Posted by KEH on March 11, 2016 at 16:39:32 from (67.231.175.190):
Most of the time I had no problems. Issues arose when loading them. I had one bull calf that I didn't take to the sale and then let him stay around to breed the cows. He had horns and an attitude. When I came to the pasture he wanted to be fed and would come running over. Anyway, I decided to sell him, but didn't want to get in the pen with him. I tried to lure him on the trailer with feed, and finally got him to get front feet on the trailer, then pulled the container of feed toward the front of the trailer with a rope. At last after several days he got on the trailer and I went to shut the gates on the trailer. He was sticking back a little too far and I shoved the gate against him. He didn't like that and turned around to face me, but by then he had his weight off the gate so I shut it and took him to the sale.
Through the years I learned a lot about loading facilities. The one at the house has a narrow chute going into a barn with an outlet on the other side. I've never had a calf or cow turn around in those chutes, but realized that they were too narrow for a large bull. I built a wider short chute for possible use and one day needed it. I had the nicest, largest black bull I ever had and he sired great calves. He had a good disposition, but had two problems. One was he was not afraid of anyone and would not be driven. He showed no violent tendencies but just did his own thing. He also got out of the pasture. He did that three times and after the third on I was ready to sell him. I have a sorting gate in the chute just before the wide section I mentioned above. I backed the trailer in position and opened the sorting gate, first shutting the regular chute and opening the gate to the wider section. I put feed a little past the sorting gate, got the bull interested in the feed, moved it farther along the chute, then put a pipe behind him. He was calm and I got the feed on the trailer and encouraged him to get on the trailer, shut the gates, and hauled him off.
Last Sunday I hauled a neighbor's bull to the stockyards for him. He had gotten out three times in 2 days, breaking down fences, and neighbor had enough. Neighbor guessed 1500 pounds and later the man at the sale guessed the same. Today neighbor called, bull weighed 1525 and brought $1.00 per pound.
As a general rule it is best to have owners of livestock who feed them regularly get them in pens and load them. I stayed out of the way as much as possible while the neighbor handled the bull and went and fastened my trailer gate when the bull got on. He was not happy and tried to jump out of the trailer. Trailer has 6.5 feet sides plus I had him in a front section maybe 8 feet long, so he couldn't get a running start, plus the trailer has cross pieces across the top that I don't think a cow could get around. Any, I got him delivered to the satisfaction of both of us. Any body had a cow jump out of a trailer, or truck, and if so how high were the sides? I asked this on another forum and someone said they saw a goat jump over a 7 foot high fence. Guess that's why most goat trailers I see have tops on them.
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