Readin' the brochures

[DennisFolsom]

Readin\' the brochures

Today, I went to the Maine Agricultural Trade Show for a while in the afternoon. It's a relatively small show, but I did get a chance to look over a few tractors and to round out my brochure collection.

Tonight, I've spent a couple of hours with the brochures. I now have Kubota, John Deere, Massey Ferguson, New Holland, the new Case/IH DX Farmall series and Century. In comparing specs on tractors in the 35-40 hp range, and in looking at the loaders available for them, Century still looks the best to me.

Unfortunately, our small Century dealer in Maine, Meadowbrook Equipment, was not at the show. I tried a 2535 and a 3040 there last fall and liked them quite well. HST is about the only major feature that Century lacks, but their Synchro-Shuttle Transmission system is fine by me.

I'm sure I'll get several more hours of entertainment out of reading those brochures. I've studied the Century brochure so much I almost have it memorized. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Dennis

 

[Golfgar4]

Re: Readin\' the brochures

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I'm sure I'll get several more hours of entertainment out of reading those brochures. )</font>

When we were kids, it was the Christmas catalog. Now that we're grown, it's tractor brochures! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

I keep all of my brochures in one cabinet in our downstairs office. One day I went down to "peruse" some of the brochures. When I picked up the top one, there was a big red circle drawn on the front cover and another red circle drawn on the back cover. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif I asked my wife if she had done that, and she said yes. When I asked why, she chuckled and said that the way I would drool over the brochures reminded her of her brother when he was a kid looking at the Christmas catalog. When their parents told them to circle the toys they wanted for Christmas, he would just circle the front cover and the back cover, which took care of everything in between! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I didn't admit to her that she didn't realize how close to the truth that was! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[JimMc]

Re: Readin\' the brochures

What - marking on tractor brochures??!! Blasphemy! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Golfgar4]

Re: Readin\' the brochures

That was kind of my first reaction too.

But then I thought to myself - "Hey self! She knows where the brochures are, she did it as a joke, which means she knows they mean sonething to me, which in turn means she is accepting that tractors are important to me, which means she'll continue to give me her blessing on getting my tractor."

I think I'll tell her that she can mark up as many brochures as she wants to! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Besides, then I'll need to go back to the dealers to get more!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif