roadhunter
Elite Member
Out here we help neighbors no matter what. Nobody abuses it and we all know that if you need help all you have to do is ask. They helped dig us out of the snow the first 2 years before I had a tractor. Some of the off grid folks ask me to find parts on the internet occasionally and I"m glad to help. Another neighbor recently borrowed my tractor to do some drainage work on his place. Another brought down his big disc this spring to help us start a garden. I think being in very rural places is different than living in the city. Out here I know everyone who lives for 10+ miles around my place. When I lived in town I didn't even talk to many of my neighbors and would never have considered asking them for help. When I first moved out here one of the neighbors asked me to come help do some saw work as his just broke down and he needed to get a combine through an area with a few trees. That same neighbor built a 2 acre shelter belt across the road from my house to help with my snow drifting and recently brought his bailer down to see if it would bale pine shavings. We also just got a free puppy from my other neighbor who I helped build a deer blind. Amazing when I look back at how much my neighbors have helped me. Dont' know where I'd be without them.