irwin
Member
I've been wondering where some of the real talent went to. Did some web browsing one day (when I was bored)
I find Farmwithjunk, Dougster, MtnViewRanch, Bindian, Mark777, jbrumberg, Grrr, and other names that seem to be familiar from some other TractorP0#n site.
I've spent what little time I have lately perusing this site, nice forum, good people.
I'm in my fifties, always wanted more than the acre I had (half of that was steep!)., so the new wife and I sold our houses and bought an old farm house last sept. (built in 1850) 7 acres, fairly level, not flat, but most of it will be safe for a tractor. This summer I cleared enough to get a horse ring started, built a fairly cheap horse barn, moved several tons of new england rocks, fabbed a subframe for a 3pt backhoe I bought, dug out more then a few stumps, cut a few cords of firewood, moved the wife's horse here and we bought another one ..out of all that I learned something important.........man was I outta shape! Desk jobs arent the best way to get aerobic exercise..
Oh yeah also learned that I like tractor work the bestest, put many hours on my older Deere 770 with a cheap (but made solid) Taylor way backhoe (hanging off the back) welded to a home made subframe (and it looks it. )
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I spend way more time reading than I do posting (my work life is a lot of typing), But I do type when I have something to say.
I find Farmwithjunk, Dougster, MtnViewRanch, Bindian, Mark777, jbrumberg, Grrr, and other names that seem to be familiar from some other TractorP0#n site.
I've spent what little time I have lately perusing this site, nice forum, good people.
I'm in my fifties, always wanted more than the acre I had (half of that was steep!)., so the new wife and I sold our houses and bought an old farm house last sept. (built in 1850) 7 acres, fairly level, not flat, but most of it will be safe for a tractor. This summer I cleared enough to get a horse ring started, built a fairly cheap horse barn, moved several tons of new england rocks, fabbed a subframe for a 3pt backhoe I bought, dug out more then a few stumps, cut a few cords of firewood, moved the wife's horse here and we bought another one ..out of all that I learned something important.........man was I outta shape! Desk jobs arent the best way to get aerobic exercise..
Oh yeah also learned that I like tractor work the bestest, put many hours on my older Deere 770 with a cheap (but made solid) Taylor way backhoe (hanging off the back) welded to a home made subframe (and it looks it. ) 
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I spend way more time reading than I do posting (my work life is a lot of typing), But I do type when I have something to say.
You don't need to tip toe quite so much here as you do over at TBN. We all hope that you like it here and will contribute when ever you feel that you can.
Are you closer to the coast or closer to Massachusetts? 
It's the closest thing I know to going on a real vacation! 
. I got 1.75" of snow last night
. The different weather services are forecasting a snow/sleet/freezing rain/rain event 
ending with snow on Monday. I have been checking the upper air data all week. The pattern does not support a big snow event, but I bet it will be more frozen than wet for western parts of the region. Jay
in the welding class, my instructor took my welding project when I was finished and threw it down on the ground. He then said if it stayed together, it passed. It looked ugly, but my project passed. Looks like your's passes also.
