TCowner
Platinum Member
I was curious what other TBN members thought of relatives, friends, neighbors, who frequently arrive at your doorstep with an urgent need to borrow some of your equipment. Maybe I'm over reacting but in the last three weeks I've had my brother need my utility trailer and two section drag. I've had my next door neighbor need my TC40D and loader to move some crushed rock around his house. Earlier today another neighbor stopped by with pickup and trailer in desparate need of my post hole auger. Perhaps what irritates me the most is these fellows generally don't like to buy anything and I suppose you can't blame them if they have such an easy access to a rental yard (my place and I've yet to see any rental fees). The neighbor who wanted the post hole auger used it last Fall and returned it without cleaning the clay from the auger. I used it to dig three holes and the knuckle on the pto shaft closest to the tractor broke. It cost about the same to purchase a new shaft so I did to the tune of $130.00. I've had the digger for more than ten years so I really can't be certain it was abused but you start to think. I must confess that I stretched the truth a bit claiming that I had not fixed the pto shaft yet. It probably makes more sense just to establish a no lending policy. What do the rest of you do?