Bouma Truck Sales

Neal Bouma grew up on the family farm east of Conrad, Montana. He has seven siblings. He was involved in custom grain hauling whenever the farm work was done. He then started hauling grain to Lewiston, Idaho in 1978. Neal moved to Choteau in 1978 and built a new shop to repair his own trucks. By 1980, he was running 5 trucks. By 1982 he decided to sell all of his trucks and trailers as there seemed to be a demand for the farmers and ranchers to start running large trucks of their own.

In August, 1982, Bouma Wholesale was founded and started buying and selling used trucks and trailers, along with doing custom mechanic work and repairs.

A new office was built in 1989 and added onto in 1995. The parts building was added in 1986. The main repair shop and parts building burned down in December 1992, and by October of the next year, a new and much larger shop and parts facility was built.

In 1997, Neal changed their company name from Bouma Wholesale to Bouma Truck Sales. By the year 2000, they were employing almost 25 people including salesmen, bookkeepers, welders, mechanics, partsmen, bodymen, wash and detail persons.

Bouma Truck Sales opened their Great Falls, MT location in 2004. Selling and servicing mostly "Yellow Iron" (construction equipment) and some trucks and trailers.

Bouma Truck Sales now covers 35 acres and sells about 500 pieces of equipment per year to places as far away as Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Colombia and Saudi Arabia.

In July of 2021, Neal's cousin Chris Arnold, a native of Choteau, MT, and wife Wendy purchased Bouma Truck Sales with the same commitment to deliver a great customer experience with the Sales, Service, and Rentals of Trucks, Trailers and Construction equipment.