Big Tractor Wussies

[Bob_in_Ma]

There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of action here on the Lawn & Garden Tractor forum...........I guess that's because REAL men don't need big compact tractors to accomplish their tasks and are able to do it with lawn or garden tractors...........the guys with the compacts must just be a bunch of Wussies !

(now THAT should create some action......hehehe)

 

[TWINKLE_TOES]

Bob,

If all you want is some action post something like "GT mower kicks BX butt". That otta wake up the compact "wussies"/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif Maybe the reason the action is slow, all the folks with the smaller tractors are still trying to get the job done where the compact guy's finished yesterday and are now on TBN relaxing.
Al

 

[RobS]

Bob, the real key is to have both! In the summer my wife can be bush hogging with the compact and I'll do the detail cutting with the lawn tractor. This time of year my lawn tractor actually gets more use than my compact. The little Craftsman has a snowblower which works quite well and every now and then I get to play on my Deere to move snow piles and clear around the mailboxes. If/when I get a blower for the Deere I'll let the Craftsman hibernate for the winter.

Only thing the little one needs is that diesel aroma /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Thomas]

I think somebody got a tad touch of cabin fever. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

 

[cowboydoc]

hmmm nice comment Bob. We'll have to put the collective TBN braintrust to work on that.

 

[Molerj]

I think once that grass starts growing we'll get a little more action here. You remember that problem you had last year but were able to make it till winter? Bad belt/noisey pulley/jumped out switch? Well, it's still there. Remember how you were going to drain the gas on that push mower/riding mower/tiller? Ah, forgot to do that. Now I have spark but it won't start/runs but I have to keep the choke closed. Spring is just around the corner. (I hope)

 

[s1120]

<font color=red>Maybe the reason the action is slow, all the folks with the smaller tractors are still trying to get the job done where the compact guy's finished yesterday and are now on TBN relaxing.</font color=red>

Ya, but we are out getting in some more tractor time./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[TWINKLE_TOES]

Paul,

Point well made/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif. I have a David Bradley "Suburban" that has served me well for 15 years. It still does some things better than any of my "bigger tractors"
Al

 

[s1120]

And there is a lot to be said about doing big tractor work, with a small tractor. Eaven if its a little slower.

Oh, and also, garden tractors are cheaper. This means you can have a few, and the wife wont kill you./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[TresCrows]

Paul, don't let your wife decide your tractor. I was at a fly-in a few years back and was looking at a beautiful RV6 that had a sign hung on the prop--- girlfriend needed, must like airplanes. Seems his previous wife did not and so now she is not! Perhaps this could apply to your tractor shopping! Just a thought! /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif . Could open up whole new horizons. J

 

[frank_f15]

bob that will most certainly heat it up/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif but what does that make me? i have a big compact tractor, also a garden tractor and a walk behind mower. guess that makes me a very busy man/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

 

[s1120]

<font color=red>Paul, don't let your wife decide your tractor. I was at a fly-in a few years back and was looking at a beautiful RV6 that had a sign hung on the prop--- girlfriend needed, must like airplanes. Seems his previous wife did not and so now she is not! Perhaps this could apply to your tractor shopping! Just a thought! . Could open up whole new horizons. J </font color=red>

Naw, you got that wrong. She LOVES tractors. And fast cars, chain saws, backhoes, etc. She eaven has her own tractor, and has done most of the work restoring her old Mustang. She is just a lot better with money then I am. If I had my way, I would have a lot of cool toys, but would be living in a cardboard box. But now I have a new house that will be built this year, and my first child on the way. No new tractors for me, but thats OK.

 

[TresCrows]

Hey, Paul, then can I trade for your wife, she sounds cool and I need help with my latest aeroplane, she can restore Mustangs then she can build airplanes. Congrats on baby and new house project. When we built our house the tractor was factored in and accounted for from the beginning otherwise I would likely have had to make do with my little LT for several more years.
Hey, I was just messing with you but I have to tell you, the word chainsaw just makes me all warm and fuzzy feeling--I love those things--my wife cannot understand why I keep buying chainsaws and there is nothing wrong with the other ones I have. I like to get all my engine powered devices out on a sunny afternoon, especially my chainsaws, and start them all up---it is like a symphoney. Wife says you are nuts and what will the neighbors think and my answer is that is why I got 6 acres so I could make noise and do as I please. When I attack an aera to clean up--say a thicket-- I gather my army and lay it out like toy soldiers complete with fall back positions if the sticker bushes make a counter attack the chainsaws and weed wackers come in for reinforcements--rangggggg,rannngggg,wringggggg.
J

 

[s1120]

Thanks but I would not trade her for the world. I know a good thing when I see it. We were also planing to get a bigger tractor. The Ingersoll was gunna just keep it mowed till the house was up. Well, now with the baby comming, the budjet is down to nill. Maby in a few years.

 

[njrqs]

Now an RV6 is a beautiful thing indeed.

Don't get us started on the costs of flying, tractors are bad enough.

Cheers

 

[rancar]

No, No, No, Bob.... you got it all wrong. Currently, I'm in your camp, have a couple of JD lawn tractors that have been hibernating all winter. Just no action for these guys and hence, I feel stifled. My next tractor will be the JD4710 or the lean green machine as I like to call it. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif If I had it now, I'd be snowplowing (as soon as it starts that is), going into back fields to harvest firewood for next winter season, removing hedgerows, etc. It's the wussies that are sleeping away the winter. The REAL MEN are out on their compacts working through the winter and all year for that matter. I can't wait to switch camps from the WUSSIES to join the REAL MEN /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Regards,
Bob Ancar
Cambridge, NY

 

[TresCrows]

Bob, do you enjoy the Farside? I do, perhaps there is a lesson here for you. Life is much more full when one learns to play nice. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif
J