[AT] Woods RM 500 Changing Belt

[Cecil Bearden]

OK, here was the problem.  I needed a drive belt for the sickle drive, 
and had one ground drive belt going bad on a JD 215Aself propelled 
swather.  So I ordered 2 sickle and 2 ground drive belts.  It was coming 
up memorial day weekend.  I ordered the Belt on Wednesday and asked for 
2nd day air service, meaning it would be here on Friday.  On Friday at 
noon I started looking for the belts as they were to be sent to my 
office.  I searched through Fed Ex for the entire weekend for the belts 
and ended up paying opening charges for the John deere dealer plus $50 
for the ground drive belt and had to remove the sickle drive belt from a 
parts swather which took over 2 hours to remove.  When I finally talked 
to Jaydee enterprises on Monday morning they finally called back on 
Tuesday morning and told me that the shipping clerk did not put the next 
day label on the package!!!!!!!!!     After all was said and done, I 
still had to pay the next day charges.  It started raining before we 
finished cutting and the hay got wet and it was 2 weeks before I got 
back into the field.   Yes I should have been better prepared, but I was 
counting on my father to asses the condition of the swather before we 
started.  It also took another 3 hours to remove and reinstall the new 
sickle drive belt....

I ordered belts by number from them about 2 weeks later before I found 
that they did not reverse the charges on my credit card, and they could 
not get that right..  It seemed that they could work better if the 
recipient was East of the missippi river..

So, If you have plenty of time, Jaydee has the best prices....  Me, I 
use O'reilley auto parts and the parts counter guy's book,  for the last 
5 years they have not caused me a lot of trips back...

I may be unreasonable about this, but that was one of the worst 
experiences I have had with a vendor...

Cecil in OKla

Chuck Saunders wrote:
> Of course that JD carb place has been making people furious for years. But I
> have seen businesses where some love em, and some hate em, who's to say (not
> me, that's for sure)?
> Chuck Saunders
> 
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> The '90's?  Gee that was 10+ years ago.  Maybe they've cleaned up
>> their act?  Note they are still in business; if they were THAT bad,
>> would they perhaps have disappeared by now?   I'd be inclined to try
>> Jaydee based on Mike Sloane's recommendation and I don't think your
>> negative experience puts much of a damper on that.  That's just me of
>> course.  Each entitled to form their own opinion.
>>
>> Steve O.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Cecil Bearden<crbearden at copper.net>
>> wrote:
>>> Back in the 90's I tried Jaydee enterprises for my swather belts I
>>> needed in a hurry.  They screwed up the order every time in their
>>> shipping department, so I had to go to the dealer and ended up with the
>>> aftermarket belts and could not return them and an extra shipping charge
>>> for the overnight service that was never sent overnight.  I would not
>>> order from them again..
>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>
>>> Mike Sloane wrote:
>>>> Check out the various on-line catalogs. They have very extensive
>>>> cross-reference charts. And if they don't have a belt, they will make
>>>> one to your spec. If you can't find what you are looking for, give them
>>>> a call at the 800 number; they are very helpful.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> Roy Morgan wrote:
>>>>> On Jul 21, 2009, at 6:53 AM, Mike Sloane wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> .... I buy all my belts from JayDee Enterprises and have been very
>>>>>> satisfied. <www.jdv-belts.com>
>>>>> I wonder if they have belts for Cub Cadets, too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Roy
>>>>>
>>>>> Roy Morgan
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