Our big tractor (the one below)
Is officially paid for!!! SO EXCITED!
Now before you start to wonder, no funds that have been donated to the Sanctuary ever went into paying off this tractor. All funds donated to the Sanctuary go directly into their feed bill and never anything else. We have been paying for this tractor personally, using all of our own personal money. The loan, gas, oil, and general maintenance (because there's always maintenance) has been paid by us personally. So it's very exciting for me to say that it's officially paid for and there's one less loan to have to worry about.
I am so very grateful for this tractor as well. Before we got this tractor and after we moved to big round bales, we had to move bales with our farm truck (more on the farm truck soon). It would take 2 hours to put 2 bales in (very difficult when you have a baby at your side). So this tractor has been a blessing. It's not shiny, it's not new; in fact, it's rather cantankerous (a lot like the horses at the Sanctuary). But it runs and it's ours!
The other exciting news? The little tractor will be paid off at the beginning of February!! That means both of our tractor payments will be finished!! And the same thing goes with this little tractor. It has been paid directly out of my paycheck and no funds donated to the Sanctuary have ever gone in to paying off this tractor, buying gas, oil, or general maintenance. So it's another "win" to get these tractors paid off. They aren't shiny, they aren't new but they are ours!
We'll use the little tractor to mow the lawns and to knock down the weeds in the big pasture. There's a million uses for a little tractor with a belly mower!
The other exciting news? (who knew there would be such exciting news today!)
The plow truck is finally going in to get repaired. Well, not really repaired. Mike and some of my family members are going to pull the motor and put a new motor in! I wont have to worry about the weather and how much snow we get once the plow truck is back in working order.
The plow truck is like the tractors. All costs accrued with the plow truck have all been paid by us personally. So the new motor going into the truck, paid for by us. And all the fuel and maintenance is paid for by us and not the Sanctuary/donations. It's a big undertaking to take on vehicles (especially old ones like what we can afford) but it is a relief to know that we have these helpful "farm hands" around the place to make life easier.
Keep your fingers crossed that all will go smoothly with putting the new motor in. I'll know by Monday if we have a new, working motor.
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