Ok. I'm definitively hooked and not ashamed of it!
When I first found TBN I was searching for knowledge about an old Iseki that wouldn't start after changing the starter.
Then I started reading the different forums as it wasn't much of activity in the Iseki forum. I was totally colourblind as I was reading, but always came back to the kubota forum.
Junk (If you read this, let the world know that I miss you), Henro and a whole other bunch of people were having what looked like fun in there. I guess I had finally found someone who weren't ashamed of saying that they liked digging in the earth with their machines.
After having spent a fortune on repairing my Iseki at at local dealer it only started two times more.
I was so angry and fed up by then that I parked the Iseki, got on the net and started searching for a new tractor.
It was very easy for me to buy a tractor in the USA after having received a couple of quotes from local dealers.
So I had to find a dealer that I could pay up front. Where did I search for him? TBN...
Then I had to say what I wanted to buy. I bought the boxblade because you guys said I should. I had never even seen one. But I have been using it a lot.
When receiving the tractor I was slightly dissapointed of it's size. It was...small? But when starting it up I was surprised of it's sound. It's a real powerhouse somewhere in there.
So thanks to this place I bought a boxblade I didn't know what to use for, a sub-compact tractor in a colour I had never seen and trusted a stranger with 17000$ thanks to his reputation here.
And now? I'm happy! It's a small tractor, but with a lot of grunt in it. It's the perfect size for me and I wouldn't want to go bigger on this place.
So now that I have got the tractor I must confess that I have got an ilness that makes me want a new and bigger one. I can't justify it all all. So now I need to get me some land so I can justify it. Not that I can afford it. It's more like a little devils voice telling me to buy a small farm so I can have more fun with bigger toys...
What can I say? I have a kubota logo on my cell-phone, talk with my friends about tractors and get strange looks and comments all the way...
And the Iseki? It's still parked in a corner. Some day I'll take it back out and get it fixed. Because I can't sell it. I don't need it as it only sits here, but I sure can't sell it.
I always have my soulmates here. It might be strange to the rest of the world, but to me it's what I want. And need /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
