Cattle hauling

The best, know cattle. Alot of time you gotta haul ###, but you gotta keep’em on their feet. You gotta check make sure their up. If it’s a long trip, sometimes you might stop after a little bit to check them. If they’re ok, then they’ll ride ok. Watch how hard you turn, how hard you break and downshifts. Don’t get excited, cause they will and that’s just gonna get yourself or stock hurt. Feeders can hurt you but fats and killer cows, can kill you.

 

Spot on there

 

Sorry, I have no intention of hauling cattle, I'm actually looking to get into hauling cryogenics. But out of pure curiousity, what kind of pay does a cattle hauler get? The guys over on the cryo hauler thread mention $100k‐150k/yr as solo drivers for hauling cryogenics. And from what I gathered from that thread it's like 55-65hrs/wk...not a lot of driving, but a lot of loading/unloading product.

 

Last job I had was hauling mail with 10 Roads Express between Denver, CO/Wamsutter, WY. It was $40/hr but super low hours per week...only 40hrs/week but with the truck governed at 71mph was 35hrs a week (still paid 40hrs though).