Chicken Load And Trailer Wash Out.

Bruce,

Agreed that those chicken facilities smell "terrific." They also seem to have that gunky mud in all their lots.

Some weeks, I feel like all I'm doing is hauling meat and thus getting the trailer washed out.

My worst load, though, was some kind of beef product out of Dodge City, KS. The whole way back east, I had blood coming out of the drains of the trailer, hitting the tires, then getting thrown everywhere. I would park at a rest area, and a stream of blood would start flowing downhill from my trailer. I had blood on my catwalk until I could get the truck washed.

We have to understand that the stink, the blood, the open cesspool puddles at chicken processing facilities, are all necessary so we can continue to enjoy rotisserie chicken from Walmart. Damn PETA and full speed ahead. Lol.

I regularly go to Dodge City, usually for pickup’s at Cargill. But I also had a delivery there recently. It was a dry load of cardboard boxes from a packaging company in Texas. Then I hauled a pre-loaded trailer from there to Connecticut.

How do you like reefer? Dry van has it’s advantages, but I do prefer reefer.

Just an FYI for future reference on the bloody trailers, kick it to -10 for 30 minutes, then back up to your running temp. It should freeze the blood in and near the drain holes. I worked with my FM on a super bloody chicken load, and it wound up taking an hour and a half at -10 to get it to stop leaking.

As far as I am aware, a trailer leaking anything is also a DOT violation. (Can someone correct me if I'm wrong?)

Bruce,

Agreed that those chicken facilities smell "terrific." They also seem to have that gunky mud in all their lots.

Some weeks, I feel like all I'm doing is hauling meat and thus getting the trailer washed out.

My worst load, though, was some kind of beef product out of Dodge City, KS. The whole way back east, I had blood coming out of the drains of the trailer, hitting the tires, then getting thrown everywhere. I would park at a rest area, and a stream of blood would start flowing downhill from my trailer. I had blood on my catwalk until I could get the truck washed.

This was a load shift from a super hard braking. Each of those combos weighs about 2k lbs, and the trailer bled all over the place!

Arghhhh why am I failing at attaching a pic. This was a drop and hook , so the trailer was sealed before I got it, and the loaders put one pallet on the left, empty right. Then one pallet on the right, empty left, then two together all the way back, with one puny load lock at the back.

This was a load shift from a super hard braking. Each of those combos weighs about 2k lbs, and the trailer bled all over the place!

Arghhhh why am I failing at attaching a pic. This was a drop and hook , so the trailer was sealed before I got it, and the loaders put one pallet on the left, empty right. Then one pallet on the right, empty left, then two together all the way back, with one puny load lock at the back.

This was a load shift from a super hard braking. Each of those combos weighs about 2k lbs, and the trailer bled all over the place!

Hay girl;

When you click 'photo' ... and upload one, make sure you 'name' it....then click 'go.' It will say 'sending' for a bit, depending on your connection. When it says 'success,' you will see the thumbnail (actually you'll see it 1st.) WATCH for it to say 'success,' this is paramount. Sometimes it's stuck on 'sending' for awhile, depending on your WiFi.

Then, in your 'post' you are adding the photo to, hit 'preview' before submit, and you'll see it, inclusive.

I used this, for an example, and for humor. Try!

~ Anne ~

Anne, your attempt at a humorous photo is a great success! 😂

I like the one on the right with the sexy suntan!!

Arghhhh why am I failing at attaching a pic. This was a drop and hook , so the trailer was sealed before I got it, and the loaders put one pallet on the left, empty right. Then one pallet on the right, empty left, then two together all the way back, with one puny load lock at the back.

This was a load shift from a super hard braking. Each of those combos weighs about 2k lbs, and the trailer bled all over the place!

Hay girl;

When you click 'photo' ... and upload one, make sure you 'name' it....then click 'go.' It will say 'sending' for a bit, depending on your connection. When it says 'success,' you will see the thumbnail (actually you'll see it 1st.) WATCH for it to say 'success,' this is paramount. Sometimes it's stuck on 'sending' for awhile, depending on your WiFi.

Then, in your 'post' you are adding the photo to, hit 'preview' before submit, and you'll see it, inclusive.

I used this, for an example, and for humor. Try!

~ Anne ~

G-Town, I think the one on the right is the same color that Donald Trump would be if he was a chicken. I think that color comes from a bottle. Lol

NaeNae, that's a good tip--thanks! I think I horrified some tourists at a rest area.

Bruce, indeed: the price of our food. That I get... just "interesting" to see the bloody details. How do I like reefer? Well, from my understanding, dry van has less specific appointments and thus more flexibility (?), though I do get some drop-and-hooks (this meat load from Dodge City was preloaded, for instance). Fueling the reefer , getting more frequent washouts... those are both more challenge and more bother. I do like the feeling of delivering food to people, though. So it's a mixed bag. At some point, I'll be interested in trying something else (tanker, flatbed, dry van, etc.)

Philippines, they dont waste any part of a chicken or a pig ! Deep fried chicken feet, guess it's like potato chip (never ate 1) beaks, head everything but the feathers lol