We do the same kinds of things with our '89 Jeep, drive it into the
woods where we can and haul logs back down to the house to chainsaw
and cut into firewood.
This is exactly what we've been doing. Our oldest son has been
begging for a riding lawn mower. We tell him since he quit playing
soccer, mowing the lawn the 'old-fashioned' way with a push mower is
darn good exercise. When he leaves home, or if he leaves home, that
leaves son #2 who will be about the right age for his turn.
Eventually, when it comes down to my husband and I again, maybe by
then we'll have invested or upgraded to something that doesn't take
all day, a sore back and sore wrists to work.
My Grandpa Van Meter had an old John Deere that worked great. But my
aunt, who has very little need for a tractor, took it back to her
house in coastal flat-land NC after the farm was sold. It occupies
space in their garage. I think they've used it twice in six years.
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