Bad luck weekend for me and M7040

Deano · Oct 3, 2011

Sorry for your loss...my black lab of 12 years died almost a year ago. Miss him every day. Remember the wonderful times you had. They are worth more than I ever imagined....

Deano

jdtractor · Oct 3, 2011

sorry for your loss she is in heaven running and waiting for you! ive been there my self lost a few four legged friends. take care it will get better.

cytafex · Oct 3, 2011

So sorry for the loss of your friend. There is nothing in this world like the Love of a dog. I took in a stray dog and named him Hayduke and he was the best and was with me for 12 years. He died while on the road to Utah in Iowa as he had gotten the bloat and had to put him down. I buried him on the Ute Rez where we lived for a while and he rests surrounded by beauty in sight of the Bears Ears. I can't help you with tractor problem but my advice is to open your Heart again and adopt a dog from a shelter who needs second chance. It won't change your loss, but you will be giving a dog the chance to live and enjoy things and you will have another friend.

MoKelly · Oct 3, 2011

cytafex said:
So sorry for the loss of your friend. I can't help you with tractor problem but my advice is to open your Heart again and adopt a dog from a shelter who needs second chance. It won't change your loss, but you will be giving a dog the chance to live and enjoy things and you will have another friend.

I second this recommendation. We got our dog from the shelter almost 4 years ago and he is the sweetest, most loyal and friendly dog anyone could want.

I too am sorry for your loss. Good luck with the tractor.

MoKelly

cytafex · Oct 3, 2011

After coming back from Utah...thinking no f^%&ing dog! Not wanting to feel the loss again, but realized nothing ventured nothing gained. Started to look for dogs at shelters via the internet. It was a painful process! Many sad stories and hoops to jump through, not to mention crossing paths with dog ****'s, telling me I wasn't deserving or that I was being selfish. Pressed on and found Dylan, a Brooklyn boy as a shelter in upstate NY who was given up as hopeless, when actually he just needed a firm but loving hand. Now we are both the better off.

grsthegreat · Oct 3, 2011

I am so sorry for the loss of your dog. I have 2 elderly dogs (14 yo Golden's) and their hearing is about shot. Gone are the days when they could follow me out to the road, cause they cant hear if there was any traffic. Its a private road, but i just cant take any chances. They sure look sad when i have to lock them behind the swing fence.

As for the tractor, it does suck when there are issues like that on a new tractor. But i guess every item in the world has a chance to be assembled on a Monday morning or a Friday afternoon. Hopefully it will remain to be these small issues.

Again, I'm sorry for your loss.

dodge man · Oct 4, 2011

Sorry about your dog.

As far as your tractor goes, there are some days it seems to take 2 hours to get 10 minutes of work done. My problem is I'm so stubborn, I don't know when to quit.

daveinnh · Oct 6, 2011

sandtuck:

Sorry to learn of your loss.

samhudson3 · Oct 6, 2011

santuck: sorry for the loss of your friend. I have to keep my (rescue) terrier on a tight leash. She's off like a bullet if there's a squirrel in sight...

Hope you find a new friend soon!

Smallplot · Oct 6, 2011

I am sorry about your friend as they do take special places in our lives. As far as the problems with the tractor they sound like pretty easy fixes. When you are talking about the kind of hose clamps that you have to use pliers to attach, I am thinking they have the three tabs that you have to compress to expand the clamp. May I suggest going to the hardware or farm supply and getting the adjustable hose clamps that have a screw to tighten them up. You can unscrew them and place them around the fuel line then begin tightening them in a convent spot before sliding them in place for final tightening. As far as mechanical problems, they can happen with any color paint the tractor has.

KubotainNH · Oct 7, 2011

Sorry to hear about the loss of your dog. I've noticed some days no matter what you do it seems you can't be successful and it's best to stop and take the rest of the day off. As for the hose, I would only use a zip tie as a temporary fix. The plastic will eventually deteriorate and the zip tie will break. Back to having fuel all over the place. Maybe someone with smaller hands can get a metal clamp on there for you?

scrappy isb67 · Oct 7, 2011

KubotainNH said:
Sorry to hear about the loss of your dog. I've noticed some days no matter what you do it seems you can't be successful and it's best to stop and take the rest of the day off. As for the hose, I would only use a zip tie as a temporary fix. The plastic will eventually deteriorate and the zip tie will break. Back to having fuel all over the place. Maybe someone with smaller hands can get a metal clamp on there for you?

Nope, they will be fine, the jetski I mentioned earlier was a 97 and the ties were original.

Elkins45 · Oct 7, 2011

My Yamaha outboard had zip ties on the air intake hoses from the factory. I assume Yamaha expected them to last. I actually don't know if they would have because I had to remove the carb when the fantastic EPA-approved gas turned to jello in the jets.

I'm sure losing your dog was worse than all the tractor stuff. You can take some comfort that 12 years is a pretty good lifespan for a lab, and that she was well-loved and well treated.

KubotainNH · Oct 7, 2011

scrappy isb67 said:
Nope, they will be fine, the jetski I mentioned earlier was a 97 and the ties were original.

Maybe depends on where you live or the quality of the tie? Here they only last a year or 2 through all the seasons when left outside. Of course they are not all created equal. HF ones are really crappy. The ones with the metal holding tabs seem to last a long time.

Tollster · Oct 7, 2011

Sorry for your loss

Bob77064 · Oct 7, 2011

So sorry to hear about your Lab.

AxleHub · Oct 8, 2011

Regarding your dog, I believe dogs don't leave us. The level of attention and loyalty they demonstrate when alive wouldn't falter because of something so small as death.

We may not be able to see them with our eyes, but we can feel them in attendance just the same. It isn't denial of the existence of death, but rather recognizing that your senses of the animal still being around you - are far more accurate than our poor eyesight.

The clearest example I can give is this. How many times when your animal was alive, did he/she see or sense something you didn't. And then a few mintes later you FINALLY saw what the dog had much earlier.

Trust your eyes less and your other senses more - a wonderful dog wouldn't have left you in life. . . . . . And he/she hasn't left you in death either.

Mace Canute · Oct 8, 2011

My condolences on the tragic lose of your dog.

jimmer2880 · Oct 8, 2011

This reminds me of something I heard a while ago. Go to your favorite tractor store. Lock your dog and wife in the truck and come back in 1 hour. Then, see which one is happy to see you.

I balled worse than my kids when I loaded up the body of our 11'ish year old stray this year when she died on the first day of school.