Yes Charles, I’m a raised farm kid. I can fix or break most anything. lol been that way as far back as I can remember.
According to my wife, daughter, and grandgirls, I can fix most anything, too. But I'm not nearly as good at fixing than I am breaking. When you're good at breaking, you better be good at fixing or have a bank full of money...
I learned to weld/fabricate at around 8-9 years old. Equipment broke in the field and needed fixed yesterday. So all conditions repair and fabrication was part of our lifestyle. When we built something it was with our own hands no hired help, from trailer to barns or shop buildings we did that too. The house we live in now, my wife and , no joke together built the whole thing with our own hands. 3000 sf including a walk out basement, did it all, except for the plumbing and full brick exterior. Yes I even wired it all. You name it we do it. I just don’t know any other way to live. Truck breaks down or a piece of equipment, I fix it, no matter what the issue mechanically. The computer stuff now really not so much but everything else is on me.
I am impressed, but not surprised. Too many today can't take care of themselves, let alone a family...
So how many time you been told?
When we were in a bad spot, my dad would tell me “ Now is the time to break the anvil” Lmao. Kind of a true story….. Just get it done !
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You would fit in well during out sugar beet harvest. There is so many parts to fail it is a challenge to see what we can fix in the field. The better story was using a pickup truck to pull a gearbox off the defoliator. The drive coupling failed and was stuck. Needed a constant tension until we got the coupling aligned and ploop, the gear box popped loose.
I have the used shoes, but they are all 5x5” more standard, I bought these new as 6x6” for club footed horses, lol, (medium draft horse size) but they were $2.70 a piece and were a better platform for my copper Cazo but still work with the Dutch oven. These were made modular for multiple purpose.
