cabelas is discontinuing tractor sales

[murphy1244]

Even I did not recognize the name.. I am shocked. Well.. I shoot mostly Hornady's and Sierras anyway..I shop a lot at Wal-Mart too..

I knew the name just couldn't place the face.

 

[DFB]

You know this reminds me of when I had short stint with a local landscape business. The owner sent me over to the country club to do a job. He says to me "Keep your head down and don't talk to anybody" I looked him right in face and said... Yea right I wouldn't want my friends to see me working for you".

Then he says "you know people there?"

 

[Jim Timber]

I really like some of Hornady's bullets, but I'm more partial to Sierra and Nosler.

Us broke guys are so poor we have to hand load all our own ammo. Wait, I guess that makes it all custom and worth more. Shoot, you poor walmart shoppers have it rough! :laughing:

I'd hate to end up with enough wealth that it made me think I was better than someone else. That's poverty of the soul money can't fix.

 

[Lastkidpicked]

I'd like to take a moment to reflect on how fortunate we are as members on this forum. When I think of the members here who are the happiest, it seems it is members who enjoy tractors and showing family members how to use them. And happy when they have time to spend with friends and family, putting up hay or pushing snow with their machines.

Look at the threads where guys have old equipment and love working on it with friends and family. Look at members who have new equipment and their favorite part is sharing that experience with their kids.

They are the lucky ones-- not just the guys with the money.

 

[s219]

Hmm, I was on a telecon with Bryan Litz once, does that make me special? You know, he's a pretty regular guy.

 

[k0ua]

I really like some of Hornady's bullets, but I'm more partial to Sierra and Nosler.

Us broke guys are so poor we have to hand load all our own ammo. Wait, I guess that makes it all custom and worth more. Shoot, you poor walmart shoppers have it rough! :laughing:

I'd hate to end up with enough wealth that it made me think I was better than someone else. That's poverty of the soul money can't fix.

Amen brother. Amen.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Even I did not recognize the name.. I am shocked. Well.. I shoot mostly Hornady's and Sierras anyway..I shop a lot at Wal-Mart too..

You guys shoot all those "expensive" bullets! I have to swage my own!

SR

 

[k0ua]

You guys shoot all those "expensive" bullets! I have to swage my own!

SR

Probably the most bullets I shot were hard cast pistol bullets. That and a bunch of Jacketed FMJ's from Precision Delta bullets, I am not independently wealthy.

 

[Jim Timber]

I'd like to take a moment to reflect on how fortunate we are as members on this forum. When I think of the members here who are the happiest, it seems it is members who enjoy tractors and showing family members how to use them. And happy when they have time to spend with friends and family, putting up hay or pushing snow with their machines.

Look at the threads where guys have old equipment and love working on it with friends and family. Look at members who have new equipment and their favorite part is sharing that experience with their kids.

They are the lucky ones-- not just the guys with the money.

Having nice stuff can make life easier, but living life is what should be celebrated. There's a growing trend amongst millennials that they value the experience more than the price paid; so there's some hope that our culture will get over the "more is more" kick we've been on since the 60's and get back to being human to one another.

I have a lot of people's jaws drop when they come into my shop for the first time. It's been collected over decades (and I'm not all that old!), but it's just stuff. Stuff that lets me make things, and I enjoy the making more than I enjoy the having the tool that lets me do it.

So here's a little insight on investing in stuff. I've had a couple really nice cars in my life. I found out that I would worry about their well being. I would park where they wouldn't likely get dings or scratched. I would worry about getting broken into when I was downtown at a concert and my head was not in the moment of enjoying the performance - I was thinking about my nice car in that dark parking lot 3 blocks away. I was attached to the process of owning them, they really owned me. In both cases (one happened when I was younger, the other happened a few years back when I finally got my "dream car" 540i), I got to resent those cars because of the control being concerned over them had on my mental state. I eventually sold them and got older, not completely crappy, but much less valuable vehicles that I didn't care all that much about - readily replaced if something were to happen (and I've been fully insured on all my cars). It's liberating!!!! So what you almost hit me! So what you sent your cart sailing across the parking lot! So what it's hailing small bricks outside and there's a tornado 3 blocks away! I was free of the bondage of those stupid possessions! I no longer cared if something bad or even inconsequential happened to my car.

I do love my tractor. It's changed my life and made things that were very difficult on my body much easier to accomplish and I don't have any more aches and pains from doing even more work than I ever could without it. But it's still just stuff.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Probably the most bullets I shot were hard cast pistol bullets. That and a bunch of Jacketed FMJ's from Precision Delta bullets, I am not independently wealthy.

I started "casting" bullets in the 60's and I started "swaging" jacketed bullets in the 70's...

Designing and swaging jacketed bullets is a LOT of work and you really don't save any money doing it...

SR