This week's been a goofy one for me. My back has been giving me problems for about 6 weeks now, hasn't been responding much to chiro adjustments, and last Fri night it turned into sciatic pain shooting down my left leg and I could hardly stand it. Went to our doctor Saturday, got a steroid dose pack and some good painkillers, and by Sunday evening felt ok again. Already had made up my mind that I'd take a couple days off. Since my average trip is about 24 miles one way, usually get 6 or 7 loads a day, and I thought getting in and out of the truck that many times is part of the problem. Dad hauled Monday without me, then the outfit that we load directly onto the barges got a barge stuck after the river dropped almost a foot Sunday. So the word was, don't need anything else the rest of the week. So we didn't do much Tuesday or Wednesday. I went and got an MRI Tuesday, and I actually felt better today than I have for probably a month. Must be a combination of the medicine, the rest, and a couple more chiro adjustments. I hauled corn today, dad had to go to a funeral, but I think we're both running again tomorrow.

More than you wanted to know, huh?

The place in Wichita sounds about like ADM at Decatur, IL. I try to avoid it like the plague, but I've been there a few times. If I lived over there, and that was where I had to haul into instead of where I do here, I'd find something else to haul.

Doing that many loads a day wouldn't help your back for sure...If you hurt yourself it is hard to get better. I go to the chiro too and it helps.

About a year ago, for three weeks hauled 8 to 10 loads a day. Made good money but was really hard on the body.

whohooooo got the annual dot inspection today and the old girl passed!!!!!!!!!thank god im out of money and need to get her on the road!!!!!!!

Just stumbled across this thread today, interesting comments! Wheathauler, my son has been hauling grain, mostly for Comark. Live in the Anthony area, his runs have been from around here to Enid, to Wichita to Debruce, sometimes a mill in Ark City, Schuler in Wellington, etc. Last week he did pick up a load of soybean meal in Wichita and took it to a Braums Dairy south of OKC. Kind of slow right now with the grains, so he may haul a few cattle around, until the grain hauling picks up a bit. He helps me on the farm, so we will be picking corn here in about 30 days, so any hauling he will be doing then, will be for me, and I probably don't pay as well!(lol)
coadman

Originally Posted by coadman

Just stumbled across this thread today, interesting comments! Wheathauler, my son has been hauling grain, mostly for Comark. Live in the Anthony area, his runs have been from around here to Enid, to Wichita to Debruce, sometimes a mill in Ark City, Schuler in Wellington, etc. Last week he did pick up a load of soybean meal in Wichita and took it to a Braums Dairy south of OKC. Kind of slow right now with the grains, so he may haul a few cattle around, until the grain hauling picks up a bit. He helps me on the farm, so we will be picking corn here in about 30 days, so any hauling he will be doing then, will be for me, and I probably don't pay as well!(lol)
coadman

Interesting I've never heard of Comark. Doesn't sound like he's doing too bad. Dad's don't have to pay that well, they earned some cheap labor.

Seems like a lot of bull haulers haul grain or vice versa. Actually I know grain haulers that have a lot of bull... don't know whether they've ever hauled them though.

Comark is, a group of elevators went together, strictly for marketing of grain. All the elevators in Harper County belong to it, as well as some in Sumner and Kingman counties. I think the governing body is out of Cheney. They are still there separate entities as far as coops go, they just market their grain together.