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DeltaRed

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Bryce's post below got me thinking(dangerous). How many wives,girlfriends,daughters,etc have tractors?Do they use em,show em,pull em?Susan has her Super C. Was bought as a parts tractor for $100. We OHed it,and painted it together.She takes it to shows and occasionally pulls it.And rakes with it.Our tractor activities are something we enjoy together. :)
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My wife doesn't own a tractor, but she's an old farm gal and when I was farming she'd crawl on one tractor, I'd crawl onto another, and we'd get the field work done in a hurry.
 
My wife, son and daughter seem to care less for these old and new tractors. Care even less yet about a lawn mower ! When they kill me off there may be one heck of an auction but you will by then have to wade through the weeds to get to it !
 
Had a big tractor show here in the UK 2 weeks ago. I took 6 tractors and enterd my 1956 Fordson Major in my wifes name and she won the cup for the best ladies tractor. Not to be outdone I won the cup for the best unrestored tractor with my 1928 IH 10-20.
Pleased Geraldine won a prize as she has had a tough year health wise. Diagonised with breast cancer in March but had the op to remove it and all the following treatment so she is now on the mend. MJ
 
mine doesnt have her own tractor, but she considers all 7 of them to be [ours} and will drive which ever one suits her for the job she wants to do
 
My wife claimed the 1020 we bought this year as her tractor. She gets angry if I use it without her permission. My wife has been taking a more active role in our farming this past year now that the kids are getting a bit bigger and can come with us to the field.

My son and daughter share two ride on gators and two pedal tractors. Both can spot a tractor in a field or a barn before I can.
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After i explained to my wife and daughters i would like them all to be able to start, drive, and operate all 5 of OUR tractors. There may be a time they have to pull me out, or more important, out from under one of them they startef taking more interest. Now i cant keep momma off the. WD45
 
My wife says the auction sign will be up before my body is in the ground. Neither she or my daughter want anything to do with tractors.
 
My wife will operate some for minor tasks. She does not own any as such. She will go to shows or look at tractors with me.
 
My wife bales hay for me also does some tedding.She enjoys it.She has a bookkeeping business so she likes to get out of the office occasionally.We both grew up on farms so she's no stranger to farm work.

Paul
 
My girlfriend says she would rather spend money on a tractor or other equipment rather than the crazy amount folks spend on weddings.
 
Nancy has two tractors.

The first is "<a href="https://youtu.be/t3h0Xc0ZBOY">Old John</a>" her 1948A that belonged to her father.

The second is "<A href="https://youtu.be/iTZ_XaSVtfI">Sparky</a>" a 1951M that I bought her for our 20th anniversary.

She drives "<a href="https://youtu.be/3mKFe1WJn-0">BW</a>" our 1954 40T most of the time because she does all the spraying.

She has also raked hay with "<a href="https://youtu.be/f8-QgObKj4w">Mac</a>" one of our 1951MTs and "<a href="https://youtu.be/sbWw1_yOHUA?list=PLCUEeGboEbi_N8yZD6l5CIS4t2dbHK28F">Uncle Earl</a>" our 1939B.
 
my wife doesn't care about the ownership thing,but she will ted,rake,bale or most(except plow snow)anything i ask(nicely) her to do,as long as it has good brakes.
 
My wife uses whatever one she need just like me. She say I should be able to leave one to every grandchild. Currently have 6 grandchildren and 7 tractors. You never know.
 
I don't know your girlfriend, but wives don't talk like that usually :)
Glad you found a good one
 
My wife doesn't care what I do with tractors. She use to drive and bale hay when we farmed but after we sold herd of milk cows she doesn't get on them. Since I have retired I have tried to get he to go to shows and pulls but she has only went with me once.
 
My wife loves to go to tractor shows. Does not care to drive in the parades but prefers to take pictures. She helps with loading and unloading. Nice to have her along. Steve
 
Mine doesn't have her own but can run them all(except for the 630 which she can but refuses LOL). She really likes to shell corn with the Deere 95 and she teds and rakes most of the hay. She will not plant corn or run the chopper but she is better at setting the silage bagger than I am. Tom
 
Heres my wife to be on my 1968 model 856 IH puller back in 1980....She could barely push the clutch pedal in because of the heavy duty clutch for pulling....She sometimes did drive my 2390 Case in the field working ground ahead of the planter.

She doesn't care all that much for old tractors but is happy that I have a hobby that I enjoy...This morning she let me buy a U MM pulling tractor..
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My wife will not have anything to do with my tractors, (14) but is concerned what the monetary value of them is. You know what will happen to them when I lay down for the last time.
 
Keep her!

I'm frankly appalled at the amount of money being spent on weddings nowadays.

When my wife and I were married 50 years ago last month, we had a nice wedding but just didn't blow a lot of money on it. We used the money we didn't spend on the wedding for a down payment on a house and closed on the house a week before the wedding. We've never been sorry we did it that way.

In 50 years, my wife and I have rented living quarters for exactly 4 months. Sixteen years ago, we wintered in an apartment while our present house was being built. Other than that, we've always owned the house we were living in.
 
A cousin of mine owns about 150 old tractors. He told me recently that if he dies before his wife, she'll have a funeral one day and an auction the next.
 
My girlfriend grew up on a sod farm. She has a lot of seat time on tractors and sod cutters. She thinks the best ZTR is a Farmall C, tricycle front end and a 6 ft belly mower. Now who will argue with a woman who has probably cut more grass than many of us? Well I'm someone will. She can also operate my backhoe.
 
My wife can operate any of our tractors on an as needed basis. Took her for a round plowing at our plow day but she could not grasp the 'fun' part of it!!

Ben
 
My wife seems to tolerate my tractor obsession. She does want a Ford 8N. Im hoping by getting her one of her own it will change her perspective on them. I feel her biggest hurdle on them is getting comfortable driving them.

Jim
 
Never been able to get my wife to drive any tractor. She will come out with me, and sit in the buddy seat while I bale by the hour. But No Uhuh ,not going to drive . Probably smart , lesson she learn the hard way , going to the barn to help milk before we got married . She learned that lesson 33 years ago this Friday, and still goes out with me every morning .The lesson is , once you learn how , you have a new job ! Bruce
 
Every partnership is different. A lot of arguments over my tractor hobby have been avoided by making up a sign for the tractor that reads Owned by John and Cynthia
 
My wife doesn't mine the fact that I collect old tractors and firearms and anything else that's old but she has little interest in my hobbies. She did say that when I kick the bucket she's going to wait until the next Saturday to put me in the ground.That way she can have the viewing at 11 o'clock the burial at 12 o'clock and the auction at 1 o'clock. Everyone should dress accordingly. I think she already has an auctioneer lined up:)
 
Maybe one reason my wife likes my tractors is the fact that she use to ride the wagon driving 2 mules while her grandpa pulled corn and through it in the wagon.I'll take a tractor any day over mules.
Richard in NW SC
 
Bought mine a little JD 750 with a bush hog so she could keep our one old field in shape. She loves to mow. Used to like to go to shows when we had more time and the kids were small. We usually go to a local fair on the night of the modified pulls, with earplugs!
 
My wife cannot stand the smell of any internal combustion engine ("you smell like gas!" like that is a bad thing, oh and it was diesel, by the way). She hates virtually everything about the farm (mostly because I love it), and only agrees to stay because the location is very convenient for what she does like. She has engrained this hatred in all 3 kids, who will begrudgingly help if I ask nicely well in advance and pay a decent wage. Both boys helped with baling last season and my daughter did drive the baler as well! So I have some hope, but our most recent all-family discussion concluded that none wants to stay here in the future. They could all leave now, and I would probably be better off, unfortunately. I really envy most of your situations, but admittedly, I may have some advantages in mine as well.
 
My wife tolerates auto and tractor parts that sometimes lay around in the house a little too long. I was at a plowing bee this year that had no Olivers participating and she told me that I was to make sure that a couple of ours get entered next year.
 
I have a wonderful wife who is very supportive of my tractor obsession, but has very little interest. She is always willing to come out to the shop & help me with something I can't do alone. I think I'll keep her.

Glenn F.
 
My second wife does not drive any tractors anymore but she used to drive while we bales small square bales of hay. My first wife could an did run any piece of machinery I owned, including the combine and grain truck. My tractors will not be sold off as the boys will inherit them. I am not sure how long the none family tractors will be here as they have zero love for any hand clutch tractors.
 
Marilyn has no interest in tractors. She grew up on a farm driving the baler and she used to help me cultivate but it just isn't her thing. She is interested in education, I'm interested in farming and creating physical things. I respect her interests and talents and she respects mine. What more is there to say?
 
my wife doesnt care much for tractors,but encourages my liking them,,,and ,,she likes this tractor site and all the fine people on it,she reads y/t often
 
Sounds familiar. Only I don't even have the convenient location or the help driving. And my advantages are slowly disappearing too. She calls everything in my shed a version of the word "manure". One thing though, my wife comes from a VERY rural farm background and the few times she tried to help at home her dad screamed at her until she cried.
 
Mine enjoys tillage work, plow, chisel, field cultivator. As long as I don't make it work for her, her own hours and if it isn't working stop for another day.

So she's pretty good with the tractor. For a town girl.

Paul
 
Joan's a city girl, never been near a tractor until she met me.
But she has taken quite a fancy to them. She helps with cleaning,
sanding, painting, repairing, etc when we refurbish one.

I through this BN together for her to give the grandkids rides on.
We also take it to tractor shows, rides and parades.
But she won't drive it in a parade. She's afraid she'll hit someone.

The rear rims/centers have been repainted since I took the weights off too.

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My wife hardly never sees my tractors. I keep them at the "barn" which is about a block away. The only time she drives in, is to give me a message, or drive through to the daughters house. I am fine with that. She enjoys cooking that's her thing. The only thing she has to do with the tractors is keeping the books, on the business. Stan
 
My wife would always help when I asked her, but would cry if she didn't feel comfortable. I got an M and Haybine stuck one time (wet hole in a dry field I'd never been in). I hooked another M behind and told her to just let the clutch out and hold the steering wheel straight while I pulled her back. She was so scared she would tear something up she cried uncontrollably. But she never questions the cost or time I spend on them and will go to any show I want to, until her health declined.
 
We make hay with a chute baler. She drives, I stack. Beth does a good job. Hits the torque when needed and handles the turns. In the hot weather, she wears some skimpy outfits. That's always encouraging for me.
 
(quoted from post at 18:27:08 11/16/15) Sounds familiar. my wife comes from a VERY rural farm background and the few times she tried to help at home her dad screamed at her until she cried.
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Mine's a city girl, but her Dad treated her the same way- one of the reasons she won't go golfing today- he criticized every shot until she cried. What kinda guy does that? One of our sons is a very good golfer, she should love to play with him, but won't, all because of her Dad. She won't spend time with me for other reasons, I don't yell at her.
 
Been looking for the pix of DW on the SA, raking hay, but that seems to be on the 'other' computer.

DsD is even more into using tractors. All I need do is mention I need someone to mow, rake, haul firewood, etc, and if at all possible she'll make time to get seat time. She's just finishing her Masters in Archeology / forensic anthropology. Strange child. It seems she has an attraction to things dealing with dirt.
 
Wife hates tractors. My last one went away so she has no argument now. My son recently bought land out in the county. His mom has no say in any of his business. He works hard, saves his money, and won't have a mortgage on his place. Where I fit into this I have no idea. He occasionally asks me questions when mom is not around. Maybe I'll have a role in his plans but I'll stay out of his business and see what happens. I'm fine with his purchase and real proud of his hard work to make this happen. His mom thinks this isn't a practical move for him.
 
Found some pictures, even if they do date from 2012. The only condition for permission of posting is that I cut the resolution and size of the photos.

The better half, turning hay with our '51 SA and salvaged from a hedgerow Case F170 rake.
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And here is the DsD and son of a friend who spent a summer with us to learn some about farming. The ear to ear smile of the operator is not photoshopped. The tractor was borrowed from a neighbor to remove some "medicine ball" size rocks showing up in the hay field - and yes, I taught her (and him) the basics of how to use the backhoe (I spent a couple years running a Case Construction King). In the photo, she's taking some fence posts out to the field on the bucket.

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yep, we need a like button ,sure can concur with that wisdom ,. lol , ,. my 1st wife could drive anything I taught her to drive well ,, my sara will only get on a jdeere riding lawn mower ,,. but will squeal and shriek if I turn on the blades ,. lol
 
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