Trucks Came Cattle Went

October 21, 2013

Trucks Came Cattle Went

We started loading about 7:30 A.M. The first truck backed up to the loading chute and we loaded calves. That took up three and half trucks then the cows were loaded they took the rest , in total there were eleven trucks. The last load a driver exchanged his trailer in town for an empty and came back for the last load so they wouldn't miss it due to weather. This whole ordeal did not take place without incident, however.
One of the trucks got stuck going over the cattle guard the wrong way and tore out his rear end in his truck. This happened after he just got done watching the first truck have trouble getting over the same cattle guard doing the same trick!( Mind you there was a line of 4 trucks getting ready to do the same route) It took an hour to get him out of the road so the others could pass. Another truck just about got stuck going the right way out of the drive. He miss judged the turn and got his trailer high centered on the turn and tried ram roddin it only to scrap the road up for us, which the boss fixed for us! Thank you!
This whole deal was as I call it Monkey See Monkey Do.
Now mind you I have experience driving truck, commercially for years, so I know what they can and cannot do. It is always in the drivers favor to know where he is driving his rig at all times, so I am not speaking out of turn on this deal. I actually had a great laugh at their expense and took lots of pictures.
When all else failed and the two drivers messed things up, the one driver(the one going the right way) decided to back his load back down to the loading area and turn his rig around and back out of the loading area onto the road. This was a first for my eyes to see as we have had over a hundred trucks in here and never once did I see them back out of here nor get stuck on the cattle guard on the other end. And everybody else did it the same way...it was quite the site!(Monkey See Monkey Do)
And another truck parked to close to one another and had his bumper ripped in half while parked.
Needless to say, this was an expensive trip for a few drivers.
We finished loading 10 trucks by 11:30 A.M. (679 Head) the 11th truck load took the last 41 head which didn't take much time to load at all.
These cows and calves had to travel that day about 5 hours to that sale which happens tomorrow and Wed.
I hope they made it in one piece!!!!
Oh, And the weather did sprinkle a couple times but never slowed things down the rain waited until after every load was out of here! Thank you Lord!
Here is some pics for you to enjoy!