Huck Salt Company

Huck Salt Company was started in 1938 by Elmer Huckaby, with just a shovel and a wheelbarrow, Elmer harvested salt. It took him two days to shovel six tons of salt and then took it into town and sold it to IMP Creamery in Fallon. It took one day to unload by hand for $7 per ton. After selling the salt, he decided that a person can make a good living doing this.

Eventually, Elmer decide that he needed to increase production and on a scrap piece of butcher paper he designed a harvester. He took that drawing to Leslie Salt and requested a $2,000 loan to buy the needed items. His loan was approved, to be payable at $0.50 per ton that was sold. With his loan money he bought a World War I Garford truck frame and scrap parts from a cement company and within six weeks the Harvester was built. The harvester picks up one ton of salt per minute and still is functional to this day.

John Huckaby, Elmer’s son, who has been around the business since 5 years old, officially joined him in the business when John was 16 years old. In 1990, John inherited the business after the passing of his father Elmer. Soon after that, John’s three sons joined him at Huck Salt; Tracy, Troy and Tron. Tracy was lost to an unfortunate accident out at the salt flat in 1996. Troy and Tron still work alongside their father and now the grand-kids have begun to join the family business. Tron’s three sons, Kovey, Conner and Kandon are now employees at Huck Salt and are learning the ins and outs of the salt business.

You can also find Huck Salt products at:

Green’s Feed – Reno
Benson Feed – Carson City
Western Nevada Supply – all Nevada locations
Inland Supply – all Nevada locations
Tahoe Supply – Carson City
Kent’s Supply – Fallon
Giomi Hardware – Yerington