Looking for info from bull haulers

I have a friend who got into hauling cows much like described above...he had a truck and made himself available to another guy who had trailers and the work but never seemed to have enough power or people to put under it. By working side by side with those guys he learned how to do everything he needed to do. He recently bought his own trailer and now he pulls that thing more than he does any other kind of trailer.

 

I was born and raised in the silicon valley in CA. All my family works in tech. I moved out here to South Dakota January last year with no livestock experience and nothing but my car. I was pulling a cattle pot in a month. Bought my first truck 6 months in. Got my authority 6 months after that and upgraded to a flat top w9 shortly after that.

You can succeed in this dream if your capable of the work and want it bad enough. I'm hesitant to help too much because if one is not motivated enough to start beatin down doors to get that first shot they definitely wont have what it takes to move 50k+ lbs of cattle 1000+ miles safely and efficiently.

 

If it comes too easy, it goes the same.

 

You might look at. Livestocknetwork

 

You should be able to. Only need 5 post i think.

 

If you can find a small O/O or farmer willing to show you the ropes, take advantage of that. That's how I got my start.
My first trip was pulling an empty trailer back to the farm. I rode with a friend about 70 miles the first time. He told me a lot of do's and don'ts and why he was driving the way he was. I sat there and took it in. I also concentrated on how the truck handled on curves, hills, how I could feel the cows move in the trailer, what happened when they moved, etc. We got unloaded in the pasture and he said "The only way you're gonna learn is to get in and do it. Keep it off the curbs."
We went back and loaded a second load and he said "You're driving." The next day he turned me loose in the other truck and we started doing fat cows. We ran together for quite some time, so I always had help when unforseen things would come up, and they did.
Best of luck in your endeavors.