[Farmall] Re: [AT] Selling the Farm and moving tractors & Tools

[E. John Puckett]

It's been a rough way to go, but glad you're getting it lined out.

yestergears at intrstar.net wrote:

> Thanks  to everyone for their input.   I have a very good friend who is 
> a mechanic with a rollback who  is going to help with the move.   
> Fortunately, I only have to move the tractors to one end of a field 
> where my house is and I have 60 days to move them and 6 months to build 
> a new shop.   I ended up Making her move and kept the house and lot 
> portion of the farm and selling the rest.I am very grateful that I was 
> able to get sole custody of my son without too much of a fight.  He IS 
> the most important thing.  So as of Friday for the first time in 78 
> years someone else will own the farm  and I am on the way to closing 
> several chapters in a horror story.
> Thanks
> Travis
> At 07:17 AM 7/16/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> 
>> Travis,  sorry to hear of your troubles.  Hope it all works out as 
>> well as
>> posible.  As far as your question.  It seems like a roll back or a tilt
>> trailer with a winch would  be the quickest way to move the stuff.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <yestergears at intrstar.net>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>; <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:16 PM
>> Subject: [AT] Selling the Farm and moving tractors & Tools
>>
>>
>> >    Everyone:
>> >
>> >    After 12 years of marriage, my wife decided in January that she 
>> wanted
>> a
>> > divorce and has taught me a new word. ( among others) called HALF. It
>> seems
>> > that even though I owned the land before the we married All the hog 
>> houses
>> > and other improvements since we married she gets half of.  
>> Therefore, to
>> > satisfy the divorce settlement I have been put out of business by
>> > being  forced to sell the farm I grew up on and my dad cleared and 
>> farmed
>> (
>> > with mules and Farmalls) that also contained my dream shop, a nice
>> 40X60X16
>> > shop with shelter off one side.  The good news is I get to have Full
>> > custody of my son.
>> >    My question is have any of you experts out there had to move 
>> about 15
>> > non running tractors and a few trucks at one time fairly quickly and 
>> if so
>> > can you share any tricks?   I have to move the ones outside in 60 days
>> from
>> > closing. They don't have to move far. I did get to keep the house 
>> and plan
>> > to build another shop in the backyard.  I have till the end of the 
>> year to
>> > clean out and move those in various states of restoration in the shop
>> along
>> > with building another shop.
>> >     Any suggestions on moving a shop full of projects and tools is also
>> > greatly appreciated.
>> >   Sorry for the cross post.
>> > Thanks
>> > Travis
>> >
>> >
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John
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