From the home office in Dalemead, Alberta, the Top 10 Reasons Farm Trucks are Never Stolen

10. They have a range of about 20 miles before they overheat, break down or run out of gas.

9. Only the owner knows how to operate the door to get in or out.

8. It is difficult to drive fast with all the fence tools, grease rags, ropes, chains, syringes, buckets, boots and loose papers in the cab.

7. It takes too long to start and the smoke coming up through the rusted-out floorboard clouds your vision.

6. The Border Collie on the toolbox looks mean.

5. They're too easy to spot. The description might go something like this: The driver's side door is red, the passenger side door is green, the right front fender is yellow, etc.

4. The multiple levels of haybales in the back make it hard to see if you're being chased. You could use the mirrors if they weren't cracked and covered with duct tape.

3. Top speed is only about 45 mph.

2. Who wants a truck that needs a year's worth of maintenance, u-joints, $3,000 in body work, taillights and windshield.

1. It is hard to commit a crime with everyone waving at you

To be honest, I cannot take credit for writing this. I found it on a neighbor's Facebook home page but it is so true I have to share. My farm truck is a 1987 GMC Sierra that fits this so close it is scary. The GMC has now been relegated to full-time snow plow. It is old and ugly, but it works hard. Hmmm, am I referring to myself or my faithful old 1/2 ton.....
When our hosue was broken into three years ago, the truck was in the driveway with the keys in the ignition. They took jewelry and other stuff but left the truck - 'nuff said.

 

LoL! Describes my ol Dads truck except for the dog. My Dads truck has a Yorkie that will yank your finger nails off if you mess with it.

 

Great list Loved #1...d'oh!

 

Should have added... No matter how good looking the vehicle, no one wants a truck that smells of "feed" and manure.

 

11. Who wants to get caught with a truck owned by someone who also owns a gun and knows how to use it!

 

12. Its probably full of mice

 

It's the manure. Doesn't matter how many them pine tree thingies you throw in there, it still has that "dairy air".

 

the gun dont bother me...
the important part is who wants to get caught with a truck owned by someone who also owns a knife and know how to turn a bull into a steer...

 

No one uses piece of cab trucks around my area like you guys are talking about. I use my 2010 dodge with a 850 Polaris XP in the box when I am dealing with cattle. Add a pair f of overshoes and the truck stays pefectly clean inside.
Oh my neighbor uses a 2011 king ranch superduty

 

Heck I go off on vacation and leave the keys in mine. My neighbors need it all the time!

 

Classic!

 

That bit reminds me of a situation a friend has been telling me about at the lunch table over the last couple days.

He bought two brand-new 5-gallon diesel jugs, brought them and ten gallons of fuel home and poured the fuel in his tractor.

He set the new EMPTY jugs inside the tool-shed.

The next day, on his way to the restaurant for lunch, he went to get the jugs to bring to town and fill them again; alas, they were nowhere to be seen.

So, he was griping all through lunch about some meth-head or other stealing his brand-new jugs.

Then, at lunch today, he said "the funniest thing happened" and went on to tell me that his fuel jugs were sitting right where he had left them and were now brimming-full of fuel, and he has no idea just which one of his neighbors has borrowed his jugs.


It sure don't always work out that way.

 

Get hog tied and then branded "thieve" on your forearm.. Then you get the "kid" problem "solved"

Our farm "fuel truck" is a 89 cummins 4x4 plain jane... for pretty much everything else its what ever truck i own..

 

Bearkiller, I have a auger drill for my tractor that hangs from a shed rafter on a chain. Can't tell ya how many times I have walked by to see the chain empty. In a few days it will be back! It seems to fit all the neighbors tractors as well. I have a small machine shop, just for personal projects, a welding bay and so forth. I also have place out back for scrap metal for projects. My neighbors all come over for some tid bit or nuts and bolts, etc...And I go raid their sweeet spots if I can't find plumming fitting or a nut or bolt now and then. It's just rule of thumb out here. Before you drive into town you raid Whiskers place, don't buy it if it's lying around here, or maybe he can make it! I love my neighbors!

 

convicts from new york city are terrified to escape the rural area prisons due to farmers, both wear the same green clothes so who would know?

farmers do! we carry our guns in plain sight on the back window...
can make you squirm when shaking hands...
can blow stuff up with cow poop....
know which snakes will hurt you...
we know not only the owner of a pick up, but all his kids too......

loved that post!!! had a 1976 chevy 4x4 with the colored doors, dents, hay bales, mice, smoke, ignition cut off switch that you had to know how to get around, vise grips for one door handle,ect... it still ran but the body fell off after the cows surrounded it when the 12 year old (yup) drove to a new pasture with feed. he could drive but didn't know anything about cows LOL
farming is a humbling experience!