My friend and I were paid $100 to clear a section of land back in High School. It was maybe 5 acres of second growth timber entangled in blackberry bushes. It was shaped like a triangle, so we naturally started at the tip. Machete’s in hand we went to work clearing the undergrowth so we … Read more
My first car was an ’81 Honda Accord that my Dad had bought new in 1980. By the time I drove it, the car was 16 years old and still running great. My next car was a used ’94 VW Jetta, again another car that ran well despite its age. My first car purchase was a ’96 … Read more
Who makes New Holland is a pretty common question we hear at BRIM Tractor. It’s not surprising since New Holland is part of the larger CNH umbrella which includes Fiat & Case International and their tractors are made around the world. While there is certainly an “America-First” mentality when it comes to tractors here in the … Read more
Mud. There is a surprising variety to mud. Wet-sloppy brown mud, extra-slippery red clay, and boot sucking gray muck. When I was young and lived out in the county, I would wander our 5 acres from field to forest, but when it had rained (which this was Washington so it always had rained) you had … Read more
Where is the best place to buy tractor implements? Your tractor can do a lot on its own, but add an implement and it can do so much more. Mowers, Rakes, Tillers, Balers, Post-hole diggers, and Manure Spreaders are all tools you need to do more. But where do you buy the best tractor implements? … Read more
One summer, many years ago I bucked hay. My friend’s dad offered to pay me for my help and I was a poor highschooler. So, I went out to their property to take part in this rite of passage. The whole family participated – mom drove the tractor while their dad and children bucked bales … Read more
It has always been a dangerous proposition to talk about a project with my father-in-law. Not because he takes over or tells you how he would do it for hours on end. No, its dangerous because he always seems to have the tool you need. You make a statement like, “I’d like to cut out … Read more
Chasing the Sun Every summer growing up we would pack up an RV, the seven of us cramming in to our new home on wheels, and then start a two-week trek eastward. In Sedro-Woolley we would meet up with two other families, all packed in their own RVs or campers to convoy across the Cascades … Read more
We called it “The Hill” and the Canadians called it “The Asphalt”, regardless it was a steep road going up the hill that separated camp from the water and gather places at the bottom from the cabins and bathrooms at the top of the hill. All summer long, as staff members we would walk up … Read more
My good friend was the son of a farmer and they had a sprawling dairy farm. I would stay at his house and take part of the different chores he had to do – bucking hay, cleaning stalls, driving cows in or out of the barns, playing in the hay mow, riding around on the … Read more