Why I went to college

18 years ago

Growing up on a farm and getting up bright and early every morning to the prospect of spending the day on one of these thumbbusters, haha.

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kentuck_8b
18 years ago
Nice photo, RC! I agree, but I must admit, there is something therapeutic about sitting on a tractor out in a field in the peaceful countryside working the land.

Yes, us plowboys don't mind sodbusting, as long as the equipment is running smoothly...

Kt
doris_mi5
18 years ago
Is that a John-Deere? I used to work in the fields behind a John-Deere. Many moons ago. I didn't leave to go to college I left to go to High School in the big city of Ann Arbor.
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kentuck_8b
18 years ago
I don't recognize the tractor, but I don't thinks it a John Deere, it looks like a foreign made tractor.

It's an older model so it could be any number of brands.

Once again, nice photo.

Kt
rcnaylor
Original Author
18 years ago
Its a good ol' JI Case. Probably about a 930 model, though it was too dark to see model numbers when I too the pics. It has the front grill and has had a car muffler added to it instead of the original equimpemtn muffler which makes it harder to identify by the silhouette. (It has a for sale sign on it if anyone is in the mood for a well used Case.)

And, I'm with you KT. If you didn't have to make a living farming, it'd be a great life. :) If I ever hit the lottery....

Here's a better pic of the ol Case itself.
ronf_gw
18 years ago
Wow, does that look familiar. I grew up on a dairy farm and spent many, many hours setting on a machine like that. It was a fantastic way to grow up but I sure would hate to have to make a living at it now.

did you hear about the farmer that won a million dollars? "What are you going to do with all that money?"
"Guess I'll keep farming 'til it's all gone."

Ron
juanital
18 years ago
Really nice pics Rc...never grew up on a farm but sure appreciate...I love the am for shootings, though...

LOL...Ron

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