Truck Urns

A truck is often bought to be useful, but over time, it becomes a part of a person's identity. It is the vehicle neighbors borrow, the reason someone is present at every move or every trip to the dump, and the first thing grandchildren learn to ride in.

This collection is for the person who was always there when things needed moving. It is for the one who drove for a living, the one who headed off the pavement to go where others would not bother, and the one who hauled a family through decades of life.

The specific type of truck often speaks to a way of life. A work truck represents a livelihood, while a wrecker signifies being the person others are relieved to see on their hardest nights. A vehicle built for mud and rock shows a desire to reach places others avoid, and a family hauler carries the weight of growing years, from car seats to hockey bags to boxes for a first apartment.

You might find yourself remembering them through these specific roles. You might picture them behind the wheel of a classic stepside or an offroad truck, or perhaps in the SUV that carried your family through twenty years of memories.

The eight designs are engraved into the cast aluminum, featuring several trucks, a classic stepside, an offroad truck, a tow truck, and an SUV. These can be finished in a range of colors or as hand-applied enamel with silver bands.

Families can choose the size that fits their needs, with options for full-size, sharing, or keepsake urns. For a more personalized tribute, we offer the option to have a name and dates engraved into the metal in a two-tone design, so their name and dates become part of the piece.

The factory-built pickup arrived in the 1920s. Dodge offered a three-quarter-ton with a wooden cab and body in 1924, and in 1925 Ford answered with a steel-bodied half-ton built on the Model T. It was sold as the Ford Model T Runabout with Pickup Body, with an adjustable tailgate and heavy-duty rear springs.

Everything on the road since that hauls people and their things at the same time comes out of that one idea: a vehicle you could load. For a family, the design on the urn is the truck the person turned up in, and everything they hauled in it for everyone else.

Source: Wikipedia, Pickup truck

If the person you remember was the one everyone called to move something, the one others were relieved to see on a difficult night, the one who sought out the paths where the pavement ended, or the one who hauled the family for years, then these engraved designs will reflect those specific ways they lived. A friend or a grandchild might recognize the particular vehicle that defined their character. Families often choose these designs because the truck is how they most clearly picture that person, and because so many of their own stories begin with that vehicle turning up in the driveway.

The family sees them in the driver's seat, making their way down a familiar road toward home.

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