Don't get mad but between your tractor, your truck, and your trailer you seem to be a very high maintenance woman!!!
Ha! Ha!
No, just a very hard working one. I do all the maintenance and repair work around out place. We have a family of 11 and I grow most all of the food our family consumes - meat, vegetables, fruit, I milk our cow, we have chickens etc.
Have you ever heard the old saying, "When it rains, it pours".
The van is 9 years old - it earned some trans repairs. The trailer - I was having to haul it back and forth to our property we are preparing to build on until we got a building (an old commercial chicken house) secured to be able to lock the tractor in between work days. The tractor - well, like I said first off - I had some serious bush hogging to do - I kept the screens in place and cleaned off - I don't know what more I could have done to protect the radiator except if I had known in the beginning which was the proper side to clean it from, I could have saved this trouble.
I really work hard at saving our family money - I've taught myself how to do plumbing, elec. repair, etc., etc., etc. That was my reason for checking on here before possibly paying for an unnecessary repair.
Several years ago when I bought a Ford 9N tractor I had the chance to learn how to repair its hydraulics. I find these things to be a challenge, and for the most part fun to learn.
Thanks again for your response!
Judy in NC