Looking for info from bull haulers

I remember when I was about 8 years old. My brother was 13. Together we worked for a couple of days to build a contraption to pull behind our one seater go-cart. Basically what it was, was 2 bycycle wheels on a frame and some plastic chair mounted in between those. We could hook it to the back of the go-cart and one of us ride while the other drove.

It seemed like a good idea at the time. We built the thing out of scrap lumber and the first time my brother sat in it to test it out the wheels folded inward from the weight. My grandfather thought that was really funny. So he gets to work with us helping, but mostly watching, and fabricates one just like what we had only he made it out of scrap steel with his bandsaw, cutting torch, and welder.

And boy did it ever turn out cool. We even rattle canned it with some fire engine red to match the go-cart. Now on the maiden voyage my brother told me to hop on that he would drive... And what was the first thing he did? He found the biggest, freshest, greenest, steaming pile of cow #### he could find... put the go cart wheel in it... and done a really good spin out with me in that back seat...

This all happened kind of fast. Of course I knew my brother and shouldn't have been surprised. The funny thing is we spent the better part of a week on this project. My brother that rascal always had such ideas lol. And that 2 wheeler extra seat behind the go-cart, well that maiden voyage was the only time anyone ever rode in it. I never did care for cow manure and probably wouldn't make much of a bull hauler

 

I shoveled out enough cattle pots when I was a kid to last me a lifetime .

 

I thought the procedure was more like:
1. insert garden hose
2. drink beverage of choice.
3. open traps
4. drink one more beverage.
5. rinse and repeat as necessary

 

I like that idea ! Except I wasn't allowed to drink beer when I was 12 .

 

The last washout I had on mine was 125.00. To be fair it was froze. New guy done it, guy training him said most important thing to remember is keep your mouth closed while the hose is on. IDK what that was all about lmao

 

You can do it if you really want to. I've been hauling cows for close to 2 years. Location really hurts you obviously.


There are a lot of cattle haulers without livestock expierence but I wouldn't suggest it. You can get hurt badly!! It was an easy fit for me I had been around cows all my life and dayworked on ranches in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

If you are serious about it and have questions feel free to pm me and I will help all I can.

It's a small community and you would be best to get with some people with a good reputation. Be careful some will use you up and make an old man out of you quick!!! Be prepared to run but it's not bad as long as you keep the door shut and run when you are loaded and don't be hanging around screwing off, when you get a minute sleep!!!

Good luck!!

 

Another piece of advice you could use right now is read about cattle handling and behavior. Cattle are pretty consistent in how they react when you place yourself in different positions and how you walk and where you stand. It may sound funny to you, you don't want to be the guy standing in front of the cows yelling trying to load them. Work cattle as quietly as possible and learn how cattle react to you from your positioning. You can read about behavior and it will help you have a better understanding when working cattle. Nothing replaces hands on expierence but there are things you can do now to help yourself down the road if you really want to do this. There will be times in the middle of the night you will be by yourself loading crazy cows or bulls and you really need to be very careful. A man I know the other day got hurt when a 5 weight calve kicked the gate in the top nose as he was closing and it broke his nose eye socket and finger was sticking out of the skin!!!


And why do you want to do this?
Like stated before I hope it's not for hoods and fast trucks......I do this because cattle and ranching are a way of life for us. If you want to expierence it I say go for it......but please don't see the cool trucks and think it's all about good looking trucks because there is a lot more to it than that. Not trying to discourage you or scare you just trying to inform you...... good luck

 

If it something that you have a passion for I say go for it!!!

 

What about dairy cows? There's a lot of dairy farms in the North East