Chris On 7/21/26 18:05, Jim Coate wrote:
My ears are burning! :-)Yes, Free Range Electric is still around. Which as David so aptly described consists of me, myself, and I as IT/web guy, source-er/maker of parts, packer & shipper of parts, etc etc. This summer has be especially chaotic for me in my personal life with some (good!) transitions underway.As to the web site, I'm mad at the ISP I have been using as they merged, changed stuff, and broke the checkout process by installing unasked for upgrades on their side. My goal is to rebuild the site elsewhere, which is a Project (with a capital P), especially as I want to merge it with my internal database to get a lot more parts listed on-line. So in the meantime... checkout without the shipping and I will invoice that separately or just holler and I'll send you an invoice for parts & shipping.Over the past year or so I have consolidated all the parts into one building which will be good in the long run, just first I have to get past the phase where I still want to look for something where it used to be. Which means it sometimes requires a little extra time looking for something different to find the requested part ;-)Thanks for your patience - I plan to keep doing this for a while! Jim Coate aka Free Range Electric aka The Electric Tractor Store On 07/21/2026 10:31 am, David Roden wrote:This is not an endorsement, but rather a report. Your mileage may vary!Until I sold off my ETs in 2022, I bought parts and supplies from Jim Coateseveral times with good results.We're all used to modern e-commerce. You whip out your phablet and tap 3 buttons. A day later some poor harried driver drops a package on your front porch, leaps back into his van, pees discreetly in a Gatorade bottle, andbarrels on to his next delivery, under big brother Bezos's whip.Free Range Electric isn't that. It kinda looks like an up-to-date web-shop, but AFAIK it's really one guy trying to keep track of a large inventory withno help and apparently lots of other stuff on his personal plate.I learned to pretty much ignore the website. Jim has stock that isn't listed there anyway. I emailed him with my needs. Sometimes I had to email him again. No big deal. Eventually I heard back from him, got a quotation, andmailed him a check. The goods arrived in 8-10 days, safely packaged.Jim knows his stuff and has lots of parts. Buying from him is a step back in time. It requires a little patience and persistence. Just imagine that it's1978 and your ET is 4 years old. :-) David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey