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Have Your Cake and Eat It Too, or, How To Balance Your Hobby and Family

By Ed Fantin

1440 Sycamore Street, Kingsport, Tennessee 37664

Side view of tractor with garden it plowed in the background.

I finally got around to submitting an article on one of my projects.

A friend of mine, Ezra, who runs a small engine repair business in a nearby town in addition to his regular business, is always keeping an eye out for old iron for yours truly. It's amazing what is still traded in from time to time. Many of the old 2-wheel tractors are still in service here. Many with all of the original implements still with them!

One day, after one of our unusually large snowfalls last December, I went to pay my monthly visit to see Ez. He said, "I have something in the shop you may be interested in."

After taking a look, all I could see was a pair of wooden ...

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