Community Corner
Finding the Perfect Farm Truck
Picking the farm truck is like hiring an employee; it has to be up to the job.
The new year began with our search for a new-to-us truck to supplement our aging Ford F350. For us, picking the right vehicle is like hiring an employee; it has to be up to the job. We needed a work truck with the power to pull a trailer loaded with 20,000 pounds of hay; space for three 4-H kids in the back seat; the right kind of hitch for our stock trailer; and a flatbed to hold six barrels of food scraps or brewers grain.
Local buying is always our first choice. We couldn't afford $60,000 for a new truck, nor could we find the right used vehicle around here.
Bruce found what seemed like the perfect match. Not only did this Ford 450 diesel truck have the power we needed, but also had the right kind of hitch, a metal flatbed, only 100,000 miles on the odometer, and was in our price range. It was perfect, except that it lived in Texas.
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Carole Soule is co-owner of Miles Smith Farm, where she raises and sells pastured pork, lamb, eggs and grassfed beef. She can be reached at cas@milessmithfarm.com.
