OT: Where's the line between practicality and Redneckicity?

Guess I already crossed it with that word .......
Anyway, trying to trim down on some not really essential stuff around the place and become a little more efficient, I sold my truck (because I only used it to move some hay and a load of something now and then and I have a tractor and wagon with the same capability), sold a moped and a scooter that has been moved from one corner to the next for several years. Dismounted the frontloader from my tractor (I need to change the head gasket and I can also park it in a smaller spot) and am thinking about replacing it with a manual loader that hooks up to 3pt for no more than I use it.
And, I bought a used quad that is a perfect match for what I need which is mainly pulling a harrow through and under fruit trees and in a roundpen and checking on the horses. Doing real good so far.....
The quad has a rack on the front and back, and no matter what you do, you need something, so I strapped a plastic foot locker to the back rack, built a wooden crate for the front (had to have a place for a dog to ride) and instaled a couple of pieces ov PVC along the side to hold a pitchfork, rake, etc. And have a pioneer tool caddy ready to hang on it for just the right occasion.

1st thing the wife said when she walked in the gate and saw me doing the finishing touches was "you might be a redneck".......... Actually, that was the second, the first was "that thing ain't setting in my driveway"

I was just starting to like her too....

Can't think of where I went wrong. I think it looks pretty nifty, and I'm ready for almost anything that I may run across........ Maybe...

I'll see if I can get some before and after pics.

Just venting,

Thanks, Dave

I guess its that the Redneck doesn't look to see if anyone is looking before he/she scratches their butt.

Rednecks don't scratch butts they scratch bellies.

dave2,
I think you crossed the line into "Redneckicity" when you said "I think it looks pretty nifty". :lol: Although, you didn't mention a beer can holder, so you might be "right on the line". :lol:

(quoted from post at 05:15:51 08/26/08) Although, you didn't mention a beer can holderl:

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It IS only a one seater so she won't be able to ride with me, guess I'd better get back to work..........

dave2,
Ohhh. That's a good one. Not being the usual beer drinking, couch potato kind of guy, I once found myself sitting on the couch one Sunday a few years back with a football game on resting a sore ankle. Wife was in the kitchen, so I yelled in jest "Hey woman, get me a beer". Silence. So I yelled "Hey did you hear me, I said get me a beer". Silence again, but then she appeared in the doorway drying a glass. Just looked at me with the coldest, blank stare you've ever seen. Didn't say a word, just walked back into the kitchen.

That's cause you said it all wrong..... Your name must be Bubba...........

You's sposed to use nice and sweet words like "sencious" and "Baby"
Like this:

Hey Baby, sencious up, how bout bringin me a beer?????????? That's OK sweetheart, it'll only take you a second and you can get right back to the lawnmower.

Women like thoughtful men ya know....

I'm not sure exactly where the line is although if found it's probably not a straight line so it's mighty easy to cross. I think the other post had it right when it suggested that it got close when you said your rig looked pretty niffty and I think you were close when you mentioned practicality vs redneckicity. I do know that I've been told I crossed it on several occasions myself and it was usually when I did something that was "practical" but not really what most would call "common".

Some years back I had an Uncle that passed away. In helping clean up his place I was given an old school bus to use for storage. I needed the space but didn't really want to have the "looks" of an old bus sitting around so I decided to sit it behind a grove of cedars off to the left of my drive. The colors of the bus would have still stood out like a sore thumb so before putting it in place I decided a paint job was in order. I bought some forest green, tan, and black paint and proceeded to spray a nice camouflage pattern on the whole thing, windows included. When my sister pulled up and saw it her first words were, "Wayne, that's about the most redneck thing I think you've ever done". I explained the practicality of the paint job but still wasn't understood. She didn't know where I planned to set it so when she pulled in at my place later, after the bus had been placed I dared her to find it. She looked and never did see it util I pointed it out. Redneck or practical, my paint job worked and that's all that mattered.

You know I think I may have hit on something there. If it's practical, and works, and it's pretty then it's just "normal" to those that make a big deal out of looks. On the other hand if it's practical and works but may not be so pretty then it's probably gonna at least border on redneckicity in someone's eyes. The difference between us rednecks and them that aren't is we simply don't care a whole lot about how it looks as long as it works. Function over form vs form over function.

(quoted from post at 06:32:53 08/26/08) Function over form vs form over function.

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You's a genious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Having an 'all purpose' farm vehicle is nice.

I have a small golf-cart looking thing ( yerf-dog Scout CUV ).. has a dump bed onthe back.. padded seats.. roll bar and fabric canopy. It stays permanently loaded with a shovel and other tools I use around the farm.. nails and hammer.. vice grips.. livestock meds and vet supplies.. etc.... In fact.. there's only room in it for a passanger.. and perhaps a bucket of feed the the way i have it loaded now!

soundguy

How did you ever sell anything with this economy ? Or did you give it away ?

dave2,
It's like the old joke:
Q: How many rednecks does it take to open a beer?
A: None, it should be already open when she brings it to you.

NCWayne,
I saw one like that up here in Michigan that I figured a guy was taking to a hunting camp. Might be that he was hiding it in his backyard like you did.

Sounds like a fine rig, but you need to incorporate some blue plastic tarp material into it, somehow- Perhaps you could fab some little blue mudflaps behind all 4 tires. . . Or maybe, fender skirts.

(quoted from post at 08:12:33 08/26/08) Sounds like a fine rig, but you need to incorporate some blue plastic tarp material into it, somehow- Perhaps you could fab some little blue mudflaps behind all 4 tires. . . Or maybe, fender skirts.

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Thinking about how I can put on some windows so I'll have a place for curtains.
I'll post a couple of before and after pics later. Kid I got it from is a big Jethro looking kid from Southern Germany (South is South, no matter what Country you are in) who had a good start (it's got mudflaps already and the "parking brake" is a loop of baleing twine that you slip over the brake lever after squeezing it).

my truck has cut-up peices of old snomobile track for mudflaps. a lot of people have taken pictures of it, but i "jes can't figger oot why."

Lots of great redneck pictures online; this fellow's factory air conditioner quit, so...........

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Well it like this.....If it is stupid and works then it aint stupid. But I have to say that if you have done or do the following things then you might be a redneck:

---fill your windshield washer fluid resv with beer and have a tube going into the car so you can drink while you drive. (I dont do this)

---you fire guns in your house.

---you let the grass grow up to your knees then cut it with a BIG tractor with brush hog. (around the house)

---For gophers and moles you just pour gasoline down the hole and light it up. (kinda like Bill Murray)

---You hunt deer from your combine or tractor and you always have a rifle handy for the opportunity. (A coworker of mine has done this) He is a big time good-ole boy.

---Your idea of foreplay with the wife is to say "Okay spread em"

Practical things are doing stuff like making your own implements, (wife says so) making tools and tooling at work, not redneckish at all. I made my own wheel barrow a long time ago and the wife says "oh thats redneckish" The wheelbarrow held up for 10 years.

Dave, did I miss it or did you mention a gun rack?

I took some old auger tube and built a holder for my 2 1/2 gallon spot sprayer. Beagle rides in a home made wooden bed on the back.

Mike M, come to Central MO., economy is OK up here.

Gene

Anyone who relate to anything Jeff Foxworthy says "Might just be a redneck"

Point number 3.

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Point number 6.

[b:654c4848f0]EX-WIFE's[/b:654c4848f0] idea of foreplay was me begging for 3 hours.

(quoted from post at 00:48:38 08/27/08) Point number 3.

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Point number 6.

[b:0ea8bd337e]EX-WIFE's[/b:0ea8bd337e] idea of foreplay was me begging for 3 hours.

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hats wrong with that? It looks perfectly normal to me. Now if you were towing the mower with your truck........then maybe, just maybe you might be [i:0ea8bd337e]gittin[/i:0ea8bd337e] close. You should be using a tractor with a cab and A/C for the real effect.

I here ya on #6, My boss is going to get a divorce cause of several reasons but.....His wife only puts out 1-2 times a month.

If you liked my Redneck mower, then you will love my Redneck edger/trimmer.

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Every time my [b:654c4848f0]EX-WIFE[/b:654c4848f0] would get mad at me she would "withhold" from intimacy.

She got mad at me one time and I didn't realize she was mad for 6 months!