So Harry, why not get Charlie to start separate threads for O's, and every other series of IHC built garden tractors, since they all have differences? You, as one of the old timers, know why - that wasn't and still isn't the way the Forum has always been organized. There are subsets where needed, but there have been discussions in the past about abolishing the "running thread" of the main forum and the answer IIRC was "you don't like it the way it is, build your own forum".
Charlie has always taken a much softer approach, but as AFAIK, the traditional organization still stands and just a few Forum members, even though called out on it by the Forum owner, chose to disregard the Forum's posted requirement for content. Note that one of the results was new members posting questions there.....
Yup, as one of the Forum community (we ALL share the responsibility for keeping the post content on track so Charlie, Bryan and Kraig can actually have a life) I have chosen to call you guys out on it several times. My "reward" is to be referred to as a "whiner", by a couple of guys... One I'll disregard as a "heat of the moment" thing, but the other - I'll just consider the source - (I guess "accuracy" is only important in measurements with him...).
As far as emails directly to Charlie - yup, I sent him one, apologizing for bringing the issue up, but apparently others felt the same way - you guys were posting topics of value to the entire community, but not in the right place.......
Charlie, I know you're sick of this, and I'll take my medicine for posting a follow on comment here.. I still regard these folks as my friends, and for the sake of the good info posted here in the last few months, you can poof my response here, if need be, but don't abolish the thread - way too much good info to be lost....
Gerry