Something new

Often when we need something, we breathe new life into someone else's castoff, and that has served us well over the years. When we do buy something new, it is a demo from the dealer, as when we got the yellow Subaru. Last weekend, we went to Leisure Equipment to look for a used snowmobile because we put our old one in the metal dumpster. It was over 30 years old, and had totally run its course. Well, we discovered that they don't make plain old farm snowmobiles any more. Nowadays they are all performance machines designed for racing and hard core recreational use. They run around $10,000 and up, and they are definitely more machine than what we need. Besides, as Eric asked us, why did we want to buy a piece of equipment for the farm that we could use for maybe 5-10 days a year at most, since we barely get any winter weather any more? He suggested this instead:


It gets around as well as a snowmobile in up to a foot of snow, and we can attach a plow. In addition, it can be used for towing. In fact, the first job we have lined up for it is to pull the big logs out of the back yard after Rich cuts down the trees. It can be used every day of the year, and we got a leftover that cost way less than the most basic snowmobile. And an ATV is one thing we probably would not want to buy used, since most people really hammer them.

This pretty much completes our equipment assessment for now. Once we determine what crops we're going to grow, we can figure out what implements we'll need for the tractor, but with some TLC, many of the ones in the barn will be adequate. If we see a really good deal on a used hydraulic lift, that would come in handy to work on the barn.

We saw David briefly today. He was coming back from archery hunting. No deer, but there is one less groundhog to torment us next spring.