Oh, goodness, everyone wants something for free...

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by bullhaulerswife, Aug 18, 2007.

  1. bullhaulerswife

    bullhaulerswife Forum Leader/Admin Staff Member Administrator

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    Hubby had a load from OK to NE, going to kill. 42 head of fats. He gets there and all of them are standing. The company has no room for the load, so they stay on the trailer for 6 more hours, till they can clear room for them. In the process, upper 90 degree weather takes its toll on two of them.

    Note from company on BIL, $0 paid for shipping due to two dead fats! WTH??? They were all alive when he got there, the heat and stress from being on the truck, NOT MOVING to keep them cool, was what killed them.

    Anybody else have these kinds of problems with live loads?
     
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  3. 25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    So they are making the driver responsible? :biggrin_2555:
     
  4. bullhaulerswife

    bullhaulerswife Forum Leader/Admin Staff Member Administrator

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    Yup, we ate that load and the fuel! What a crock, huh? I doubt that he will be hauling any more loads to that facility. Darn shame too, because its only a few miles from home.

    Oh yeah, and we paid $25/ each to have them removed from the trailer at another rendering plant.
     
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    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I guess when I reread your post it occurred to me that is what you said. I haul poultry and sometimes they are alive when they get to them and other times some are not, but there are other reasons. Were the cattle too crowded on the trailer? I would demand a postmortem exam as to what killed two of them. I expect from raising cattle for years that the dead animals were probably scarred in the lungs from pneumonia and that is what killed them, diseased animals don't stand the heat very well.

    If they were all alive and 'up' on arrival, then the receiver should stand the death loss if no exam was done to find the cause.
     
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    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I used to raise cattle and milk cows, I know about loss. Guess you have to call this a learning experience.
     
  7. bullhaulerswife

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    Yeah, thats my thought too. Next time he will write on the BIL that he was made to wait x amount of hours to unload, and that all were healthy on arrival. Expensive lesson.
     
  8. tjgosurf

    tjgosurf <strong>New Driver Helper</strong>

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    This is a question I have always wanted to know. Last winter whenever they had snow storms, after the storms I would see dump trailers bringing frozen cows into the plant. While I know meat is meat, but do they use those? And what happens if the cows freeze to death on the way over?
     
  9. Burky

    Burky Road Train Member

    The standards for pet food meats are somewhat less restrictive than those for human consumption. Down cows are often used for animal feeds. Of course, if no one is looking closely, human cuts of beef pay much better......
     
  10. tjgosurf

    tjgosurf <strong>New Driver Helper</strong>

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    This wasnt a pet food plant. I would be more inclined to eat a cow that froze to death than one that died from heat exhaustion.
     
  11. poppy

    poppy "I Love that Cushaw Pie"

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    it might be a long shot but if they came from a sale barn, their insurance may cover it. tr i have heard of them knocking off for the dead ones but not for the freight.tr
     
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