TRACTOR PARTS Allis Chalmers Case & David Brown Farmall & International Ferguson Ford & New Holland John Deere Massey Ferguson Massey Harris Minneapolis Moline Oliver & Cockshutt Kubota / Yanmar

TRACTOR MANUALS

Allis Chalmers	Case	Farmall IH	Ford 8N,9N,2N	Ford
Ferguson	John Deere	Massey Ferguson	Minn. Moline	Oliver

Tractor Talk Discussion Forum

thinking about giveing it all up

Welcome Guest, Log in or Register

Author

old

01-06-2006 21:35:27

Report to Moderator

Been thinking I;m getting tired of working on tractors etc and just giveing it all up. If I do I will also give up the internet stuff also. Guess maybe I'm just haveing a bad day but well who knows

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

JohnDeereGreen

01-07-2006 09:58:35

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Old,
Do what you think is right, but here is another fellow saying that we will miss your posting here. Try takin' a break for a week or two first.
Good Luck
JohnDeereGreen

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

730 virgil

01-07-2006 09:52:30

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

old do what you feel is right just know we will miss your posting if that what you think is best we don't know what is happening with you now for myself when i get in tuff spot . i go off by myself and sort things out most times doesn't take long all i need is to be left alone to think i usually come up with best thought a cold beer , cigar sit and watch the cows clears the head

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Mark - IN.

01-07-2006 08:10:45

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Old,

I don't know you and never walked in your shoes, and can't say what's goin on there, but sure would miss your help and input. I always was a selfish son of a gun, and guess that I always will be.

Good luck in your decision, and I hope that it turns out to be the right one for you.

You know who I haven't seen here in a long time? Mark from Texas (TXBLU/TXGRN). What ever happened to him? There's another old YT friend that I miss.

Mark

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Paul L

03-29-2006 08:36:00

Report to Moderator

Re: Looking for Tractor for $2K +/- in reply to Chris M (TX) , 03-28-2006 14:59:40

I'd say you'd probably be looking for a 5' bush hog and maybe the same for a box scraper? I'd say you'd start around nothing below 35HP and up to 50HP would be good. Couldn't tell you how much your trailer would hold. but one you get a loader on them . . . they're a bit heavier then what most people think. I don't know what everyone else would suggest, but a CASE 430 is a good, strong, suitable first tractor. Paul

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

deadeye

01-07-2006 08:06:57

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

old:
Stick around buddy, we need you here for all of the info that you contribute to the boards. I know that I about gave up myself as I was diagnosed with cancer in October. I had an operation in December and I think I have it beat. I have already gotten rid of all of my tractors (5) and a power unit in 2 years. I used to tractor pull and was gone every weekend during the summer to something. Now I will have to go out in the country this spring before the weeds and leaves get to growing with my binoculars and see what I can spot in the fence rows and timber for new projects. There is nothing like taking the challenge of getting an engine or piece of machinery running that was put out to dry by someone else and putting life back into it and saying "It's not your time to go yet." Hang in there buddy....deadeye.. Jack Blaylock, Cresco, Iowa....64 years young.

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Jrry

01-07-2006 07:27:30

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Old, you are a big help here. I hope you change your mind and stick around.
Jerry

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Dave H (MI)

01-07-2006 07:19:36

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Hey Rich, what's up with you? Last I heard you had a lot of good stuff going on.

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

PaulW_NJ

01-07-2006 07:14:37

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Having a single hobby has never worked for me. Working on the same project or job, day after day, get"s really old. I think having variety makes all of the difference. (Told that to my girlfriend but she didn"t seem very sympathetic . . )

Sometimes you just have to shut something down, and go on to something else for awhile. I find it amazing sometimes how different something seems when you come back to it after a few days, a few weeks, whatever it takes. I"ve also found the tales of other"s projects on sites like this get"s me interested again.

Give it a break.

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Tom from Ontario

01-07-2006 07:10:08

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Old: Like the other fellows say, step back for a while. A month, a year. I picked up a few other hobbies, small ones that don't cost huge bucks that I can pick up and put down in a minute. It helped. Switching around lets you make new contacts, talk to other people. Good luck. Winter doesn't help. Hell as a hot place came from the culture of desert people. Hell is not hot. Hell is cold.

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Dave 2N

01-07-2006 05:54:48

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

old-

Know how you feel; sometimes I wonder why I'm doing this. But then I just step back away from it all for a few days or weeks and the change of scenery/pace is a big help and then I find myself back on the tractors again. So give it a break for awhile but don't bail out. You'll regret it.

I'll tell you one conclusion I've arrived at though; I like to get my tractors all mechanically up to par but I've quit feeling that they have to look like an "expo quality" tractor. That's fine for those who want to do that but I appreciate an honest, mechanically good, working tractor more than a "trailer queen." For instance: we will be taking tractors to the local mall for "Farm Days in February. I told my son last night that this year I'm taking "Lucy," our mechanically good, straight and sound 52 JD B. She doesn't have a fresh coat of paint; rather, she looks like a 54 year old working tractor would look---clean but with faded green. Time for the "mall yuppies" to see what an honest ractor looks like!

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Bilko

01-07-2006 05:49:06

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Old,
Just remember that there are young people that are coming into antique tractors that don"t have the knowledge like yourself. And if you let it go, there will be one less to share the know how!
And I would be one of the younger one"s. Mike from MI

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Scotmac

01-07-2006 05:43:59

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

I went thruogh the same thing a few years back. Sold all the tractors and started buying old toys. Bought some new and some old ones and fixed them up. They take up a lot less room, easier to work on, and are kinda fun. Now, I'm selling them and am back into the old tractors. Sometimes, ya just gotta kick back and take a breather, and do something different.

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

John M

01-07-2006 05:40:34

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Hi old,
Just wanted to share something here. I have been posting on this board pretty much since it came into existence.Then I asked more than I answered,then you could find an old trctor and buy it a couple hundred bucks,then money was the object,I could go on and on.A couple of years ago,when I posted under another name,I had considered giving it all up,you and a few others convinced me not to so I didnt.A couple of years has gone by and things are still heading in the direction of MONEY!those with money on here flaunt it,those that dont have as much money are pushed to the back,put down, and are left to feel stupid and unneeded.This also hold true for shows and such and last year I had one of those type of incidents. Theres one feller at several shows we attend that is just a flat out sob just because he has thick wallet.What does all of this mean? Well, I had forgotten what it was all about to me,these two kids sitting here at the kitchen table eating their Fruit Loops!!!! My kids mean more to me than some jacka$$ with more money, here or at a show somewhere.Point is, dont give up something you enjoy because youre feeling down about the hobby.

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Kent in NB

01-07-2006 05:31:24

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Old, please stick around. Your knowledge is too great to be lost. I have enjoyed your advice on repairs and such, and would hate to not see your byline. Been through some bad days myself, and usually a break helps things a bit.

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

T_Bone

01-07-2006 05:09:29

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Hi old,

Gee's roll out of the bed on the OTHER side. You have too many negitive thoughts when you get up on this side of the bed!

You keep this up and the next thing you'll be talking about looking at brown dirt and WE all don't want to do that! Remember green side up LOL

T_Bone

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

VaTom

01-07-2006 04:58:38

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Don't know about you, but I was thinking just yesterday I've been spending a disproportionate amount of my life inside old tractors lately. So what did I do?

Went out in the pm and bought a parts crawler (Cat) and an old Galion motor grader. Then I went back to working on the Cat loader brakes to get it ready to haul the parts crawler up to the shop. Damn, those wheels are heavy (17.5x25) Would you believe Cat was cheaper for the wheel cylinders than NAPA?

Internet's another matter though. What're you gonna do, spend all your time shopping with the wife?

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

51Pony

01-07-2006 04:42:59

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Churchill said it during the war.
We will NEVER surender.
My dad never gave up. He had a stroke one day and passed the next. Gave me his old tractor and that's how I ended up here!

Maybe ya just want to slow own a little?

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Sloroll

01-07-2006 04:06:26

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Oh the alure of fast women and whiskey! Spring is comming Old. Spring, when a mans fancy turns to the sound of Five 16s dropped in black grundy and the smell of biodiesel being ravonously consumed. Close your eyes. You can feel it, can't you?

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Stan - Florida

01-07-2006 04:44:48

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to Sloroll, 01-07-2006 04:06:26

Sloroll,

Didn't Tom T. Hall do a song about those topics? Wasn't the title "Older Horses, Faster Women, Younger Whiskey, and More Money".

Stan

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Fastcattle

01-07-2006 07:17:40

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to Stan - Florida, 01-07-2006 04:44:48

No silly-its Faster horses,younger women,older whiskey,and more money LOL

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Stan - Florida

01-07-2006 12:19:23

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to Fastcattle, 01-07-2006 07:17:40

Fastcattle,

Maybe for you, but I'm probably a little older...LOL!

Stan

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Sloroll

01-07-2006 08:36:28

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to Fastcattle, 01-07-2006 07:17:40

Man I been living that backwards!

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Steven@AZ

01-07-2006 03:24:06

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

I know how you feel. I move back and forth between websites/forums for my car, then to the 51 IH pickup, then to old tractors, then to old engines, and start all over again... not necessarily in that order either.

Sometimes you can get too much of a good thing and it seems bad. Take a little break, then come back - works for me.

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Bartt

01-07-2006 01:55:36

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Old, Please hang in there. Tomarrow is another day and I really enjoy your great advice and and shared knowledge on old tractors. I live one day at a time and it works very well. Best to you and yours. Dick in Vermont.

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

37 chief

01-07-2006 01:04:52

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Some times things just don't go right. It should be better today. Enjoy what you have. Stan

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

504

01-06-2006 22:11:40

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to old, 01-06-2006 21:35:27

Old, You can`t give up, you will just get fat and lazy! You just need a new tractor to play with and you`ll feel like a new man. 504 in NEMO

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

Lou

01-07-2006 07:19:11

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to 504, 01-06-2006 22:11:40

You guys are all nuts, maybe thats why I love reading this stuff.

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

John T

01-07-2006 07:43:16

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to Lou, 01-07-2006 07:19:11

Hang in there Old, we would miss ya. God Bless

John T

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

steveormary

01-07-2006 11:05:24

Report to Moderator

Re: thinking about giveing it all up in reply to John T, 01-07-2006 07:43:16

To John M, to Old and to all of y"all. John, we dont have any(well not much)and we dont feel put down.

Old, because of health concerns I chose to retire,sell out and move south. I miss working on the old tractors puttering around the place. I had two tractors spotted back in the trees that I would have liked to have made to run.
But I do get to spend more time on yt.

Ok guys,I thought it was older wimmin and more whisky.

steveormary

[Log in to Reply] [No Email]

[Options] [Printer Friendly] [Posting Help] [Return to Forum] [Log in to Reply]

TRACTOR PARTS	TRACTOR MANUALS

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]

Home | Forums

Copyright © 1997-2023 Yesterday's Tractor Co.
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy

TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.

Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor Headquarters

Website Accessibility Policy