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It’s a Long Walk When the Brakes Fail

January 30th, 2015 · 2 Comments · rural life

Most winter mornings begin very much the same: start the truck, scrape snow and frost off the truck, drive daughter to the bottom of the driveway in the truck to wait for the school bus. Recently, there was a twist. When I stepped on the brakes, there was hardly anything there. I tried again: My […]

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Have Truck, Will Move Livestock

July 23rd, 2013 · No Comments · farming

There’s a big surprise in store tomorrow and it involves transporting farm animals. Since I don’t have a livestock trailer, I had to find a way to enclose the back of my Ford pickup. It didn’t come with factory railings, so I had to build them. That’s what you see here: posts and railings, plus […]

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