Unique truck on display at event in Liquid Feed Day in Alma

Liquid Feeds International (LFI) of Innerkip has been providing molasses-based liquid feed supplements to the dairy, beef, goat, sheep and feed mill industries for over 30 years.

On March 15, the company hosted a liquid feed day at the Alma Community Centre.

On display during the event was the company’s new  liquid feed truck. The original truck, driven by 20-year LFI employee Ian Moore, was involved in a head-on collision in June. The driver of the other vehicle had fallen asleep at the wheel and sustained broken bones. In an unsuccessful attempt to avoid the collision, Moore  and the truck landed on the roof of its cab in a nearby field. Moore was uninjured but the feed truck was a write-off.

LFI took this opportunity to design what officials call a new state-of-the-art truck that would serve customers’ needs more efficiently. Truck driver Ian Moore played a major role in the design of the new truck.

“This truck is the first truck in Ontario to have a legal for trade on-board scale. The tank is divided into five compartments and has a 20 metric tonne capacity,” Moore said.

“It took until March 6 of this year to get the new truck on the road.”