Borrowing Stuff You Don't Use Often

[OldGuy43]

If you're in Central Texas I've just discovered a great site.
http://www.loanables.com/
As an example I found a rototiller that I can rent for $30/day.

 

[lesa]

When we first put in our big garden- we rented a tiller from our local farm store. It really worked out well. I think that is a very smart thing to do- no storage issues, etc for a tool you are going to use a couple times a year...

 

[StupidBird]

I'm looking more and more to the local tool rental places; the pro-sized equipment is so much better than what I could afford to buy, if at all. And I don't have to worry about maintenance, parts, etc. Sometimes I just walk in to browse what there is for future projects. Oh, a walk=behind trencher? Massive chipper? Stump grinder? Even the big edgers I'd consider renting. When I get around to it, of course.

The recent expansion of the garden was a trade fresh eggs, herbs for neighbor farmer's 15 minutes with his PTO tractor tiller.

 

[Chickie2378]

now that is smart SB

trade eggs etc. for tiller time. to me when you can do anything without involving money, it is a good thing


barter is almost lost. I say barter away.

 

[daver]

now that is smart SB

trade eggs etc. for tiller time. to me when you can do anything without involving money, it is a good thing


barter is almost lost. I say barter away.

X2

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

now that is smart SB

trade eggs etc. for tiller time. to me when you can do anything without involving money, it is a good thing


barter is almost lost. I say barter away.

yep! next year i am trading my time tilling a friend's garden for a bunch of rocks to use around my pond and edging my landscaped areas. he got a huge load of 'dirt' that was supposed to have been screened but had a massive amount of large rocks in it.

 

[Chickie2378]

way to go!!

that is a good trade. ya know 'decorative' rocks are expensive...especially for what they are....rocks.

it is unbelievable what you can get in return for your skills etc.


Is this a decorative pond in your yard? With fish etc.?

 

[OldGuy43]

ya know 'decorative' rocks are expensive...especially for what they are....rocks.

If you were a rock farmer you'd know why. Do you know how long it takes to bring in a crop of rocks? Just planting all those little pebbles is a pain. And marble is even worse, you have to plow it with Zebras.

It's a joke, okay?

 

[lighthawk]

ya know 'decorative' rocks are expensive...especially for what they are....rocks.

If you were a rock farmer you'd know why. Do you know how long it takes to bring in a crop of rocks? Just planting all those little pebbles is a pain. And marble is even worse, you have to plow it with Zebras.

It's a joke, okay?

I inquired about purchasing some large rocks locally (For a raised bed garden) and found they were selling for $80.00 a ton, you haul. Trust me it doesn't take many large rocks to add up to a ton. Fortunately there are quite a few cornfields nearby where they grow naturally. The local farmers were tickled that I offered to use my ATV to harvest them while the fields were fallow. Old growth rocks are extremely hard on plowing equipment.

 

[OldGuy43]

Yeah, and there's no government support for the price of rocks.