BoumATrucks.com
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Bouma Truck Sales - Kenworth, Peterbilt, Freightliner, International, Volvo, Sterling, Chevy, Ford, GMC and others
Description
Jim and Neal Bouma grew up on the family farm east of Conrad, Montana. They were involved in custom grain hauling whenever the farm work was done. They then started hauling grain to Lewiston, Idaho in 1977. Both Neal and Jim moved to Choteau in 1978 and built a new shop to repair their own trucks. By 1980, they were running 9 trucks. By 1982 they decided to sell all of their trucks and trailers as there seemed to be a demand for the farmers and ranchers to start running large trucks of their own.
In August, 1982, Jim and Neal founded a company called Bouma Wholesale and started buying and selling mechanic work and repairs, answered their own phones and did all their own paperwork. Within a few months, Jim and Neal were forced to hire a secretary and then a mechanic.
A new office was built in 1989 and added onto in 1995. The parts building was added in 1986. The main repair shop and parts building burned down in December 1992, and by October of the next year, a new and much larger shop and parts facility was built.
