Posted by Mikebr5 on May 26, 2015 at 21:27:02 from (74.47.19.241):
So we recently moved and part of the benefit of the move was a fresh start... A few long term projects that were going nowhere (and slowly getting there) as well as some big finished ones were "let go" and either given away or sold. Cheap.
It was, after all, supposed to be making a fresh start.
We moved to a fairly remote mountainous area and bought some acreage with just a house. No shop... I haven't been without a good sized shop since, well, since 20 years or more I guess.
A couple of days ago I placed the cart directly in front of the horse and said "giddy up" and my wife is smoked.
I came across 2 tractors that had been parked under an apple tree by an old man a few years ago... He completed his earthly journey and the ownership of said tractors passed to his son, who had/has no interest in restoring them.
He saw a complete sucker for old iron and sold them to him for bunches more than scrap cost. So far I have the International I-6 parked out in the front yard, and trying to figure out how to get the other one here without being invited to sleep out there with the 2 new beauties.
In the next month a couple of the old iron beauties that I couldn't let go of (Ford 641, 861 and maybe another) will be out here too.
I mentioned that the wife is smoked, yes?
Funny thing is, I agree with her. I screwed up. I don't have a shop built yet.
I have to get cracking and get a decent shelter up before winter. I moved away from a 54'x84' shop with most of the amenities. Argh... I'm dying over here.
Anyone else put themselves in such a predicament? If so, any creative solutions short of dropping $100k on a work shop?
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