Cool video! We passed each other a few times for sure mostly on 287. I mostly drive my personal truck and we spoke to each other at the Truckstop … it’s a red 379 Pete and red tanks, 300 wheelbase, 6x4 transmission if that helps you remember, pulling a chemical tank trailer. Anyhow, good job always protecting yourself with them gates. Stay safe on there and I wish you a prosperous spring run!!!!!!!!🎉
Thank you, I'm hoping it's a good spring! I run 287 about as much as any other route, just try and change up the scenery to keep it from getting bored running the same roads. Those gates are designed that way for a reason and I make good use of them. Stay safe out there and I'm sure we will run across each other again!
Great video! Love the snoot checking out the camera and seeing how you use the gates to help you get the cattle where they need to go. Great split screen and insets showing what’s happening from different perspectives. Breathtaking views of the land!
Yeah, that heifer wanted to be a RU-vid star! The gates are a big help, I love the way Wilson designed them! The split screens turned out pretty good, may not be for everybody but I figured some may like it, And the views are all God made, just glad I have the drone to capture them!
Thank you! I'll continue to share history of some of the places I go. Hauling cattle gets in your blood for sure! I'll try to keep on improving on the videos, just getting started!
Thank you for the encouraging comment, I'll have to keep coming up with more ideas on camera angles, probably need to get an additional gopro to catch more. Thank you, headed out for another load!
I agree. I haven’t posted any videos yet. I started driving in 1987 and this is my first truck. I should be on the road around the first of April. I learn from the videos and the comments. So I thank you both.
Great video Sir !! i really enjoyed it , just about the time You slipped i was wonderin how many times a feller would slip & fall , i bet thats slicker than goose grease , hope Ya didnt hurt yaself !! Used to run 21 thru Dime Box headed to the Alamo draggin a Tater wagon , its all just a memory now . Nice Lookin Unit ya got there too !! Thank You for what Ya do driver !! Take Care , Keep up the Good work & God Bless Ya Sir . Keep on Truckin
Thank you! Out of all the loads I've done that is the 1st time I have ever slipped getting down and of course I just had to get it on video, LOL and yes it was slick as "goose grease"! I caught my leg on the door latch, left about a 7 inch scratch and a big red whelp, but it's all good! God Bless you and thanks for watching and leaving a comment, I love reading them!
Great video 👍, I picked up at hartly feed yard many times, even busted my tooth with the swing gate😂, they even built a new chute for pick up by the entrance to the right , good ol 5 river feeders.
Dang, busted tooth! That stinks! I'm headed there now with a load of steers! I've seen the shoot in front. But I always unload in the back, never have picked up from there!
If you don't mind telling, where were you parked at about 18 minutes in the video. I've never been to that beautiful part of Texas and surely never will now at my age. Fantastic video. Be careful and stay safe sir. Thank you
That was just a few miles north of Turkey, TX on HWY 70, you feel like you are on top of the world, you can see for miles in all directions, pictures and videos don't do it justice! It's a very peaceful place, I travel that way home every once in a while to see some different scenery. Thank you for the comments and watching my video!
🍭SWEET🍭Giggle…Bravo on your gymnastic attempt to do a “Banana Splits” on a fence rail!!! On a scale of 1 to 10 I’ll give you a 7. Nice recovery though. Great video!!! Excellent panoramic views! Wish I could ride along🚛Rubber Down, Metal Up Driver🚛God Be With You Always🙏🏼🕊💖👍🏻🌞
I use to haul livestock but it got to sad and depressing taking them into kill factories. I couldn’t do it anymore so I sold my trailer and bought a 55 ton lowboy
@@G5OutdoorAdventures it’s absolutely f’n horrendous, they know wtf is going on as soon as you turn in JBS. It sounds corny but I use to say a quick prayer for each one as they came towards my chute
LOL, not very gracefully, glad I had a hand hold on the side of the trailer or I would have probably been laid out flat on the floor, the stuff on the bottom of my boot was a little slick, I did catch my left leg on the gate latch by my left foot, left a mark! But could always be worse!😁
I knew someone that was in the business already and they introduced me to the buyer. I've heard a good way is to go hang out at your local sale barn, talk to some of the buyers or truck drivers and ask if anyone is looking to hire a driver. Do you have a CDL? I know some guys started by driving a pickup truck and pulling a stock trailer. This load was 609 miles, paid $3166.80, we get paid by the loaded mile on long hauls, sale barn pickups vary based on weight and mileage, most buyers have a formula they used to get the cattle hauled from the barn to their pens. I'll will tell ya this, if you don't have your own truck or authority it's expensive as heck to get started now days, insurance is through the roof along with everything else. I hope this helps, thanks for watching my video!
@@G5OutdoorAdventures yes got my cdl A going on 10yrs. Thanks for the info will definitely go hit up the sale barn soon. I’m from down in San Antonio. Just stumbled across your videos and definitely will keep watching. Be safe out there.
@@Natimicki8 awesome, thank you for watching! I've picked up Seguin, Nixon, Three Rivers, Cuero, Karnes City, Kenedy, Gonzales, all them sale barns around San Antonio, good luck!
Like Forest Gump said "It's like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get", lol It just depends on what ranch we pick up from, sometimes it's more Charolais, sometimes Brangus, sometimes just mix breed cattle, but here lately the Charolais seem to be what ends up in the trailer mostly.
Yes, a little over 2 years ago a bunch of us hauled several thousand Holsteins out of Kansas to the port in Galveston and loaded them on a huge ship and they went on I think a 30 day ship ride over seas to become milk cows, pretty cool experience!
