Posted by jhilyer on August 12, 2013 at 08:59:16 from (74.81.112.46):
In Reply to: What was I thinking? posted by BIG RUH on August 11, 2013 at 19:31:27:
You were thinking that you were an honest person.
This is a long story, but one of my family legends!
I love my dad, but he's got one quirk - he makes deals with people when they dont know what they've got.
10 years ago he got into a deal to buy a Farmall 460 from the brother of a decesed farmer - the farmer had been gone about 10 years. The brother said he was selling it cheap because the transmission was 'broken' - locked up, wouldn't move. My dad thought it was just stuck between gears. The old feller was not a farmer like his brother.
So here's the scene - It's raining, the rollback is there to pick up the tractor, my dad wants to unstick it before putting it on the rollback - doesn't want to drag it. He's hoping the bad weather will keep the old guy in the house. Money has already changed hands.
Does the old feller stay in the house? Nope! He's right there on my dad's shoulder while he takes the gearshift out, gets his crowbar in position, gives the sliders a good whack and it pops out of gear.
Silence. Then my dad says "Well, I think that got it." The old guy says "You mean it's fixed?" "Yeah, I think so" replies my dad, careful not to look the fella in the eye. The look on that guy's face was priceless.
So that day we got a $3000 dollar tractor for $300. Strong engine, good TA, everything works, even the lights. My dad had it brought to my place 'temporarily' until he made further arrangements to get it to his place.
That tractor is still at my farm. My dad still calls it 'his' and assures me he's going to come get it, but 10 years on - I think it was a present!
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