Beef Corp

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa.dot.gov/files/docs/Administrative_Ruling_119.pdf

Yes pigs and cattle are exempt unless being used for special uses.

Ordinary
- i.e. all cattle, swine, sheep,
goats, horses, and mules, except such as
are chiefly valuable for breeding,
racing, show purposes, and other
special uses – Exempt – Law

 

Their is many wannabes and has beens doing what we do. People see the shiny fast trucks and are drawn to it, but that's not enough to keep you running when the times get hard and they do.

You have to risk life and limb to get this job done right and no amount of money is worth that. It's gotta be something you love. If you don't do this job right animals die and you pay for it so you can't make money doing it wrong.

It's not like hauling anything else where you show up a couple hours late and they ##### but life goes on. If you show up with dead cattle your likely going to be paying for them unless they're kill cattle and you've made prior arrangements. It's gotta be in your heart or you won't make it. In my experience the most Gung ho guys who talk the most do the worst (not saying your one of them just speaking generally). I suspect they are trying to convince everyone they can do it because they know they can't.

I'd recommend starting out for at least 6 months as a CO. driver and then if your still in it go O/O and make the big bucks.

So many flunk out of this type of hauling most every company is desperate for a good hand. If you want an opportunity it won't be too hard to find regardless of your past/experience.

 

Best of luck to you. Let me know if you have any more questions. I'm always eager to get promising new hands a chance. God knows this industry needs em.

 

You should go over to www.livestocknetwork.com and ask there. It's the same as this only for bullracks. Beef Corp is owned by a Feedlot company I believe. It's better off to drive for someone first, that's what I did. Always had a large car that could run.

 

You could check out Parks Livestock out of Illinois. They go out east a lot.

 

The dedicated stuff that Hogan is advertising might not be all bad for getting your feet wet. Use them to get your feet wet and move on to a better job with a little experience and your TQA card. Otherwise it's likely you'll be throw to the wolves without much training and be expected to run 1200 miles a day. @ramblingman said it, you can't do this job just to chase money. Your heart has to be in it. You have to have the animal's best interest in mind.