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Post by jlmissouri on Sept 6, 2015 23:25:11 GMT -5
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zephyrhillsusan
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Post by zephyrhillsusan on Sept 7, 2015 8:34:15 GMT -5
That's great, jlmissouri! We've done it with pigs in a crate made of pallets, but haven't done it with cattle yet. We did do this, though . . . I guess you might be a redneck if you've ever taken your calf for a ride in the truck.
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Post by jlmissouri on Sept 7, 2015 11:10:54 GMT -5
That's pretty good zephyrhillsusan, never had one in the cab.
I sure did get a lot of gauwkers when I went through St. Louis with that load. Lots of slowing down and double takes.
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Post by legendrockranch on Sept 7, 2015 16:53:03 GMT -5
I just have to ask, how in the heck did you get the bull in the bed of your truck? While I do have a loading ramp here, unless your take off the tailgate it would be difficult to get an animal in. That boy looks a little big to be picking up. Barb
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Post by zephyrhillsusan on Sept 8, 2015 12:32:39 GMT -5
legendrockranch, I can't answer for jlmissouri, but when we carried our pigs in our truck, Herb and the guy who sold them to us lifted them in and shoved them into the pallet crate. However, when we got home to unload them, we backed up to the bottom of a hill in their new pasture home. It was perfect, because the open tailgate allowed them to walk right out onto the slope of the hill. Luckily--because the one pig was so terrified she just laid flat out on the bottom of the truck and would not get up for anything! So Herb grabbed her hind legs and dragged her out. He would never have been able to lift her out and down by himself!
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Post by jlmissouri on Sept 9, 2015 21:57:11 GMT -5
Well I got that bull calf from TN and underestimated its size. I had picked up heifer calves of the same age before, but didn't expect the size difference. If I hadn't driven several hundred miles to pick him up etc etc I wouldn't have done it, and hope to never have to do it again.
The people I bought him from had a loading dock, so I just backed up to load. When I got home I just opened the back door for the wood cattle rack and dropped the tailgate and he jumped down. He is a great bull who is very mild mannered, but he did laugh at my two point halter for the trip home, ripping the hooks off like nothing when he decided he had enough. He was too big to be transported that way, but I needed a bull and he was exactly what I was looking for.
Luckily I now have a stock trailer for my growing herd.
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