Cattle hauling

The worst pig I load come from a wooden floor barn from a certain group of producers a bunch of stubborn mother####er they jump climb growl and a hotshot won't do anything but piss them off more

 

how about a cut worth of old 650 lb. boars? Might be five minutes, might be hour or more.....specially if they jam up the chute.

 

U guys is crazy lol

 

Unfortunately I never had the pleasure of hauling boars but at one of the farms we go to another one of our drivers had 10 pig die on the ramp I was behind him but thankfully load outta another barn there. I don't like going to that group of peoples farms seems like we always have one or two die on the way up (I don't push on those I usually just sit in the trailer there and let them do all the hard work if I'm lucky maybe I won't get sent there no more)

 

If I had two die in the chute, from something other than over crowding, I would refuse the load. Something wrong with that picture.

If they pigpiled and suffocated someone needs to find a new job.

 

I don't know what to do but I know I don't like it but can't say anything cause I be out of a job been talking to other company hopefully I can change job So i don't have to go there anymoee

 

Can you tell me the cause of the ten deaths? Health reasons or handling reasons. What size stock?

 

I think they average about 300 pounds a head truthfully I think it's mostly handling and maybe a little health and it was summer so that might play a roll to but they are getting shipped to a slaughterhouse

 

Ya, they get stressed so easily, and warm weather exacerbates it, so you have to adjust your loading routine: slow, ......calm, ...... few at a time,...... give 'em room. Some drivers just wanted them loaded , now, so they can get back on the road........ Hurry hurry hurry,......but that's not a livestock handler, that's a steering wheel holder.

Dam shame to bring a pig to market weight and have it die in the loading chute. Horrible death, lot of $$$$$$ and effort wasted. Very irresponsible.

Must have been some very long faces over that deal. Totally uncalled for.

 

Well the guys takes them out the pin and runs them still are still there and it that happen 6 or 7 month ago. And I can tell that the people that work for that farm got a little regard to pig health or well being and I seen other thing that im not gonna put out in the open but I don't really know if that is normal behavior or not but my boss and other driver seem unaffected by some thing.
I would rather be by my self and load than to go there
I should add I did not see them load that time but I came after the was done and look at it

And I'm not really in a hurry to load fast i do 2 loads a day and got nothing else to do