Do you feel a connection to your tractor?

[Golfgar4]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Boy, its sure nice to know there are so many others out there with the same feelings towards gears, diesel oil & mechanical things. )</font>

Welcome Syncro! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Sounds like you'll fit right in here. We're looking forward to your continued participation in the future. And if you REALLY want to start off right, post some pictures of your tractor!

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Usually I don't join or post to forums, but after reading this thread, I had to put in my 2 cents. )</font>

Welcome to you too, bheath! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

We hope that by jumping in with your "2 cents", you'll get the urge to spend a whole bunch more! You sound like you could provide some interesting stories about your experiences. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Please continue to join us. This is part of the therapy too! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Mike - Sorry for hijacking your thread a little bit, but I couldn't resist playing Welcome Wagon a bit! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[LeRoi]

When you get enough time on a machine to make it look easy to bystanders, that's when it is the most fun. You operate without thinking, it's just intuitive. They are standing there watching you and thinking "I can do that, it looks so easy". You are operating and know "Ha, it isn't as easy as it looks, I've been practicing".

 

[PineRidge]

Garry I'm glad you chimed in. It's always nice to see new members join in the conversation. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Welcome All!

 

[Syncro]

<font color="blue">Sounds like you'll fit right in here. We're looking forward to your continued participation in the future. And if you REALLY want to start off right, post some pictures of your tractor!
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Thanks for the nice words. A few pics attached </font>

 

[Syncro]

A couple more pics

 

[MMM]

I guess I have mixed emotions about this. I grew up earning my spending money doing row crop farming and continued on into my late 20s. Probably enough "seat time" to change most opinions here. I remember hating the sight of a jd8630 at 6am, or a the smell of a spray coupe, or itch of bean dust and taste of disc dirt (aka mud) from a tailwind. The smell of freshly plowed ground ain't so great when both nostrils are plugged with it. It's not so romantic when you do it all day, every day, for peanuts.

Now I have a real job that pays 10 times what I made then. So what do I do for the 6 mos a year I'm not overseas??????? I farm! It feels good for the firt week or so, but after 5 weeks of seat time, I'm ready to go offshore and "disconnect".

I guess my answer is the equipment are tools for buisness, yet enjoyable to operate, in moderation.

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Syncro,
You have an amazing view in those photos
Cliff

 

[PineRidge]

Nice looking tractor and a great view of the mountains to boot!