Dummies at Oasis

I just saw this yesterday or I would've said something earlier, but it just amazes me how drivers who have never done it always have a quik opinion on things. I've hauled cattle for several years and done the trailer to trailer deal it stinks but hauling cattle isn't easy as I said earlier, that's why a huge percentage of drivers have never done it. My point was that maybe before you post something learn the facts and if I were wrong about something I would want to know because that's how you learn

 

Personally I dont see all the big deal with all this cow haulin stuff--Im mean cmon--its a COW--they're dummer in dispatchers--even a dispatcher knows to come in outta the rain!
DOnt they?
LMAO

 

You know us characters got to have a little fun out here,throwing in some wise cracks from time to time. With all do respects you guys carry on as you will. Pay none to mine, didn't mean anthing by it, just a joke.
It's actually kinda interesting hearing about the task in the differant lines of work.

 

Yes that it is. I'm sure most don't realize why when a truck goes down under load us cow haulers start getting trucks rounded up to offload. Reason is anything that dies on the trailer comes out of our pay. Its not like freight where insurance companies pay for some of the product. Nope insurance doesn't pay for single heads unless some type of accident occurs that kills them.

So a head laying down then getting trampled comes out of the drivers check. One calf is about the entire profit of a 600 mile trip after load. And yes a lot of cow haulers have nice equipment and pretty trucks, but after fuel we don't make any more than a freight hauler does if we ran the same miles, but we get screwed over just as bad if not worse, you'll learn to watch every check, and document everything.

There will be a 5 gallon bucket of Vaseline with me next time my truck rolls out over my theasco from last week. Oh and if you're pulling somebody else's trailer you'll learn REAL quick your boss will take a ranchers word over yours any day of the week.

 

You're hauling for the wrong people hoss!!

 

Ya sorry to here that exhd, it seem hard not to end up with a loss now and then no matter how hard you try. I can amagine how the breaking is and how pissed you get wene some one cuts you off.

My job gets a little stressful from time to time. Got to worry about getting canned for the most part. Gotta watch out for damage on the high dollar merch. I deliver snug top camper shells.

The clients make it worse they tend to grab them and walk off with it if your not watching.

Say you set somthing aside to get somthing , then you walk to the other side of the truck and start undoing stuff over there,you got to keep an eye on the clients couse they might try to bag on your stuff. Like nothing they"l pick it up and walk off with it, might be trying to help, might be trying to bag on your stuff.

As far as the parts go, you just got make sure each one gets delivered where it got to go.

It can be a hand full at times. Always somthing.

They're these other things we deliver. They're called lids, I don't know if you ever herd of them. They're the covers for the pick up truck beds.

Some times we'll have a hole #### load of them, they're pretty heavy and all of them got to be taken of by hand. A lot of times they-e not even loaded right so you haft to take a few off just to get to the right one. Then reload them.

 

That stuff I was saying that the clients tend to walk off woth are parts doors windows and coil locks and crap. Being it that I'm just a company guy it can put me out of a job if I'm not on top of it.

 

Yea that ain't no ####. WAS hauling for the wrong people now though. My butts hooked to a grain train right now be back Friday night and the phones gonna start lighting up calling people. I've got my leads. Guy I was pulling for will be paid off here this weekend. Funny thing is the more people I talk to that know him or pulled for him the more horror stories I hear.

LESSON LEARNED!!!!

You know anything about broken spoke? Out of KS? couple people recommended them and I got a lead for another guy out of KS that's supposed to treat his drivers right. Just have to see. I can't afford my slat side Barrett yet lol.

 

I'm sure there is on dr.iver that got rawhided by a good company. I have run with some broken spoke guys all seemed pretty content but that was a few years ago not too long though. Good folks usually don't change