I think it goes to the reason the question was asked in the first place. I've noticed that allot of the questions on how to do something, or requests for help come from new people. They have a project to do or something they have breaks and they want advice on how to fix it. The do a search and come up with a dozen or so sites, including TBN. They ask the same question at every site and check back for answers. I'm guilty of this from time to time. When my diesel engine died in my dozer, I posted questions all over the place. What suprised me was how little help or real advice I got on the Diesel sites and the Cummins threads. They all love to talk about how great their engine is, but nobody was of any help to me at that time. Several guys here at TBN walked me through the process and thanks to them, I got it done.
I posted several times at those other sites, didn't get anything that I was looking for and lost interest in going there.
Another reason that there is no follow up, or completion to a thread is that it might not have been finished. I've seen allot of threads that post the finished job and they are very proud of what they have accomplished. I think the ones that never finish, or post anything more about what they were working on have stoped working on those things. The advice we give and receive here is almost overwhelming. It also gives us things to consider that we might not have thought about. Making something from scratch might sound like a great idea, but after posting questions about it, you realize that buying it brand new is actually cheaper. Clearing land or digging a pond sounds like allot of fun until you actually start to do it. Then you realize that hiring it out is not only easier, it's cheaper when you consider the damage that you cause to your tractor and yourself.
And the other reason that I've come across is that some people don't like being told their idea isn't the best way to do something. They take it personally that anybody else would consider offering an alternative suggestion to their plan. We've had plenty of heated and very oposing discusions here on different aproaches to accomplishing the same thing. I think it's good to get oposing views and suggestions that I never considered. Others don't and they disapear. We've had some very long time members with thousands of posts disapear for this reason. They tell somebody how to do something, then somebody else offers a different options and the long time poster gets offended. The thread dies and nothing is heard from it again.
I personally don't care as much about seeing the finished project as I do about reading all the suggestions and options. If a guy is building a barn or shed, it doesn't matter to me if he finishes it or not or what it looks like. What I like is to hear what everyone else has to offer towards building it, or what the original poster is doing and why he's doing it. The same is true for homes that are being built, driveways, ponds, pastures and attachements. The list goes on and on. If I get one tidbit of knowledge from a thread, it's priceless to me. In the years that I've been here, I've learned more from TBN then any other source by a very large margin.
Sorry for the long post, I sort of got on a roll. LOL
Eddie
(oh never mind that was my wife speaking)...he does have another location. Funny, I did think the same thing too! So sometimes I send a private email to find out if it worked.
