We mostly ran chain saws and made a pile for the families to deal with. Most of the elderly couldn't afford a chain saw big enough or have the power to run it. But if we had to manicure the yard and pasture, some of them would have taken us days. One elderly gentleman, 82 years old, like to have worked us to death. He had a tractor that he didn't even know how old it was. He owned it for 24 years, bought it used from a man that owned it roughly 27 years, that bought it from a man used that he couldn't remember how long he had owned it. He said the man owned it forever. He thinks its a 1930 or 35. Anyway, We decided to take a break and he said "you boys look hot, sit down" as he hooked up the chain to drag another huge pecan tree to the road. We looked at each other, took a big sip and got after it again. Its a good thing his tractor had discs hooked up because he would have flipped it several time. The elderly man wispered to his wife when he thought I couldn't hear, "I didn't even think that old tractor could pull that good", his wife just turned,looked at me and said "Oh, No"
Vince
