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A fast turn-around time will
save you a substantial amount of money and time in the maintenance of your lawn
and garden equipment. There are two primary factors that a customer should consider
when choosing the shop where they will take their mower for service.
First, one should only consider a Service Dealer that is professionally associated
with one or more lawn mower/small engine manufacturers like Toro/ Lawn-Boy, Honda,
Briggs & Stratton and/or Tecumseh. This greatly increases the probability that
the mechanics who service your lawn mower are qualified to properly do the work
as they are required to attend Annual Update Service Schools provided by the manufacturers.
Secondly, a customer
should carefully consider the turn-around time and how long the mower will be
waiting in the shop to be serviced. The longer you are without your mower during
the spring and early summer when the grass is growing rapidly, the more money
you are likely to spend over and beyond what you will be charged to service your
lawn mower. The average turn-around time in the Columbus area is somewhere between
3 to 8 weeks during the peak growing season. Quite Frankly, and putting myself
in the place of the customer, I would find this not only less than satisfying
but unacceptable. Simply
put, I have offered the FASTEST turn-around time in town for 28 years!
This means that at Arlington Service you will be getting your lawn mower back
in a matter of days. Again,
the large high volume shops in the Columbus area can keep your lawn mower anywhere
from 3 to 8 weeks during the peak growing season through early summer. Certainly,
if your lawn mower is tied up for a month or more in another shop you will have
to either pay someone else to cut your yard or rent a lawn mower and depending
on how fast the grass is growing the cost can really add up quickly. I suspect
that for an average size yard you could expect to pay $30 and up per cut every
week or two. Add that to the cost of the tune-up and you could be spending up
to the replacement value of a new mid-line push lawn mower. [more] | 
