Marveltone
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2010
- Messages
- 1,485
- Location
- Somewhere north of Roseau, MN
- Tractor
- Fordson Major Diesel, McCormick Deering W4, Ford 1510, John Deere L111
Aaarrrrgh! I've been borrowing a tractor from my uncle to finish haying (long story) while I gather parts and equipment to fix mine. He lent me his Allis Chalmers D14, which had a quick hitch attached to it. The hitch was causing issues with my haying equipment, so I removed it and set it on a pike of telephone poles on my property behind some bushes... In other words, there was absolutely no way to see it from the road. This road, BTW, goes only to a couple of gravel pits and forestry trails. Nobody lives past my hay field.
Today, I hopped on the D14 and drove up to the meadow to reattach the QH so I could return the tractor. It was gone! I could see tire tracks in the grass that seemed to indicate that someone had been there twice. They followed the same path, but one set looked like they scoped out the place, while the other set had clearly backed up to the place where the QH was.
Needless to say, I called the Sheriff, who sent a deputy within 20 min. He looked the place over, asked the appropriate questions and will file the report. Neither one of us expect to see the item again.
For reference, only five families live on Minnesota Hill, and we are pretty tight and look out for each other. There are, however, a few seasonal, or part time cabins that can occasionally bring the party crowds up to our quiet corner of the world. Other than that, just the occasional 4-wheeler s and hunters.
I went to town and bought a new QH to replace the stolen one, and I'll return the tractor, unscathed tomorrow.
I'm a little cranky.
Joe
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Today, I hopped on the D14 and drove up to the meadow to reattach the QH so I could return the tractor. It was gone! I could see tire tracks in the grass that seemed to indicate that someone had been there twice. They followed the same path, but one set looked like they scoped out the place, while the other set had clearly backed up to the place where the QH was.
Needless to say, I called the Sheriff, who sent a deputy within 20 min. He looked the place over, asked the appropriate questions and will file the report. Neither one of us expect to see the item again.
For reference, only five families live on Minnesota Hill, and we are pretty tight and look out for each other. There are, however, a few seasonal, or part time cabins that can occasionally bring the party crowds up to our quiet corner of the world. Other than that, just the occasional 4-wheeler s and hunters.
I went to town and bought a new QH to replace the stolen one, and I'll return the tractor, unscathed tomorrow.
I'm a little cranky.
Joe
Sent from my XT907 using TractorByNet