Ifixoldjunk 778 #1 Posted May 15, 2023 some of you may remember me, I haven’t been around for a while. Sold off my last wheel horse a while back. And I’m down to my last garden tractor. My first. My bolens 1050. I haven’t had too much time for anything tractor related lately. Between starting my own business, and a sudden change in interest. I realized my tractors were being neglected. Since I’ve been spending so much time on axes and saws. Anyways, I just want to thank y’all for having one of the nicest communities online. I hope to one day settle down and have another wheel horse or two, but that time is still far off. Thanks for everything ~Mike 8 3 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 12,016 #2 Posted May 15, 2023 I took a long break myself. Was away for several years. Sometimes life gets in the way. We wish you well, and hope to hear from you again soon! 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheel-N-It 2,968 #3 Posted May 15, 2023 40 minutes ago, kpinnc said: I took a long break myself. Was away for several years. Sometimes life gets in the way. We wish you well, and hope to hear from you again soon! I did the same thing. Mike, we hope to see you back here one day in the near future 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JERSEYHAWG / Glenn 4,497 #4 Posted May 15, 2023 Hi Mike. I am on the thread reading. But no wheel horses in over 4 years. Life is funny, gets in the way. Best of luck. Glenn 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,841 #5 Posted May 15, 2023 “C’mon back if you ever wanna try again” 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retired Wrencher 5,451 #6 Posted May 15, 2023 Mike I did the same thing my self. Bought a 33’ class A motor home. Well that lasted only a few years. And now I am BACK. Hope all goes well. Just take your time and think it thru. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,570 #7 Posted May 15, 2023 Good luck with every thing. Stop in from time to time & let us know how your new adventures are going. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RandyLittrell 3,877 #8 Posted May 15, 2023 Good luck to you, but I can guarantee, there are guys who will chew the fat with ya about axes and saws!!! There is a tool section as well!! I have been on a lot of forums, but never found a family like this one!!! Randy 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pacer 3,169 #9 Posted May 15, 2023 I am also in a ....transition? position -- What with my steadily advancing age-- and more importantly-- the less and less chances of getting a 'horse' here in La, my time spent on this wonderful forum has/is becoming less and less. I have sold off all but 2 horses - I've kept a D200 with mower deck (as a back up for a ...Deere mower) and a D160 with no attachments except a 3 point used as a trailer puller. I dont like to use the D200 too much, if/when something breaks - which is more and more often - parts are just too hard to come by, plus my age limits tackling those 'major' breakdown events. To re-state, this forum is just the "bestest" (as my great grand-daughter says) 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 15,436 #10 Posted May 15, 2023 So, I'm sitting here now getting a trailer load of things together to take to an Antiques and Collectables yard sale on Saturday. These are things that my wife and I had in our booth at the antique mall years ago before the bottom fell out of the antique market. We always thought that as the years went on, and things with the grandkid's school and sports settled down, and the market picked back up, we would get back into it again, but alas, that train has left the station. It's been hard to part with a lot of these items, but being that we are both now in our seventies, we know that it's not fair to leave the disposal of these kind of things to the children and grandkids after we are gone. And, while also prepping for the big WHCC show, I am having the same thoughts. Other than one grandson who likes helping me with the Wheel Horse stuff, nobody is interested in my folly. Which means that before too many more shows come and go, I too will be liquidating the horses and watching from afar. So for all of you who are leaving or have left this hobby behind, I feel your pain. 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,547 #11 Posted May 15, 2023 1 hour ago, rmaynard said: Other than one grandson who likes helping me with the Wheel Horse stuff, nobody is interested in my folly. Which means that before too many more shows come and go, I too will be liquidating the horses and watching from afar. Could that be your grandson's lucky day? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 15,436 #12 Posted May 15, 2023 2 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Could that be your grandson's lucky day? Probably. He's only14 but already in many ways a grown-up. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy Don 905 #14 Posted May 15, 2023 Good luck to all of you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marv 922 #15 Posted May 16, 2023 I am at that wishy washy stage now. Marv 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
