As a farmers kid, I can tell you that crops dont grow fast enough for you to
be unable to repair a part properly. Bailing wire gets the job done for the
day. Next time you use it, you spend hours trying to fix an even greater
problem due to the temporary fix. Seen my Dad and my Grandfather do it all
their lives. Is this how to treat your tools? You know? Tools... the things
that make you money so you can keep ahead of the mortgage. Your truck is a
tool and the way I see it, tools are your lifeline. I dunno about where you
are from, but most Kansas farmers work two or three jobs to make ends meet.
If more farmers would apply their hard day to fixing stuff properly, they
would have more time to enjoy the fruits of their labor. I cant tell you how
much time I have spent in my lifetime fixing farm equipment that my Grandpa
got ahold of before me. I kept telling them its cheaper to fix it right the
first time, but don't believe me! Keep on just limping it along. There is a
great 'tickler' in Pickups N Panels on this very thing this month.
In defense of the farmer, they are all good people who feed this country and
make the world go around. But some of them still fix things in the most half
assed fashion I have ever seen in my entire life!! If this little banter
here gets people to thinking about wether or not to buy a muffler clamp or
bail that muffler up to the frame so when the heat and elements quickly rust
the bailing wire, the muffler falls off and they have a real expensive
repair to do.. or not.. then it was all worth it. No disrespect for farmers
intended that isnt absolutely warranted. You know who you are! :) Lighten up
girls.
Deve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Johnson" <j.eric1@worldnet.att.net>
To: "OleTruck list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 6:20 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] In defense of the farmer
> The farmers in this country and around the world are by far, the most
> creative and hard working folks. Which I suspect you know nothing about.
The
> crop will not wait for you to go to town, order the part, install the part
> and then back to work. The same goes for any contract job. If something
> breaks and bailing wire will fix it then hell use the bail wire. 99% of
all
> of us are broke and don't even think of what color we are going to paint
the
> engine compartment. I have owned trucks all my (driving)life. The way some
> people treat their trucks makes me wonder. To me a truck is a tool, not
> something to look at through a glass case. I suspect allot of you guys are
> little pansy ass rich kids, who have never worked a hard day in their
lives.
> That's why you can't understand why anyone would use bailing wire to fix
> something. I suggest that until you know how that meal got on your table
you
> better stop bashing the people that helped put it there.
>
> Eric Johnson
> Vista,Ca (San Diego)
> 48'Carryall w/56'GMC 270
> 49'Carryall w/Rust
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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