Educating the agriculture community on every aspect of today’s complex farm machinery.
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My name is Ray Bohacz, and I know that success on the farm is a three-legged stool: agronomy, business, and machinery. I have always believed and life has taught me, that great judgement in the first two areas can quickly be evaporated by poor decisions in the farm shop in regard to maintenance and repair.
Hi Ray,
A while back I sent the email below and you responded and I was excited when I heard my question on the podcast. The reason I am writing this email is to congratulate you on 1 year of podcasting and the difference you have made for me. I apologize as this email might be a bit long but think you need to read this as you are making a difference and getting the outcomes of why you decided to do a podcast.
A quick history, I worked in a rural bank for 18 years and managed branches and did agriculture lending. I did farm visits where you walked in the machine shed and you thought a 20 year old tractor just came off the factory line they kept such good care of it. I won’t tell you about the opposite of this. I have always been passionate about agriculture and involved in it.
Almost 7 years ago in my early 40’s I had a major medical emergency that left me totally blind. We live on a small acreage and have some machinery and always enjoyed working on them when I could figure out how to fix them. With assistance from my wife or young adult children I can still accomplish this. With your Idle Chatter, I have gained an unbelievable amount of knowledge. You do a great job describing how things work and what to check.
Sometimes after listening , I am like a deer in the headlights then put it in perspective that understanding how something works can be valuable even though fixing it may beyond our abilities for a number of reasons.
I want to say thank you for bringing us Idle Chatter and am looking forward to continuing to learn about machinery. Your new audio equipment sounds great. For a future episode have you thought about doing one on batteries? Minnesota has extreme temperature fluctuations but it sure seems like batteries do not last long on the machinery.
Mike
Hello,
What a wonderful and meaningful gift your note was to me. A true blessing.
I want to thank you for not only listening to my show but for taking the
time to contact me.
In this business I am never looking for any accolades but as a Christian,
just a sign that my efforts are where the Lord wants them to be. You did
that.
I would enjoy the opportunity to speak with you on the phone. You did supply
your phone number. Please let me know what is a good time for me to give you
a ring.
Also, I know it is cold now in MN, but I would be honored to send you a Hot
Rod Farmer t-shirt if you would like. All I need would be your size and
mailing address.
Thanks so much for your support. I hope we can talk soon.
Have a blessed day.
Your friend,
Ray