Do you like old trucks? Let me tell you about two Ford F-series pickups I’ve owned since 1986 – a 1968 F250 and his current truck, a 1990 F150 pickup. See the kind of work I’ve done with these trucks over the years building my stone house, developing my modern homestead property, and working with stone and wood.
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