How many of your friends do NOT have tractors?

[WinterDeere]

Last year during a holiday at a cousins house in the big city I saw a guy mowing his ~30x30 yard with a little (~18-25hp) JD lawn tractor. Asked him if he had a place in the country and he said no, just liked the status of having a rig like that.

I see guys mowing little 0.25 acre properties with 60" commercial zero turns, all the time. I always assumed they were landscapers, who were just using what they already owned for commercial work, to do their own small lawn. But now you make me wonder...

 

[MF243RedTop]

Title of thread should read:

"How many of your friends want to borrow your tractor, since they don't own one? "

 

[BravoXray]

People here who run bulldozers often refer to them as "tractors"... which makes sense if you think about it. The term I've never understood was "chicken tractor."

Back in the '70s we had a International TD-24 that we sometimes put a pushblock on to push earthmovers to aid loading, and sometimes put a cable operated blade on it to push dirt.
When the pushblock was on it, it was a tractor, when the blade was on it, it was a dozer.

 

[GeneV]

I think the term "friend" is overly used. A co-worker got upset with me when she realized that I do not call her, or anyone else I work with, "friend." I simply stated that its not a negative thing. Do we hang out outside of work? Do you call or text me after hours? Do you talk about your personal life with me? All answers were, no.

I have different categories of people in my life:
Strangers, acquaintances, co-workers, neighbors, friends, family.

Calling someone my "friend" is something special to me. My friends are people who support me no matter what. I could call them to bail me out of jail and they wouldn't even hesitate. We hang out on a regular basis, have similar hobbies and interests, and our families get together just about as often as we do. They are completely welcome in my life, I would trust them with my life. I need both hands to count how many friends I have, but not a third.

So, to answer the thread question: Out of my friends, 3 do not have tractors. Not even a riding lawn mower! Two live in town, one in a down town condo! They have no use for a tractor and are happy in their living environments... just so long as they can come out to my place for some fresh air from time to time.
The other guy, he has an ATV he uses to plow the driveway of snow, a walk behind tiller for the garden, and that's about it. His property is pretty simple. Though I have hauled my tractor to his place a few times to do some work. 3 times since 2018. That's not enough to justify a tractor purchase.

A mere acquaintance will narc you out to the cops, a friend won't, but a true buddy will help you bury 'em.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I have one neighbor without a tractor, one with an old cable blade D8 that hasn't run in years, one with a whole logging and ranching operation, and one with a Cat loader and dump truck. I have used my little L3130 to blade the driveways of tractorless neighbors, but have to get there first or someone else will do it.

 

[WinterDeere]

A mere acquaintance will narc you out to the cops, a friend won't, but a true buddy will help you bury 'em.

A friend will call you in jail. A good friend will come bail you out. Your best friend says, "hey, wasn't that fun?"

 

[Oaktree]

The term I've never understood was "chicken tractor."

Are you referring to portable pens? I don't get why they're called "tractors" either.

 

[OzarkChris]

Are you referring to portable pens? I don't get why they're called "tractors" either.

New CSHA (Chicken OSHA) Regulations for Chickens in Tractors.

 

[DIYOrangeDave]

Are you referring to portable pens? I don't get why they're called "tractors" either.

I always though they left the ground cultivated and fertilized. The movement of the pen was the tractor although it moved slow. We moved our’s in strips over an old garden bed in a straight line every few days. By the time the chickens went to the great beyond an old garden spot was revitalized and ready for the following season.

 

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the chickens went to the great beyond

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