Good Advice!

I always tell the guys to fill
  The fuel tank to the top,
Don't drive by with a tractor
  Just hit the brakes and stop

Fill that fuel tank to the top
  Before you go afield.
Pull up to the diesel tank
  And see what it will yield.

The spraying water transfer pump
  Is easy to forget,
Without a little gas in there
  It just won't pump a bit.

The pump will sputter to a stop
  When at the farthest field.
You shake the plastic service can
  Which not a drop will yield.

I tell the boys time and again
  It really isn't hard,
To make sure that the tank is full
  Before you leave the yard.

It's so true for the mower
  Before you start to mow,
Make sure it is full of gas
  And it is set to go.

Why would my wife ever drive
  And let the low light flash?
When she can fill at Petro Serve
  With either card or cash.

And so I mention once again
  To both my kids and wife,
Plan ahead, fill the tank,
  Get yourself set for life.

The combine takes the longest time
  For the tank to fill.
But fill it now or later,
  And I still pay the bill.

So I have preached time and again
  Both to my kids and honey,
You can fill the farm machines
  And not spend extra money.

I have time to contemplate
  All that I have said.
All the admonitions
  Keep running through my head.

Out in the center of a field,
  It's nice and quiet out here.
My wife drives up the service truck
  And grins from ear to ear.