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<blockquote data-quote="JW IN VA" data-source="post: 1525069" data-attributes="member: 21289"><p>Seeing the bull loading thread made me think about hauling in general.When I was a kid,there were no trailers around here except a few horse trailers.Every farmer hauled or had hauled their cattle,sheep,hogs and some horses on a pickup or a ton and a half to two ton truck.A few one ton dual wheel trucks were around mostly 12' beds.The bigger trucks ran from 12' to 20' with one or two 24s. We hauled on an old 1949 Ford F5 my Grandad bought new.Then went with an F350 which did okay but wasn't the truck the F 5 was. Most all had wood floors and racks.A few big operators would have custom made beds with tops.Then a few started getting the then new EBY aluminum custom beds put on.</p><p> I remember being at a feeder sale waiting to unload around 1980 when there were two or three trailers.The rest were trucks.</p><p>Today,there seem to be many more trailers.About the only "cattle trucks" are owned by the big operators.I never read about anyone on here haulin on anything but a trailer.I think a lot maybe is because of having a heavy pickup anyway so it makes for less tax,insurance,and lower initial cost.Downside is not being able to cross a deeper stream or run in snow and mud.We now use an 18' Sundowner aluminum.</p><p></p><p></p><p> Does anyone on here use a dedicated"cattle truck" or combination flat dump with high racks?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JW IN VA, post: 1525069, member: 21289"] Seeing the bull loading thread made me think about hauling in general.When I was a kid,there were no trailers around here except a few horse trailers.Every farmer hauled or had hauled their cattle,sheep,hogs and some horses on a pickup or a ton and a half to two ton truck.A few one ton dual wheel trucks were around mostly 12' beds.The bigger trucks ran from 12' to 20' with one or two 24s. We hauled on an old 1949 Ford F5 my Grandad bought new.Then went with an F350 which did okay but wasn't the truck the F 5 was. Most all had wood floors and racks.A few big operators would have custom made beds with tops.Then a few started getting the then new EBY aluminum custom beds put on. I remember being at a feeder sale waiting to unload around 1980 when there were two or three trailers.The rest were trucks. Today,there seem to be many more trailers.About the only "cattle trucks" are owned by the big operators.I never read about anyone on here haulin on anything but a trailer.I think a lot maybe is because of having a heavy pickup anyway so it makes for less tax,insurance,and lower initial cost.Downside is not being able to cross a deeper stream or run in snow and mud.We now use an 18' Sundowner aluminum. Does anyone on here use a dedicated"cattle truck" or combination flat dump with high racks? [/QUOTE]
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