The Farm Truck

This picture popped up in my memories the other day and it reminded me of the snow we had last year and of our farm truck. A story that I have yet to share. For several years I had been wanting a farm truck for the front yard to display our farm name and for me to decorate seasonally. After years of begging, my brother gave in and decided to convert a truck that we had here on the farm into my dream farm truck. This truck however was no ordinary truck, it had a history. This truck was used to haul logs in the early 70’s to our farm that were then sawed by my dad on our farm saw mill into lumber that would be used to build the house that I grew up in. After the closing of Weaver Dairy we purchased the truck around 1987 and it was converted into a hay truck for the farm. After years of use as that, it was placed to rest gracefully with other “potential” on our family’s farm. Just a side note about potential. When I was in high school I had some friends over and was giving them a tour of the farm, I pointed to an area that had some old equipment that we were no longer using and I referred to it as junk. I was immediately corrected by my dad, who informed us those items were “potential”. Every item that is no longer used has potential as some part of it for another piece of equipment or perhaps the entirety of it may be used again in the future. From that day forward I have affectionately referred to any items not currently being used on our farm as potential. Now back to the farm truck. Chris took the cab into his shop and spent many months prepping and painting the bed. He brought the bed and sideboards up which were at another place on the farm and we (the boys and I) cleaned, prepped and painted them. The truck made it’s debut in the front yard before Christmas 2021, just in time to have a wreath on the front, garland on the sideboards and to be the back drop for the boys and I Christmas picture. Our farm truck is a 1955 Ford. I hope when you drive by the farm and see our truck it makes you smile, because it sure does me. A truck that played an important part in the building of our family’s home, and hauling hay on the farm, earned a prominent location in the front yard!