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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1771486" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>When I first started going to the sales here in Va, 75% of the animals were hauled in on trucks. The stockyards have many more places to back trucks up to than for trailers. Granted the semi's all are loaded at the docks... but now there are 10 trailers for every truck that comes in. Most every farm had a dirt berm that they could back their truck up to, to load or unload and the more prosperous farms had a loading chute that they could back the truck up to at the barn. We had a portable loading chute that you cranked that would angle up that you would put at a catch pen and then be able to load the cattle by walking them up it into the truck.</p><p></p><p> We had a '53 GMC 2 ton flat bed with racks on that I hauled all the pigs on... Had a ramp and chute and they all learned to run up the chute and on the truck for feed for 1-2 weeks before the feeder pig sale, and on sale day it took 5 minutes to load 10-30 8 week feeder pigs. Guys could not believe me when I said I didn't need help "catching the pigs" ..... finally one came by to "help" this "poor 'lil ole' gal" .... and stood with his mouth hanging open when I got them loaded without even getting my clean, go to town clothes, dirty..... back in my younger single days when some of the guys were trying to "impress me" and see what they might "get" out of the "helping out"..... </p><p>Those were the days....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1771486, member: 25884"] When I first started going to the sales here in Va, 75% of the animals were hauled in on trucks. The stockyards have many more places to back trucks up to than for trailers. Granted the semi's all are loaded at the docks... but now there are 10 trailers for every truck that comes in. Most every farm had a dirt berm that they could back their truck up to, to load or unload and the more prosperous farms had a loading chute that they could back the truck up to at the barn. We had a portable loading chute that you cranked that would angle up that you would put at a catch pen and then be able to load the cattle by walking them up it into the truck. We had a '53 GMC 2 ton flat bed with racks on that I hauled all the pigs on... Had a ramp and chute and they all learned to run up the chute and on the truck for feed for 1-2 weeks before the feeder pig sale, and on sale day it took 5 minutes to load 10-30 8 week feeder pigs. Guys could not believe me when I said I didn't need help "catching the pigs" ..... finally one came by to "help" this "poor 'lil ole' gal" .... and stood with his mouth hanging open when I got them loaded without even getting my clean, go to town clothes, dirty..... back in my younger single days when some of the guys were trying to "impress me" and see what they might "get" out of the "helping out"..... Those were the days.... [/QUOTE]
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