Care, caution and sobriety are always called for when operating or working around tractors. I'd give that as advice to someone like Mike, who is infected with the enthusiasm that comes with having his first tractor, as well as to a seventy-year-old (who asks) who has been on them all his life and worn out more tractors than he has left.
And I haven't seen where Mike has crossed that line.
In this particular case, Mike's original post didn't go into detail about how he went about it, but he's cleared that up -- he went to a local for help, and they had the equipment and setup to change out the rims and tires safely. So, I'm not sure what the problem is.
Is it that he did it with local help without advice from here?
I came in late on his project and have the sense that there are some folks here who are irked because he ignored their advice once, or even twice, and wonder if that isn't what's coming out now. IF so, please get over it. It's his tractor.
What I know about tractors I either learned growing up around the farm, or working on other stuff. And I've learned a lot lurking and participating here and on other boards. Forums like this are great, but they're imperfect. I've gotten good and bad advice here. Made my own decisions based on the advice, and gotten along just fine, and I don't see where Mike is doing any different.
He shared a story.
It reminded me of the trouble he got into with the Missus about the oil stains on the driveway, so I thought I'd caution him about not killing the grass, too.
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