Selling My Massey-Harris

No time for em and I could use some wedding money. Hope you don't mind me posting here.
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Sorry to hear that. I sold my 68 GTO when I got married in 73......[b:af7a69ce0d]no regrets[/b:af7a69ce0d]! Love to have another but putting the family farm back on the map is standing in the way right now. Still married to the old girl....she's been pretty good for me!


Word of warning....they lie! She promised to "love, honor and obey".....well she got 2 out of 3 and I guess that's good enough!

Too bad that your 101 isn't what I need right now.....I'm close and I would be willing to sell it back....right HP for what I need but need better hydrauics and PS. If it fit my needs I'd be on the phone right now.

Rick

(quoted from post at 18:25:23 03/28/12) No time for em and I could use some wedding money. Hope you don't mind me posting here.
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You didn't ask my opinion, but you're young and a long ways off so I's gonna give it anyway. And there ain#t nuttin you can do about it......

You'll be just as married with a JOP wedding. Big wedding don't benefit anyone except the moochers. Save the money to buy YOURSELVES something nice.

The first time you sell a tractor, or give up anything that is a part of your life or what you like to do in the name of having more time for HER, or extra money for HER,,, You've lost and will be forever labeled so that as soon as she thinks she needs something, one of your possessions will be in her sights.

Keep the tractor and put a tarp over it, money will come from somewhere and you'll both be happier for it. She may bat her eyes and tell ya how great you are for givin your stuff up for her, but you'll always be the weak slug and she'll have little respect for your possessions and less respect for you...

Do whatever you want, but if you start now, you'll be marked. You'll see it when your family is having a get together or just wants to see you but her family is having a cookout (or???) and "we can see YOUR family anytime"

Wish you the best of luck in whatever you do.... Just keep in mind what I just said....

Dave

well, I am a lucky guy, my wife to be wanted to live on a farm, which requires at least some equipment. She wanted to raise sheep and they need hay to eat, so that required hay equipment. I used my parents tractors and barn and a neighbor's land to start off. My personal rule was the farming must produce income and it had to pay for everything, and it basically has. However, it is time consuming, but if you don't watch TV (seriously) it's about even.

Dave2, You are exactly right. No truer words have been spoken. I've lived it, and ended up alone after all.

OK guys with all the warnings.......if he is giving up the tractor because he wants to and she didn't ask or tell him to he's OK. Like with my GTO. She never ask, I decided that it was a foolish car for a young married guy about to become a father and could be replaced with something that was a little more economical.

Rick

Did the JOP thing here - fortunately for me, my wife was equally opposed to a big wedding.

It was just us and our immediate family, got married in a pretty spot in the back yard of my parents house on a nice fall day.

We asked for no wedding gifts, and kept things about as simple as they could possibly be.

We're just as married as anybody else, and have NO regrets about doing it the way we did.

It wasn't just about saving money.

We've been to too many weddings, and quite honestly I hope I never have to attend another as long as I live.

It all gets so redundant.

You want to be happy and try to enjoy the day for the couple's sake, but it's just the same routine over and over.

I always feel bad for couples and their parents spending tens of thousands of dollars and hours and hours of effort - just for an event that most of the guests go to just out of obligation and would rather be spending a weekend day getting something done at home!

I don't know - maybe I'm just turning into a grumpy old man. But I agree 1000% take what you'd spend on a big reception and stick it in the bank.

I feel like the whole wedding thing has just been so commercialized and turned into a big business, and it's just another trap set in life's path to get money out of your pocket.

Wish you were closer. 101SR is one of the best sawmill pullers I ever used. Lots of steady power.
Richard in NW SC

Old Tanker, when I got married, I put my '68 in 'storage' in the barn. Turned in the plates so no license fees. And my regular houshold insurance covered it as it was no longer driveable. Now my youngest is turning 31 and I got it OUT of storage-insurance is $40.00 every 6 months and license is just $14.00 a year. The 'thumbs up' I get when going for a ride are priceless. Just last weekend we were at my Mother-in laws and her neighbor commented on my car. When I told him it was our 'honeymoon car' he just grinned ear to ear. Tanker, this is one car I can fix and it's the ONLY vehicle I've ever owned that has gained in value. I dunno if Dave2 is totally correct in that she may be a 'golddigger', but he shouldn't sell ANYTHING strictly as a money saving venture. When I was a lot younger, an old timer told me in reference to a tractor I wanted "It's not eating anything; I reckon I'll keep it".

Dave2 is exactly right. I sprung for the big rock, expensive wedding and pictures priced many times their value. Guess what, those wedding pictures haven't been looked at in the last 20 years. What a waste of money. The big rock got damaged and she hasn't worn it for years. That rock is the only thing she hasn't harped about. How ironic is that. All my toys are cheap but she never misses a beat, harping about getting rid of my stuff.

Married guy here...
Never, ever confuse the wedding for the marriage... Sacrifices must be made for the sake of the marriage, but never for the wedding...
There, now you have my $0.02 as well...
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Hey Dave thank you typing all that up for. I know exactly what
youre talking about and we have had "discussions" about
those you mentioned. Thank you for the advice.

(quoted from post at 07:13:42 03/29/12) Hey Dave thank you typing all that up for. I know exactly what
youre talking about and we have had "discussions" about
those you mentioned. Thank you for the advice.

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You'll do alright.... If worse comes to worse... hit her in the stomach and/or on top of the head.... stomach won't bruise as quick and she'll have to shave her head to prove anything on that end :shock:

Have fun....

You really should be a relationship counselor. So much wisdom! ; )

Good advice, there is one couple back home that mortgaged their farm to pay their share of son's wedding, dil turned out to be a psycho, almost bankrupt them. Son and 2 kids are back home, psycho is at the funny farm!

I'll put it in the jar. Thanks!

(quoted from post at 06:01:28 03/29/12) Old Tanker, when I got married, I put my '68 in 'storage' in the barn. Turned in the plates so no license fees. And my regular houshold insurance covered it as it was no longer driveable. Now my youngest is turning 31 and I got it OUT of storage-insurance is $40.00 every 6 months and license is just $14.00 a year. The 'thumbs up' I get when going for a ride are priceless. Just last weekend we were at my Mother-in laws and her neighbor commented on my car. When I told him it was our 'honeymoon car' he just grinned ear to ear. Tanker, this is one car I can fix and it's the ONLY vehicle I've ever owned that has gained in value. I dunno if Dave2 is totally correct in that she may be a 'golddigger', but he shouldn't sell ANYTHING strictly as a money saving venture. When I was a lot younger, an old timer told me in reference to a tractor I wanted "It's not eating anything; I reckon I'll keep it".

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Thats what I should have done but I had no place to store it and in 73 who knew they would be worth anything.

Rick

When I started getting into old tractors, my ex told me it was like I was having an affair. That"s why she"s my ex. And I"ve still got the iron.