Why I Bought A Tractor

I live in the city of Huntsville on half an acre. I own no farmland at all. So, why buy a tractor?
One of my enduring memories growing up in middle Tennessee was visiting my grandparents' and uncles' farms. I would always hear the tractors working away with that distinctive Deere sound. (At the time I thought all tractors sounded like that. Only later did I discover that it was a uniquely Deere sound.)

(Reason 1) I wanted to reclaim some of that childhood memory.
 
My wife operates a pre-school (NOT a day-care). Most of her city students have no connection to a farm. They don't understand basics such as that milk and hamburger come from cows. They find tractors mystical when they take field trips to a farm or the tractor store.

(Reason 2) I thought it would be neat for them and the neighborhood kids to be able to experience a "real" tractor --  to sit on it, imagine themselves driving, hear it run, maybe take a hayride behind it.

I like working on car engines. But I find the unique design of the Deere two-cylinders very appealing.

(Reason 3) I wanted to get my own hands on one to rebuild it and play with.
 
(No offense intended to those of you who really WORK with your tractors.)

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