Not over a quarter million into his collection. it was not about the money it was a passion and a love, something he wanted to do, he did not get into collecting heavily until he had the money to help us go to college and make sure we got the education we wanted. jamie: born of hardy iowa farmer stock, dave seems as indifferent different truckable as those tractors but in summer of 2011, his 73-year-old body grinds to a halt. he never complained, he was sick for a few days, we did not know what was wrong with him. ought opy is autopsy results came back, we found out he had cancer, it is sad, my dad is gone. sorry. it was more than just a
Newlywed and his wife buy the house and move in. a bold move, by the young man who has the best shot of keeping the hawkins tradition of family farming alive alec said, his grandma made the house buying easy for a first time buyer isn t that what grandmas are for. jamie: did he is give you a good deal. yes a family deed. jamie: dave hawk hawk in s collection of tractors. i don t think it was easy for anyone. we did go through that, where you know we were not all agreeing. number one toughest decision was can we keep the collection or do we have to sell part of it? financially, and time wise, there was nobody that could do what dad had done. jamie: did he tell you before he
Passed. we talked about it but he never made a decision. dave s widow judy, asked the kids to come to a decision, it is not easy. how do you come to an agreement, which each party has a different idea of what is right or wrong to please 5 parties is a tough tough decision to have to come to grips with. amid that family discord tammy s son alec spends nights and weekends keeping his grandpa s precious tractors from deteriorating. there are a lot of expenses to keep them up am to keep the collection, and not up keep it in my opinion was not an option. jamie: dave hawkins pride and
Passed. we talked about it but he never made a decision. dave s widow judy, asked the kids to come to a decision, it is not easy. how do you come to an agreement, which each party has a different idea of what is right or wrong to please 5 parties is a tough tough decision to have to come to grips with. amid that family discord tammy s son alec spends nights and weekends keeping his grandpa s precious tractors from deteriorating. there are a lot of expenses to keep them up am to keep the collection, and not up keep it in my opinion was not an option. jamie: dave hawkins pride and
Newlywed and his wife buy the house and move in. a bold move, by the young man who has the best shot of keeping the hawkins tradition of family farming alive alec said, his grandma made the house buying easy for a first time buyer isn t that what grandmas are for. jamie: did he is give you a good deal. yes a family deed. jamie: dave hawk hawk in s collection of tractors. i don t think it was easy for anyone. we did go through that, where you know we were not all agreeing. number one toughest decision was can we keep the collection or do we have to sell part of it? financially, and time wise, there was nobody that could do what dad had done. jamie: did he tell you before he