The length of time it takes to complete tractor repairs is not covered by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Tribunal says a decision handed down recently.
A farm couple filed an appeal under the Farm Implements Act, but the tribunal wrote it doesn’t have jurisdiction in the case which did not involve breach of warranty or replacement parts.
The complaint was the length of time it took Delta Power Equipment to repair a 5640 Ford/New Holland tractor that needed work on the power take-off, power steering, three-point hitch and clutch.
The tribunal, chaired by Glenn Walker, wrote “there do not appear to be provisions in the Act that would assist the applicants.
“The parts supply warranty is well expired and does not seem relevant anyway, and the parts quality warranty does not seem to be at issue (unless the clutch issue fits, but the allegation is that the flywheel may not have been resurfaced – a quality of work issue, not quality of repair parts).
“The emergency repair parts provisions only apply within the first The tractor was purchased in 1993.
