the golden rules ?

Bob_Skurka · Mar 23, 2005

I bought her her own! 

Our first Cub Cadet was purchased largely because the yellow & cream colors matched the lovely Mrs_Bob's summer outfits and she does most of the mowing chores at the house. She now has a Ventrac 3000 to call her own and I get complaints that it mows too fast because she is done too soon. I can't really hear the complaints over the sound of the diesel engine so I just rev the engine up as I drive my tractors /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Even with her own toys, I still follow the golden rules!

And there is always the special rule that whatever shows up when she is out of town is MINE, not ours, MINE /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

edski · Mar 23, 2005

If you're operating your tractor drunk, bring lots of beer in case you get stuck in a swamp and have to walk home. That's what the FEL is for. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Dartagnan · Mar 23, 2005

( I have only one, Never, ever teach your Wife, Mother, or any Daughter to drive the tractor unless you are in a position to purchase another )

This advise has come much too late...... I have however become very proficient at hooking up the logging chains to the felled lumber, raking the cast offs, and tending the fire....

Dart

texashollander · Mar 24, 2005

man iam glad i made this post i cant stop laughing you guys take it easy /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

GerardC · Mar 24, 2005

( Golden rules?

First, from the beginning make sure the wife/girl friend understand that hooking up an implement is a two person job, and that SOMEONE has to be on the gound doing it while YOU are in the tractor seat, for safety reasons.

Second, when you come in from doing work, be sure to thank your wife/girl friend for having dinner and a cold beer on the dining table awaiting you...

Third, never go near the washing machine. Just drop you dirty clothes on the floor near by. The woman should know how to deal with them properly...

Fourth, make sure the woman understands that tractor implements are for their benifit, and make the homestead, and therefore them too, look better for all time....

Fifth, show appreciation for the woman whose place is in the kitchen and offer her a chair outside once in a while, so she can watch and appreciate you hard work on the tractor, which you only do for her benifit, at great cost to yourself, as far as physical effort goes...

Sixth, be sure to thank her time after time for the effort she makes to keep your tractor and implements clean and polished, and give her free reign to choose whatever cleaning supplies and wax she my feel is best for the cleaning chores...promise a spot in the garage some day for her car...

There are more, but these are the basics... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

)

Got me LMAO on some of those Henro! Gerard

dullpain · Mar 24, 2005

My definition of the "Golden Rule" is a little different.
"The one with the Gold makes all the rules"
Around here that would be wifey!

RalphVa · Mar 24, 2005

Buy some Lexol leather cleaner for when you spill diesel on some swead(sp?) shoes or shirt. It takes it right out.

Ralph

texashollander · Mar 24, 2005

( If you're operating your tractor drunk, bring lots of beer in case you get stuck in a swamp and have to walk home. That's what the FEL is for. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
)

man no fel is geting me out i tryed and i just sunk right to the bottom making it worst /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif or maby iam just a rookie /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

KiotiJohn · Mar 24, 2005

( man no fel is geting me out i tryed and i just sunk right to the bottom making it worst or maby iam just a rookie )
Yep, you're a rookie. What he meant was the FEL was for carrying the BEER! John

LBrown59 · Mar 28, 2005

( If you're operating your tractor drunk, bring lots of beer in case you get stuck in a swamp and have to walk home. That's what the FEL is for. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
)

I don't think this fits in too well with the safety thread.

RedRocker · Mar 28, 2005

Man, you gotta be sneaky to own a tractor. Kinda like buying guns and stuff. Thanks for the info.

slowrev · Mar 28, 2005

Never discuss Amsoil, it is a religious topic /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Nor Hydro vs gear trannys.
Ben

Soundguy · Mar 28, 2005

( "golden rules" so i dont mess my tractor up right now it is stuck in a swamp really bad so i guess i broke some rules already )

First, as you may have already determined.. terms like 'all wheel drive', four wheel drive, four wheel assist, and 'diffy lock / positive traction, for the most part mean that you can get stuck really bad, farther away from your house, than with a 2wd tractor! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Soundguy

JoeinTX · Mar 29, 2005

There's a huge part of me that agrees.....

Four wheel drive will only get you stuck twice as fast.... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

CajunRider · Mar 29, 2005

( Just print this off and give it to the wife. )

I printed out the "Good Wife's Guide" and gave it to LadyRider last night. She laughed for so long I thought she'd never go to sleep.

jeffinsgf · Mar 29, 2005

I discovered another Golden Rule yesterday....one I already knew but tend to forget at the worst possible moments.

Nothing is ever buried as deep as you think it is. 

Tagged a sewer line with my backhoe yesterday morning. I spent the next 3 hours digging it out and patching it instead of doing the work I had planned.

MicroPilot · Mar 30, 2005

( Man, you gotta be sneaky to own a tractor. Kinda like buying guns and stuff. Thanks for the info. )

One of my local gun dealers has a sign behind the counter that reads "For a fee of $25 we will call your house and tell your wife that you won it in a raffle"

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DaMadman · Mar 30, 2005

( ( Man, you gotta be sneaky to own a tractor. Kinda like buying guns and stuff. Thanks for the info. )

One of my local gun dealers has a sign behind the counter that reads "For a fee of $25 we will call your house and tell your wife that you won it in a raffle"

/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif )

Now that is $25 well spent.

DaMadman · Mar 30, 2005

One thing I hear over and over again is "Does it ever end with you men, Guns, Tools, and Tractor stuff do you ever have enough?"

I smile so slightly and say Are they still making new ones and do I have one of each yet?
Then Nope I guess it never ends.

Morgan1952 · Mar 30, 2005

First Thing is that the thread about making sure that the ROPS are down before driving into a garage is true. They don't fit if you don't.
Now, This is a trick that no one has mentioned that I used many years ago, and I'm thinking of dusting it off for another round. I wanted a new racing motorcycle. I picked out the one I wanted and went home and told her I had bought it. Well, after she finished yelling and crying, she told me that we would be alright. So, On my way to work that afternoon, I stopped and bought it. I think it might work with the new tractor too.
Bob