JoeinTX
Platinum Member
Not doggin' 4320 due to his age. As said above, there are 15-year olds you could leave your first born with and rest easy..........then there are 50 year olds I wouldn't trust with a borrowed shovel, too. Not the point.
The point is good sense. Ya know, the kind of stuff that too many of us at that age didn't have and it took a few decades for it to clear up a bit. The old adage about "knowing at your age what I know now I could be a millionaire" kind of stuff.
At 4320's age I was hauling round bales with an LPG MF and figuring out my way around an old Euclid dozer for a very long time neighbor rancher who knew my family well. Old timers. Lawsuits and money disputes were completely out of the equation. That was just 1990. Doesn't seem that long ago. It's the people you're dealing with that matters.
Today I wouldn't tread upon a piece w/o a signed contract, paid-up liability insurance, and a thorough walking of the piece of ground in question. I don't deal with old time neighbors anymore.........today it's the newest nay-bob who's moved in and bought an old place and wants something done for him since he/she is too busy otherwise to do it. Think Derek from "Step Brothers."
That's just me. Others may do otherwise without harm. Good for them. You have to protect yourself and your investments just as the landowner does. It's an equal proposition. I don't allow people onto the ranch w/o serious legal preparations in advance in full. Why leave yourself open to dispute in this day and age of idiotic litigation?
Anyway, 4320, gird yourself and the money you may spend against the ability of others to take it from you on paper contractual grounds. Take the measures necessary. Suspect all are potential threats until the prove beyond a doubt otherwise by their actions, no their words.
The point is good sense. Ya know, the kind of stuff that too many of us at that age didn't have and it took a few decades for it to clear up a bit. The old adage about "knowing at your age what I know now I could be a millionaire" kind of stuff.
At 4320's age I was hauling round bales with an LPG MF and figuring out my way around an old Euclid dozer for a very long time neighbor rancher who knew my family well. Old timers. Lawsuits and money disputes were completely out of the equation. That was just 1990. Doesn't seem that long ago. It's the people you're dealing with that matters.
Today I wouldn't tread upon a piece w/o a signed contract, paid-up liability insurance, and a thorough walking of the piece of ground in question. I don't deal with old time neighbors anymore.........today it's the newest nay-bob who's moved in and bought an old place and wants something done for him since he/she is too busy otherwise to do it. Think Derek from "Step Brothers."
That's just me. Others may do otherwise without harm. Good for them. You have to protect yourself and your investments just as the landowner does. It's an equal proposition. I don't allow people onto the ranch w/o serious legal preparations in advance in full. Why leave yourself open to dispute in this day and age of idiotic litigation?
Anyway, 4320, gird yourself and the money you may spend against the ability of others to take it from you on paper contractual grounds. Take the measures necessary. Suspect all are potential threats until the prove beyond a doubt otherwise by their actions, no their words.
The can reason the correct there way through unfamiliar territory. I have a lot of confidence that he will do fine. After all he is on TBN gleaning info on the latest equipment and asking advice from the ones that have been there.
