speedyleedy 205 #26 Posted November 3, 2013 Its something you can't stop so just live with your illness & enjoy it 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorseWhisperer 243 #27 Posted November 3, 2013 Are we ill to keep us out of trouble?Are we preoccupied for a reason?I can't seam to stop thinking about lagt's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC9KAS 4,744 #28 Posted November 3, 2013 The best thing is to STOP "Cold Turkey"! I will be over later to pick everything up! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 43,844 #29 Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) I can relate to a lot of this. I don't like to keep tractors around just for the heck of it. I don't have the room and with a mortgage and son in grad school the funds. All of my tractors are used. Even my show tractors. My 704 up until last winter had been fitted with a plow or back blade for snow and was the trailer/lawn sweeper tug. Got used every week. The C-145, Marvin was originally bought to be used as a back-up worker for the C-160 because of the Hydro and Hyd lift. now it's customized (Thanks Terry) ready for show but it's got the tall chute blower on it now and it will get used if needed this winter. My Power King Elvis with a loader sits the most. But is basically show ready as well and will move snow and dug a patio and hauled mulch this past spring. Now I have come up against the grain. I'm on CL all the time looking for deals that I can resell to make extra cash for the hobby and most importantly, the Big Show in PA. Wouldn't miss it for the world. Recently I came across a 73 8 spd on CL. A little more money that I wanted to spend. Tractor looked decent in the ad but the pics always seem to make them look good. I happened to look at it on my I-pad and blew the picture up. I could now see the few scratches and scuffs better but it still looked decent. Called the guy and found out he was the original owner and it was his baby and was hoping a collector would want it. Wife and I drove out to see it and it looked BETTER than the pics showed and ran sweet. I made a deal and on the way home it hit me. 73 is the feature tractor this year at the show. I would really like to bring it but I already planned on bringing Marvin and my trailer isn't wide or long enough for 2 tractors. Plus I invested a lot of show money in it figuring I would sell it and make a few bucks. Now the wheels are turning. Sold the original 2 piece seat off of it which I don't like anyway because they are too low and too close the the steering wheel and hope to sell the deck of of it before the show next year. I would get 3/4 of my money back. Now I'm scrambling for storage room. Moved a lot of things around to find a good spot for everything. It's going to be my new trailer/yard tug. The trailer I hope to extend to fit another tractor on and now the 704 is going to be the odd man out for a while. Might be the driving around the block tractor from now on. Gotta use em! Edited November 3, 2013 by squonk 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,196 #30 Posted November 3, 2013 If you want to bring 'em both, the U-haul trailers are cheap Mike. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 43,844 #31 Posted November 3, 2013 I'm thinking of that. I do have a friend who's retired and a fabricator who can probably work magic on my trailer. It's not the same one I had at this past show either. It's all ready wider than my old one and If widen the tongue end 16" I can get one on sideways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheel-N-It 2,976 #32 Posted November 3, 2013 Mile, I'm already making plans to be there to see your new 73-8speed ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorseWhisperer 243 #33 Posted November 16, 2013 I haven't even made a show yet.been planning it right up til the week before and some small tragedy keeps preventing me fro going.Maybe it's a sign from above?What would I do around all you "Pushers"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,196 #34 Posted November 16, 2013 Leave your meds at home and see what happens. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyleedy 205 #35 Posted November 16, 2013 (edited) You would get so wheelhorse high @ the big show it would take you days to come back down.... Edited November 16, 2013 by speedyleedy 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cruisnblue48 856 #36 Posted November 16, 2013 My name is Dave. I, too, am a horseholic... I admit it and I like it. For the past 2-1/2 years, I also have spent a lot of time every day on CL and Ebeigh waiting for another WH tractor or part that I just can't pass on the opportunity to own. I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't do drugs. My house and truck are paid for and I am now at a point in my life where I have a few extra bucks to spend on my new hobby... restoring classic, vintage WH garden tractors. If my wife is looking for me, chances are pretty good she will find me in the garage tinkering with one of my horses. Those of us who enjoy this fantastic hobby are so thankful for this RedSquare forum. It truly is one of the greatest sources of information available anywhere about anything you need to know about Wheel Horse lagt's. Just check out how many visitors/members visit this forum each and every day. The hobby is alive and well. Kevin, we're all in this together. We're pulling for you. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cdsl810 181 #37 Posted November 16, 2013 This hobby can also help you get work done. That's the angle I use with my "sober" wife. As long as I use one of the horsies occasionally, I'm justified in my addiction. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
