OFI 1358: Replay OFI 920: When You Need A Tool That Doesn’t Exist | Mike Wade | Huckleberry’s Hammers

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Today’s show is a replay of interview I did with a gentleman who saw a need for a product that did not exist, so he invented it. Mike Wade provided a great interview and created a great product. We will revisit this great interview in today’s episode.

Orignial Show Notes:

As part of my journey in agricultural podcasting I have found myself as the editor and producer of the Bulkloads Podcast. The Bulkloads Podcast is part of Bulkloads.com, which is a service for truck drivers hauling bulk freight. Naturally this is related to agriculture with all of the hauling of bulk commodities around the country.

I was recently editing an episode for Bulkloads, and their guest was Mike Wade. Mike grew up on a dairy farm in Northern California and eventually found his way into truck driving. Along the way Mike saw a homemade tool another driver had, and he thought he would like to make one for himself. However, when he designed it he added on other features that he always wanted in a tool that would help him in other ways. Huckleberry’s Hammers were born.

As I listened to Mike’s interview on the Bulkloads Podcast and he described all of the uses for this tool, I couldn’t help thinking about how I could use it around my farm. And then I thought of how other farmers could have several of these spread out around their farm vehicles so they always had the right tool available. It was at that point that I reached out to Mike to have him as a guest on Off-Farm Income as well.

Mike is not a sponsor of my show, and he has not provided me with any free product. But, I was inspired by his story and thought that his tool could really benefit some people. Plus, I wanted to help out a small inventor who was bound and determined to build in America.