Disappearing farmer

[ecofarmer]

I lease 1000 acres of farm land down the road from me to another farmer. He has uses it for a feed lot and grows most of the food he uses for his animals. When he goes out of town he will call me and pay me $50 a day to check the waters, mix and dump 2 batches of food, and to give a good look around.

Last week he called me and asked if I could feed for a few days so he could go out of town. He should have been back sometime Monday. He hasn't called, and I have seen no signs of him on the farm, at his house, and his cell goes right to voice mail. I pulled out his lease to get the emergency contact number off of it; it had his brother on it and the number has been disconnected.

He is good about keeping in touch when he's out of town and I have not heard form him since Sunday. I'm starting to worry about him because this is not like him. He is always early with his rent, stops by once a week if we don't run into each other in our travels, and is very good to tell me when there is something wrong on the farm.

At what point should I snoop in his office to see if I can find a family members number to call?
Should I drop by the police department?
Is there any thing else I should be doing to check / get in touch with him?

 

[per]

Keep in mind this is free advise over the Internet from someone in another country who is using a sudonim and who's avatar is a bull.

I think I would ask the local Sheriff that question.

 

[Richard Doolittle]

Call Kola!!!! Just kidding.... :wink:

I'd say Per gave you the right advice.

 

[ecofarmer]

After I feed his cows I have to drive into town and I'll stop by the sheriff office.

Thank you per.

 

[kolanuraven]

Call Kola!!!! Just kidding.... :wink:

I'd say Per gave you the right advice.

What'da hell that's supposed to mean????? :???: :???: :lol:

 

[ecofarmer]

So I stopped by the sheriff's office and they sent a deputy to his house and then he came out to the farm. He walked around his house twice checking to see if the windows and doors were unlocked. He came out to the farm and I opened up the office for him and he did a little snooping and copied down some information and called a few numbers. I was told he would make some calls and send some email and he would let me know if he finds anything, but will call me tomorrow he not sooner.

 

[kolanuraven]

Hmmmm...we got ourselves a mystery here!!!

 

[ecofarmer]

It was tinny farmer's wife, in the feed mixer, with a bail of alfalfa.

He and his wife have been found. They were involved in a car accident and there were injuries but they are not serious. There passing a message to him and his wife for me.

Hopefully I will get a phone call form in sometime tonight.

 

[kolanuraven]

It was tinny farmer's wife, in the feed mixer, with a bail of alfalfa.

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???????????????????????????? :lol: :lol:

 

[ecofarmer]

Hmmmm...we got ourselves a mystery here!!!

I was thinking of the game of clue when you posted that.

It was tinny farmer's wife, in the feed mixer, with a bail of alfalfa.

I got a phone call form him saying he will be back in town mid day Friday. He lost his cell phone and couldn't get my number off of anything else. He says that they were having trouble with insurance because they would not loan him something that could pull a 5th wheel. He ended up buying a new truck and having to get it shipped to him and had a bed put on.

 

[Richard Doolittle]

Call Kola!!!! Just kidding.... :wink:

I'd say Per gave you the right advice.

What'da hell that's supposed to mean????? :???: :???: :lol:

I think I had just read in another thread where someone had called you from clear across the country about something weird.

 

[Faster horses]

Whew. Thanks for letting us know. I hate suspense!!

Sounds like things turned out ok, though not perfect.

 

[kolanuraven]

Call Kola!!!! Just kidding.... :wink:

I'd say Per gave you the right advice.

What'da hell that's supposed to mean????? :???: :???: :lol:

I think I had just read in another thread where someone had called you from clear across the country about something weird.

Oh...ok.....

 

[ecofarmer]

I just got back to the house after pulling him out of the ditch coming on to my farm. I have been wanting to get two 40' Red Rhino Hay Trailers and he also wanted one. His wife wanted to go on a road trip so they went to Kansas to pick up 3 of them. They stack up nicely. He says 40 feet is a long way back and you have to think about where your tires are going to land.

On the way back a box truck turned into his lane and they met his front tire to the box trucks back tire. When he lost control he hit a pickup and jackknifed the truck and slid into a ditch. From the pics the front axle was about ripped off and lots of damage to the hood, fenders, both doors, and it bent up his farm bed. The trailers slid a bit and scuffed up some paint. His wife ended up with a few stitches on her arm and her back hurts her a little but she has had back issues before. He thinks the other people involved were in about the same shape.

Insurance totaled his truck and are paying to get the paint fixed on the trailers (discount for me). He found the truck that he wanted but was having issues getting the bed he wanted, leveling air bags, and a few other odds and ends he wanted installed with it being the weekend and all.

He now wants his driveway widened a few more feet. I know a semi with a livestock trailer can make on his driveway just fine, but says he can't do it with his truck and that trailer.

The insurance company has called and wants the trailers dropped off at a big rig shop. They are going to pay to get them un stacked but they must get a state inspection before they send out an adjuster to go over the damage.

 

[TexasBred]

It was tinny farmer's wife, in the feed mixer, with a bail of alfalfa.

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???????????????????????????? :lol: :lol:

Kola I think he meant it as a joke but there have been a couple of foks that fell into feed mixer wagons on dairies and such...it will grind them and everything else into very small pieces....