Parts ……

[blackpowder]

And that has become a common story.

[Blaithin]

When I read that you picked up parts for the fella, my first thought was the combine known as the yellow fellow. Possibly manufactured by Fella in Germany?

Well normally I call him my Mantoy but didn’t think this was the platform for that. Since learning Fella has links to trauma for some I’ll go back to it now

[blackpowder]

Haha, you rock.

[makar]

I was just informed by Gregg's distributor engine oil filter for my tr98 is discontinued. By luberifiner.

[fjlip]

This sounds totally ridiculous! How could there be NO parts?
Especially for a 2014?

[woodland]

And that has become a common story.

I thought it was only us that picked equipment that had parts made of unobtainium……… glad to know I’m not alone😉

[Stormin]

I was just informed by Gregg's distributor engine oil filter for my tr98 is discontinued. By luberifiner.

Try Baldwin, been having good luck finding filters with that brand.

[SmallTimeOperator]

This sounds totally ridiculous! How could there be NO parts?
Especially for a 2014?

In my case, Auburn, the maker of the planetaries, I am told, is getting out of building them. Now the parts pipeline is nearly empty. I thought with all the sprayers that ran Auburn, that there should be lots of availability. Not so. Last Case Sprayer that had an Auburn planetary, the 3185. And there is different gear ratios in the planetaries depending on what it was on, so parts are not interchangeable. As for turbos, the Holset turbo I needed, no one ever sold one before. So they don’t stock anything that has never been sold. Same story at every Color of dealer and includes their warehouses. I hear this all the time.

[biglentil]

The only worse words out of the partsman's mouth than backordered is discontinued. Next step after giving up at the stealerships is alway calling the wreckers. Problem is many of them sent their entire inventory off to the smelter when they were paying 400 a ton for scrap metal. Being able to fabricate and fix helps, but best to stay up on maintenance and pray it don't break. As interest rates and inflation put the supply chain out of business parts availability isnt going to get better.

[Hamloc]

In my case, Auburn, the maker of the planetaries, I am told, is getting out of building them. Now the parts pipeline is nearly empty. I thought with all the sprayers that ran Auburn, that there should be lots of availability. Not so. Last Case Sprayer that had an Auburn planetary, the 3185. And there is different gear ratios in the planetaries depending on what it was on, so parts are not interchangeable. As for turbos, the Holset turbo I needed, no one ever sold one before. So they don’t stock anything that has never been sold. Same story at every Color of dealer and includes their warehouses. I hear this all the time.

We just bought a 2013 Macdon. This certainly doesn’t make me cheerful.