Starting to get the hang of this, my body is adjusting to this style of running well. I've met a lot of fantastic drivers who have been teaching me a lot.
So far I am loving running my own truck. I have never had this much freedom in any other job. My truck is running great, things are good at home, I am just a happy guy right now.
Loading bison tomorrow, so that will be a new experience. Thank god I don't pay maintenance on the trailer, I've heard bison tear them up pretty bad.
New bullhauler looking for advice
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Milktanker, Jul 19, 2014.
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This is what worked the best for me also, keep them moving, never yell at them, whistle and say hep, hep. They would just jog right on into the trailer. I used a fiberglass pole that was about 8' long, got it from a farm store, its originally made for training horses, nice light taps on the back of a cow, and the occasional poke in the hind quarter and they would almost always keep moving and rarely ever kick. A buzzer always seemed to piss them off and make them do everything but what I wanted them to do, like Dog said above, the only time I used a buzzer was to get one up that was down in the trailer.
If you ever get the misfortune of hauling a load of hogs, a buzzer is your best friend.Milktanker and BullJockey Thank this. -
wore out Thanks this.
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Had my first breakdown with my truck. Luckily I had just unloaded and walked to the front of the truck to find a nice puddle of coolant. Dumped a few gallons of water into the radiator and limped it to the closest shop 5 miles away. The radiator got a nice big crack. So $1300 later I am driving the truck out of the shop.
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Pretty serious buzz kill there.
Any idea why she cracked? I have been quite creative in order to get the truck home for most repairs. It seems that most people think trucker money grows on trees. AND, when I do pay someone else, I usually end up doing it all over again. -
Not sure why it cracked. Just old. I've got 985,000 miles on it now. I probably could have done it myself, I have all the tools I would need. But doing a radiator would be a major pain in the neck. Oh well, that's why I keep a big maintenance fund
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so the old adage is true.
Idle hands ARE the devils playground.
edit to add obviously this is really in reference to the pic of the pup.
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