Wife drove tractor this afternoon.

[hz293]

I tried to get my wife to learn how to run the tractor. She got up in the seat, put on the seat belt, pushed the pedal forward, pushed the backwards petal, drove 10 ft and got off. She said "all right, are you happy now".

Last time I tried to teach her something, she scared the heck out of me. I wanted to teach her how to shoot a hand gun so I took her to a range that has targets which move in and out on a wire. I put a target of a man on and showed her how to fire. I then put up another target of a man and handed her the gun. She put 6 bullets in the groin area, handed me back the gun and said "can we go home now".

I'm not going to try to teach her anymore now that I see how she shoots.

Harris

 

[PhilNH5]

This is one of my favorite pics of my wife.

Phil

 

[PhilNH5]

But she likes the other power tools as well.

 

[PhilNH5]

However her first love has always been the chainsaw.

 

[slaveToHorses]

my wife loved driving the JD 855. I printed out a clear set of instructions and she would take them with her and follow them to the letter. She didn't want to be responsible for breaking it.

She is affraid to drive the new 3720. Not sure if it is the bigger size or the newness/expensiveness of it. She has always been afraid to drive the 2355 because it is SO much bigger and it's not hydrostatic.

She runs the big chipper, on the 2355, if I position it and get it started. However the other weekend I forgot to remind her how to shut off the PTO in an emergency. She got a big log stuck in the feed and just panicked. By the time I ran over and shut of the PTO she had smoked a $100 drive belt. Actually it worked ok after it cooled down but I have a spare one now, just in case

 

[plowking]

Hi, my wife is working our GC2310 TLB almost daily doing small jobs. This week she has it at a job with sloped yard digging a perimeter drain, it rained hard and she kept getting stuck. Hopefully she can go back and finish tomorrow if job has dried out. I am thinking about getting a mini excavator in 1-2 years. I probably should have a set of ag tires for backhoe as it now has turf tires, because majority of jobs are on lawns. plowking

 

[PineRidge]

I'de rather pay someone to bring their equipment in to do the job than let the wife get on the tractor.

 

[scott_vt]

I'de rather pay someone to bring their equipment in to do the job than let the wife get on the tractor.

Mornin Mike,
Ill second that No way am I losing any seat time, theres not enough to go around now

 

[RobJ]

As close as mine got...

 

[3RRL]

Mine too....




Loretta wanted to learn how to drive the big Kama in case she needed to for some reason. Like maybe drive it off me if I crashed? But seriously, she has done some grading and road work and positions the tractor when we work together. I frequently need her help when I'm wrenching on it to see how hydraulics, etc. are working, so she drives and I inspect. The other way around is not so good unless I want to hear, "Honey, looks like the valve stems are turning OK?" So now she drives and I inspect. Other than that, she is now the boss of my Arctic Cat 4x4 ATV!