Muck Boots 'n' Slickers - Life of a Livestock Hauler

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I see @kwswan answered. It has been reopened for awhile. However, just recently there have been a few days where they reduced down to one lane on the west bound side for further inspection.

We live close enough that I can hear throaty truck exhaust and hear traffic as it rolls across the expansion joints on the I-40 bridge.

 

Joplin for tomorrow’s sale.

 

Gotcha.
Even though I seldom did it, I always enjoyed hauling in or out of a sale barn. Talking with the hands waiting to load was a great educational opportunity. I mostly loaded out of the order buyers place or out of the pasture. Loading Brahma mix out of the swamp land was wild.

Hilliard Brothers used jeeps with push bars all the way around the vehicle to help move the cattle up to the pens. Seen an old bull hook an empty jeep under the bar and flip it over.

 

These is tiger striped swamp cattle. Hearty as hell but hooky lmao. They ain’t having it

 

Tough cattle, soft feet.

 

A feedlot just down the road from me tried feeding a pen full of those Swampers.. me and a friend hauled them.up here .. I kinda knew what I was getting into he didn,'t ...lol
Anyhow their had problems keeping them healthy.. but they only tried feeding them once.. those calves weren't so cheap after they tore up every sorting pen they had and paid the doctoring bill ..lol

 

I wonder if hauling hanging meat is still a thing? Probably in boxes or crates now I bet.

 

This dang driver said he was stopping at Burger King in front of the cows.