Gary Hill wrote:
I used to hace an anvil decal on the sides of my truck. One day when I was fueling up, one of the local rocket scientists asked me if I was an anvil salesman.

Rick Burten wrote:
I guess if you have ever sold an anvil, they were correct in their assumption.

She thought my decal looked like a toilet seat!

I wouldn't dare have my name and number on my vehicle. Nothing against those of you that do, but i don't want every high school kid in my area prank calling me saying, "hey, I have three horses that need their feet done!"

The surest sign of a sucessful shoeing business...unlisted phone #.

I would probaly get phone calls comenting on my driving more than shoeing requests.
I had the top off my truck for a couple days once with all my suplies and tools out in the open, and was asked about a thousand times if I was a horseshoer. It got so hard not to be rude.
Best sugested reply, a buddy came up with; "I bought the truck with this stuff in it, it's just too heavy to unload"

Bill Adams wrote:
"Here's your sign!" Bill Egval" ( I know I misspelled his last name!)

Back when we were still running coal forges in the truck.
My friend Bob Grover pulled into a gas station with coal smoke billowing out of the top of his truck.
Lady asked him if he was a farrier.
He said "no ma'am, I'm a recent graduate of the Julia Child school of mobil cooking"

Here's your sign.

beslagsmed wrote:
Funny Thing:
Some of you have seen my trailer,
and every one on the road in my area for sure has seen it.
When I moved to my new home (from 2.5 mil pop. To 14,000),
the comment I always got/get is “Oh are you the guy with the trailer”.
Now don’t get me wrong I am really not a flamboyant personality,
but some of the reaction I get is
almost every one in the community waves to me when oncoming in traffic,
including the Mayor, Fire Chief, Newspaper Editor,
Grocery Store Manager, Piano Teacher, Dance Teacher,
As well as The District Home Schooling Supervisor
(Opps, oh yea that’s my wife, Tee Hee),
as well as some of the girls from the A&W.
Once a bridge rebuilding foreman
had his flager pull me over
and the foreman gave me a few bundles of jackhammer chisels
to retip ". . . because you're a blacksmith", well . . .
That was a cool 5-hun into my pocket,
for half a days work, Yea easy money.
I get calls all of the time to shoe or just trim,
“Oh saw you driving down the road and wrote your number down” or
“Oh saw you driving down the road and wrote your number down three years ago”
or my cel will go off while I am driving and they will say
“Look left, yea that’s me, pull over, I want to make an appointment for my Horses”.

And it’s OK, I don’t mind as I don’t punch a clock as a Farrier,
I have the freedom do enjoy roadside chats like that.
I also get calls to do a little black smithin’ on the side.

The Rollin’ Billboard, it works for me.

The signs are 1x pine boards that I used
Then using my overhead projector to get the lettering right,
and then routered the letters for depth.
(makes it easier to paint, and repaint when necessary)

Maybe I'll get them to use them pine boards
as part of my box when they lay me in the ground.
That should keep my name rollin' around the area
for a few extree years after I'm gone. Tee Hee

Old (50+yrs) horse trailer that I over paid 200 for,
ripped the top off, cause it was made into a heavy stock trailer.
While I had it as a deck, I figured, flip it and look at the underside.
Good thing, as I needed to replaced all of the springs and hangers,
and working on it like a bench is superior to laying on ones back,
getting weld spatter in your face, and up your sleeves.
(The old Drop Axles were home made, makes for a lower deck)