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OT-Helping a friend/Drawing the line


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Posted by Name With Held on October 16, 2012 at 11:09:54 from (24.229.80.165):

I have a friend that farms a few miles from me. I knew him in high school but hadn’t seen him in 12 years. Just ran into him last year for the first time, and found out he is milking cows just a few miles from me. He rents a barn, and only has a few acres rented. Buys most all his feed, which has been rough the last couple years. I had picked up 8 additional hay acres near my place and offered to let him farm it on halves with me. I fronted all the money, and ended up doing most all the work,and suppling most all of the equipment and fuel. I did the mowing, tedding , and baling, while he raked. We split the hay 50/50. I also sold him a fair amount of my hay at a fairly discounted rate. On the 10 acres he farms on his own I have let him use my discbine for free. I didn’t mind helping him out, and 10 acres cut 4 times a year isn’t going to wear out my machine. My friend has recently decided to move out of state where he can afford to buy his own place. He has almost no equipment, and he would love to have a discbine like mine. I buy and sell a fair amount of equipment on the side, to supplement my farm and day job income. I recently stumbled across a discbine like mine on craigslist for a very reasonable price. It is about 600 miles from my place. I could really use the profit from selling this discbine to help buy a newer baler. I guess my question is should I sell it to my friend at my cost? I don’t even know if he can afford that….On one hand I feel like I should help him, on the other hand I have helped him many times over this year and I kind of feel like he should start helping himself. If he had cancer, or broke his leg, it would be one thing. But if he just doesn’t have enough get up and go to get things done, be organized and make a living, that’s his problem. Opinions and advice welcome.. .


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