Oldtractorfun
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Well I don't post often but this seems like a great spot for advice and rants, family problems.
My dad is not far from 84, I am the oldest son, dads health has been going downhill the last 6 or 7 years. We have done antique tractor pulls together for around the last 15 years,The tractor we pull is just a stock Farmall M but won many trophies over the yars beating a lot of well built tractors, no rules around here. I have been driving him to the pulls for about 5 years now since his eyesight started going bad. I have been the only one interested in doing his hobby with him and helping out, sometimes putting my own plans aside. Bot to mention helping him build a trailer, work on the equipment, truck, a whole lot of little things. Dad said many times over the years when he was done pulling the tractor would be mine.
Well now comes the problem, dad decided to sell his tractors and have everything cleaned up so mom wouldn't have the work of doing it. Guess his health is worse then he will say.
Since his tractor pulls so good he said he would scrap it before he would take $3,500.00 for it, won't say what he wants for sure but sounds like he has some interest in it.
I can't afford to buy it right now, only working part-time at the moment. Not sure what it would be worth, just seems a bit high to me.
Guess what bothers me is not being able to have my dad's tractor, him not caring, nothing I can do about it. I don't really want something for nothing, I would gladly pay what I could just so he could tell the other kids he never gave it to me
Anybody ever run into something like this or any ideas how to approch him about this topic? Guess it just hurts even at my age that I won't have that one thing I wanted of my dads and know I will probably never get the chance to have it, Kind of think I am just going to have to accept the situation and live with seeing somebody else pulling his tractor. Hate to say it but when he is gone someday at least I will still have the memories of our time spent sitting, chatting, pulling.
thanks all
My dad is not far from 84, I am the oldest son, dads health has been going downhill the last 6 or 7 years. We have done antique tractor pulls together for around the last 15 years,The tractor we pull is just a stock Farmall M but won many trophies over the yars beating a lot of well built tractors, no rules around here. I have been driving him to the pulls for about 5 years now since his eyesight started going bad. I have been the only one interested in doing his hobby with him and helping out, sometimes putting my own plans aside. Bot to mention helping him build a trailer, work on the equipment, truck, a whole lot of little things. Dad said many times over the years when he was done pulling the tractor would be mine.
Well now comes the problem, dad decided to sell his tractors and have everything cleaned up so mom wouldn't have the work of doing it. Guess his health is worse then he will say.
Since his tractor pulls so good he said he would scrap it before he would take $3,500.00 for it, won't say what he wants for sure but sounds like he has some interest in it.
I can't afford to buy it right now, only working part-time at the moment. Not sure what it would be worth, just seems a bit high to me.
Guess what bothers me is not being able to have my dad's tractor, him not caring, nothing I can do about it. I don't really want something for nothing, I would gladly pay what I could just so he could tell the other kids he never gave it to me
Anybody ever run into something like this or any ideas how to approch him about this topic? Guess it just hurts even at my age that I won't have that one thing I wanted of my dads and know I will probably never get the chance to have it, Kind of think I am just going to have to accept the situation and live with seeing somebody else pulling his tractor. Hate to say it but when he is gone someday at least I will still have the memories of our time spent sitting, chatting, pulling.
thanks all