I hauled hundreds of hogs in the back of a pickup. Had an Omaha Standard wood stock rack on the pickup. Could haul 12 fat hogs @240 or 13 @220 pounds but they were tight. Six big old sows was the limit if they were in the 450-500 pound range. The last two or three were still facing in when it came time to unload so I had to get them to back out first. If they didn't want to back out they would jump up on top of the rest of them and then the first one pointing toward the door would go and the rest would follow. The pickup would be rocking and rolling and bouncing while the acrobatics were going on in back. Two big stock cows was the limit for cows. They would be stumbling on the wheel wells and making the pickup rock around going down the road. Had to be real careful sliding up the end gate with a stock cow in there because she could lash out with a hoof in an instant.
Dad got a heck of a bruise on his leg from getting kicked that way. He stumbled backwards and hit the ground. Two cows worked better than one cow because they couldn't turn around and make the pickup rock as much. A pickup with a wood floor box was better because it wasn't as slippery. Steel floor boxes would dent besides being slippery and the floor had a radius that sloped away from the wheel well making the animal's hooves slip under them if they were by a wheel well. When I still had the box on the 79 Dodge there was a big dent in a wheel well from a stock cow romping on it. I also hauled quite a few hogs in a trailer made from the back of a 70 Chevy 3/4 ton It needed good shocks or it would rock back and forth too much. Yes, those were the days but not necessarily good days. I really did want a low livestock trailer but the dollars weren't there back in the 80's and early 90's.
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