Lifestyle Creep

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Some point in everyone's life they start to experience lifestyle creep. Brandon and I have fought off lifestyle creep with frying pans, rakes  and vengeance for as long as we can remember. But alas, we have succumbed and have joined the ranks of Americans and have acquired a second pickup truck. 

A brand new building is not complete without a new shiny truck to park in the garage. So I formally introduce to you the brand new to the Rouses the 1991 Super duty Ford F250 Lariat edition plow truck. Better known to us as "Mr. Plow".  With only 35,000 miles on the 5 digit odometer, last titled and registered in 2022, and a stiff price tag of zero dollars ("please get her the fuck out of my field")  she's a real beauty Clark.

This bad boy was brought back to life after spending two years camping out in the middle of the field with an electrical problem that caused the key to stay on. Using the knowledge of his hooligan past Brandon hot wired the truck with a vice grip. He removed several miles of lamp cords some of which wired the plow system, others were just in there loitering. The plow itself was barely hanging on to the front of the truck with seized up broken brackets. Brandon would like you to know the plow was very heavy and he and Pat were very manly and lifting it into the other truck by themselves. 

We were able to drive it home after spending only a beers worth of time in said field. 


Since then Brandon has also procured two free welders, one which also didn't work and has welded the plow back together. Using witchcraft, some switches from AceHardware and some miscilanious wire from his wirebox the truck runs. 

It has been one hell of a winter with a total accumulation of about 6 inches of snow. As I write this it is 42 degrees, but Brandon is out there . In the elements. Feverisly plowing anything and everything he can find.  Dedicated not only to his family, but his community and neighbors. 







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