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Old Pickup Becomes Farm Monument
Jim Loudon put more than 160,000 miles on his 1986 Chevy S-10 4-WD pickup be-fore it finally wore out.
The Sceptre, Sask., rancher knew the pickup didn't have much resale value. So instead of giving it away, he decided to turn it into a giant corner post on a pasture south of his homestead. In the process he crea
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Old Pickup Becomes Farm Monument AG WORLD Ag World 20-1-20 Jim Loudon put more than 160,000 miles on his 1986 Chevy S-10 4-WD pickup be-fore it finally wore out.
The Sceptre, Sask., rancher knew the pickup didn't have much resale value. So instead of giving it away, he decided to turn it into a giant corner post on a pasture south of his homestead. In the process he created a memorable, eye-catching farm monument.
He dug a 4-ft. deep hole and backed the pickup into it, then used a front-end loader to raise the pickup straight up. Then he back-filled the hole and tied the fence wire onto the driveshaft. He also painted "Loudon Ranch" on top of the cab which is visible to passersby on a nearby gravel road.
"It doubles as a fence-tightener. I just crank the starter a couple times to tighten the fence wire," jokes Loudon, who actually removed the battery from the truck be-fore burying it. "People drive from miles away to see it. It was a good truck in its day and had a lot of hard miles on it. It chased a lot of cows and moved a lot of snow. The drive train was still good when I retired it, but the body was beat up."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Loudon, Box 125, Sceptre, Sask., Canada S0N 2H0 (ph 306 673-2643).
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