mercury50 HARDI ® MERCURY OPERATOR'S MANUALWARRANTY POLICY AND CONDITIONSHARDI® INC. , 1500 West 76th Street, Davenport, Iowa, USA; 5646 W. Barstow, Fresno, California, USA; and 290Sovereign Road, London, Ontario, Canada hereinafter called "HARDI® ", offers the following limited warranty in ac-cordance with the provisions below to each original retail purchaser of HARDI® new equipment of its own manufac-turer, from an authorized HARDI® dealer, that such equipment is at the time of delivery to such purchaser, free fromdefects in material and workmanship and that such equipment will be warranted for a period of one year from thedate of delivery to the end user providing the machine is used and serviced in accordance with the recommenda-tions in the Operator's Manual and is operated under normal farm conditions.1. This limited warranty is subject to the following exceptions:a) Parts of the machine not manufactured by HARDI ®, (i.e. engines, tires, tubes, electronic controls, and othercomponents or trade accessories, etc.) are not covered by this warranty but are subject to the warranty of theoriginal manufacturer. Any claim falling into this category will be taken up with the manufacturer concerned.b) This warranty will be withdrawn if any equipment has been used for purposes other than for which it was in-tended or if it has been misused, neglected, or damaged by accident, let out on hire or furnished by a rentalagency. Nor can claims be accepted if parts other than those manufactured by HARDI® have been incorpo-rated in any of our equipment. Further, HARDI® shall not be responsible for damage in transit or handling byany common carrier and under no circumstances within or without the warranty period will HARDI® be liablefor damages of loss of use, or damages resulting from delay or any consequential damage.2. We cannot be held responsible for loss of livestock, loss of crops, loss because of delays in harvesting or anyexpense or loss incurred for labor, supplies, substitute machinery, rental for any other reason, or for injurieseither to the owner or to a third party, nor can we be called upon to be responsible for labor charges, other thanoriginally agreed, incurred in the removal or replacement of components.3. The customer will be responsible for and bear the costs of:a) Normal maintenance such as greasing, maintenance of oil levels, minor adjustments, etc.b) Transportation of any HARDI® product to and from where the warranty work is performed.c) Dealer travel time to and from the machine or to deliver and return the machine from the service workshopfor repair.d) Dealer traveling costs.4. Parts defined as normal wearing items, (i.e. tires and V-belts) are not in any way covered under this warranty.5. This warranty will not apply to any product which is altered or modified without the express written permission ofHARDI® and/or repaired by anyone other than an Authorized Service Dealer.6. Warranty is dependent upon the strict observance by the purchaser of the following provisions:a) That this warranty may not be assigned or transferred to anyone.b) That the Warranty Registration Certificate has been correctly completed by dealer and purchaser with theirnames and addresses, dated, signed and returned to the appropriate address as given on the Warranty Reg-istration Certificate.c) That all safety instructions in the operator's manual shall be followed and all safety guards regularly inspect-ed and replaced where necessary.7. No warranty is given on second-hand products and none is to be implied.