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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.
In 1997, Jim and Neal changed their company name
from Bouma Wholesale to Bouma Truck Sales. By the
year 2000, they were employing almost 25 people
including salesmen, bookkeepers, welders, mechanics,
partsmen, bodymen, wash and detail persons.
Bouma Truck Sales opened their second location in
Great Falls, MT, in 2004. This location sells and
services mostly "Yellow Iron" (construction
equipment) and some trucks and trailers. Rentals is
also a large part of their business.
In January of 2005, Jim sold his interest in the
company to his brother Neal.
Bouma Truck Sales now covers 35 acres in 2 locations
and sells about 500 pieces of equipment per year to
places as far away as Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico,
Colombia and Saudi Arabia.
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