I am looking into getting into cattle hauling.

Rafter CS · Dec 7, 2020

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I grew up in a suburb about an hour south of San Francisco. I'm a 4th generation rancher by blood, but my family lost the ranch before I was born and I grew up in the big city. Never saw a cow up close until I started hauling em. I always was fascinated by ranching though and the more I learn about it the more I love it. I'm considering a career in ranching when I'm done bull hauling full time (likely when the E-log mandate occurs).

I've been doing it for a little bit now and I love it, but I'm a little crazy and I get off on the rush of it. When a cow turns on ya inside the trailer and tries to run your ### over that adrenaline rush is hard to match. Their is nothing here to keep you safe, but your own merit and i love that. I had one turn on me and try running back down the chute as I was loading the belly a couple days ago and I never knew I could jump over a 6' wall so #### fast LOL.

our trucks our fast as hell. Mine will run well into the triple digits and shes not too bad to look at either, but the money over here isn't worth #### and the shiny truck doesn't count for much when your at the end of a 1700 mile run just looking forward to a nap. If you don't do it for the love of it then your better off not doing it all. You can't half ### this when your having an off day. They'll run your ### over just the same as any day. Failure to succeed here IS a matter of life or death.

Getting into the industry with no experience will be extremely difficult, but as the old hands die off and retire and few of us young guns have any interest in this work their is an extreme shortage of proficient bull haulers. If you convince a man you could be one of those proficient bull haulers you'll get an in... eventually.

I got at least 20+ no's before I got one yes and I moved 2,000 miles from California to the heart of cattle country in South Dakota. I'm also 22 yrs old though so insurance was a bigger problem than anything. Many of them told me they thought I'd make a great hand, but their insurance company wouldn't let them hire me.

I asked the man I'm working for now why he hired a dumb kid from CA to run a bull rack long haul and he told me he thought I'd be a good hand. I told him in our talk "I like a challenge" and those words seemed to really stand out to him. He told me I got the job for you then and the rest is history .
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I know that I am very late to this... but hat being said I am kind of in the same boat... I’ve been around cattle my whole life, help my dad run his cow calf operation and on Fridays, I work the sale barn. I’ve always been fascinated with cattle, but especially hauling cattle. I’m currently 18 and I am looking for a livestock hauling job. But I can’t seem to find any at all. I am fresh out of school working on my cdl and have no experience in the trucking industry. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

AKDoug · Dec 7, 2020

Rafter CS said: ↑

I know that I am very late to this... but hat being said I am kind of in the same boat... I’ve been around cattle my whole life, help my dad run his cow calf operation and on Fridays, I work the sale barn. I’ve always been fascinated with cattle, but especially hauling cattle. I’m currently 18 and I am looking for a livestock hauling job. But I can’t seem to find any at all. I am fresh out of school working on my cdl and have no experience in the trucking industry. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Start talking to the guys that are hauling for your dad's operation and the guys hauling to the sale barn. They should be able to give you some pointers. I know with my operation I was not able to hire anyone to drive until they were 21, even my own son. There may be ways around this with agriculture, but not with most other freight operations. First step is to get that CDL done.

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