Kids.. Always an adventure...

So I get a message from my son. "I broke the left steering lever on the Bobcat. But it's alright, I just turned with the right lever until I could get it (the Bobcat) parked out of the way." sigh

two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do!

I wonder what your yard looks like? Skidsteer rodeo.

Count yourself as lucky. He managed to get it moved out of the way.

I got a text from my kids telling me that they got the truck stuck in a paddock. Then they got our tractor stuck while trying to pull the truck out. Then the neighbour's tractor stuck trying to pull out our tractor. Oh and the horse's still needed a round bale. I had to deal with it when I got home from work. In the dark and a snowstorm.

In reply to Wayslow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDY6bWT5oTM

In reply to noddaz:
When I was 18ish, back in the late 80's I was a National Ski Patrol at a Mountain Resort. Well on the very last day of the ski season, after we closed the slopes and quite literally every single other person had pretty much left the resort, a buddy of mine and I decided to replicate what Warren Miller used to show in his ski video's with Audi Quattro's. Yep drive up a ski hill! So we dug a spot out that transitioned from the parking lot to the hill, and off we went. Made it most of the way up the first hill we tried. Then another... We'll not being smart enough to realize we had more than pushed our luck and should have quit, we tried one more angle. At this point we were at the furthest point from the parking lot, and I buried the 4KQ up to the door molding on the drivers side. Ohhh berkely. We hiked out and hopped in my friends car to see if we could find anyone to help. I called my dad who was home sick. Explained where his car was, after he laughed and said "figure it out" he hung up. Were on our own. We found one last mountain maintenance guy who took sympathy on our dumba$$es, and offered to help. He saw were the car was and said the only thing he could use was a snow cat. We hooked it up to the cat, and he said that if it didn't work it would probably just rip the car apart as it pulled We gave it a go, and it actually came out with out a scratch. Got home and my dad asked if I was going to be that dumb again. Told him I couldn't make any promises, but next time I have a winch!
Glad you got it out without any damage and just a bit of frustration. Happy New Year
Paul

In reply to paulmpetrun:

Clearly you just needed more power.

http://youtu.be/cg_GAVA8VHQ

my 15 year old son called me and said i tried to drive your 88 m3 and had a wreck the cops are here......totaled? no doubt.

In reply to The:

While killing him and making a new one might sound like a good idea right now, it isn't.

Was he wearing a seatbelt?

seatbelt in the m3 or the bobcat? not to hijack the tread but in the m3 no he was not but the girl he teeboned was...they were sitting on the curb when i got there she had her arm around him, consoling him, the cop would not give him a ticket, he said "looks like dad will handle this" luckly the insurance came through.

What does the girl look like? Hot or not?

hot enough, but he was dating a HS cheerleader at the time so, no play.

pics or ban.nyuck Is the skidsteer OK?

The wrote: my 15 year old son called me and said i tried to drive your 88 m3 and had a wreck the cops are here......totaled? no doubt.

This should be told at the mandatory Abstinence Protects Everyone meetings in the high school gym. Maybe then they would, wait for it, gain some traction.

before.....there are no afters

In reply to Mitchell:

Are you kidding? He wads up an M3, dates a cheerleader and so far has lived to tell. I'd trade places with him today.

Well, this thread took a turn for a change.

Wow. You guys are some understanding fathers.

in the interest of full disclosure, he crashed the m3 on a friday, i crashed this the next day at RA.

tell that boy to buy a lottery ticket.