Posted on 10/01/2018 7:47:17 AM PDT by Cecily
Steer-ing go out?
89 cows on a semi? They had to be crammed in there like sardines.”””
Most cattle hauling semis are double decker. Cows on both levels. IF you don’t have them somewhat tight, then they can move around too much, and on any kind of turn, they can all sway or move & can cause the center of balance of the rig to go over.
I have hauled horses for over 33 years. 2 horse trailers, 4 horse trailer, 6 horse gooseneck. I never take a corner fast & am careful on tight curves. Horses can shift in the trailer & cause problem in an instant.
Never had a problem. Hope I never do.
I hope Atlanta likes balogna. Pre-tenderized with tasty chunks of asphalt.
All that being said, I nearly hit a cow on the road last night.
Lost: seventy limping, traumatized cows.
YES. Citations should be in order.
Unless it was a load of cute lil milk fed tender cow puppies that are so delicious.
Trucking company attorney: "Boudreaux didn't you tell the officer at the scene that you were fine?"
Boudreaux: "Well let me told you, Me and my favorite cow Betsy..."
Attorney: "Yes or No, did you tell the officer at the scene that you were fine?"
Boudreaux, "Me and my favorite cow Betsy were..."
Attorney: "Judge can you order him to answer the question."
Judge: "Well I'd kind of like to hear about him and his favorite cow Betsy, go ahead Boudreaux."
"It's like dis, me and Betsy were headed home when my truck broke down. I was just letting Betsy out of the truck when this 18 wheeler comes speeding around the corner and runs over both of us. It knocked Betsy into one ditch and me into the other.
"The officer arrived and I could tell Betsy was in bad shape by the way she was moaning. The officer walked over to the ditch where Betsy was, pulled out his revolver and shot her dead.
"Then he walked over to the ditch where I lay, still holding his revolver and asked, "Are you okay". Now what would you say?"
unless no one hears it.
"You ain't getting away from ME!!"
‘You’re right....it’s utterly disgusting.’
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And stop with thw jokes about tipping cows, with their earnings they pretty much have to depend on being tipped just to make ends meet!
...Keep movin’, movin’, movin’
Though they’re disapprovin’
Keep them dogies movin’, rawhide
Don’t try to understand ‘em
Just rope ‘em, throw, and brand ‘em
Soon we’ll be livin’ high and wide
My heart’s calculatin’
My true love will be waitin’
Be waitin’ at the end of my ride
Move ‘em on, head ‘em up
Head ‘em up, move ‘em on
Move ‘em on, head ‘em up, rawhide
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in
Ride ‘em in, cut ‘em out
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in, rawhide
Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’
Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’
Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’
Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’
Rawhide
Rawhide
Many years ago before I was promoted, I was driving a fire engine to our fire communications center and my lieutenant thought he saw a couple of cows run off of the freeway. We didn’t think too much about it.
On our way back we got a call on the radio to assist the police behind the Denny’s restaurant with some wayward cows. When we arrive there were about a dozen police cars and the SWAT team was onscene. They said they needed one of our ladders so that one of their sharpshooters could get a good angle at a cow that was in the middle of a bunch of blackberry bushes. The other cow had already given itself up and was back in the trailer.
I grew up with cows. I said, “Give me a bucket and some gravel and I’ll get the cow back in the trailer in a few minutes. (Most cows will follow you anywhere for a mouth full of grain.) The police officer in charge exclaimed, “It’s too late for that! And This is a dangerous wild range cow!”
I went over to the lady with the horse trailer and asked her about the cows. She said they were her neighbors cows and they were raised by the neighbors two kids from calves on their 5 acre backyard in a rural area just outside of town. They had some horses as well, so they just had too many animals for their property and sold the cows to some other 4H kids.
So the “sharpshooter” ended up shooting the cow at least half a dozen times in the side before it finally fell over and bled to death. It didn’t even try to run off. It seemed sad to me.
Udderly
"She fell off that truck?"
duh...
;-)
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