Originally Posted by
Bah Humbug
I spent a summer playing farmer at the ancestral homestead. We had three tractors, two Gators, and a pile of power tools. It was still hard work; harder than my office job has ever been.
My tractor experience is limited to mowing my folks front yard and runway at their house in Texas with a 6ft box blade.
I clearly remember my father's warning when he was teaching me:
"Be extremely careful mowing near the house. This tractor
will go through the house like there's nothing there"
Other than that bit of pucker factor, spending 4 hours on a tractor mowing is quite meditative.