OT Griff.. no free rides around here! pics. of truck.

[rafter-7]

Griff wanted to see a pic of the tractor he helped me purchase about a year ago.

here it is rolling in with 50,000 lbs of nose candy!


2nd cut alfalfa, irragated, fertilized, and put up with no rain on it. The RFV is 224 that will make cows bloat in about two days!! free choise that is.



and meet my drivers for the day Miranda is 9 and dawson is 7 they drove the truck around the hay field to load it so I did not have so far to haul it with the tractor.




the kids wanted to blow the air horn so I told them they had to drive the truck to blow the horn and thats all it took. soooo... there are two more drivers in the world. I think when it comes time to take thier drivers liesence they will pass with fling colors

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[Hobie]

That would have made my day at that age. My dad made me drive the tractor!

[rafter-7]

yea hobie , they were scared to take the wheel but I did not take no for an answer and told them I would be right here to help them (Till I took the other truck to unload it!) Now I cant get them to get out of it they are ready to go again tommorrow for more.
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It was thier first day of truck driving and they did a wonderful job! one proud father! and they didnt even burn the clutch!!!!!

[crs]

Looks like you have a bit of breeze there. What part of the country is that?

[kimwcook]

That's cool. A big load to drive at that age. I helped my dad once pick up bales and I put the front end into the ditch. I couldn't put the clutch in and see where I was going at the same time. I had to roll my tush off the front seat and more or less stand up, but my chin was at about the bottom of the steering wheel. Still remember that. He had to go get a neighbors tractor and pull us out.

[rjohns94]

AWESOME indeed. thanks for sharing. great looking children. blessings

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rafter-7

I just showed your post and pics to my 9 year old son.

He was speechless for a few seconds and then it was "COOOOOOOOOL"

I think he wants to move to your house

[JerryB]

My wife and I just looked at the pictures and she reminded me of my grandson at 9 driving the pickup while the two of us loaded hay. You are doing right by them that's for sure.

[Griff]

Rafter-7,
Thanks for sharing the pics... that's just SO COOL! I'll just BET the kids were ready & willin'! When I read "nose candy" I was thinkin' "chrome" and what a waste! But the hay is lookin' good! Kids look super! Don't burn 'em out on that drivin'... come a time soon enough that it'll be the LAST thing they want to do... helpin' out 'round the farm. But, if you're patient, I've found that's only a temporary thing, my kid is more willin' to do stuff to help out now that he's in his 30's than he has since he was a teen.
A lucky man you are... for sure!

[Paladin]

That would have made my day at that age. My dad made me drive the tractor!

+1

[rafter-7]

we live in north central N.D. and yes the wind blows everyday. the kids were rearing to go again and we did yesterday. Now today all of us are going to go combining (cut winter wheat) so they are going to drive combine today. The forcast is for rain tonight so we'll half to make the most of it.

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[Old Savage]

Reminds me of the old days - except we only had the tractor not old 1097.

[BigSky56]

7, Its feels good when you get the hay in the barn those are some big bales I put up smaller rounds with twine 1000lb, getting ready for second cutting now as the rain has put me off for a couple of weeks. Kids are a blessing moms wont say anything infront of them but you get the look and when your alone are you sure they wont get hurt talk. danny

[mescalero1]

Funny how the women are willing to let you go risk life & limb, but it all changes when the kids are around.

[Dave James]

Gee and I thought I was good to go driving the combine at 12