[AT] Need more tractors

[Grant Brians]

I am saddened to hear of several of your bad experiences with living near 
your parents. I have a slightly different perspective. Some people are hard 
to get along with. Period. Some of those can be our relatives. Some are not 
hard to get along with. Generalizing from the bad experiences doesn't help 
those who CAN live near their parents and have it work out really well, and 
it doesn't really help the ones who have issues with their parents behavior.
    I think that we all have good and bad experiences and I personally try 
to encourage the good ones. Some days just don't work. Some do. Alzheimers 
and bad behavior beforehand sometimes seem to go together and other times 
not. My sympathies are with all of you that do have family problems and 
having gone through them, I empathize as well. But this too shall pass if we 
help it to.
        Grant Brians
        Hollister, California
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Hass" <gkhass at avci.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Need more tractors


> After reading posts on this topic, I have decided I am in dire need of 
> more tractors.  I farm 110+ acres with only 2 tractors, a Farmall 856 and 
> a Farmall 574 (both over 35 years old).  The 856 does the plowing and the 
> field cultivating, which leaves the 574 to do all the rest: brush hog, 
> crop spraying, run the corn planter, grain drill, crop cultivating, 
> running the pull-type combine for edible beans.  As you can see, I am 
> short many tractors.  I am, however, better equipped with combines.  I 
> have one IH 715 which does wheat and corn, one IH 715 that does soybeans, 
> and an IH 82 pull-type for my 22 acres of edible beans.  I also have an IH 
> 203 which I have not used in several years since the sieves fell apart.  I 
> have not had the energy to find replacements and the IH 82 works as well 
> or even better for the edible beans.
>
> To the young people on the list, I second Farmer's recommendation to never 
> live near your parents.  I have lived all my married life just across the 
> corner from my parents (400 feet away) and 200 feet from my younger 
> brother who lives on the corner straight across from me.  If you must live 
> near them, move at least a mile away and make sure it is not in the 
> direction they must go past to get to town.  From my dad's picture window, 
> he could always see every move that was made in my yard, and would always 
> have something disparaging to say about every move I made.  I was forced 
> to do chores night and morning every day of the year since I was eight 
> years old, so when I got rid of all the livestock 15 years ago, I decided 
> to go to the local coffee shop in the mornings.  Over a 2-hr. period 
> approximately 20 farmers sit at the table at one time or another, most of 
> whom farm much more land than I do. If I would mention to my dad that I 
> hadn't got a certain job done, his first remark would be that I could have 
> gotten it done if I'd stay the he$$ home.  He died a year and a half ago 
> after 10 years of Alzheimer's.  When we would ask my 4 sisters to help 
> they would just remark that they were glad we were close and could take 
> care of him and refused to help.  Since he's been gone, for the first time 
> I feel free, however, I am now in my mid-fifties and have some health 
> problems such as arthritis, which sort of takes some of the fun out of 
> being free.  Had I been able to foretell the future, I would have made 
> sure I had moved at least a few miles away.
>
> PS I do have a Cub and a 185 Lo-Boy, however I do not consider them field 
> tractors as they are only capable of doing garden type work even though 
> they are a lot of fun.
>
> Greg Hass
>
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