Re: and then there was three...
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 8:40 am
A big Thank You to everyone for the kind comments on the rapid progression of my Case Acquisition Disorder... bringing home two tractors in two days must be some kind of record or something...
I started off Tuesday by picking up a nice condition Ingersoll 222 - that made 2 tractors in the yard, I promised I was good now, didn't need to be looking on kijiji or FB Marketplace anymore as I was happy with the combo of 2xx and 4xx tractors that could share attachments and be a back up if one of them decided to have a "senior moment" and be uncooperative when it was time to cut grass or move snow...
Yesterday Kelly was out having lunch with friends and I was left at home, alone and unsupervised... looking at FB to pass some time I accidentally hit the marketplace button and the first thing to pop up, top right corner was a listing for a "Compact Tractor" didn't even mention Case... I knew what it was as soon as I saw those cute "bug eye" headlights staring at me, The listing had only been up for 4 hours, I thought about it for a couple of seconds and sent off my reply, expecting to be already sold... I went to pickup from her luncheon not expecting to have to explain anything because it was probably already gone... walked in the door and made a bee line to the computer and showed her the listing expecting there to be a or at very least a questioning of my sanity and or common sense. Just then I got the reply saying it wasn't sold yet, but there had been a few inquiries with people who wanted to have a look at it first. I replied that based on the photos I had cash on hand, would buy it sight unseen, but I was a 2 hour drive away from him... And that is the story of how I drove to the Sarnia area, and came back with a really nice 195 in the trailer.
It's shiny and the right colour, but was painted with a brush, so not quite showroom condition but more than passes the 20/20 rule for me - (20 seconds or 20 feet)
Big thanks to for not and generally enabling my disorder...
I started off Tuesday by picking up a nice condition Ingersoll 222 - that made 2 tractors in the yard, I promised I was good now, didn't need to be looking on kijiji or FB Marketplace anymore as I was happy with the combo of 2xx and 4xx tractors that could share attachments and be a back up if one of them decided to have a "senior moment" and be uncooperative when it was time to cut grass or move snow...
Yesterday Kelly was out having lunch with friends and I was left at home, alone and unsupervised... looking at FB to pass some time I accidentally hit the marketplace button and the first thing to pop up, top right corner was a listing for a "Compact Tractor" didn't even mention Case... I knew what it was as soon as I saw those cute "bug eye" headlights staring at me, The listing had only been up for 4 hours, I thought about it for a couple of seconds and sent off my reply, expecting to be already sold... I went to pickup from her luncheon not expecting to have to explain anything because it was probably already gone... walked in the door and made a bee line to the computer and showed her the listing expecting there to be a or at very least a questioning of my sanity and or common sense. Just then I got the reply saying it wasn't sold yet, but there had been a few inquiries with people who wanted to have a look at it first. I replied that based on the photos I had cash on hand, would buy it sight unseen, but I was a 2 hour drive away from him... And that is the story of how I drove to the Sarnia area, and came back with a really nice 195 in the trailer.
It's shiny and the right colour, but was painted with a brush, so not quite showroom condition but more than passes the 20/20 rule for me - (20 seconds or 20 feet)
Big thanks to for not and generally enabling my disorder...