All I need to know I learned from my tractor

1. If at first you don’t make the grade, try, try, again -- faster and faster.
2. For drop-dead control, drop the bucket. (Gates and fences can be rebuilt.)
3. Regular oil feedings are as important as knowing the oil hole from the hydraulic-fluid or say, the fuel hole.
4. Gravity is a powerful force -- especially going downhill backwards on ice, in the dark.
5. Make more than one copy of the tractor key.
6. Red farm diesel spilled on fresh snow gives the place that festive touch.
7. Black smoke and spewing, yellow liquid are bad.
8. A plugged-in tractor is a happy tractor.
9. Plow Job #1: The rescue truck.
10. Based on my 950's long life and ability to multi-task, John Deere was probably a woman. OK, not.

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