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Lowes will begin selling Craftsman products
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Bill wrote:
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/b5ac95d9-e88f-304c-8f5f-fd1e06a21e6d/ss_lowe's-will-begin-selling.html Interesting, Craftsman products available at Ace Hardware, Kmart, Lowes and Sears. Lowes will probably drop their Kobalt tool line. |
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Spalted Walt wrote:
Bill wrote: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/b5ac95d9-e88f-304c-8f5f-fd1e06a21e6d/ss_lowe's-will-begin-selling.html Interesting, Craftsman products available at Ace Hardware, Kmart, Lowes and Sears. They may be available at Sears and Kmart for a "limited time only". Lowes will probably drop their Kobalt tool line. Hope not. |
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Remember - Sears sold the product line and name and doesn't own
Craftsman anymore. Martin On 10/25/2017 6:26 PM, Spalted Walt wrote: Bill wrote: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/b5ac95d9-e88f-304c-8f5f-fd1e06a21e6d/ss_lowe's-will-begin-selling.html Interesting, Craftsman products available at Ace Hardware, Kmart, Lowes and Sears. Lowes will probably drop their Kobalt tool line. |
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On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:51:09 -0400, Bill
wrote: Spalted Walt wrote: Bill wrote: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/b5ac95d9-e88f-304c-8f5f-fd1e06a21e6d/ss_lowe's-will-begin-selling.html Interesting, Craftsman products available at Ace Hardware, Kmart, Lowes and Sears. They may be available at Sears and Kmart for a "limited time only". Good point. Lowes will probably drop their Kobalt tool line. Hope not. Why? Do you think they can rationalize the inventory and space for another line of similar (quality) tools? I don't see it. |
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Martin Eastburn wrote:
Remember - Sears sold the product line and name and doesn't own Craftsman anymore. Martin Yes, but you'll still see the Craftsman products in Sears retail outlets. On 10/25/2017 6:26 PM, Spalted Walt wrote: Bill wrote: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/b5ac95d9-e88f-304c-8f5f-fd1e06a21e6d/ss_lowe's-will-begin-selling.html Interesting, Craftsman products available at Ace Hardware, Kmart, Lowes and Sears. Lowes will probably drop their Kobalt tool line. |
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On 10/28/17 8:51 PM, Bill wrote:
wrote: Lowes will probably drop their Kobalt tool line. Hope not. Why? Do you think they can rationalize the inventory and space for another line of similar (quality) tools? I don't see it. You are most-likely correct. Let me know if you see them start having clearance sales! I'll start looking to see if there are any big Kobalt tools that I might like to have. My guess is they'll either keep both and have the Craftsman brand as their "premium" or dump Kobalt altogether. Getting to carry an esteemed brand like Craftsman is a gift for any retailer. As long as the quality and lifetime warranty is preserved, it's a win-win. There are may more Lowes stores than Sears, so they should be able to keep prices down to sell in bulk. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 21:48:14 -0400, Bill
wrote: Yes, but you'll still see the Craftsman products in Sears retail outlets. As long as they exist but in 10 years they probably won't. |
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-MIKE- wrote:
On 10/28/17 8:51 PM, Bill wrote: wrote: Lowes will probably drop their Kobalt tool line. Hope not. Why? Do you think they can rationalize the inventory and space for another line of similar (quality) tools? I don't see it. You are most-likely correct. Let me know if you see them start having clearance sales! I'll start looking to see if there are any big Kobalt tools that I might like to have. My guess is they'll either keep both and have the Craftsman brand as their "premium" or dump Kobalt altogether. Getting to carry an esteemed brand like Craftsman is a gift for any retailer. As long as the quality and lifetime warranty is preserved, it's a win-win. There are may more Lowes stores than Sears, so they should be able to keep prices down to sell in bulk. It takes a good bit of floor space to represent the Craftsman brand very well. It will be interesting to see how well Lowes does it. It may give me a reason to visit Lowes more often. At Sears, there must be 5 or 6 Craftsman lawnmowers on display. I doubt that will happen at Lowes. My next lawnmower will probably be a Honda anyway. ; ) Bill |
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On 10/29/2017 4:07 AM, Bill wrote:
-MIKE- wrote: On 10/28/17 8:51 PM, Bill wrote: wrote: Lowes will probably drop their Kobalt tool line. Hope not. Why?Â* Do you think they can rationalize the inventory and space for another line of similar (quality) tools?Â* I don't see it. You are most-likely correct.Â* Let me know if you see them start having clearance sales! I'll start looking to see if there are any big Kobalt tools that I might like to have. My guess is they'll either keep both and have the Craftsman brand as their "premium" or dump Kobalt altogether. Getting to carry an esteemed brand like Craftsman is a gift for any retailer. As long as the quality and lifetime warranty is preserved, it's a win-win. There are may more Lowes stores than Sears, so they should be able to keep prices down to sell in bulk. It takes a good bit of floor space to represent the Craftsman brand very well.Â* It will be interesting to see how well Lowes does it. It may give me a reason to visit Lowes more often.Â* At Sears, there must be 5 or 6 Craftsman lawnmowers on display. I doubtÂ* that will happen at Lowes.Â* My next lawnmower will probably be a Honda anyway.Â* ; ) Bill If lawnmowers are included. It may only be tools. Hand tools and power tools are ade by different suppliers too. They also broke ties with Whirlpool after many years of making Kenmore appliances. The Craftsman name may live on, but will the quality? |
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On 2017-10-29, -MIKE- wrote:
Getting to carry an esteemed brand like Craftsman is a gift for any retailer. It is? Apparently, didn't help Sears. In CA, Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) was bought out by Sears and sold Craftsman tools. Unfortunately, they tossed the infinitely superior William and Bonney line of hand tools to carry Craftsman. As long as the quality and lifetime warranty is preserved, it's a win-win. I used my FIL's Craftman electric weed-eater. It was "designed to break" (my quotes!), so it did. I replaced it under Craftsman's "lifetime warranty" and it promply broke --again!-- within 1 min. Izzat what you would qualify as "quality"? Craftman has NEVER had "quality". Broke my 10mm Craftman combo wrench not too long after learning about Snap-On quality. The closest Sears store was 100 mi away. The Snap-On (Bonney?) jes never bothered to break. That's "quality". nb |
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Bill wrote:
It takes a good bit of floor space to represent the Craftsman brand very well. It will be interesting to see how well Lowes does it. It may give me a reason to visit Lowes more often. At Sears, there must be 5 or 6 Craftsman lawnmowers on display. I doubt that will happen at Lowes. My next lawnmower will probably be a Honda anyway. ; ) Bill As a disgruntled former owner of a Lowe's self-propelled 21" rear drive Husqvarna, I'd be happy to see Lowes carry Craftsman mowers instead. I replaced the Husqvarna with a self-propelled Honda from HD 4 yrs ago and have been quite pleased with its performance. (Except that it's hard to pull backward) |
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notbob wrote:
In CA, Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) was bought out by Sears and sold Craftsman tools. Actually, OSH "was bought out by" Lowes in 2013: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ver-home-depot |
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On 2017-10-29, Spalted Walt wrote:
notbob wrote: In CA, Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) was bought out by Sears and sold Craftsman tools. Actually, OSH "was bought out by" Lowes in 2013: Actually, while the above statement may be true, it had absolutely nothing to do with my stated claim. "In 1996, the company was acquired by Sears." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchard_Supply_Hardware nb |
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On 10/29/17 3:07 AM, Bill wrote:
-MIKE- wrote: On 10/28/17 8:51 PM, Bill wrote: wrote: Lowes will probably drop their Kobalt tool line. Hope not. Why? Do you think they can rationalize the inventory and space for another line of similar (quality) tools? I don't see it. You are most-likely correct. Let me know if you see them start having clearance sales! I'll start looking to see if there are any big Kobalt tools that I might like to have. My guess is they'll either keep both and have the Craftsman brand as their "premium" or dump Kobalt altogether. Getting to carry an esteemed brand like Craftsman is a gift for any retailer. As long as the quality and lifetime warranty is preserved, it's a win-win. There are may more Lowes stores than Sears, so they should be able to keep prices down to sell in bulk. It takes a good bit of floor space to represent the Craftsman brand very well. It will be interesting to see how well Lowes does it. It may give me a reason to visit Lowes more often. At Sears, there must be 5 or 6 Craftsman lawnmowers on display. I doubt that will happen at Lowes. My next lawnmower will probably be a Honda anyway. ; ) Bill I'm speaking specifically of their hand tools and mechanic tools. Those are what have a stellar reputation. I don't see any reason for Lowes to sell Craftsman lawnmowers. When Sears started sticking a Craftsman badge on any and every $h!tty power tool and lawn and garden object, nobody who respected their hand tools fell for the rouse. Those horses were out of the barn decades ago and I don't see Lowes making the same mistake. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
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On 10/29/17 9:41 AM, notbob wrote:
On 2017-10-29, -MIKE- wrote: Getting to carry an esteemed brand like Craftsman is a gift for any retailer. It is? Apparently, didn't help Sears. Apples and oranges. Sears was a dying retail model with one foot in the grave when Lowes was an emerging giant with a successful strategy. As soon as they put the first Lowes next to a WalMart, Sears became cassette tape of brick & mortar retail. In CA, Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) was bought out by Sears and sold Craftsman tools. Unfortunately, they tossed the infinitely superior William and Bonney line of hand tools to carry Craftsman. As long as the quality and lifetime warranty is preserved, it's a win-win. I used my FIL's Craftman electric weed-eater. It was "designed to break" (my quotes!), so it did. I replaced it under Craftsman's "lifetime warranty" and it promply broke --again!-- within 1 min. Izzat what you would qualify as "quality"? Craftman has NEVER had "quality". Broke my 10mm Craftman combo wrench not too long after learning about Snap-On quality. The closest Sears store was 100 mi away. The Snap-On (Bonney?) jes never bothered to break. That's "quality". nb -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
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On 2017-10-29, -MIKE- wrote:
As soon as they put the first Lowes next to a WalMart..... ......they created the "100 yd boulevard", six divided lanes with a giant intersection every 100 yds and box stores as far as the eye can see. Add restaurants out near the street and you have the same "boulevard" all over America! Hard to tell which town yer in, anymore, cuz they all look the same. I've seen the exact same "boulevard" less than 3/4 of a mile, apart, despite being precisely parallel to each other and with "off-ramps" off the same stretch of "freeway". Scary! nb |
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notbob wrote:
On 2017-10-29, Spalted Walt wrote: notbob wrote: In CA, Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) was bought out by Sears and sold Craftsman tools. Actually, OSH "was bought out by" Lowes in 2013: Actually, while the above statement may be true, it had absolutely nothing to do with my stated claim. It has everything to do with the subject you were replying to "Lowes will begin selling Craftsman products", technically Lowes has been selling Craftsman products since 2013. |
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On 10/29/17 11:40 AM, notbob wrote:
On 2017-10-29, -MIKE- wrote: As soon as they put the first Lowes next to a WalMart..... .....they created the "100 yd boulevard", six divided lanes with a giant intersection every 100 yds and box stores as far as the eye can see. Add restaurants out near the street and you have the same "boulevard" all over America! Hard to tell which town yer in, anymore, cuz they all look the same. I've seen the exact same "boulevard" less than 3/4 of a mile, apart, despite being precisely parallel to each other and with "off-ramps" off the same stretch of "freeway". Scary! nb I noticed that phenomenon when I was doing a lot of touring as a musician. You can sort of tell what part of the country you're in by the scenery along the highway. There's only 4 or 5, really-- city/suburbia, farmland, desert, mountains, ocean-view. But once you're off on an exit, every place looks exactly the same, as you described. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- www.mikedrums.com |
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On 2017-10-29, Spalted Walt wrote:
It has everything to do with the subject you were replying to "Lowes will begin selling Craftsman products", technically Lowes has been selling Craftsman products since 2013. Which still has nothing to do with the fact OSH was acquired by Sears, seventeen years earlier. You wanna be right? Be my guest. I couldn't care less. nb |
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 22:37:48 -0500, Markem
wrote: On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 21:48:14 -0400, Bill wrote: Yes, but you'll still see the Craftsman products in Sears retail outlets. As long as they exist but in 10 years they probably won't. In Canada theybwon't by Feb 2018 (or sooner) |
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On 29 Oct 2017 14:41:32 GMT, notbob wrote:
On 2017-10-29, -MIKE- wrote: Getting to carry an esteemed brand like Craftsman is a gift for any retailer. It is? Apparently, didn't help Sears. Might be the only thing that kept them going - - - In CA, Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) was bought out by Sears and sold Craftsman tools. Unfortunately, they tossed the infinitely superior William and Bonney line of hand tools to carry Craftsman. As long as the quality and lifetime warranty is preserved, it's a win-win. I used my FIL's Craftman electric weed-eater. It was "designed to break" (my quotes!), so it did. I replaced it under Craftsman's "lifetime warranty" and it promply broke --again!-- within 1 min. Izzat what you would qualify as "quality"? Craftman has NEVER had "quality". Broke my 10mm Craftman combo wrench not too long after learning about Snap-On quality. The closest Sears store was 100 mi away. The Snap-On (Bonney?) jes never bothered to break. That's "quality". When I started my apprenticeship as a mechanic I bought my Craftsman starter set and a classmate bought "snap-off" at over twice the price. He had replaced over half of his before he finished his apprenticeship, while I had almost all of my original set over 20 years later. nb |
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On 10/29/2017 8:20 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
If lawnmowers are included.Â* It may only be tools.Â* Hand tools and power tools are ade by different suppliers too.Â* They also broke ties with Whirlpool after many years of making Kenmore appliances. The Craftsman name may live on, but will the quality? I don't think Sears broke ties with Whirlpool, although they will not be selling the appliances with the Whirlpool name I understand that Whirlpool will continue to make some Kenmore appliances. |
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On 2017-10-29 3:44 PM, Leon wrote:
On 10/29/2017 8:20 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: If lawnmowers are included.Â* It may only be tools.Â* Hand tools and power tools are ade by different suppliers too.Â* They also broke ties with Whirlpool after many years of making Kenmore appliances. The Craftsman name may live on, but will the quality? I don't think Sears broke ties with Whirlpool, although they will not be selling the appliances with the Whirlpool name I understand that Whirlpool will continue to make some Kenmore appliances. I wonder if that will happen in Canada too, now that Sears has/is almost shutdown here. |
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Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 10/29/2017 8:20 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: If lawnmowers are included.Â* It may only be tools.Â* Hand tools and power tools are ade by different suppliers too.Â* They also broke ties with Whirlpool after many years of making Kenmore appliances. The Craftsman name may live on, but will the quality? I don't think Sears broke ties with Whirlpool, although they will not be selling the appliances with the Whirlpool name I understand that Whirlpool will continue to make some Kenmore appliances. You are correct according to Appliance411: http://www.appliance411.com/purchase/make.shtml http://www.appliance411.com/purchase/sears.shtml " Sears does not manufacture any of their products, instead they are all made by the other leading manufacturers, often with added features. They are then rebranded with the Kenmore (or other) brand name. Notably a most laundry products and dishwashers made by Whirlpool, lower end front load washer and matching dryer by Frigidaire and many range models by GE or Frigidaire." |
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:37:40 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 10/29/2017 2:48 PM, wrote: As long as the quality and lifetime warranty is preserved, it's a win-win. I used my FIL's Craftman electric weed-eater. It was "designed to break" (my quotes!), so it did. I replaced it under Craftsman's "lifetime warranty" and it promply broke --again!-- within 1 min. Izzat what you would qualify as "quality"? Craftman has NEVER had "quality". Broke my 10mm Craftman combo wrench not too long after learning about Snap-On quality. The closest Sears store was 100 mi away. The Snap-On (Bonney?) jes never bothered to break. That's "quality". When I started my apprenticeship as a mechanic I bought my Craftsman starter set and a classmate bought "snap-off" at over twice the price. He had replaced over half of his before he finished his apprenticeship, while I had almost all of my original set over 20 years later. nb I have Craftsman that I bought 53 years ago. I don't use them like you did, but they were great for a backyard mechanic and homeowner. I'd not buy the new ones though, they were cheapened years ago. Of course years ago you could take apart virtually everything on the car with just a 1/2" and 9/16" open end and box wrench. Then then furriners started that metric stuff. The majority of my metric stuff isn't Ctraftsman - I bought a lot of Herbrand during those years because Ralph Clarke was such a nice guy to deal with, the prices were good, and he was around every week or two - and if something broke and needed replacement, he was just a phone call away. Bought a few Snappies too - and some proto / challenger / SK etc. |
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 14:44:13 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote: On 10/29/2017 8:20 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: If lawnmowers are included.* It may only be tools.* Hand tools and power tools are ade by different suppliers too.* They also broke ties with Whirlpool after many years of making Kenmore appliances. The Craftsman name may live on, but will the quality? I don't think Sears broke ties with Whirlpool, although they will not be selling the appliances with the Whirlpool name I understand that Whirlpool will continue to make some Kenmore appliances. Not from what I heard - and in Canada it's a moot point anyways, as Sears Canada will be closing their doors very early in the new year. |
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 14:50:11 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote: On 10/29/2017 2:37 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 10/29/2017 2:48 PM, wrote: As long as the quality and lifetime warranty is preserved, it's a win-win. I used my FIL's Craftman electric weed-eater.* It was "designed to break" (my quotes!), so it did.* I replaced it under Craftsman's "lifetime warranty" and it promply broke --again!-- within 1 min. Izzat what you would qualify as "quality"?* Craftman has NEVER had "quality".* Broke my 10mm Craftman combo wrench not too long after learning about Snap-On quality.* The closest Sears store was 100 mi away.* The Snap-On (Bonney?) jes never bothered to break.* That's "quality".* When I started my apprenticeship as a mechanic I bought my Craftsman starter set and a classmate bought "snap-off" at over twice the price. He had replaced over half of his before he finished his apprenticeship, while I had almost all of my original set over 20 years later. nb I have Craftsman that I bought 53 years ago.* I don't use them like you did, but they were great for a backyard mechanic and homeowner.* I'd not buy the new ones though, they were cheapened years ago. Of course years ago you could take apart virtually everything on the car with just a 1/2" and 9/16" open end and box wrench.* Then then furriners started that metric stuff. It was Jimmy Carter that started the metric stuff in the USA. BUT FWIW foreign products were metric long before the US went that route, so metric was here long ago. I started working almost exclusively on metric in the early '70s, then got back into imperial stuff again around 1975-76 for a few years. |
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 09:20:55 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 10/29/2017 4:07 AM, Bill wrote: -MIKE- wrote: On 10/28/17 8:51 PM, Bill wrote: wrote: Lowes will probably drop their Kobalt tool line. Hope not. Why?* Do you think they can rationalize the inventory and space for another line of similar (quality) tools?* I don't see it. You are most-likely correct.* Let me know if you see them start having clearance sales! I'll start looking to see if there are any big Kobalt tools that I might like to have. My guess is they'll either keep both and have the Craftsman brand as their "premium" or dump Kobalt altogether. Getting to carry an esteemed brand like Craftsman is a gift for any retailer. As long as the quality and lifetime warranty is preserved, it's a win-win. There are may more Lowes stores than Sears, so they should be able to keep prices down to sell in bulk. It takes a good bit of floor space to represent the Craftsman brand very well.* It will be interesting to see how well Lowes does it. It may give me a reason to visit Lowes more often.* At Sears, there must be 5 or 6 Craftsman lawnmowers on display. I doubt* that will happen at Lowes.* My next lawnmower will probably be a Honda anyway.* ; ) Bill If lawnmowers are included. It may only be tools. Hand tools and power tools are ade by different suppliers too. They also broke ties with Whirlpool after many years of making Kenmore appliances. Even just the tools take a huge footprint, more than the tool section allotted in any Lowes I've seen to date. The Craftsman name may live on, but will the quality? Why should anything change now. Their quality has been dropping for several decades. |
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:27:41 +0000, Spalted Walt
wrote: Bill wrote: It takes a good bit of floor space to represent the Craftsman brand very well. It will be interesting to see how well Lowes does it. It may give me a reason to visit Lowes more often. At Sears, there must be 5 or 6 Craftsman lawnmowers on display. I doubt that will happen at Lowes. My next lawnmower will probably be a Honda anyway. ; ) Bill As a disgruntled former owner of a Lowe's self-propelled 21" rear drive Husqvarna, I'd be happy to see Lowes carry Craftsman mowers instead. I replaced the Husqvarna with a self-propelled Honda from HD 4 yrs ago and have been quite pleased with its performance. (Except that it's hard to pull backward) I have a Honda that I no longer use. It was a great mower when I had a smaller lot. I now have a Craftsman tractor that's the pits. It does a lousy job cutting but even a walk behind would kill me with this lot (did it for a few months but that's all I did during that time). |
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On 10/29/2017 4:58 PM, notbob wrote:
On 2017-10-29, wrote: When I started my apprenticeship as a mechanic I bought my Craftsman starter set.... You started when? and a classmate bought "snap-off" at over twice the price. I'm assuming "snap-off" is a joke. Granted, Snap-0n prices are high. I stopped buying their stuff when I realized they were buying Chinese oil cans and mine broke after 2 pumps. OTOH, I'll never ferget my first experience with Snap-On. I borrowed a 7mm-19mm combo wrench set from a bud. The motorcycle head I needed to remove was a four-square-bolt, down between the head fins, assy. I put a 10mm open-end wrench on the "square" head bolts. I put a "crescent" wrench on the 10mm's shaft and did a "breaker" action on the head bolts. Got the head off after the "shank" twisted 45 degrees from the "head" ....w/o breaking! I reversed the process, thereby re-aligning the shank to the head. I told the guy I'd borrowed the set from, if you can identify the wrench I'd twisted, I'd replace it. He could not. Who made that wrench? I suspect Bonney. OTOH, Mac and Snap-On were the only companies that hadda FULL catalog of tools. nb I worked in the automotive service field from HS until I retired at 40. I never understood the Snap-On appeal other than being able to buy tools during work hours with out leaving the job. The warranty was probably worst than Craftsman, you had to wait up to a week or more to have a tool replaced. |
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On 2017-10-29, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
The warranty was probably worst than Craftsman, you had to wait up to a week or more to have a tool replaced. True. OTOH, early Snap-On never needed to replace tools! That was my point. Granted, their line became worse and worse, as time went by, but whose didn't!? I wouldn't pay 5¢ fer anything from Snap-On, now. nb |
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Ed Pawlowski wrote in :
The Craftsman name may live on, but will the quality? All Craftsman is is a sticker with a registered trademark. The owners will probably slap it on everything in the coming years. Puckdropper -- http://www.puckdroppersplace.us/rec.woodworking A mini archive of some of rec.woodworking's best and worst! |
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 17:03:41 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote: On 10/29/2017 4:50 PM, wrote: On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:27:41 +0000, Spalted Walt wrote: Bill wrote: It takes a good bit of floor space to represent the Craftsman brand very well. It will be interesting to see how well Lowes does it. It may give me a reason to visit Lowes more often. At Sears, there must be 5 or 6 Craftsman lawnmowers on display. I doubt that will happen at Lowes. My next lawnmower will probably be a Honda anyway. ; ) Bill As a disgruntled former owner of a Lowe's self-propelled 21" rear drive Husqvarna, I'd be happy to see Lowes carry Craftsman mowers instead. I replaced the Husqvarna with a self-propelled Honda from HD 4 yrs ago and have been quite pleased with its performance. (Except that it's hard to pull backward) I have a Honda that I no longer use. It was a great mower when I had a smaller lot. I now have a Craftsman tractor that's the pits. It does a lousy job cutting but even a walk behind would kill me with this lot (did it for a few months but that's all I did during that time). Still using my Honda HR194. I purchased it in the Spring of 1987. I just pulled a 1984 vintage Toro mulcher out of mothballs to mulch and bag my leaves this fall. Not sure how long the OP had it in "storage" but it started first pull when I gassed it up . Tecumseh engine, 164CC |
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