[AT] Need more tractors

[jfgrant]

Hey "Robie" if I may call you that. A good ol school friend's last name is 
the same as yours and that's what we called him "Robie". I completely agree 
with your thought of a tractor for every use/implement. I am in that 
situation but I did reduce the number of implements! My problem is that I 
have lost most of my vision and don't have much help on hand when I needed 
to change implements so it was/is easier to leave them on unless for a long 
time of inactivity.
In regards to your shop, GET OUT THERE and use it. I have a nice shop and my 
gun shop and range but now no vision so I seldom go there. Have Fun while 
you can!!! Life is very short!
In regards to your mother, I know the situation as I have been there. My 
mother became quite a handful. We, as a family, decided to have her stay 
with one of my sisters who along with her husband gave Mom 24/7/365 care 
until she passed on. Within a short time my sister checked out on her own. I 
feel that it was related to the constant ongoing stress and the inability to 
get away from it. She was offered relief but she felt it was her 
responsibility.  Life is not fair either.
Robie my friend, enjoy life as much as you can while you can. Above all 
share your enjoyment with your grandchildren. They are what keeps me going. 
Best & Regards to you & Yours,  John Grant
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 5:25 PM
Subject: [AT] Need more tractors


>I am convinced that we need a tractor for each implement.
> :-)    I was putting the bush-hog on the Super M Farmall (3
> pt) and to do that I had to take the bale spear off. We are
> not done with the bale spear and I am not done with the
> bush-hog yet but I also need to use the 3-point grader box.
> I have quite a few tractors but not that many with 3 point
> hitch. One of those is down and will be until this winter
> when I make some repairs to the PTO Drive. I would like to
> make a 3 point hitch for both the 1948 John Deere A and the
> Farmall Super MTA.
> The tractor for each implement doesn't sound too bad but I
> have a lot of implements.   :-)
> Lets see, I could have:
> The bush-hog on one tractor.
> The grader box on one.
> A manure spreader on one.
> A mid-mount sickle mower stays on the 1946 AC C much of the
> year.
> Then a plow.
> A disk.
> And so on. I suspect about 40 should do it.  :-)
>
> For a change I am actually looking forward to winter (and I
> normally hate winter). This "will" be the year of the shop.
> I have plenty of firewood available. I have just a little
> work to have the rest of the ceiling closed in and I have
> plenty of rolls of polyethylene sheeting to seal drafts and
> a line of projects a mile long.  :-)
> What I do not have is the every minute responsibility of
> caring for and dealing with my elderly mother with
> Alzheimer's. She is still creating more than her share of
> stress and daily problems but now at least I can work in
> the shop without constantly being stopped to hear some
> (usually groundless) compliant, sometimes as often as a
> couple of dozen times a day.  I had reached the point of
> being almost completely unable to work there at all for
> most of the last two years. The administrator of the
> assisted living center that I placed her in (in July),
> after her Alzheimer's became so bad that it was placing her
> in extreme danger, recently told my sister that he had no
> idea how I had coped with her that long. She was driving
> him bonkers and he had a full staff and they all get to go
> home to privacy everyday. I was only 300 feet away 24-7.
> After we placed her in the center my blood pressure went
> down 30 points in about 3 weeks.
> I have a little dab of hay to bale. A little dab of corn
> to combine and a little dab of wheat to plant and look out
> shop here I come. The shop will be pretty much full time. I
> am sneaking in there more now.  Of course I still have some
> odd jobs to do getting houses ready winter but those
> projects are an hour here and two hours there. Not big time
> eaters.
> I always enjoyed my shop a lot in the off seasons and I am
> looking forward to getting into it regular like a kid
> waiting for Christmas. Over the last couple of years I
> almost had to beat myself with a knobby club to force
> myself to work there. While I knew it was bad at the time I
> only realize how bad it was as I look back at it.
> I am sure there are others in a similar boat. I would just
> say don't allow it to drag you down. Do what you have to
> do. Don't face it alone.
> I only post this in hope I can get someone else to take a
> deep breath and do what you know must be done. I waited
> much longer than I should have. For those that are not in
> that boat (especially you young guys) I have to say don't
> ever make the mistake of moving real close to your parents,
> not even for a couple of million dollars. A half-mile may
> be OK but still really too close. I only hope I can keep
> from placing a load like that on  my children.
> I have a whole bunch of wagons and trailers. I wonder if I
> should have a separate tractor for each of those.   ;-)
> Then there is the buzz saw and...
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> "farmer"
> Hewick Midwest
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