Eld exemption for livestock and agricultural commodities extended to June 18

Yea I learned to drive with my dad he could sleep with me driving me I can't sleep in a moving vehicle

 

And, I thought we were in control of ourselves, but seems we are the one being rounded up and put in a feedlot

 

Well, trucking isn’t for everyone.
Elogs will separate the cupcakes from the rest of us

 

@tucker,

Livestock is a completely different style of trucking. A majority of people aren’t cut out for it, as you have to live load and unload in the dark late at night, then be mindful of not dropping any of them by the way you shift, brake, and handle curves.

It also isn’t long run after long run. It’s short runs and sales in the first of the week, then head west at the end of the week. If you had a second driver, they would need to be part time if you had one truck. If you have a 800-900 mile run, you can’t run 750 miles and stop in the heat for 10 hours unless your customer wants dead or dehydrated livestock. That money comes out of your pocket.

I am not sure what the answer is, except for a different set of HOS for them. Then again, that’s not fair for the rest of the industry. Only other thing you could do is convince the ranchers to move their ranches within 11 hours of all the sale barns they buy from.

 

Let them run 140 mph so they can get there before the clock runs out.

If it really were about safety they would of rammed it down their throats just like they did the rest of us. OR give us all an exemption.

 

This all you needed

 

It's the same argument
Bull hauler sits at sale barn eating up his time. "Nature of the business". Reefer sits waiting to load and unload. We make same argument....nature of the business. But we can go to hell. "Plan better."

I'm just saying do the screwing all the way around. Or don't do it at all.

 

In the end I don't really care. As long as the rules are applied evenly all I have to do is be a little better than my competition. Which is proving to be very easy. So either way.... It's all good. I've no interest in switching away from the reefer side. There's a part of me that enjoys hearing people complain about trivial issues.... entertainment for a sick human being? Perhaps.

 

Yea and hopper bottoms sit in grain lines, bout the only trucking I've seen where you don't sit in lines all the time is flatbedding but even that has some nice wait times

 

Isn't the free market supposed to sort this out? Humans don't need to eat meat to get the required nutrients and amino acids.