Posted by Campc on December 04, 2019 at 06:19:54 from (172.58.6.169):
Man my grandad loved tractors. There's not a single moment of my childhood at his house that isnt associated with the unique smells of the multitude of vegetables growing in his front yard or the grease and stale gas from the 4 tractors he was rebuilding in the back yard. He worked his 1 1/2 acre garden until his late 70s with an old ford tractor that he bought new.
When cancer started really taking its toll on him, he sold everything and lived with my mother until he passed a few years back.... (Quick interjection: wear your sunscreen, he literally died from skin cancer that started on the top of his ear and spread to the brain)...
Anyway, I'd be lying if I said I cherished all the moments with him. The last few vibrant years of his life I spent deployed and subsequently figuring out how to adjust/cope post-deployment. I dont really know how else to put it, but for a while, I wasn't in a good frame of mind to learn about tractors or really spend quality time with anyone.
So fast forward to today, I made it through the Marines, cleared my head, finished school, got Married, had a couple babies and just moved into a house on 5 acres. Guess what I need now.... a tractor.
I'd give anything to be able to call and ask him; but I figure there's got to be some old timers out there who wouldnt mind helping me out.
So question #1: Safety Rules? ... are there any general safety rules like there are with firearms? My pops never liked me driving his around much because as hed say: "Ya gone getcha self kilt boy" I think he was mostly worried about the hill in the front and a couple of small drainage ditches. Which I have no intentions of driving aggressively or buying one that has the two front wheels close together. We had a family friend that was killed on one so I think that's why he was kinda paranoid.
Question #2. I want a Ford. Since I cant find his old one I'd like to at least get me one that reminded me of him. he had a workmaster, jubilee, N series, or a 3000. I just need it to do some bush hogging and I'm going to get a finish mower also. I'd like to keep it under 5k. I'm really buying this in the place of a riding lawn mower. All the other aptions aren't really "needs" but I am really fascinated by everything you can hook up to a pto. Which brings me to ....
#3 I remember pops sayin "that bush hog will walk ya in a ditch" .... was that because of a clutch issue or something or is that a common thing?
So thank you all for your time I know that's kinda long sk my apologies. In short I just was hoping uall could point me in the right direction to a tractor that will do what I need without getting me "kilt" haha. Thanks again
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