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Larry Goss rlgoss at insightbb.com
Thu Nov 8 07:36:06 PST 2012


You put your finger on the problem, Ralph.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:17:52 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [AT] ATIS members

On 11/8/2012 8:56 AM, Larry Goss wrote:
> Some makes and models leave you no choice in that repair job, David.  The retail price for a brand new carburetor is less than the hourly shop rate.  It pains those of us who have lived our whole lives with the premise that it's cheaper to clean and repair an item rather than to replace it, but 2-cycle carburetors have changed that scenario.
>
> Larry
>
So how does that fit in with our "reduce, re-use, and recycle" policy of 
saving the environment I wonder? Seems like the bottom line is the 
almighty dollar. We want to save the world, but only if it is 
economically advantageous to us.

Ralph in Sask.

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