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

Every couple years an IRS agent goes around to all local trucking companies dipping tanks. At least that's what happens here in SW Wyoming

 

They're awesome when they work...They're not when they don't

 

Pretty sure that's how my wife feels about me.

 

Yeah..I shoulda cycled it a few times this summer. It's starting to burn now

 

U are giving me flashbacks to running montana and getting randomly pulled over all the time by mcs patrol just so they can dip my tanks...one dude got so mad because i had the anti siphon guard in there and claimed he couldnt see the color of my fuel... Hey barney lets think this thru, shine ur flashlight in there and tell me what u see! It sure aint cherry flavored.. a level 3 inspection always seemed to follow that nonsense

 

Been while since last time….scale on 20 just east of Vicksburg
Big large an in charge trooper dipped tank..dumped it into another glass container and shook it up
Held it up to sunlight….stared at it awhile
Then said
“You’re #### lucky it ain’t red…I know how you ReeferTom types are”
All I could do not to say
Yup funny wag at couple a gallons of waste oil will do
But uncharacteristically I refrained

 

Not far from the house, a little town called Magness. Only road in and out of that little island down on the river I can’t remember the name of it


Padgett island is name of it

 

seems excessive to me

 

Good Lord

 

What a mess - both pictures