Let my neighbor borrow my tractor...

[4get gto]

Haven't kept count but I believe the horror story's will always out weigh the good ones....

 

[tjkubota93]

Guy asked to borrow my tractor.
I asked to borrow his wife.

Same rules apply to both. Dont throw a rod in either one and we will be ok!

 

[atsah]

Same rules apply to both. Dont throw a rod in either one and we will be ok!

ROFLMAO

 

[newbury]

Just look at the problems LD1 is having with his tractor. I would dread having to ask a neighbor to repair a tractor to the tune of $7,000.

 

[Tymanthius]

My BIL has a harsh but effective approach, he tells them when they ask to borrow equipment if it gets damaged not to bring it back just bring cash, basically if you break it you bought it. He says no one has ever taken him up on the offer.

Based on my experience I'm done loaning anything to anybody unless I am there to insure it is being used properly. Even if the damage was outside anyone's control a friend would feel responsible and you would always wonder if it could have been prevented had they done something differently.

Yep. I've always had rules for using my stuff. And my rules are there to protect the borrower - if you follow my rules and something goes wrong, it's on me, or was unavoidable. I won't be mad. Break my rules and you are gonna pay for it, even if nothing breaks.

 

[hawkeye08]

I had a discussion with my middle daughter about borrowing my things. When I loan them tools, I expect them to be the users of said tools and not for them to loan them to someone else. My daughter borrowed my pex ring crimper and when done, asked if I needed it the next couple of weeks where I explained above. She admitted they were going to help on church repairs (a couple water lines leaking, needing repairs). I have no problem if my daughter or son in law are the users. I made sure they understood.

 

[Budweiser John]

I’ve said it before and i’ll Say it again, those most likely to want to borrow something are the ones most likely are the least equipped to correctly operate said tool tractors or otherwise.

 

[strantor]

I have bad luck borrowing things. I take care of them like they're my own but they just happen to fail while I have them and I end up paying enough to fix them that I should have just bought my own. Last two things I borrowed cost me a day of labor for a 30min job. Borrowed a friend's PTO auger and the bolts that pin the auger to the right angle gearbox came out while it was spinning, caught the guard and mangled it. I spent the rest of the day fabricating a new (and more robust) guard for it. Borrowed a trailer from the same guy. I had to unload his tractor off it before I could take it, and somehow I managed to break both the ramps before I ever got the tractor off. Spent the rest of the day fabricating new (more robust) ramp attachment points. I don't know why this always happens. But nobody that I ask hesitates to loan me stuff, as it will most likely come back with improvements that I was forced to make for one reason or another.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I loaned my PHD to my neighbor, he brought it back fixed. I had forgotten there was something wrong when i told him he could use it.

 

[goeduck]

Guy asked to borrow my tractor.
I asked to borrow his wife.

And what did he say? :laughing:

My neighbors never ask to borrow anything, but the way my parcel sits there is only one neighbor that knows what I have. I like it that way.