F-150 easily hauls what might be the biggest Halloween pumpkin that we have ever seen.
Halloween is only a few weeks away, so in the coming days, the odds are good that many Ford F-150owners will take their truck to a nearby farm to pick up pumpkins. In most of those cases, the Ford owners will load a few pumpkins into the cab of their truck so that they don’t get to rolling around the bed, but John Harnica of Harnica Kids Pumpkin Farm in Michigan doesn’t need to worry about that.
The video above comes to us from the Hills Ford YouTube channel and it is a unique commercial for the 2015 Ford F-150 that includes one of the biggest pumpkins we have ever seen; weighing 1,200 pounds and being too big to roll around the bed. Hills Ford is located in the United Kingdom, so it is a bit odd that they showcased a commercial featuring a Michigan pumpkin farmer, but it is still an interesting piece as we head into the Halloween season.
Growing World Class Pumpkins
In the video above, John Harnica talks about his hobby of growing massive pumpkins, showing us the 1,200-pound beauty that he grew back in 2014. Harnica planted the special seed that grew into this pumpkin in April of that year, and over the course of six months, a combination of knowledge, luck and help from Mother Nature led to the beastly gourd in the video.
Of course, once the massive pumpkin is ripe, Harnica has to move it and to do that, he starts with a tractor fitted with some tow straps for a car. He carefully lifts the huge pumpkin into the bed of his 2015 Ford F-150, which has no issue hauling the 1,200-pound fruit. In fact, the pumpkin is so big that is practically fills the entire bed, leaving just small gaps in front of and behind the prized gourd.
Heading to Market
In addition to the pleasure that Harnica gets from growing a world class pumpkin, taking it to market can be just as much fun. When driving his F-150 along his local Michigan roads, other motorists ride alongside him, taking pictures and giving a thumbs-up at the site of the massive gourd in the bed.
If you are one of the rare homeowners who celebrates Halloween with a massive pumpkin like the one grown by Harnica Kids Pumpkin Farm in Michigan, a new F-150 will comfortably carry it from the farm to your home, but once there, you are going to need machinery or a bunch of strong people to lift it out of the truck.
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