#10 They have a range of about 20 miles before they overheat, break down and 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 to long to start and the smoke coming up through the rusted-out floorbaord 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 large round bale in the back makes it hard to see if your 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 years worth of maintenance, u-joints, $3,000 in body work, tail lights and a windshield.
#1 Its hard to commit a crime with everyone waving at you!!!!!

:-D

That is co cute!! (And true!! :lol: :lol: :lol: )

Made me giggle. Thanks. You don't know how many of those trucks I see around this town. I call them all relatives of Mator from Cars.

we live in the pickup capital of the world - right ahead of SUVs and 4 wheelers

I can add another to the list:
The truck is so covered in red dirt you can't tell what color it is...

I'm sending this to my Dad. He doesn't have a farm truck, but he has a "jack of all trades" truck. :)

I had a car that resembled this LOL
It belonged to a body mechanic, and it was 5 different colors :roll: but it did run well... No mistaking that it was ME driving down the road :lol::lol::lol:
My friend's dad had a farm truck just like that... he was determined to drive it til it died!!! He wanted to get his "moneys worth" out of it :wink: We hated it when he volunteered to drive us anywhere... the fumes made your eyes water!!!!

We have one too, and its too ugly for someone to steal!

:lol: :lol: :lol: We have one of these :roll:
Sometimes I have to drive it, and follow DH down the road on the tractor, so embarrassing :lol: :lol: The only thing we have that is older than the truck is the tractor :shock:

Sooooo true

This is my laugh of the day and walk down memory lane.
Oh, if I could only climb up in that raggedy old truck just one more time.

This is my laugh of the day and walk down memory lane.
Oh, if I could only climb up in that raggedy old truck just one more time.

hey- I resemble that remark- we have 1- a 1961 Scout truck. So beat up, but purrs like a kitten. It is all one color- red, but various shades- depends on the paint can used. :)

hubby wanted to put it on the road this past winter- I swore I'd divorce him, I'd be so embarrassed! It is a workhorse though! isn't it funny the things you read on this board......

too funny

My dad had a couple of pickups like that, the one I remember most was the one that the doors did not stay closed and it was a shift on the floor. We had to bunge cord the doors and not sit near the edge of the seat going around a corner.
We also owned a truck like that, we took it uptown one day, and as I was stepping to get out from the passenger side my left foot went thru the floor and my right foot was trying to reach the ground outside the door. It was hard to get my leg out without getting cut on the metal and we were laughing so hard we couldn't quite use our brains to figure it out. The kids had to get dad so he could help get mom out of the floor of the pickup.

Oh Denise--I was laughing when I read the Top 10 because I thought someone had seen our farm truck. Now I can't quit after reading your "experience"--giving both posts to the guys-they will ROL too! Happy spring--corn and beans in the ground and hay cutting tomorrow and chopping the next day. G

My son owned an ugly little brown 1977 Ford Pinto. He paid 100 dollars for this tin can. There were many times he wished someone would steal it. He would go to the mall and leave the keys in it. And be disappointed to see it still there waiting for him. Finally, as luck would have it, a rock hauler cut him off and sent him into a concrete barrier. The insurance company totaled the thing......he was so happy!!....lol

When I was in the second grade, my brother bought an old pickup with wood panels on the side. When we stopped at a stop light, the engine fell out.

I ran home I was so embarrassed!

Barb, I LOVE Scouts. My boyfriend is a mechanic, and he works on one for a guy, a 77, I think, and it runs SO good! I always thought it was neat looking, dont see many around anymore!

I had one of them too! A 1969 F150 tank that you had to shoo the goat off to go anywhere! There must be something in that old red paint that holds them together, because the rust wasn't!

I remember driving home from a livestock auction, loaded with turkey poults, and hanging a flashlight out the window when the lights decided not to work any more. We ended up selling it a yard sale.

So funny. Thanks for the laugh.

LOL

Great! There are a few around here very similar to that as well :lol:

I think you described our farm truck, only #11 should be that no one would steal it because you can hear it coming down the road, no working muffler.

Mary

My first car was a 1976 Chevette. The floorboards were known for rotting out. I noticed because the carpet was hanging down where you could see it under the car. My brother rivetted a cookie sheet on one side and a door panel on the other. Worked great for years.

I loved that car- had it 9 years. Hubby made me sell it. :(

thanks