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Looking for info from bull haulers

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by OddballW9, Jan 3, 2017.

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  1. Jan 3, 2017 #1
    OddballW9

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    Hey all. I'm looking for any and all advice I can get as far as gettin into cattle trucking goes. Little background.. Im 21 from New Hampshire and have no experience with livestock. I own my own truck. Most all my driving has been runnin a lowbed movin oversize, pullin a live bottom and a dump trailer. I am very firmly set in the idea of headin west and puttin my rig under a pot. Any advice anyone can offer would be great. If you know of certain companies that would be a good place to start please let me know. Thank you all in advance and safe travels.
     
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  3. Jan 4, 2017 #2
    d o g

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    Welcome to TruckersReport. You've got a tough road ahead of you considering your location and age, but if you want it bad enough you can make it happen. It will likely involve starting out working a salebarn, feedlot, or in the pens for somebody until you get some cattle experience because that is the number one thing you need. It really doesn't matter how good you can drive a truck, without knowing how to handle cattle, you're really going to have a hard time finding anybody reputable that will let you pull a trailer and load you.

    We've had a lot of threads on this topic over the years - too many to even remember all of them. Use the search feature and do a thread search for livestock or cattle. That will give you plenty of reading until some of the cow haulers can get in here to help you. Good luck!
     
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  4. Jan 4, 2017 #3
    d o g

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  5. Jan 4, 2017 #4
    Mark Kling

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    BTW... when you cross the scales you will have to give the cattle commands to move around so the weight is correct...

    :eek::rolleyes:
     
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  7. Jan 4, 2017 #5
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    @wore out might give some pointers on hauling cattle. I think he's done that in the past.
     
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  8. Jan 4, 2017 #6
    OddballW9

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    Appreciate all the info. I think I'd read near every thread about livestock on here before I posted this and the general idea seemed to be startin working at a sale barn. Was real curious as to if there's any companies that would put you runnin with another experienced driver in a way to learn the ways of handling livestock.
     
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    Chinatown

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    National Carriers has a bull hauler division somewhere in Texas.
     
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    Some smaller operations will take certain chances that others won't. Like @d o g said all you have to do is want it. @ramblingman is a young guy like yourself that didn't have family connections like myself but made it happen for himself hopefully he can offer the insight you need.
     
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  11. Jan 4, 2017 #9
    ramblingman

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    Do you have your own authority?
     
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  12. Jan 4, 2017 #10
    OddballW9

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    Yes just waiting to get my numbers from the fmcsa now. I've been driving for a company m-f and have had my truck registered commercially(in state only) and just been taking whatever work I could get whenever I'm free.
     
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