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Re: TIME IS MONEY, BUT SOMETIMES TRACTORS ARE A THERAPY NEEDED MORE THAN MONEY!
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Posted by Dan in western Canada on March 27, 2001 at 06:22:11 from (161.184.192.173):
In Reply to: TIME IS MONEY, BUT SOMETIMES TRACTORS ARE A THERAPY NEEDED MORE THAN MONEY! posted by Ken McWilliams on March 27, 2001 at 05:01:01:
Ken, you are right. Restoring a family tractor is not about making money, it is about remembering something of the past.Every tractor I have restored and painted I still own, in fact, we still have the 2 dr.htp I bought in 1975(6 yr. car then), used it as our wedding car in 1984, its kind of become a fixture.Like someone said a few months back, take your tractor resto costs, cut them in half and you will be in the selling market.Its not about making $, its about what you do with your time after working at a job making $. Plus some of the straightest shootin' folks you will ever find are the ones at a country fair tractor show.At least thats the way I see it.
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