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Specter: Welcome aboard from another Canadian, not that it matters a whole lot on here. I just notice, most of the folks who responded are Americans. Aside from politicians, most of the rest of us share a lot of common traits. I lived in Nova Scotia, most of my early years. We quite regularly saw NB, PEI and NF licence plates on our highways. Being 300 miles from the US border, if we saw an American he was either a relative or a tourist. Now, living in SW Ontario, I see MI, IN, IL, OH and WI licence plates everyday. Down here if you see a Canadian plate other than ON, the guy is either a relative or a tourist. Now, I do notice Kelly took a bit of a swipe at the Vet and I. Can't speak for the Vet, but for myself, I see Kelly becomming a very successful farmer, I rather like him or I wouldn't bother bugging him. I took notice to the fact, he once said, "I reminded him of his grandfather." He knows that I think he should be repowering that 706 with a diesel, rather than fooling around rebuilding that 6 cylinder gasser. Will he listen, yes, someday. You will find we here at the Farmall board have our chews as well. Maybe not as bad as the Deere folks, but then on average we only pay half as much for our tractors. One thing we all should do before giving advice is find out what the guys goals are, what is he going to use the tractor for, ei. yard work, farming, showing or pulling. Each one of those require different advice. Then you've got to figure in the guys finincial status. The advice you give a guy with a limited budget is much different from the guy who can afford to start the morning fire with $20. bills. No one likes to tell you which catergory he is in, thus one has to be very good at judging this. We all make mistakes, and more so one that one than actual technical advice. Now, I have a little story for you on goals. I sold some 8' round hardwood to a banker for firewood. He still had to cut it up, split it and dry it. I asked him if this was feasable for him. His reply, " On straight economics no, but I need exercise, and the chain saw, splitting and piling fill the bill. I'm not making a fool of myself jogging through the neighborhood." I told him of another customer, bought the 8'wood, hired a guy with chain saw to cut it to length, his wife split it with an axe and she piled it for drying, all this while he was out jogging everyday. Now 12 months later the wife has left him. The banker said without hesitation, "There you go, one has to understand a man's goals before being critical." Again, enjoy your stay.
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