Tractor your best money ever spent?

[Henro]

Best money yo have ever spent?

I was thinking how my tractors were probably the best money I have ever spent. Then I thought a little more and realized they were not number one.

Mine are:

1. Spending 18 months traveling the world, after getting out of the military at age 22. Inspiration for this travel began in Southeast Asia.

2. Costs associated with being married and raising two kids.

3. Buying property and materials to build my own house, 99.5 percent with my own hands and of my own design.

4. Buying two diesel tractors, that work much harder than I do...

I was surprised the tractors ended up number four!

How about you? Where does your tractor(s) rank?

 

[Rebeldad1]

Depends on what Im doing. When on the tractor its the best money spent.

 

[5030]

My 97 Ford F350 Henro, which I still have.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Probably our new 98 JD 6200. Manual tranny was junk from day one, but even after spending twelve or so grand on a Power Quad Transmission, it was money well spent. Mostly considering it is pre-computer, pre-emmisions, pre-anything of "quality" becoming "stupid" expensive and pre money becoming worthless.

 

[Henro]

My 97 Ford F350 Henro, which I still have.

Love to see a photo of it sometime, Flip!

 

[Bigpuddie]

I was being serious, maybe you were too! Never been there, done that!

Well, not exactly anyway.

L MY AO! :dance1:

I was just fooling about. Lol. My best implementshave been a 84in box blade, and a snow pusher

 

[hosspuller]

$450 on a old, ugly horse, 30 years ago. Horses are wife's passion. A whole heap cheaper than a divorce or psych therapy. I kinda like them myself. The farm, is the result of that old horse. So, I get to have tractors, truck, trailer, backhoe, a welder, chainsaw, tools of the sort a pro mech would have, etc...

 

[MossRoad]

Our first house was probably the best money I (we) ever spent, because it taught me some life lessons on finance, debt, repayment, budgeting, planning, responsibility, home repairs, landscaping, learning to live with close and very diverse neighbors, let alone learning to do all of that with a new wife.

While I hold my machine in high regard in the money well spent category, I usually weigh the pro's and con's of almost all purchases and rationalize out if it's worth spending the money on or not. I mean, heck, I was pouring concrete with my kid and her fiancé last week and looked at the shovel he was using. It's the first shovel I ever bought with my own money after we got married. I told him about it with a little pride and reminiscing since he's gonna be getting married and may have to purchase his own shovel some day. Brought back some 'young man' thoughts to my head. Got all sentimental about a shovel. And then I remembered I also have a shovel that my dad had when I was a kid. Both purchases seem to be money well spent.

 

[bdog]

I am in no way saying it is the best purchase I have ever made but in terms of how much I use it and what it does for me my iPhone wins the prize. I use it to make calls of course but I keep up with so much for work on there with the calendar and notes, reminder lists, pictures of things before I take them apart, checking weather while working outdoors, ordering parts, leisure browsing the web, etc. Some people think it is nuts to have a $1,000 phone but I use it more than anything else I own.

Things like my tractor I wouldn’t do without but when you step back and look at the cost of it vs the hours it gets used a year it makes you think.

 

[buck12]

An engagement ring for my wife many years ago. My shop (I wish I had spent a little more and made it bigger). My 1993 F150 which I still have. It has to be one of the best trucks ever made.

 

[dragoneggs]

Of course my wife is on top. BX is up there, definitely top 5. My F150 is on the list. Smaller items... Henkel set of kitchen knives traveling in Germany 35 years ago... couldn't afford them then but couldn't afford them now... glad I splurged. My cabinet table saw, the fixture in my shop. Maybe just behind my wife... putting both kids through college. So I guess without much analysis, my tractor wins a bronze at best.

 

[square1]

Bring its the day after Father's Day I'll have to go with the money spent on raising two wonderful daughters that have become fine young women in their own right.

 

[shooterdon]

Getting my Engineering degree. That was 46 years ago.

it opened up a life for me I would not have achieved otherwise.

 

[Citydude]

An engagement ring for my wife. Hands down the smartest investment I have ever made.

 

[Gem99ultra]

Buying my first $8.00 Uncle Henry pocket knife. Had it for over 40 years, use it daily, and it is still serving me well.

 

[finnlogaan]

Getting me a 2016 john deere gator at a ridiculously cheap price

 

[4570Man]

Things like my tractor I wouldn’t do without but when you step back and look at the cost of it vs the hours it gets used a year it makes you think.

Most homeowner tractor owners don’t use them for a lot of hours but how much would it cost to get the job done without it?