FARM TRUCK ANNIVERSARY

Five years ago today, we bought the farm truck!

For those that don't know or are new to the blog, it's a 2006 Chevrolet Colorado work truck model.  No extended cab or anything fancy and extra, it even has the old school handles to "roll down" the windows (young people don't have a clue about that, ha!)

I work in insurance and one of our clients called one day to say they had a truck for sale and asked if we knew anyone who might want it.  It had 224,000 miles on it but was well taken care of (mechanically, a few dents and dings outside and the interior was definitely "lived in", ha).  It was only one owner from 2006 when he bought it.  The price was too good to pass up, $1000...I came home and told 2nd Man about it and he and I looked at each other and said, "yep that could come in handy!"

We bought it, put some new tires on it, took it to a mechanic and had the urgent stuff worked on (surprisingly, not that much was needed) and it joined the family.  We call it "Bill", named after the owner who, sadly, passed away a few months later. 

I've trimmed limbs and bushes and used it to haul it to a compost pile...

I've driven it to the well to get water...

...then driven the water to the plants that needed it.

We used it for boxes and moving supplies.

We moved stuff to storage during construction.

And now we are moving the same stuff back into the new house.

I picked up the plants that we bought at the master gardener sale.  I've also been to garden centers for soil and mulch...

...that I can then just drive around to get the supplies to where I need them. When I was picking up the plants recently, there were people loading wet trees and bushes into the backend of high-end SUV's. We don't have to worry about that now.

We've put about 2000 miles on it in the last five years.

It ain't a looker, that's for sure, but it sure was worth it! I like this picture that I made to look kind of old.  It fits in out here on the farm perfectly.  I tell 2nd Man all the time that this was the best money we ever spent!

We love it. Everyone needs an old truck, ha!