you know I haven't been to school in a long time, and hated doing homework when I did? That's just creepy Taryl. How long have you been watching me? And what else have you seen? Hmm?
Thank you Taryl
The future of the landscaping manufacture is changing focus to smaller platform builds. This was a several year buy & build by Deere to rely on proven platform of Wright. Not the first time owners have to shop for service & parts. Happy you were able to sort it out, Taryl to the rescue 👍
I remember when Deere bought Homelite. I would see Homelight products packaged with the Deere name under it or it would say product of the John Deere company.
Great video!!! Cheers! 🍻
I've been in the manufacturing business all my life and all most every manufacture does this, at least to some degree.
Mazda B series trucks are all Ford rangers with slightly different trim.
Ah what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive!
I laugh my as off when Taryl imitates his followers voice,🤣🤣🤣 Tell you what, nothing like the old Dixie Chopper.
A/C Delco made shock absorbers for Ford and Chrysler. The internals was the same in all three. Painted factory colors.
Spoon together!!! LOLLOL!!
Spooning can lead to forking
My John Deere chainsaw was made by efco in the year 2000 and it is one great running saw, I use it every year and cut a lot of wood. I also still have a Sabre made by John Deere back in 97, they were similar to the STX series of mowers and were quite reliable.
Efco (Italian brand) are very good. I have a weedwacker similar generation to your chainsaw and it is reliable and hardy. Passed down to me by my father in law in 2008 and still going.
I operated a tree service for 25 plus years. Sold Efco Power Equipment (and used them in my business) during that time. The brand quickly became my go to choice. Many repeat customers. Second choice, Echo.
American corporations are deceitful? Im shocked. Shocked.
Taryl is point on...!
Companies have been doing this for decades...Nothing new here. There's your dinner.
Crapsman was famous for this.
Excellent video
Thanks for the video man. Cheers 🍻
I had a John Deere 790 tractor, with a 60 inch Woods grooming mower, and my road ditch looked perfect. 27 horsepower 3 cylinder diesel. Yanmar engine. Used four gallons of diesel ⛽ if you ran it all day. I mowed two acres in fifteen minutes with it. 😮
I stopped buying John Deere products when John Deere himself no longer made them. After that it was ALWAYS someone else making them. 😉😉
Thx Taryl for the straight an skinny..everything big secret..😅
Same in automotive. Chevy Nova/ Toyota Corolla, Pontiac VIbe/Toyota Matrix, Mazda B series/Ford Ranger, Mercury Villager/Nissan Quest, Saturn Vue/ Honda J35, Toyota Supra/BMW Z4, Isuzu Rodeo/Honda Passport, ChryslerTC/Maserati, Dodge Caravan/Mitsubishi, Scion FRS/Subaru BRZ, GM's Geo division, GM/Isuzu DMax......... They all sleep with each other.
You are a very smart man. By far the best mechanic.
$116 dollars for that throttle!? I guessed that it was $20.
Thanks for the PSA Taryl, but why stop there? Same is true for residential hvac, automotive batteries, the list goes on and on. In some cases this is done so that local sales and support can represent a "different brand" and not step on the dealer down the street. It is still good to be an educated consumer though.
With all the money these companies spend on buying out the competition, they could have used it to make their own quality products instead, the way they used to. Instead they chose to sell out their image, and their loyal customers.
Damn bean counters!
Hi Taryl.
I noticed quite a few years a go, basic mowers were all the same on several model, just colours, names and labels were different.
I don't work on bigger equipment like sit on or stand on mowers, but I suppose they've gone the same way. A few make them and you have a modification list to make it "their" machine (with expensive parts).
The new Stihl mowers are repainted Ferris. But that’s a good thing .