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Computers are our friends


Every now and again an opportunity arises where one could choose to take the more difficult but most direct path to the castle of the Goblin King or the path to somewhere else avoiding the Bog of Eternal Stench all-together but not really getting to where you intended in the first place. What does all that mean? Only that […]

John Deere recalls lawn tractors


John Deere Co. in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled approximately 16,000 X300 Select Series lawn tractors. A problem in the manufacturing process could cause damage to the circuit in the interlock module. If the interlock module fails, the mower blades will be able to run with no operator on the tractor […]

From the obvious department


Anyone who wasn’t already aware, a change to the mower safety standard, set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is in effect that prohibits a riding mower, manufactured after September 1, 2004, from operating its blades while the machine is in reverse.
However, manufacturers are permitted, in certain situations, to allow operators the ability to control whether or not […]