The vehicles we haul out of Strathmore
Strathmore is home to around 14,000 people, and it has grown as a bedroom community for people working in Calgary while keeping its farm-service roots. That mix shows up in what we buy. From the newer subdivisions we get commuter cars that have hit a repair bill bigger than their value: a Hyundai Elantra with a seized engine, a Chevrolet Equinox with a failed timing chain, a minivan the family outgrew. From the county roads we collect grain trucks, older F-250s and the odd farm truck that has been parked in the treeline for a decade. Weight matters to our price, so a heavy diesel pickup will always be worth more than a small hatchback, but every vehicle is worth something to us.
Because Strathmore sits on the Western Irrigation District canal system, a fair number of farm vehicles here have spent years parked next to ditches and pivots. That means mud, rust and mice, none of which bother us. It also means the occasional irrigation pump truck or water truck, which we are happy to buy.