Tractor Supply

[SwampSurvivor]

Their rain runoff water?

Essentially, yea.

My old house was slightly south of the village in a swampy area between the village and the lake. Oswego county is a giant swamp anyway.

Tractor Supply and a few others including Walmart built in a low lying swamp area. They built the whole area up probably 30 feet to be way above the water. But now there's a lot of runoff from the parking lots and they displace a lot of water detention ability.

All of the water that would collect there is now forced south to the lake much sooner and quicker. I never had major flooding issues at that house until they built that tractor supply. I think that was just the straw that broke the camels back for water retention in the area causing many issues.

Thankfully I never had to deal with water IN the house but a few people around me had that.

 

[wavinwayne]

I like my local TSC store, but it's hard to justify going there when everything I buy there is available at other stores (Home Depot, Walmart, etc.) closer to my house, and usually cheaper. The good thing about my local TSC is when I do go, they normally have what I need and it's never too crowded.

 

[ChrisMU]

My TSC recently added an outdoor plant area (much like a scaled down Home Depot) and a dog wash. I’ll occasionally go there for mower-related items and nuts/bolts/etc., but my most frequent purchase there are the 50 lb bags of non-clumping Tidy Cats cat litter. I’ll buy from there unless the Sam’s Club on the far side of Austin has them on sale. Note: currently on sale at Sam’s for $10.48 until August 17. If I’m at TSC for something, I’ll also check the clothing clearance section. I’ve gotten khaki shorts for $3 and Pearl snap western shirts for $5-25.

 

[nomas]

I wanted some No-Flat tires for the front of my ZTR . TSC had them priced at $75 each . I went home and ordered two for $75 from Amazon .

 

[thastinger]

Never a problem from them. I've bought tank sprayers, pull behind dump carts, post hole auger etc from them.

 

[K-Man]

TS prices have shot up. In 2012 I bought a lawn tractor on sale from TS for $1,000, MTD Huskee brand. I still use it.

Today TS stores have the exact same lawn tractor with the same drivetrain, controls, mower deck, seat, and body, with only a different hood with another MTD brand, Troy-Bilt, on it. But now that tractor is $2,200, over double the price in 12–13 years. And it's the cheapest model the stores carry.

 

[GI_GRIFF]

I'm starting to have my doubts about TSC.

Me too, and I'm in Nebraska! I was in there yesterday. Inventory was down, shelves were empty or disorganized, very half-a__ed.