Posted by nh268dave on August 31, 2010 at 15:34:18 from (205.188.116.74):
We needed a hay elevator for my wife's horse barn and found an old Red Cross Mfg. unit locally that was made in the late 50's. Paid $100. The farmer used it all the way up until the early 80's and it sat in the barn ever since. Still has the ORIGINAL Sears Roebuck motor he bought new for it. Motor was solid rust on the outside and I thought it would never work. All I did was grease it up,oil the chain and vacuum out the mice nest in the motor and replaced the mice eaten/dry rotted power cord.
Worked flawlessly and put up 100 bales.
Compare this to my wifes friend who paid $1600 for a new elevator and the motor burnt up after 3 years and one gear sprocket broke and the chain is eating into the housing. 500-600 bales per year usage. It was not abused if that is what you are thinking (they take really good care of their stuff) and the hubbie greased it regulary.
BTW: We also still use my parents hand me down 1970's Hoover vacuum. Actually bought a new Hoover several years back and after 2 years the drive gear ate into the pasltic housing so we are back to using the old Hoover. and until we got HDTV last year the 1978 model Zenith TV that was also my parents hand me down....Oh and the Vizion TV we bought? Lasted 14 months and the power module burnt out. $385 to repair.
Anyone else have similar stories of the good old stuff versus todays crap?
We are truly on a race towards the bottom in terms of quality.
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