I have a small list of friends that I would loan my tractor to, if they needed it. Most of those could also borrow my wife, and I would know what they intended on doing with her, like getting a good home cooked meal (wife likes to cook) I don't loan her out for anything else.
That short list of friends are the kind of people everyone needs as a neighbor. I wish they lived closer, but they can come over and play anytime they want. Good friends are hard to find, and when you find one, they are worth taking a risk on.
The list of friends that could borrow an implement is slightly longer, as usually they don't cost nearly as much to fix as the tractor does.
I was surprised when my neighbor to the rear of me offered to let me borrow his tractor because I needed to load some dirt and his has a loader on it. Said the keys were in it, and it's parked in the barn, come get it when you want. I called him on his cell to confirm that it was ok to borrow it, and he got kind of indignant. He said I told you the keys were in it, just go get it and bring it back when your done. I borrowed it, kept it fueled up, washed it and took it back every night so it could sleep at home. I moved the dirt I needed done immediately, and then went to work on building a bucket for my boom mower. I loaded the rest of the dirt with that, so I wouldn't have to use his tractor.
David from jax
