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By: DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad

DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:42:55 +0000

Great post– People need to get over the mental barrier of needing to “own”. Renting makes so much more sense with certain things– the roto tiller included.

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By: Condo Blues

Condo Blues — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:31:29 +0000

Sometimes renting or borrowing is a great way to determine how or what type of item you want to purchase. Before my parents bought an RV (not a giant tourbus model) they rented one to take on a vacation. They were able to test out the type they thought they were interested in and decided that it wasn’t for them, which saved them from making a very expensive mistake when they did purchase their first camper. They made it pay for itself 10 times over. All of our vacations were taken in the camper – it allowed us to travel more places. We also camped close to home during weeks/weekends in the summer so my Dad could drive to work but Mom and kids could relax. Think of it as your summer weekend house on wheels. Apparently Santa’s Elves also used the camper to hide and wrap Christmas prsents. My Dad still has the trailer and still uses it. So in this case, it was a good purchase.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:18:05 +0000

One thing to remember, if you borrow anything bring it back CLEAN!

One of my neighbors asked me last summer if I would borrow ALL of his equipment because it always comes back clean!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:56:54 +0000

Borrowing things is always frugal and sensible idea!

My favorite thing about living in our neighborhood is that one of the neighbors owns a snowblower and snowblows the ENTIRE block (approx 1/4 mile), including everyone’s drives and our sidewalk that goes to nowhere.

He says one of the older neighbors used to do it when he was a young man, and now he returns the favor.

So even though we paid more to live in this particular neighborhood, it may actually end up paying off!

By: marci

marci — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:26:13 +0000

Books, movies, games, music – all available for free from the local library – don’t forget that!

In our little town we are blessed to have a rental center that has just about all those things mentioned above – from ladders to hospital beds, from tillers to punchbowls and dishes, etc. Great way to go!

Best non-mechanical tiller I have come across is my heavy 4 tine spud digger… not as difficult to get into the ground as a shovel…just do a couple square foot a day and it will soon be done… and the bonus is that I use if for my clam digging also! Believe me, it gets used a LOT! A friend took off the wooden handle and welded on a piece of galvanized steel pole and it is just about indestructible now!

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:53:48 +0000

Comparison shopping, calculating borrowing vs. buying vs. renting, on a case-by-case basis would be the way to go.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:04:24 +0000

Please FD! Before you till check out the Lasagne gardening method. Nothing better for breaking up compacted soil, you are recycling unused items (newspaper, cardboard, leaves & grass clippings) and you’ll not be tilling up a bunch of weed seeds that are going to germinate and cause you headaches later!

Borrowing vs. buying: we get stuff borrowed all the time. We are rural people and have a large truck which we use constantly and people always want to borrow, we have a tractor that digs out our neighbors quite often. We have an old crappy pick-up box trailer that gets the job done for hauling stuff like rocks and mulch. May I suggest something? It really goes a long way when you are borrowing from your neighbor to be truly appreciative. Bake some cookies and bring them over. Stop by if you see the neighbor digging fence posts and offer to help. I can’t tell you how many people have borrowed our stuff and returned it with nary a thank you. Sometimes even broken with a promise to fix or replace that never happens: then it becomes awkward for both of us when we run into each other. Even stop by once in a while without asking to borrow something! I start to feel used when I only see the neighbor when he wants something from me.