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05-09-2013, 04:23 PM
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My kid has a half dozen or so but I don't think he or my wife would let me have one to trade.
If it was up to me I'd buy it and park it in my front yard, but again, I don't think my wife would go along with the idea. You guys can give her a hard time next weekend. She knows all you guys are enablers.
If it was up to me I'd buy it and park it in my front yard, but again, I don't think my wife would go along with the idea. You guys can give her a hard time next weekend. She knows all you guys are enablers.
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05-09-2013, 05:00 PM
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05-09-2013, 05:34 PM
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Well now, it might be worth skipping my daughter's Sectional meet and High School graduation to listen in on that conversation at Truckfest. 
Someone needs to video that.
You need to get it, then get it running so you can then alternate between those two spots. I'm sure Stu would gladly help you find safe wheels.
Someone needs to video that.
You need to get it, then get it running so you can then alternate between those two spots. I'm sure Stu would gladly help you find safe wheels.
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05-09-2013, 07:38 PM
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05-09-2013, 10:23 PM
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Really hard to choose one of those options Bob. Both are very scenic but might shorten your time above ground. Could you work that beaut of an F4 into the farming operation as a cattle feeding station?
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05-09-2013, 10:35 PM
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05-10-2013, 01:33 PM
I believe it, two weeks ago one of my kid's 1500+ lb cows jumped over a 4 1/2 foot gate. It just goes to show there's not a lot you can do when a cow in heat wants to find a bull. My wife, both sons and 6 neighbors spent over an hour chasing that damn cow through neighboring properties over a 1/2 mile away. The fun was only enhanced with all the ground being soaked with rain for two weeks. I was at work at the time making some money and wasn't asked to join into the fun(?) 
Now let's see, why do I hate farming so much?
As with old trucks, I buy an old rusty truck, tear it apart, save parts I can use and sell what's left for at least 3X as much as I paid for them. Turn around is usually within a month. My wife's family will buy a beef animal for $200-300, spend 1-1/2 years raising, averaging 500 hours on it, plus feed and then sell it for $1500, thinking they made a killing. And they think my old truck hobby is stupid.
Now let's see, why do I hate farming so much?
As with old trucks, I buy an old rusty truck, tear it apart, save parts I can use and sell what's left for at least 3X as much as I paid for them. Turn around is usually within a month. My wife's family will buy a beef animal for $200-300, spend 1-1/2 years raising, averaging 500 hours on it, plus feed and then sell it for $1500, thinking they made a killing. And they think my old truck hobby is stupid.
Hmmm....I'll bet that you get better steaks than we do!!
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05-10-2013, 01:57 PM
We just got a cow back from the butcher, freezer full of T-Bones, Sirloins, Rib Steaks, roasts and hamburger. Plus my son's girlfriend's family raises pigs so there's cut up pig in the freezer keeping the cow company. Also, straight of the cow milk and eggs from the chickens.
That's the only good thing I can find good about farming. There is a lot people don't know and I won't bore you about. Most of farming is dirty, expensive, time consuming and lots of death.
That's the only good thing I can find good about farming. There is a lot people don't know and I won't bore you about. Most of farming is dirty, expensive, time consuming and lots of death.
#25
05-10-2013, 08:29 PM
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07-14-2013, 10:01 AM
Went for a ride yesterday and saw this in front of a local tourist trap. I go that way several times a year and never saw it before so it's a recent addition. They used to have a horse drawn buggy with a fiberglass horse in the same spot. This is definitely an improvement although it looks like they're just going to leave it parked out there (note the grass on the wheels from mowing around it) and let it rot. Overall it seems to be in fairly decent shape - not a lot of rust on the cab. The windows are fogged up due to all the rain and high humidity the last few weeks. Someone did a nice job of painting the doors to make the name look old.
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07-14-2013, 10:23 AM
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