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 | Iowafun
Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 955 Central Iowa 
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2004-07-27 92013
Signed up for my JD 4310 ehydro, mfwd, 430 loader & 72" mm mower yesterday. Wife agreed it was the thing to do. I've got a cool wife. DO I go around saying "my mower is bigger than your mower? Course, this now means my wife will be expecting the flower beds she wants now that we have a new tractor to haul dirt. New tractor is cool, but means more work. Bummer for me. At least it will be a new tractor!!
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 | hardwood
Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3583 iowa 
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2004-07-27 92015
Iowafun, Congrads on the new 4310, I'll be using mine all morning. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Frank. ....
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Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4299 Southwest MiddleTennessee
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2004-07-27 92019
Iowafun, you sure don't sound very excited about your new tractor purchase? Congratulations on a fine machine by the way. ;o) I think you will be much more enthusiastic about the machine once you get into using it. Make 'em give you a hat and coffe mug at least! ;o) ....
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| Iowafun
Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 955 Central Iowa
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2004-07-28 92090
Chief, don't worry, I am excited. I've been mowing over 3 acres with a 54" deck. The 72" with power behind it will make a big difference for me. I'm also looking forward to how it will clear snow. My Oliver 550 pooped out on me last winter and caused all kinds of havoc and marriage strains. Snow, Iowa, an uphill driveway, the wife's Mustang GT convertible and an uncooperative tractor is not a good combination to keep one's temper under control. I'm try to temper my emotions so my wife thinks I wanted the new tractor for logical reasons. My reasons are logical for men. ....
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 | DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2004-07-28 92114
Buy her a Subaru! And put some Nokia Hakkapeliitta studded snow tires on all four corners. Then if the tractor gets stuck, she can pull you out. ....
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Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
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2004-07-28 92116
Now if Subaru offered a PTO and a 3pth as an option package image the fun you could have .....
LOL.
Best of luck. ....
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Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 566 ct 
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2004-07-28 92118
Hardwood - i like your new pics. Its always nice to see the person you chat with & get advice from. ....
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| hardwood
Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3583 iowa
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2004-07-28 92171
Grasgod, after seeing me you're probably wondering why in the world does he need more weight on his tractor. Frank. ....
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| DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2004-07-28 92180
Hey! Some of us are built for comfort and some for speed. Thanks to DR. Adkins I only need one scale to weigh myself.
And I just made a weight bar for my tractor too.
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Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 196 Chugiak, Alaska 
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2004-07-29 92182
Iowafun..After I got my brand new 5L Mustang convertible back in '90 I drove it for 2 months when winter set in. We have a 200', 8% grade, driveway. I then parked it, bought a 4wd pickup and it hasn't seen the outside of a garage in winter since. Still have it and it's still like new. This coming winter the 'Stang will have the company of my new motorcycle.
And congrats on your new 790. I think the ideal wedding present for most folks would be a tractor...sooner or later you're gonna need one.
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| hardwood
Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3583 iowa
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2004-07-29 92183
Drankin, Dr. Atkins would probably die of a cholestreol overdose if he knew what I eat. Just got a clean bill of health from the Doc. Doc said your cholesterol is 120 and your BP is fine then he asked me what I eat, my response was most anything that gets in front of me. He said just keep doing that. The Iowa sweet corn is in its crowning glory right now along with the local farmers markets bursting with fresh green beans, cucumbers, onions, etc.. Just can't beat those fresh picked vegies. Have a great day. Frank. ....
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| Iowafun
Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 955 Central Iowa
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2004-07-29 92186
The worst winter day last year was when I'm waving my arm to get the wife to drive up the driveway. She isn't moving so I walk down and start pushing her car. She sticks her head out the windows and yells that she's not stuck. I'm like if you aren't stuck then get up the driveway! She says she can't. What the $%#%??? As a man, I had failed to consider the possibility of not getting up the driveway not being the same thing as stuck. I still get the connection. But I pushed her up the driveway while trying not to get large rocks shot in my legs by the spinning tires.
The Iowa sweet corn tastes pretty good right now. Had two ears of it last night. Mmmmm...
Getting pretty impatient waiting for the new toy, 4310. A 72" mower!! Much better than the 54" I've been using to mow about 3 acres. ....
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| DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2004-07-29 92198
The wives do have their own brand of logic.
Hardwood: What you are on is called the SeeFood Diet. ....
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| Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
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2004-07-29 92202
Logic ??????
You're kidding right?
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| DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2004-07-29 92206
It makes perfect sense to them. One speaks, and they all nod.
All the guys look the same too..... sitting there scratching their heads like something really itches. ....
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Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
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2004-07-29 92214
And all this time I thought guys scratched their heads like that because of the tingle caused by their hair standing on end (at least those of us who aren't folicly-challenged) from trying to find the logic in what was just said by the ladies .... Oh dopey me. ....
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| grassgod
Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 566 ct
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2004-07-29 92250
LOL....we should change this sites name to Humorpiont.com ....
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Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3 conyers,georgia
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2004-07-29 92256
congrats!
I am always glad to see a fellow Deereman with a new toy. Enjoy! ....
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Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 955 Central Iowa
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2004-07-30 92267
New toy!! I can't wait for it's arrival. I'm so looking forward to having a big mower and the power to drive it. The reliability of a new machine. The shine of a new machine!! Oh yeah... ....
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Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3583 iowa
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2004-07-30 92318
I don't know if Dr. Atkins can take any more stress but there is a big pot of FRESH IOWA SWEET CORN boiling on the stove as I speak that was still on the stalk an hour ago, and being I'm on the SEE FOOD Diet I'll just keep eating it till I can't see any more of it. Wowzer that's good stuff. Frank. ....
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| DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2004-07-30 92320
I have pork ribs on the barbe and red beans & rice on the stove.
Geez, that sweet corn would slide right on to the plate between them. ....
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Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 882 North Central Wisconsin
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2004-07-30 92325
Hey Frank, can I come over for some? The last "sweet" corn I got up here tasted like bad field corn. :( Haven't been able to find any good stuff around here for a couple years now.
I used to go to the same farmer's market for it for years, always top shelf!! Unfortunately, our beloved farmer has passed on. ....
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| hardwood
Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3583 iowa
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2004-07-30 92330
Just finished up 5, count em FIVE ears of that Iowa gold, still lickin the butter off my face like an old dog. Even after all that corn I think I could make room for a few of those ribs. AV8R I'll bet the Wisconsin corn has been contaminated by all the cheese that surrounds you. We finally surrendered in the battle of "The Farmer challenges the Raccoon Sweet corn Battle", so we buy it at a farmers market too. We drove from Decorah Ia. to Rochester, Minnesota today and saw lots of sweet corn stands along the road. but then too the Minnesota corn might be contaminated by Ludefisk. Enjoy those ribs and beans. Frank. ....
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