Breaking in my new toys... from Yeehaw! to Uh oh!

[Spiveyman]

Yeah, I seriously thought about that as well. It's about 2 miles. Is that a long distance for something like this to travel? Can you run that up the road, or does it have to be loaded on a trailer? I had thought about offering the guy some money to come finish this work up because it's sure not earning him anything sitting in that field.

 

[Bartcephus]

Just finished reading the whole entire thread. Took me about 3 days between work, eating, sleeping etc. What a saga. But it made me realize that we have a lot in common in the past couple of years. TBN is a great area to meet some really really nice folks. Not to get to mushy... but I am so so uh well um very very proud to be able to be a part of this TBN group.

Hey... its a new year, new opportunities and another chance to battle the challenges life throws our way. God Bless each and every one of you....

 

[sandman2234]

Probably a little further than your neighbor is going to want to drive that thing, but you never know till you ask. You might want to talk to him about it, just in case somebody needs to "test drive" it. Plus, if he sells it, they might drive right past you house and reach over and pull the stumps out of the ground while the machine is still on the lowboy. The new owner might also need to make a few dollars to help pay for the shipping, also.
You don't want that thing, as you have enough to tear up with what you have....
David from jax

 

[Spiveyman]

Well, this is a somewhat sad post for me. I don't know how many will find this since my thread has been pretty much dormant for a while. My life has been in flux as many of you know, and as a part of that I am having to sell my farm. We signed a contract on it last night, and yes the 6610 was a part of the deal (Sorry again Sandman - now you'll have to find another FEL). You're probably better off though, I was pretty rough on yours. Also, I haven't been able to get a steering cylinder to hold fluid since last winter. I have replaced it 4 times, 3 rebuilt ones and then finally I ordered a New Holland one. Put it on and it worked great for an hour or so, then the next thing I know there's steering fluid spraying all over the front wheel again. (Yes I was trying to dig out another stump) I might have gotten one bad cylinder in the mix, but not 4 of them, so I figure I'm doing something wrong. If I'm able to get back on my feet and buy some more land some time in the future, I'll try to figure out what I was doing so that I won't go through that mess again. Or maybe I'll just use the tractor the way it was intended to be used rather than trying to make it work like a bull dozer and back hoe. Anyway, thanks to all for all the advice that got me this far on that thing. I'll check in from time to time and hopefully in a few years I'll be back in the seat again, breaking my new.... uh I meant breaking IN my new tractor.

Spiveyman

 

[sandman2234]

I can live without "my FEL" but hope things turn around 4 you soon! Just because you don't have a tractor doesn't mean we don't want you to stick your head in the door every now and then and say howdy.
David from jax

Phone when you can.

 

[hawkeye08]

I suspect that there are more than a few TBN posters that don't currently own a tractor or land (at least more land than the 1/4ac the house is on)... stay active, things will turn around. Best wishes....

 

[texasjohn]

I had been wondering what was happening with you.... have enjoyed your posts and messages and been missing them.... Sorry things haven't worked out lately but after a while you'll be back on your feet again. It'll take a while, these things do, but you've got a spark that is unique and I expect it'll serve you well and look forward to your future posts on TBN.

Best wishes, friend, and know that I and many here on TBN are pulling for you!

 

[Spiveyman]

Thanks y'all. I appreciate the kind words, as always, and yes, I'll still poke around here to keep up with stuff. While I haven't posted in a while, I still check 3RRL's log mansion updates, and Eddie's Lake updates, and a few other's that catch my eye. This is like my version of "house wives," only opposite, TBN is like "yard husbands." When my wife turns on those shows I can come here and find sanity.

We're about 2 - 3 weeks from closing on the farm. We're going to rent a house for a while as I keep looking for work. We're actually thinking about moving to North Carolina hoping the stronger economy will have a job for me. My dream of course will still be to find some land some day that we can afford and put some horns back on it. I miss my cattle as much as I'll miss my tractor. People around here think I'm nuts, most for just wanting cattle, the rest for wanting cattle with horns. When I had my beef business I had about 100 black aprons printed up with our brand on them and the slogan, "Real cattle have horns." Funny but people up here in feeder cattle country didn't really take to that.

Anyway, I think moving on and selling this place will help us get our lives turned around and hopefully there are blessings just around the corner. I always keep the faith that there are.

 

[doall]

just remember it don't matter how many cattle you own or tractors. You are still the same man. Stay with us. You'll bounce back. Keep your head up.

 

[TripleR]

As a young man, I was pretty close to where you are now. My brother and I sold all of our equipment and didn't own a tractor for several years. We were farming part time, so no land was sold.

He kept working and I finished college. We never did get back into farming, but own several tractors and enjoy working on our farms, Now that I am retired, I have even more time to spend on them working with my wife.

Hang in there and just because you no longer own land or a tractor doesn't mean you don't have a LOT to contribute here. I look forward to future posts.