WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Fall has settled in at the ranch, and we’ve been spending some time working the cows and moving the cows and contemplating the market and thinking about next year’s goals.

With the crisp of fall’s arrival comes the regret of not accomplishing all we set out to accomplish in the warmer, fleeting summer months. It’s always this way on the ranch, and I would argue, it gets worse as we get older, and so do the fences and buildings that need to be repaired, rebuilt or torn down.

Like most farms and ranches, we have a couple places on our land that have become graveyards for old equipment, cars, campers, boats or mowers. They sit in the draws as a reminder of a part of your life you used to live.

When I was a kid, these graveyards were full of my great-uncles’ fancy old c

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