A Woodcutting Saga

Iowa Tractor Boys is a Blog dedicated to Memories and also Current Events involving Tractor Boys. Recently my sibling Brother shared this story with me.

It was either January or February 2006 and my Sibling Brother and a Nephew were enjoying a few adult beverages during a Blizzard. Never to be outdone by the story of long ago when our Father took us to the Woods to cut firewood when the temperature was 45 degrees below zero and the school buses could not run because it was too cold these two males determined that it would be a great day to cut firewood. Therefore they traveled the total of two miles to the Timber which is located on an outcropping near the Mississippi River to cut down a tree. This Timber has been in the family since 1946, when our Father purchased the twenty acres for a mere $40.00 an acre.

The challenge of traveling to the Timber and the fact that they would cut down a tree was a real challenge and these two males were looking for excitement to spice up the long nights of Winter. They took the John Deere 2030 (shown above) and fitted it with the wood handler on the three point hitch. My sibling Brother, being the older of the two determined that he would not hurt this John Deere in as much as he had spend many hours in bringing it back to Factory Fresh condition just a few years prior. In fact he had stated that he would never take it into the woods. That promise was thrown aside as they both sought excitement. My sibling has reported that this saga does have a happy ending. The tractor hardly got a scratch and they harvested a generous supply of fire wood.

Thank You, Sibling Brother for this Saga.

Please note that this John Deere Tractor was new in 1974. The home in the background is now owned by the Sibling Brother. It was new in 1952 and our parents raised six wonderful children there. The farm is a small one by today's standards, but 80 acres plus rental acres allowed our parents to raise us all in an adequate manner.