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bjrogg:
Well I got tractor fixed and finished planting sugar beets. Now hopefully they come up.
I switched the planter over for corn and planted our two fields. Since we lost acres we don’t grow much corn My son still grows some though and I plan on hitting his hard today. I have seed in the planter and ready to go.
There’s going to be a lot of money buried in the ground this week. Sure hope it sprouts and grows.
Bjrogg
Eric Krewson:
My brother-in-law and his son were big time farmers before he died, their hobby of buying a few old tractors to restore blossomed into a major obsession over the years, when he died they had 125 of them, all restored to be like new. They had the resources to build a building to house them and the simi trucks to take some of them to old tractor shows far and wide. When the kids decided to auction the tractors off a huge crowd of buyers came from all over the country for the sale.
Now the son and son-in-law are the farmers, the son-in-law got into tractor pulling on the side. He has a full blown nitro tractor and has won on a national level. He said his winnings kept him in the black only part of the time and although he loved it it was a very expensive hobby. He said the regularly blows an engine and it cost $125K to repair it.
Here is his tractor;
Buckskinner:
Curious what he farmed to have that kind of hobby budget? I don't know any that could afford blowing $125k routinely!!! Good for him!
Eric Krewson:
He farms 750 acres of row crops, mostly corn, soybeans and wheat, he has won the grand national championship for 2 years in a row so he has some sponsorship and prize money coming in, just not quite enough to make pulling completely profitable.
bjrogg:
One of my highs school classmates got into tractor pulling. You definitely need sponsors. Very expensive hobby. Even with good sponsors. He’s not farming anymore, or pulling tractors. Must really be addictive when you get it in your blood. The work and money involved is substantial. I think I will stick to my primitive hobbies.
We have a couple tractors and semi trucks we have restored. Some we sold and some we still use regularly. The yellow 1985 Kenworth is my favorite of our trucks. We “restored” it about twelve years ago. It’s still looking pretty good. It’s on my fertilizer tanker right now.
My son’s beef operation. I’m planting corn right next to it. The yellow Kenworth is next to the barn.
Bjrogg
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