Re: The future of the hobby we all love.

Posted by Scott(TN) on September 20, 2002 at 05:42:07 from (138.164.194.139):

In Reply to: The future of the hobby we all love. posted by Bryan in Michigan on September 19, 2002 at 14:05:47:

I have only been working with these old tractors about 4 years now, but have been interested in them for the past 40 years. Grew up in the city but helped work the family farm during the springs, summers, and fall until they quit in '73. Spent the next 20 years in the military and have just recently started collecting. My youngest son (17) and I have redone a TO30 and a 9N, both what I would consider, working tractors. I kinda got the feeling that he was loosing interest so picked up a bigger tractor (IH400) and you should have seen the grin on his face when he drove it, was worth every penny I have paid for that machine(and that was alot)plus some.
However, we generally experience the same shrug off when speaking with others about our hobby. The most common responce I get when some one sees the tractors is "what are you going to do with that!?" I can only wonder what gaff my son gets at school.
Because of work and involvement in my childrens activities (band, soccer, etc), we only get about 8 to 10 hours a week to work on these machines. But what a wonderful time we have. Watching the look on my son's face when the tractor fires up after he and I (mostly he- I make sure the beer cans get emptied before the beer spoils- a VERY important job) is pricless! He and my oldest daughter (27) have now expressed an interest in keeping livestock and actually doing some farming.
Will I ever get a return on what I have invested in tractors/parts/labor/time, and soon land, livestock, implements, etc? You bet I will, every time I see my boy working on or with those old machines or watching my daughter and my grand-daughter working with the livestock.

I could on and on about this but have been too wordy as it is.

To all on this site that have helped my I say thank you!

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