10 Commandments of Equipment Purchasing

[SodBuster]

1. Thou shalt not max out personal credit card.
2. Thou shalt read and perhaps re-read the operation manual.
3. Thou shalt begin and continue a maintenance shedule.
4. Thou shalt?
5. Thou shalt?
6. Thou shalt?
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9. Thou shalt?
10. Thou shalt?

[TRANSMAN]

Incomplete.... Grading F-

1. Thou shalt not max out personal credit card.
2. Thou shalt read and perhaps re-read the operation manual.
3. Thou shalt begin and continue a maintenance schedule.
4. Thou shalt Learn how to fix equiptment on the fly.
5. Thou shalt Find someone who can fix what you cant and pay them dearly
6. Thou shalt change lubricants long before what the manual states.
7. Thou shalt buy what you need not garbage somebody pushes , earning $0.
8. Thou shalt be cool and walk away from overpriced items.
9. Thou shalt expect some cool freebies on large purchases.
10. Thou shalt sleep on it if in doubt. It will be there tommorrow if you actually need it.

Sorry Sod Someone had to finish the incomplete list!!!!!

T-puppyCAT....

[MASTERMOWER]

11th commandment

Thou shalt never pay the MSRP on equipment, wheel and deal for bargains.

Picked up a practically new folded steel Jackson wheelbarrow today for $20.

[dare630]

not buy used equipment.

somebody elses old problem isn't going to become mine.

[EGLC]

Thou-shalt never ~ never buy a piece of equipment, "just because you want it".