2017 at the Hammond Barn

[RHClarke]

Some days are golden, some are less than stellar. Yesterday had its challenges. As with all equipment, things wear out. Bob's venerable tractor gave up the ghost for reasons unknown. So, we attempted to tow it back to the barn using Bob's vintage "buzz-saw" tractor. The old girl fired up nicely, and with buzz saw a buzzin', we hooked the dead tractor to her. While we made some progress towards the barn, eventually we hit the mud that has been a plague around here all Spring, Summer and probably all Fall. The old tractor spun away and despite our best efforts, there was too much drag to overcome. We needed more traction.

Bob's solution was get his CMP out of the storage container and drag the tractor to the barn while using the four wheel drive. After hooking up a tow line and without a moment's hesitation, Bob's truck pulled the tractor with nary a slip in the mud.

It was a memorable moment: a Hammond Barn build CMP hauling the very tractor that initially hauled that truck off the trailer when it first arrived, that tractor that ferried parts back and forth and manoeuvered all of our trucks in and out of the barn over the years.

When we got to "dry land", we got the tractor going again and Bob set to uncovering the culprit. It was kind of fun making use of Bob's truck for its first "tow job".