[AT] I spent $300 at a yard sale yesterday

[charlie hill]

Farmer, you should  pull that thing behind you all the time.  It will keep 
the tailgaters off your bumper!

Charlie
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From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: <100AcreFarming at yahoogroups.com>; <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 10:11 AM
Subject: [AT] I spent $300 at a yard sale yesterday


> Diana was looking at a yard sale ad Friday and said they
> had a bale mover listed. I was looking for a second 3 point
> bale spear to adapt to my loader bucket so I can haul a
> bound bale on the three point and a second on the loader.
> When we got there it was a trailer type and he wanted $350
> for it. My reaction was kind of luke warm at first so we
> left. As the day went on I got to thinking more about it
> and after lunch we went back and I bought it for $300. It
> is much like this one:
> http://www.tractorshed.com/gallery/iphotos/i1029.jpg
> except it is almost 8 1/2 feet wide and framed like it was
> made to haul all the gold in Fort Knox in one trip. It has
> very large floatation wagon tires on it. The PO said he had
> used it to transport 2,000 pound bales on the road.
> He had replaced it with an Amish built big bale wagon that
> hauls about 8 bales at once. He loads that wagon with a
> large IHC tractor and loader.
> I decided I wanted this one for a couple of reasons.
> Mostly, I can use it behind anything, even without
> hydraulics.
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> "farmer"
> Hewick Midwest
>
> The master in the art of living makes little distinction
> between his
> work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and
> his body,
> his information and his recreation, his love and his
> religion. He
> hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision
> of
> excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide
> whether he
> is working or playing. To him he's always doing both.
> ~ James A. Michener, attributed
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
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