Ashamed of myself

flying belgian · Feb 20, 2011

I had a neighbor, never saw anyone like him. He took perfectionism to the extreme. He had older equipment but took excellent care of it. Every winter he took every wheel off every piece and repacked the wheel bearings. You might think it does not pay to spend much time on old equip. as it is all worth the same at the end of its life but that was proven wrong at his auction. About ten yrs. ago he died and they had an auction for his stuff. His reputation was well known in the area for the care of his equip. and I have never seen stuff sell so high for its age. But it was worth it. Anyway, I bought one of the bale wagons and last week I pulled the wheels off and repacked the bearings for the first time since I bought it. I'm not proud of that and I'm sure he is looking down and is pretty disappointed with the neglect I've given his wagon.

glennster · Feb 20, 2011

i have a customer that comes into the shop like that. he is in his early 90's. rented most of his ground but still farms about 80 acres. has the nicest original 1086, 4020 and jd g i have ever seen. he still farms with them, they get washed and shedded after fieldwork. all original paint, just plain nice tractors!!

supergrumpy · Feb 20, 2011

Art Bogardis over in Esperance has a wife that really loves him

each fall she washes and waxes his baler before they put it away for winter

that is true love

Traditional Farmer · Feb 20, 2011

Its your wagon now treat it like you want,its a piece of equipment not one of his kids.

bison · Feb 20, 2011

Prob just his plunger

dawsonn · Feb 20, 2011

My father inlaw puts blankets on his tractor in the winter. Had an uncle that jacked up his car every winter and put it on blocks so the tires didn't touch the ground, then wrapped it up in blankets cars look like new when he would sell them.

RodinNS · Feb 20, 2011

You've got to draw a line somewhere as to what is needed and what isn't... If it was running down the road every day, loaded heavily... mabey annual repacking is appropriate. For occasional use or even modest seasonal use like a typical hay wagon... 10 years is not really out of line. It would take me a month of sundays to round up and repack all the wheel bearings on this place every year. I can think of better things to be doing.

Rod

JDseller · Feb 20, 2011

My Great Uncle was like that. He was the product of hard times. He always made everything last forever. I wish I had been older to have learned all he knew about keeping things in perfect shape. I have his original Ferguson to-30 tractor. To my knowledge it has never been wet other than when washed. It still looks very good for an original one.

At his farm sale many things brought more than he paid for them new. So his time was not wasted.

We should salute those old fellows for starting the restoring bug that most of us have.

JayinNY · Feb 21, 2011

I agree with Rod, I dont neglect my equipment, but thats a little over board. For me it also comes down to TIME. I dont over the road my hay wagons much, but other then greasing the steering fittings on the front I havent checked the wheel bearings ever.

JayinNY · Feb 21, 2011

I know Art too? Dident know about the baler though! lol

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