10 Feb Tue 2009
Farm Trucks
So, one of the first things we did when we moved into our new farm was change the sign on the truck. In fact, I ordered the new town label as soon as we found out that the closing was going through.
We love tooling around in our pickup truck. This is actually our second one. We had a 1985 F-150 for several years and must say that it was the perfect truck for us. It was a "self-oiler" and the only maintainence that we performed for the four years we had it was adding new oil.
Our new truck (1991 F-150) was a step up environmentally as well as in terms of its relative usefulness. This "new" one has 4 wheel-drive. Woo hoo! I've never had to load up, find out I'm stuck, and then unload an entire truckload of wood since this fine acquisition! They say that heating with wood warms you several times...the cutting, the splitting, the stacking, etc. Well, with a 1985 2 wheel-drive truck, you get one or two extra heatings with all the pushing, pulling, digging, and reloading when you're stuck in the mud.
Now that we have two kids, though, we have a hard time fitting into the bench seat of the truck. Luckily, my wife's friend just gave us a 2000 Ford Ranger. That's the newest vehicle we have! With the dump truck purchase impending and the new Ranger, it is time to start thinking about a new logo for the doors. I hope that I can fine that same font. I think it's quite fetching.
