LRT, just out of curiosity, the owner of this mower says he was charged $280 by Deutscher (Victa agent in Ballarat)for the supply only of the left had cutter belt which he had to get a bloke in Linton to fit. Sounds a bit excessive to me but he is adamant that is what it cost him.
One of the biggest problems repairing this sort of machinery is they are a compact/complex machine, very difficult to get at most of it, not designed for easy maintenance and then add in wet grass that corrodes every part and then the customer expects you to be able to just wave a wand over it and all is fixed in a few minutes. I have 2 hands, 2 feet, a lifetime of experience and I can't make them go any faster than anybody else but most people do not understand this or don't want to. You will never make a living out of repairing them because you can never charge enough for the hours spent
Last edited by NormK; 12/07/17 09:09 AM.
