You could have bought all four pickups plus the truck and trailer for less than a new Ford pickup cost now.
Lets see new Ford "Bonus-Built" first F series, I bet you could have bought everything for less than $8k. But thats alot of cash for when you were only making $3k a year.
My dad bought a '50 Ford pickup brand new for right around $1,500. He really wanted a GMC, but they were more like $2,700. He always said a Ford was half the pickup a GMC was, which was ok when it cost half as much, but later when Fords cost as much he said they were still half as much pickup, LOL.