Now that I have the tractor,

chucko · Apr 28, 2004

who said I was "doing" them? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Just tinking now I could or they should.
No I don't have a farm but I have a wife and I just checked my to do list.... Looks like it last for some time after I die. I hope her next old man has a stong back

MMM · Apr 28, 2004

Even on a farm, it's funny how thw hoey doos always win. Hell hath no fury..................

Golfgar4 · Apr 28, 2004

( Wished some of you were located closer, I have 7.5 acres with many projects but no tractor yet. )

See, you're just the kind of guy I'll be looking for once I retire and I start "playing" with my tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

BobReeves · Apr 28, 2004

Following the advice received in a previous post, 4 weeks ago I hired a tractor guy to put a ditch down each side of my drive and do a few other things, maybe 6 hours work. He has been here with his tractor 3 times in the last 4 weeks and the ditch isn't even done yet. He promised me he would be here this week to finish the job, Wednesday is almost gone and I have not heard a word.

Are you sure you don't want to come play in my dirt /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Golfgar4 · Apr 29, 2004

( Are you sure you don't want to come play in my dirt )

I really wish I could help you out, Bob. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

But a couple of things would make it very difficult. For example:

1. I expect that for that kind of work, I'd be charging "Portal-to-Portal". I'd hate to give a fellow TBN'er that kind of bill (Wisconsin to Oklahoma)!
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2. I don't have my tractor yet! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I sure hope you haven't paid this fellow anything yet. When I was building my house, I had a heck of a time getting my dry waller to show up. I had scheduled vacation from work so that I could do a lot of the painting, but since there wasn't any dry wall up, I had northing to paint. I finally got a hold of the guy and told him that I was reducing his bill by a certain amount for every day that he didn't show up. That got him back pretty quickly.

So maybe a threat like that might help get your project finished. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

BobReeves · Apr 29, 2004

Nope, haven't paid him anything yet. Thinking of just giving him a little for what he has done and going with my origional plan of renting and doing it myself. I couldn't do any worse than he has.