Can we have too many tractors?
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Chuck_Lind
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Lazy said:
Other than the two that you mentioned; how many more do you have?? If you had 100 tractors..you'd need 200, and so on and so on.
EddieWalker
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I have three tractors and I'm looking forward to the day when I only have one!!! Then maybe I can start over again and buy some fun ones like you're doing. Just to have some old iron parked in a row, all shiney and new looking on some freshly cut grass would really be something.
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Farmwithjunk
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Current roster is 4 running and ready to do a days work, 3 not running and ready to be worked on, 3 soon to be running and planning on selling, 2 never to run again and about to be cannibalized to fix the previous 3.
The "4 running" may be 3 by this fall. One of those may be replaced with by a new one. One IS new (well, 6 months old) 2 are like new, one is DEFINATELY not anything at all like new. The later needs to go away.
The "3 not running" HOPEFULLY will be "1 running and well restored + 2 about to see the same fate" by next spring.
The "3 soon to be running and planning on selling" needs to be "3 sold and not to be replaced by 3 MORE needing the same fate anytime soon". Once upon a time, I depended on buying ratty old tractor, fixing them, and re-selling them for income. What were once habits are now vices. I don't have the time, nor the inclination to work on junk anymore. If they aren't going to stay here after a complete restoration, I don't have the burning desire to spend hundreds of hours crawling around under a greasey old tractor any longer.
The "2 about to be cannibalized" needs to be "zero old rusting hulks of a formerly proud tractor sitting in the yard drawing the ire of the Mrs." No further explaination neccisary.
It's debatable if you can own too many or not. There's no debating that you can have too many that need working on.
At age 20, 1 tractor wasn't nearly enough.
At age 30, 4 tractors was barely enough
At age 40, there weren't enough tractors on earth to satisfy me
At age 50, I had enough tractors, just not the "right ones"
At age 60, I have too many tractors.
I'll (hopefully) post back in 10 years as to my status at age 70.
The "4 running" may be 3 by this fall. One of those may be replaced with by a new one. One IS new (well, 6 months old) 2 are like new, one is DEFINATELY not anything at all like new. The later needs to go away.
The "3 not running" HOPEFULLY will be "1 running and well restored + 2 about to see the same fate" by next spring.
The "3 soon to be running and planning on selling" needs to be "3 sold and not to be replaced by 3 MORE needing the same fate anytime soon". Once upon a time, I depended on buying ratty old tractor, fixing them, and re-selling them for income. What were once habits are now vices. I don't have the time, nor the inclination to work on junk anymore. If they aren't going to stay here after a complete restoration, I don't have the burning desire to spend hundreds of hours crawling around under a greasey old tractor any longer.
The "2 about to be cannibalized" needs to be "zero old rusting hulks of a formerly proud tractor sitting in the yard drawing the ire of the Mrs." No further explaination neccisary.
It's debatable if you can own too many or not. There's no debating that you can have too many that need working on.
At age 20, 1 tractor wasn't nearly enough.
At age 30, 4 tractors was barely enough
At age 40, there weren't enough tractors on earth to satisfy me
At age 50, I had enough tractors, just not the "right ones"
At age 60, I have too many tractors.
I'll (hopefully) post back in 10 years as to my status at age 70.
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Farmwithjunk said:
Mornin Bill,
Lets not be in too much of a hurry to get there !!!
Current roster is 3 but always lookin for more !
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If you can afford them, and got the land for them.. and code enforcement leaves ya alone.. get as many as ya want!!
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When the barn and garage are full of tractors and the car and truck are sitting out in the weather, you have at least two tractors too many....or maybe you just need another garage.
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Need another garage... Both mine and my wifes trucks set int he driveway.. yet every one o fthe old tractors is under or in something.
Gotta look at priorities... In 50ys.. my truck won't exist because we make things to be throw-away these days.
in 50 ys.. many of my tractors may stil be around...
Soundguy
Gotta look at priorities... In 50ys.. my truck won't exist because we make things to be throw-away these days.
in 50 ys.. many of my tractors may stil be around...
Soundguy
"too many tractors"
Aren't those words considered blasphemous at TBN? There is no such thing as too many tractors. You can have too little land, too little storage space, too little money. You can't have too many tractors.
Aren't those words considered blasphemous at TBN? There is no such thing as too many tractors. You can have too little land, too little storage space, too little money. You can't have too many tractors.
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Lazy said:
Too many? Surely you jest.
I have a pretty severe case of tractoritis. Two so far: 2005 Kubota B7510HST/LA302 FEL (21 hp engine) and 1964 MF-135 diesel (45hp engine).
Plan to jump up to the 60-70hp range soon with 1960s vintage iron (JD 4010, JD 3020, Farmall 706, Case 930, Case 940 being prime candidates). May have to widen my search area to include Oregon and Washington since I haven't had much luck so far in finding what I want up here in Northern CA.
