Why you shouldn't loan out your tractor

My youngest son (who still lives at home) just purchased five acres of land about 8 or 10 miles from home. He borrowed my Ford 2310 and (fairly new) International brand brush hog and drove it to his property to do some brush hogging. In the process, he got into some loose fiber optic cable they had apparently been laying next to the road. The cable rapped around the brush hog shaft so tight we couldn’t get it untangled at his property. While he was driving it back home the left rear tire went flat. (Good thing he had his cell phone with him.)

The blade assembly had to be removed from the gearbox shaft to get the fiber optic wire untangled. I initially thought it had damaged the oil seal but after cleaning it up good it appeared to be undamaged. The tire had a pretty good size thorn that had apparently punctured the tube.

Now, he needs to buy him a tractor to keep his property cleaned off.:-) Rick H. Ga.

in other words, I dont loan out my equipment. and in return, i dont borrow anyone else's.