Re: What is your occuptation, tractors, location

Posted by Eric (MI) on September 22, 1999 at 20:08:16 from (198.111.63.107):

In Reply to: What is your occuptation, tractors, location posted by Marvin on September 21, 1999 at 13:33:17:

Thanks for your post, Marvin. An entertaining alternative to the sometimes mundane, yet helpful, posts that we are accustomed to. My
Bio:

Age: 38
Tractor: '41 Ford 9N
Occupation: Systems (Computer) Analyst/Programmer
Location: Southern 'Thumb' of Michigan

My family 'escaped' the perfectly manicured lawn,
boom box blasting, traffic congested, strip mall infested, life of Detroit Suburbia last Fall. We moved to a rural community (where there is actually a feeling of community), where we built a house on eight acres.

I have used the Ford for snow removal (about 800' of driveway), earth moving, boulder lifting, driveway raking, shallow trench digging, and just,
landscaping in general. I have a rear blade, dirt scoop, landscape rake, middlebuster, spring-tooth harrow, and a homemade chain-link drag for implements.

I will allow that the lack of live Hydraulics and PTO (although, I have yet to use it), is an inconvenience. However, the 9N's Hydraulic system
is much stronger than mine. I have worked this tractor continuously for the past eight months, and aside for some minor electrical problems, it has not let me down. Some of the best money I have ever spent.

Thanks
Eric

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