[AT] best parts counter service

[charlie hill]

Yes Al,  I  think it is East Coast.  Harvey used to own the dealership in 
New Bern also but it was part of the deal.   There was a JD dealer in 
Washington that was the go to place for all the JD guys I know.
They refused to sell out to East Coast and ended up loosing their franchise. 
I don't know what they are doing now or if their doors are even open.

I buy Woods mower parts from the Case IH dealer in Kinston.  Nice folks, 
reasonably priced most of the time.   Speaking of Kinston,  if you ever need 
any Briggs and Stratton parts, Lenoir Oxygen in downtown Kinston is hard to 
beat.  They have stuff in stock that most dealers never heard of.  I walked 
in there and asked them for a sediment bowl for a 5 HP Briggs that was 
1940's or 50's vintage and the guy pulled it off the shelf and handed it to 
me without even looking in the book.

I'm not a big JD fan, not that there is anything wrong with JD, it's just 
not my preference but given available dealer support in this area, if I was 
a big farmer that is probably what I would buy.

Charlie


t-----Original Message----- 
From: Al Jones
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 2:35 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] best parts counter service

Charlie,

You mean East Coast Equipment?  They are the ones at the Kinston store.  I 
agree, parts service with them is excellent.  When that store was still L. 
Harvey's, they were top-notch even then.

Quality Farm Equipment controls the stores in Clinton, Dunn, etc.  The one 
good thing IMO to come from the big Deere dealer consolidations was Quality 
put a new store in Wallace.  (My dad dealt with the old dealer in Teachey, 
down the road from Wallace for years)  That puts a dealer about 20 minutes 
away.  Only issue I have seen is they don't always have what you need, but 
usually some other store does.

The caseIH dealer in Kinston is first-rate too. When I come in wanting 
something they haven't sold in 50 years, they will take the time to dealer 
search it to see if they can find it anywhere....the Clinton caseIH dealer 
is just as good too.  I guess we're lucky....

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 1, 2011 9:31 AM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] best parts counter service
>
>John,  Down this way everything is Deere except for a few die hard IH guys.
>One outfit owns every Deere dealership from VA to SC east of I-95.   I 
>don't
>have any reason to deal with them but the few times I have stopped in the
>local shop here they have been very helpful.
>
>Charlie
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: john hall
>Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 5:21 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: [AT] best parts counter service
>
>Just curious as to what brand of equipment you guys are finding has the 
>best
>service at the parts counter. From what I am finding it is definitely 
>Deere.
>Our local dealer is tied in with 7 or 8 more so if parts aren't in stock,
>they can sometimes have them delivered from another store the same day. 
>Also
>getting parts from a distribution center is generally 1 day and doesn't 
>cost
>much--even for Saturday delivery. I had to order some stuff from AGCO this
>week and since it was shipped direct from the distribution center I got hit
>with a $25 shipping fee on a 2lb package. Case-IH is ok, dealer seems to
>have to order too much stuff.
>
>Your thoughts?
>
>John Hall
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