Now hopefully that's a option, use your FIL's tractor.
It was, up until about 4 months ago. They recently moved west of us, and are now about 1.5 hours away, one way. I do not really want to make a 3 hour round trip, just to borrow the same machine I have minus the AWD. For that, I will just load the machine with weight and add tire chains like bigtiller said.
I do not have a verbal sensor, I tell things like they are. Some of you don't like me, that is fine by me. I don't need you for anything. Take what you like and leave the rest.
Why did I sell the X748, only to buy an X740 a little later on? Simple, money. I had JUST purchased the X748, and boom, 2 weeks later, laid off, and find out my oldest sister has a life threatening auto-immune disease. My whole family has had to pull together to try and afford the medication she needs every month. It came down to 2 options for me. Be selfish, keep my machine, and hope I find a new job before money runs out, which goes FAST as you all know. The second option was to desperately unload the machine/payment, and try to help my family. So, I let the machine go. A little more than a year later and things are better. I am moving up in the job I have been at now for 8 months, and should be getting another raise in about 4 months time if all goes well. My sister has finally received Government funding to pay for her medications, so the family no longer has to.
I knew I loved my X7, and wanted another. I opted for the X740 because the maintenance is much easier than the AWD X7's, and the payment was significantly cheaper. I over-extended myself with the X748SE the first time, and the payment put me into a spot I was uncomfortable with. Overall, I still have way less debt than most people, and by the time I am 29, I will have all the toys and a garage full of tools, paid for and owned outright. I think that's nothing to sneeze at.
