Re: Re: Buying Sight Unseen

Posted by Dan Kelley on April 30, 2004 at 12:30:43 from (140.32.120.188):

In Reply to: Re: Buying Sight Unseen posted by Matt Page on April 30, 2004 at 09:16:55:

You bet!! Buying tractors is VERY different from the stock market. With the stock market, you actually have a chance to make money. :-)

Seriously, though, I love my M. I only have 5 acres, so I don't use it for farming. I use it for the front loader, to move engine blocks and to move building steel. Every time I fix something, I spend more money than the tractor is worth. It smokes; it leaks; it has horrible pea-green paint. But it runs, and it does everything I ask it to do. I plan on spending $600 or so revamping the hydraulics. I plan on spending $600 or so on a 3-point hitch. When the time comes, I'll spend the money and time rebuilding the engine. I'll spend the time and money straightening the tin and redoing the wiring. In the end, I'll have a tractor worth exactly what I originally paid for it.

But that isn't the point, is it? I get a great deal of satisfaction taking something that is an ugly pea-green and making it pretty again. I get a great deal of satisfaction knowing that I don't throw things (like my M) away. When I fix a stubborn leak, it's a celebration. Heck! I even get a great deal of satisfaction knowing I have a real cast iron tractor in the shed.

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  • Re: Re: Re: Re: Buying Sight Unseen Allan 06:41:06 05/01/04 (0)

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