We quickly realized, however, that an SUV is not a pickup and cannot substitute for one. Pickup Truck Shutterstockīefore we bought our indispensable pickup, we bought an old Chevy Blazer. If you have recently made the transition to rural living or are considering doing so, here’s my list of essential tools and equipment that will help you get started. For a tool or implement that will be used only a few times, consider renting it-or bartering for its use with a neighbor. Unless you are fabulously wealthy, you can quickly spend more than you can afford on items that don’t get used, occupy valuable storage space, get thrown away or sold at a garage sale for pennies on the dollar. Don’t make the mistake of buying every little thing you see. My dad (a guy who could build anything, from any kind of material-wood, concrete, metal) taught us to treat tools as an important investment, so I’ll offer up his advice: Take your time acquiring your tools and equipment get the best quality you can afford, and they will serve you for years. While we wouldn’t dream of returning to town life, over the years we have acquired a variety of tools and equipment that makes our life on the farm a whole lot easier, including essential tools I believe every small farm should have. But when we moved to the country, we both drove cars that were quite unsuitable for our rutted, two-track driveway that was ¾ miles long, and our entire tool collection consisted of some random hand tools that fit in a plastic fishing tackle box. We quickly acquired livestock and trying our hands at gardening. We rented a log house on 40 acres, with a sub-irrigated pasture. I first moved out of town in 1981 with my husband, Ken Woodard.
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