Not to cause any hard feelings but, If you'll read the posts you will see that I never said that I got it from my grandfather. I said that I got my hands on this tractor and later I said that it was my grandfather's. Grandpa had Parkinsons really bad and couldn't drive the tractor when he bought it in '98 but he would get my uncle and then me to disc up his garden every year ( approx. 75' X 60') and he would plant whatever he wanted and wouldn't let anyone have anything out of the garden, even when he couldn't pick, or use everything he grew. Grandpa was notorious in San Jacinto county for being tight and burying money all over the county because he didn't trust banks. For the past several years he has lived with my mother and then he died in January '05. He had $29,000 in cash hidden in his room. If he could have seen the funeral that bought, he would have died all over again. It may sound like I didn't like my grandpa, but I really did. He was just odd in his own way(s). Anyway, my mother inherited all of his stuff, including the little tractor and she took this long to make up her mind that she really wasn't going to do anything with it. Meanwhile, a couple of my younger sisters have been trying to talk her into letting them have it, so they could play around with it, even though they both have considerably larger tractors, as I have my old 8N. One of my sisters lives next door to my mother and that sister's "significant other" is the "guy" who changed out the fluids and filters because he thought my mother was going to let my sister use the tractor to mow his rental properties. This irritated my mother because, he has 3 or 4 tractors, a trac hoe, a couple of trucks, trailers, and various other equipment. My mother remembered that I have been wanting to restore my old 8N and she figured that I could get more real use out of the Kubota and so she gave it to me.
That should answer any questions anyone might have but, if not, just let me know...
Sorry it was so long but, I wanted to cover all of it. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
