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North Dakota | While our service truck may have some extra bells & whistles that are probably not neccessary, we're pretty pleased with the functionality of it. We farm about 6,500 acres spread across 3 counties, so a versatile and well equipped service unit is critical to our operation. Our newest piece of machinery is 9 years old and the most vital equipment to our operation is 13-20 years old. So we probably have more repairs to do than other operations of similar size who invest in new machinery, and we do virtually all of our repairs ourselves save for things like rebuilding transmissions and differentials. Because of that, it is important for us to have a well equipped service truck, and a well equipped shop. We've always used our service trucks pretty much year round, for farm work, home beautification, demolition, working on the neighbor's furnace, or what have you. We are pretty happy that we could fit a rather large fuel tank on this truck so that we can retire the 1979 Standard Oil bulk truck that everyone drew straws for to see who had to drive it to the field! Like someone else said in this thread, it's just matter of personal preference. Rather than trading for brand new tractors/combines/sprayers/pick-ups/SUV's every other year, we like to have a practical shop to spend the winter in, and a service truck that is ready and equipped to deal with breakdowns or projects all year round. | |
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