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Bernie
Guest
You'd notice the difference if you actually had 6.75hp and could compare them.
Draenor
KILL ALL HUMANS!!!!
Damn thats a big difference in inflated nmbers.
..But is it the tractor company that actually did the lying or the engine company?
Darth Bama
Zombie Control Specialist
Damn thats a big difference in inflated nmbers.
..But is it the tractor company that actually did the lying or the engine company?
That's the part I was wondering about as well. How much is the actually company that built the rest of the mower at fault here?
OldCracker29
I've been knocked down drug out and left for dead
I would have to agree with you on this. I do know this mower seems to have more power than any 4 or 5 hp mowers I've had in the past. I guess that is probably because they were only sportin' about 2.5 hp.
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Bernie
Guest
I would have to agree with you on this. I do know this mower seems to have more power than any 4 or 5 hp mowers I've had in the past. I guess that is probably because they were only sportin' about 2.5 hp.
Exactly. This all goes back to at least 1994, and probably before that.
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Bernie
Guest
If you think about it, some of the earliest autos had engines rated at just 4-5hp, and they'd hit 30mph (or better) with driver and passenger, and weighed in at half a ton themselves. Think a 7hp Craftsman mower engine could do that? Think again... that puppy is barely putting out 3.5hp according to this case.
ScottyBoy
No, that's not a banana in my pants.
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Bernie
Guest
Damn thats a big difference in inflated nmbers.
..But is it the tractor company that actually did the lying or the engine company?
Damn thats a big difference in inflated nmbers.
..But is it the tractor company that actually did the lying or the engine company?
That's the part I was wondering about as well. How much is the actually company that built the rest of the mower at fault here?
And the answer is "all of the above". According to the court case records both the mower manufacturers and the engine manufacturers spent the last 16 years (at least) "rigging" the numbers by forming their own "independent" groups to set the standards for how horsepower is measured, and to cover up the fraud they were perpetrating.
I just got this in the mail yesterday. Maybe I should send this in and get my $75.
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Bernie
Guest
Why not? It's your money.
A few folks here have said that they don't want to be part of this kind of litigation, and I can respect their choice even though I don't understand it.
The litigation is already done, this is the settlement. And since it was a class action if you qualified as a member of the class you were already part of it, since you were added automatically. You'd have to specifically send a letter to the court asking to be excluded from the class to not be part of it. Any unclaimed funds left in the escrow account at the end of the disbursement don't go back to the manufacturers. The judge gets to decide what to do with those funds after a year. So why not claim your share? You're just getting back an amount the court decided you were overcharged when you bought your mower.
