And you thought times were tough

[SwampDonkey]

Grandfather used to work on some farms over in Maine. One fellow had all worn out, hay wired up, machinery. By the time grandfather was done working on that farm the stuff was beyond repair he said with all the ledge piles in the fields he had to work around and go over the top of. 

[SPIKER]

Ya never know, what is going on in some people minds.   I wonder if he barrowed it from his brother-n-law    I could imagine that going on eheheh.   I was at a Lows/HD place once, and was walking in, there was a guy who had probably 10 sheets of plywood, some 2x4s ect all tied to the top of his volvo/sab thingy.  My woman was with me and we had just hopped out of my 150 truck. & had basically parked on the other side of them.   He was tyeing it all on with what looked like shoe string rope.   Yep tied through the car with the doors both open so him & his woman could get back in (we only had a short trip inside)  before we made it in (we were walking slow & chatting/giggling about the predicament)  I heard the two of them all in a ruckus & looked back to see they had finally tried to get in & close the door.     ya it didn't close.

so In we went,
Now we picked up what we were after & headed out.   
here they were with the doors closed ropes through the window openings all tied up & he was helping her crawl through the window frame...   Needless to say we had one stop to get some gas b4 heading back out to the farm.   they left & made it around the first corner (well almost all way around the corner before the stuff all went sliding down over the hood and onto the ground )    (now mind ya they had tied that rope from front to back too but must not have accounted for the slope of the roof and the fact that there is a good dip at the light exiting the lumber store!!!!   I didn't see it slide off but heard the horns blow from the gas station & managed to watch em as they started to crawl out of the doors to try & get it all picked up.   A kind person stopped to help them by time I had gotten out of the station getting fuel & gas all paid for...   

& just last week I saw a good one, on way from funeral home to nat cemetery for my Uncle's funeral.   We were all in the funeral persession and headed up hill where there looked to be a few sawmill/firewood processing places.   (note this the first rural area outside akron/cleveland area.)  Here was a guy with beat up old chevy pickup, and a NICE CHERRY log that was a good 12' that he had (HAD) in the back of the truck with the tail gate down.   when he headed up this hill the log had slid off/out the back half way.  I drug the blacktop for a good 50+ feet before he got pulled over. the bed floor & tailgate had bent down a good 8' in the center...   Log was 1/3 still in the bed of the truck & it's front wheels were almost up in the air...    I don't think he was going to get it back into the truck EVER...   but I didn't go back that way so I don't know for sure...

Mark M

[rebocardo]

My only problem with the Honda would be any stop or bad bump would be enough to crush him or take his head off.

> The hind end seems to be holding that load better than I would have expected.

Yea, I helped a customer that was moving load a U-Haul dual axle and it moved his bumper down a lot less then expected, plus, we loaded his bed, back seat, and pass. seat. Thing had some weight in it and to pull.

[woodmills1]

I was surprised at what he got in there as he did take his time to stack.  I checked for bump stops on the suspension but din't find them

I figure he may be an IRS agent looking to see if I claimed his money..........Its all on the books

I have bought so much this year I need more income

did ya see my tractor upgrade post?

[pigman]

I know what you mean James. In some years I have to report more income than I really have just so I can have enough net income to pay taxes.  I sure hope the IRS doesn't read this and audit my taxes. I sure would hate to go to jail for paying too much taxes.

[SPIKER]

Pigman:

don't worry about them sending ya to jail, it is hard for them to collect more taxes when they do that , instead they will simply fine you and charge you a bunch of interest on top of that in a way to make it even for you over paying in the first place! hehehe

I have same problem. I do all the taxes up and seems like I could claim more than I actually do and usually then end up simply taking the standard deduction as it is way more simple with less chance of them coming in and saying I paid too much...   I even used the adit defense people just in case ...   

SPIKER

[Engineer]

trying to plow his garden with a IH Scout and a 2 bottom plow

For years, my dad plowed his garden with an old 2-bottom plow and a 1964 Jeep CJ5, and later a 1974 CJ5.  Right off the showroom floow in '74, he had it buried up to the hubs in the back yard turning over the soil.

He still has the Jeep, but doesn't plow with it anymore - it's a giant mouse condo.

As for the Honda Ridgeline - the guy who showed up here this weekend with three big walnut logs was towing a dual axle Cam Superline trailer with those logs, with a new Ridgeline.  Back end had almost no sag, and he had a LOT of get-up-n-go with that rig.  I wouldn't hesitate to load one as full as it would go.