>>I would think that a major consideration of world cruisers would be parts availability. That would suggest John Deere. Ron Rogers<< I agree. My N 46 has a John Deere 6068DFM, not a Lugger. I've been told it's the first 46 to not have a Lugger. I always thought this was an advantage as I could get parts/assistance from any shop in the world that works on Deere tractors. -- Frank Osborne Discovery N46-37 Currently in San Carlos Sonora Mexico Blog:http://mvdiscovery.blogspot.com/

----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Osborne" I always thought this was an advantage as I could get parts/assistance from any shop in the world that works on Deere tractors. REPLY That begs the question as to which specific brand of engine block is most widely used on a global scale. John Deere, Catapillar, Kubota or some other brand not commonly found in North America. Arild

A lot of Lugger parts should be the same as Deere parts, or so I'd presume, given Luggers all start off life as Deeres. Or does Lugger change so many things that only the internal guts of the engine remain Deere? Most of us don't carry around spare camshafts. I haven't inventoried this as I have a Deere 6081AFM engine, but wonder if anyone else has. John On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:26 AM, Frank Osborne wrote: >>> I would think that a major consideration of world cruisers would be > parts availability. That would suggest John Deere. > Ron Rogers<< > > I agree. My N 46 has a John Deere 6068DFM, not a Lugger. I've been > told > it's the first 46 to not have a Lugger. I always thought this was an > advantage as I could get parts/assistance from any shop in the world > that > works on Deere tractors. > > -- > Frank Osborne > Discovery N46-37 > Currently in San Carlos Sonora Mexico > Blog:http://mvdiscovery.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World > Productions, formerly known as Trawler World Productions.