I had looked at several nice Honda tractors that came up in my area when I was in the market for a good used tractor. The only problem with Honda tractors is parts availability or lack there of more specifically. They certainly are strong performers and like all Honda OPE are well built and engineered. I belong to several tractor forums and parts availability is the #1 complaint when it comes to these tractors. Do your homework and you'll come to your own conclusion. Good Luck!

As with any sheet metal, it can be heated, reformed, or welded, which I did. The point is to be forewarned that after 3 1/2 years, a simple piece of replaceable metal can sideline your very expensive commercial rider because it's no longer available.

For spec reasons, compatibility, matching the hood to the range maker is often recommended. I noted a lot use mesh too. I wonder if you may upgrade to baffles. If you can, it may cost less by means of aggravation in the end. That said, here are a few companies that I bookmarked: http://www.rangecraft.com/ http://www.prizerhoods.com/ http://wolf.com http://thermador.com

Your experience could have happened with any brand. How old was this dishwasher? The more popular a part is and the more models it is used on, the longer it will be available. A heating element, like weissman mentioned, would have been used on all the models at the time, and probably across multiple generations, so you would have no trouble getting one 10-20 years later. Keypads on the other hand tend to be very model specific, and often won't even make it to 10 years after the model was discontinued. >We're interested in Miele, Bosch, and other high-end appliances. Are they engineered to have field-replaceable parts? Are parts kept in stock? Of course they're engineered to have field replaceable parts, all appliances are. But, parts availability varies on the manufacturer. Bosch and KitchenAid are better than most of the high end ones since they have open parts distribution for most of their models. This means that their parts are widely available through most suppliers. Most high end manufacturers use proprietary parts distribution though, which means they are available only from the manufacturer and ridiculously overpriced (especially in the case of Miele). Also, the high end manufacturers aren't really better about keeping parts available in the long term than mainstream manufacturers. It just isn't profitable to be selling parts that almost nobody will buy. So, overall I'd say high end appliances are worse than mainstream ones in terms of parts availability, both early on and 15 years later.