Posted by John_PA on April 06, 2013 at 00:48:45 from (71.182.161.234):
I made a trip today about 100 miles round trip to get some moldboards for my plow. I took my dad along. He's 71 and loves going out for a drive especially to the lands of Columbiana, OH where the fields are reltively flat and well cared-for.
We had a good day out. I was happy to have spent the time with him.
He drove home. When we made the turn onto my driveway, I see my diesel truck flying across the field towards the new big shop. We were both stunned. Who is driving my truck? My dad still owns the truck, but, it's the farm truck and only I drive it. We are both very particular about this...
I pull into the drive and I see my truck backing towards my trailer. I see my brother-in-law in the truck. I have a few choice words about how he is driving it, but I'm not too alarmed. Normally I get worried. He does stupid things. He is 43 years old and doesn't have a lick of sense in his body. I'm nearly 10 years his junior, but I grew up farming. He didn't not. He is one of those guys who knows everything. He won't ever listen to anything, and I can't yell at him because he takes it out on my sister, who is 15 years younger than him. I am forgiving and patient. If he does something stupid, I don't yell or get mad. I treat him like he was retarded and needs special help. He is a certified paramedic. He can legally cut your throat and insert a trach tube if you are dying.
I know he doesn't know much about farming, but I deal with it.
With all that in my mind...
I unloaded the new moldboards from my dad's car(all 99 lbs of them) in one fell swoop and carry them in the shop. Just as I set them down, my sister comes running up and says something to my dad. I was out of ear shot.
I ask him what she said and he says, Your skidsteer is rolled over in the trees.
Now, I am not surprised too much. In fact, I had several nightmares about that.
So I walk up in the pasture (about a 10 minute walk of dread) and look, and my skidsteer is laying over on it's side, boom fully extended cross hilled.
Oil and diesel is running everywhere. The bucket is cracked at the welds. The lift Cylinder for the main boom is on top of a tree stump and I can't see what on God's green earth he was doing with it in that spot. He wasn't pulling on anything. It was just there.
I realize that he took my truck into the woods of the pasture and chained it to the skidsteer. He tried to upright it without me being there. He drove over stumps and logs and through all kinds of brush.
I am still calm, but I threw up twice.
My stomach in knots, I pulled the skidsteer upright, after having to drag it on it's side to get it from cross hilled to point down hill.
Calm as can be, I parked the dozer and didn't open my mouth. The only thing I said to him was, "did you shut it off or did it quit on it's own?"
My guts hurting like crazy, my head in a blur, sweating so bad, I couldn't start work on my plow. I had to lay down. I saw stars in my eyes, I was told my face looked purple. My dad saw it all and he looked clammy and pale. He went to get up and fell back down in the chair.
Neither of us said a word about it to my brother-in-law.
He acted like he didn't care and it wasn't his fault.
2 hours later, I had to use my skidsteer loader to load up round bales for a guy. I got it running, got the fluids filled up, but the engine sounded funny and is down on power. I let it sit for an hour before I started it, letting the oil run back down.
Guts hurting like crazy I got the job done.
I just want to scream. I want to put him in a corner and squeeze him until the drywall caves in. I just can't do it. I feel like he is mentally retarded and doesn't know any better. Even though he rides in a lifeflight helicopter and cuts people's throats open to give them life.
So, just a minute ago, when I was about over the frustration, and stomach pain, I walked out to my truck. He punched the dang dash board in! On top of that, my truck was connected to the trailer when I parked it. Somehow, the top of the jack handle(the spinner) was shattered into pieces on the deck!
He is a complete retard when it comes to anything at all and it makes me wonder if he is even safe, saving lives. He almost let my dad die 2 years ago, when my dad had 41 lbs of fluid around his heart, in his chest cavity from a-fib and he sat across from him on the couch and didn't speak up.
I'm beside myself.
I feel such rage and I can't let it out, because I know no-one got hurt. It's eating at me right now and I need to vent. I just got done being sick about it and feeling a little better. I just feel so much rage and anxiety. I know it's my problem. I'm a bad person for feeling this way, so please don't reply saying how terrible I am. Right now, I might take it the wrong way and track your IP and unleash my rage on you. I don't need that, I've had enough for one day. I know there is always one bu thole who tells me I'm in the wrong. Right now, just shut up. Listen to me vent and click on another post.
I just wish my dad could see what a buffoon this guy is and stop him. BUt, he won't. I can't either. It's not my place and I am scared of him. He is abusive. He verbally abuses my sister. Shot a 9mm pistol over my shoulder at a horse when it kicked the fence....
I'm so taken aback. I just needed to vent.
This post was edited by John_PA at 00:54:19 04/06/13.
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