Wives using the tractor

[roysallis]

My wife uses our tractor as much or more than I do. Probably more since she goes to our farm during the day when I am working at the office. She really enjoys using the FEL but I think her favorite thing to do is uses the brush cutter.

 

[dmccarty]

Hmmm, I'm going to start up a thread in Rural about TV Monitoring systems, Security, and Trail Trackers since we
are a bit off topic for this area.

See Ya Over There...
Dan McCarty

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Pat,

I don't have quite the real tractors you have (or a wife), but I've done my share of maintenance and building too. It too thoght it quite similar to sewing - measure and cut and piece together - just different materials. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Good tools are a girl's best friend!

Mary
The very pleased and proud new owner of a slightly used G1900S. And thanks to all you on these forums for helping me to make the decision and jump to a baby Kubota - you answered all my questions without me ever having to do more than lurk.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Mary,We own a B2710 and a G1900S,the 1900 is my "wifes" Kubota.She enjoys getting outside and helping out with all the mowing we do.

 

[art]

Bill these tractors have gotten so easy to drive many of my customers wives drive there tractors and do mowing,cleaning the snow from the driveway and other chores as well.

 

[WVBill]

I'm not sure "easy to drive" is a requirement for a wife or any other female to use a tractor. There are many females out there who I'm sure can handle a tractor much better than I can.

My wife doesn't drive my tractor or my lawn mower or run my power tools. She doesn't use the computer much and has trouble with more than two buttons on the TV remote. But I have no less respect and love for her. She stitches beautiful quilts, makes finely detailed ceramic pieces and crafts wonderful wreaths and other home decorations. She does what she enjoys and I do what I enjoy and we share life's drudgeries that niether of us enjoy. We also share things we enjoy together - like sitting on the back porch watching the sunset.

WVBill

 

[Bird]

WVBill, I married a gal from West Virginia myself; sounds like my wife. As far as I know she's never touched a tractor, much less gotten on one, never uses any of my power tools, and never uses the computer. I work on raising things I can either eat or sell, she does the cooking, canning, freezing, housework, and she does the house plants, decorations, flowers outside, and anything else for looks./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I've always said you probably couldn't find two people more different in personality and personal likes and dislikes than we are, but we kinda enjoy each other's company or we wouldn't have stayed married for 35 years./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird

 

[art]

WVBill you are right about what you said. I've found that some women who never had any desire to drive a tractor to mow a lawn or to do virtually anything regarding a tractor have started to. Yes, I know women who can drive as good as any man and they can drive some of the older tractors that were as user freindly as a old bull. That doesn't mean that there are some who just enjoy doing other things as you have mentioned. I know when I bring a tractor home to play I'm not going to let my wife play with them until I get tired of it. She already found out that she can mow the lawn and no one bothers her so I've lost that. Don't know if I can afford to teach her more because than I won't have any fun. Guess I'm glad she doesn't enjoy landscaping. She doesn't really like snow and cold so I guess the boys and I can still do that. She does a good job in the house so she gets the inside and likes to mow the lawn and I get to deal with the roof over our heads and the yard work. To bad she doesn't like heights!

 

[WVBill]

Art: You hit on another reason why I'm glad my wife doesn't enjoy my tractors - I DO!

 

[bpence]

It's funny, my wife has absolutely no desire to do anything associated with tractors, power tools, or other constructive/destructive toys I might have around. Her definition of a power tool is a multi-purpose vacuum cleaner. She's perfectly happy to take care of the house and flower gardens around our place, and in fact will often "shoo" me out of the house when I offer to help with some of the housework. Says I just get in her way and don't I need to change the oil on something or other out in the barn. I guess that's why my stuff always has clean oil. My wife says I should go change it, again.

Bob Pence