The run of bad luck continues

[LoneCowboy]

The wife takes the little tractor (03 MF 1433) out to finish off the chipper yard story below.
I get a call from the wife
"tractor is broke"
"also I broke a tree and i hit the fence and broke a rail"


Unbelievable
Go out to the site
PTO doesn't come on.
gotta be the switch. Actually, it better be the switch because I have no other ideas beyond that. Get the electrical meter, yep, it's the switch.
[bad word, bad word, bad word]

Load it up, head back to the shop
the wife hits the mirror of the truck on the fence backing it in.

You have got to be kidding me. So, now I get to do all the jobs, because for some reason, she's either not paying attention or she's failing to learn the lessons of driving. Yes, people run into things, but NOT ON EVERY SINGLE JOB.

And of course, out of 3 reasonably local dealers, no one has the switch, ordered it, drop shipped overnight to my house. So, it won't be here til saturday and now it costs like $100.

BTW, attention dealers. If i have to pay to order it anyway, there's no reason for me to buy local. I realize you can't have everything, but it feels like all the dealers have nothing. Just my FYI. If i gotta order it anyway and pay shippng, I'm going lowest cost.

So, i'm down a tractor yet again. I feel like I need to buy yet another tractor just to have 3 to keep 2 running.
And I have no idea how i"m going to broach the subject with the wife of not hitting stuff.

Another craptastic week. This is getting old.

 

[AlanB]

Brian, if I may make a suggestion from experience.

Just let the part with the wife slide. She knows it, and you will not "win" by bringing it up.

Sometimes it sucks,

If it helps any, we all go through it on occassion, and as my BIL said to me, only people that are doing stuff make mistakes.

Keep digging.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Brian, if I may make a suggestion from experience.

Just let the part with the wife slide. She knows it, and you will not "win" by bringing it up.

Sometimes it sucks,

If it helps any, we all go through it on occassion, and as my BIL said to me, only people that are doing stuff make mistakes.

Keep digging.

So far this past week;

3 flat tractor tires, all 3 rears, one tire ruined.

rained out 1 full day after trailering to 3 locations, total milage over 200.

Think I broke left pinky finger this afternoon. Won't bend and I feel my heart beat in the finger.

Wife's car needs exhaust system, front to rear.

And there's still 2 days left in the workweek. Oh joy!

Yep, chastizing the wife, no matter what the reason is a lose/lose situation. 39 years, 9 months of marriage has taught me to bite down HARD on my tongue when she does something that irritates me. You think your week has been bad already?!?! Go start in on the Mrs. It'll go downhill FAST.

 

[jbrumberg]

Brian H:

I agree with AlanB- let wifey slide and remember how she helped you out with the "Chipper Job". I wish I could get that degree of cooperation with my wife when it comes to working the rider and/or the tractor.

Farmwithjunk- congradulations on your 39.75 years of marriage. I lived with my wife for 28 years before we got married 2.5 years ago (I do not like rushing things .). Self regulation and a sense of humor helps in any relationship. Jay

 

[BTDT]

Wow, Lonecowboy, your lucky. You have 2 tractors. And your wife helps with the work by driving one of them. Good advice to let it slide. As soon as you bring it up, your going to run over something yourself.

I think your right on with the dealer situation.

 

[Z-Michigan]

Bad week. It will pass.

Agree with all the others on not talking with the wife. I have had similar incidents with my wife, saying anything has always been bad for me. And she is generally reasonable.

 

[john_bud]

Yeah, she knows she ran into it. Your telling her won't do anything except make you feel good for about 3 minutes, then it will make your back hurt for 3 weeks from sleeping on the couch.

At least your wife is willing to back up the truck (I am assuming it is with the trailer). Most don't want to learn and are afraid of getting yelled at when they bump into something. If you have to say something, just tell her that you still love her more than the silly old mirror!

And I agree on local versus net. I have gotten stuff both faster and cheaper online than local. Dealing with a parts person that can't tell the difference between a differential and a dipstick doesn't help either...
jb

 

[Jay4200]

The wife takes the little tractor (03 MF 1433) out to finish off the chipper yard story below.
I get a call from the wife
"tractor is broke"
"also I broke a tree and i hit the fence and broke a rail"

Hilarious. I just think wife crashing stories are one of the funniest things out there. The only way it would've been better is if she crashed the little tractor into the big one.

Last year, my wife mashed the gas in her truck at the bottom of our driveway and proceeded to smash into my truck at the top. You have to laugh - you just HAVE to .

JayC

 

[cp1969]

I have a Cub Cadet that looks like it's been in a demolition derby. Headlight cover is MIA, one headlight bulb gone, two big black stripes down the left rear fender, plastic grass chute shredded. No one has any idea how any of that happend.

Brand new Toro push mower gets together with the water meter. Water meter wins. She has neighbor replace the pretzel-shaped blade, but the knock from the bent crankshaft betrays her and I find out anyway.

Both of our trucks have been clobbered in the driveway by our cars...one truck, twice. Front end of car, the part under the front bumper, ripped off by driving too far forward onto snow bank, and the debris simply discarded. No chance of a repair. To be fair, she's had accomplices--daughters.

Whenever I ask a "what happened" question, I get a "when it happened" answer:

"Where in the H is the front half of the car?!?!?"
"Oh, that happened a LONG time ago."

After 36 years, you get used to all your stuff getting destroyed. Including the anvil. Nothing is safe.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Sometimes you just go through a rough time for whatever reason. You will work through it. Sometimes it lasts a week or two, heck one time for me it was about a year. Still to this day that was my highest grossing year ever and I made a whopping $14k. I learned a lot of lessons that year and they have stayed with me. It's called experience, lucky for me I have 20-20 hindsight, well most of the time.