Let my neighbor borrow my tractor...

[jdom84]

Came home from the store and I seen my neighbor, who just got back from spending the summer in Alaska, trying to cut down his acre field with a hand string trimmer. I walked over and chatted with him for a bit and he said he tried to rent a tractor to mow the field but no one in town has one to rent. Told him he could use mine... :shocked:


So I taught him how to run it and he went off mowing with the 5' brush hog. an hour later he returned with the tractor in perfect condition and 100 bucks in his had. :thumbsup: Not all neighbor loaning are horror stories :dance1:

 

[aczlan]

Great to hear. Not sure why it wouldn't let you change the title, but I fixed it for you.

Aaron Z

 

[cqaigy2]

Wow, now that's a keeper.:thumbsup:

 

[jdom84]

Great to hear. Not sure why it wouldn't let you change the title, but I fixed it for you.

Aaron Z

user error I'm sure

 

[hturner12]

user error I'm sure

My neighbor and his son both have a key to mine. They have helped me a bunch never asked for a dime. He is a supervisor for the water department. His son works at Komutsu in the shop. Simple rules if it breaks fix it. Dont use up all the fuel and not rplace it.

 

[oosik]

Fortunately - all my neighbors, that need tractors, have their own. Those who do not - I would hesitate to loan them my heavy duty pry bar.

"A man has got to know his limitations"

 

[skipperbrown]

I learned a long time ago it's best if someone wants to borrow my equipment, they get to borrow me at the same time. You have a good neighbor, don't ever let him move.

 

[Walter L]

Well years ago i let my Brotherinlaw borrow my tractor scoup and box blade i told him if you break it fix it before return the next day he backed his truck by the tractor shed and started pulling pieces of the scoup out said he hit a stump, i told him i would help him load it back up for him to get if fixed before returning it, i now have a piece of patched together crap and i made my B I L mad he later came over to borrow my tractor and bush hog i offered to bring the tractor to his place and bush hog for him free, made him mad he decided hedidnt want it cut. I do a lot of tractor work for my neighbors free but i dont loan my tractor any more.

Walt

 

[mred2]

Some years ago, I let a neighbor borrow my tractor with the box blade. He came over and asked that day. He had worked on a farm for some years. I started it for him, as it is an old tractor with manual glow plugs(turn key to left to heat them up). He used it and returned it, no problems. Two weeks later, I went to use my tractor. Battery was dead, tried to charge it and had to replace it. After replacing the battery, found the starter was burned up. Had to replace the starter. The next week I saw my neighbor at the store. He asked what was wrong with my tractor as he had come to borrow it again(without asking a second time) and it would turn over but not fire off. I asked if he had heated the glow plugs, He "oh, i forgot". He cost me a battery and starter. I told him "DO NOT BORROW ANYTHING AGAIN, WITHOUT ASKING".

 

[Thomas]

Good on you :thumbsup: as they say one hand washes the either.