Originally Posted by
plumberroy
I would love to be car free. my work doesn't allow it . My wife who doesn't drive panics more than I do with out a car . My dream is to live a couple miles out of a small town on enough land to grow most of my own vegies and raise or hunt our meat. I am working towards that I grow what I can here. I have a grillo G85D walking tractor
http://earthtoolsbcs.com/html/walk-behind_tractors.html these are used in small scale farming in Central Europe I have a tiller, mower and have adapted a trailer to it. the key to surviving is having the land paid for . The house I have now was bought when house prices were low . I put a chunk down, and it is in a highly desirable school district. When housing market goes up I may be able to sell for enough to pay cash for what I want . That would allow for only taking a car when my wife needed to go some where
Roy
a former landlady had an ancient troybilt. it only had a tiller, but there was a stud on the front for attachments- earth plow, snow plow, etc. weighed as much as a tank (a lot of cast iron), built like one, and usually started on the first pull of the wrap-around rope- even after sitting all winter. had reverse, 2 forward gears. i loved that machine.
www.troybilt.com