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<blockquote data-quote="Lon" data-source="post: 810562" data-attributes="member: 16174"><p>advice with a warning label now that i like but have to say that goes for every bit of advice i ever heard good and bad. background here well grew up raising cattle learning every bit from my dad. great guy. done never wantted nothing but to ranch myself but he said go to college and get a job give it a try for me. so i did, started with prelaw major switched to double business major. couldve paid alot more attention though. got offered real good promotion in job but decided waking up and putting that tie on every morning was killing me and was time to go back to what i wanted. bought a chain bed stack mover truck you want to learn mechanics get yourself one of them. right now though were i stand is recently got enrolled so now can get range units for 18 month to run pairs on wich is pretty good when most people wanting $30 to summer and no one can take the unit away from me once i got it. 5 years from now uncle want to retire so since only kid thats wants to ranch he says will sell his 4000 acres to me on lease to own no interest and pay what can offord as long as stays in family since was his dads place split between him and my dad. now when my dad quits which will be awhile i get to run on that place as well although not as much as uncle will get and 3 years from now grandpa will be all but done and him and my mom got a unit for another 150 head year round wich i get rights to run on. Far as i see i am standing in the perfect place to say i better get started on a herd. now i love learning things the hard way till i figured out everyone in world can teach me something and that even includes my 5 month old son.</p><p>so thats why i am here reading as much and asking all questions i can from all you guys that have a wealth of knowledge and if am lucky enough i can absorb half of it and pass on to my son before im gone. but i also learned that arguing aint worth nuthing cause some people are gonna tell you 2+2=5 and darn it it 5 and nothin no one can say will ever change that. all really looking for is all the knowledge i can get so i can make a decision on best way to start. not meaning best darn cattle money can buy cause dont have that money i mean best way economically to get started. and so far have gotten some real good messages in the email and would like to thank those poeple for thier knowledge in thier answers cause i tell you know one is more gratfull for that chance to "teach me something i dont have to learn the hard wa" than i am.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lon, post: 810562, member: 16174"] advice with a warning label now that i like but have to say that goes for every bit of advice i ever heard good and bad. background here well grew up raising cattle learning every bit from my dad. great guy. done never wantted nothing but to ranch myself but he said go to college and get a job give it a try for me. so i did, started with prelaw major switched to double business major. couldve paid alot more attention though. got offered real good promotion in job but decided waking up and putting that tie on every morning was killing me and was time to go back to what i wanted. bought a chain bed stack mover truck you want to learn mechanics get yourself one of them. right now though were i stand is recently got enrolled so now can get range units for 18 month to run pairs on wich is pretty good when most people wanting $30 to summer and no one can take the unit away from me once i got it. 5 years from now uncle want to retire so since only kid thats wants to ranch he says will sell his 4000 acres to me on lease to own no interest and pay what can offord as long as stays in family since was his dads place split between him and my dad. now when my dad quits which will be awhile i get to run on that place as well although not as much as uncle will get and 3 years from now grandpa will be all but done and him and my mom got a unit for another 150 head year round wich i get rights to run on. Far as i see i am standing in the perfect place to say i better get started on a herd. now i love learning things the hard way till i figured out everyone in world can teach me something and that even includes my 5 month old son. so thats why i am here reading as much and asking all questions i can from all you guys that have a wealth of knowledge and if am lucky enough i can absorb half of it and pass on to my son before im gone. but i also learned that arguing aint worth nuthing cause some people are gonna tell you 2+2=5 and darn it it 5 and nothin no one can say will ever change that. all really looking for is all the knowledge i can get so i can make a decision on best way to start. not meaning best darn cattle money can buy cause dont have that money i mean best way economically to get started. and so far have gotten some real good messages in the email and would like to thank those poeple for thier knowledge in thier answers cause i tell you know one is more gratfull for that chance to "teach me something i dont have to learn the hard wa" than i am. [/QUOTE]
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