Nathan's life

Last year, while tilling some ground for the city, Nathan's Iseki tractor died and he tried fixing it, tried taking it to the dealer to fix, and even had others look at it that thought they might be able to figure it out. We finally had to give up and admit that it might be time for a new tractor. Our life and work in the yard has been so much easier since getting our tractor, so we decided it was worth it to get another one. In March, Nathan and I took a trip to Sun Valley and stopped to look at a new tractor in Twin Falls. It was quite a bit cheaper than the book value on it because it had been a rental tractor and some, um, person had broken the PTO shaft. They were going to sell the new shaft with the tractor, but just didn't want to put the time and effort into fixing it. Nathan decided that the tractor could be useful as is and then he could spend the time and fix the PTO shaft and be able to use his implements for his other tractor with it. This last week, he finally had the time to start on his project. He's realized there are some other problems that need fixing as well and he's planning on fixing it all while he has the tractor apart. Here are some pictures of Nathan working on the tractor after the first time he broke it apart.
I jokingly call our garage his "two-bay-door shop" because I don't think we've ever parked a car in it. It has all of his tools in it and one bay is always taken up by a project, a vehicle that needs to be worked on (usually a tractor, lawn mower, or trailer, not a car or truck), or the aftermath of a project. But I appreciate that he is willing and able to fix our things and to build things that we need. I think it's also his sanctuary when he needs to de-stress. Or maybe a better way to put it would be to exchange stresses. Good luck on the tractor Nathan.