The Tractor in the Tree

Yes, there really was one.

My husband must have Internet access. There's no cable where we live, so he signed up with the local wireless provider. They tell you where to place your pole and how high, and what sort of cable to run to the top of it. They don't do it for you.

My husband dug his trench (if you ever see him with a Ditch-Witch, run), laid his cable and placed his pole. Filling the trench back in proved to be too much.

He had an impulse.

Agricultural tractors with two-wheel drive are not meant to be maneuvered on steep muddy hills.

I don't know whether the tree partway down the hill was good or bad. It did stop the tractor's progress sideways down the hill, and the tractor did stay right-side up.

Others with heavier equipment retrieved my tractor. Amazingly the only souvenirs I have are a bad photograph and a bent steering wheel.

-P

p.s. I took the pic from the deck, so you really can't appreciate the slope. It's worse than it looks.