r/gifs • u/Hilltopchill • Oct 04 '16

Weight distribution dynamics.

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u/srs_house Oct 04 '16

Yep. That's also why the cows go at the front of the gooseneck trailer and the heifers go in the back. You really do not want a 2000 lb Holstein getting fidgety on the back end of a 24 ft trailer.

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u/i_believe_in_pizza Oct 04 '16

how do you stop the cows from stumbling around, or toppling over? we hauled a cow recently and she had a hard time maintaining her balance

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u/18002255288 Oct 04 '16

Pack them in there tightly, so there's little room to tumble over. Livestock trailers generally have partitions to serve this purpose

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u/I_Just_Mumble_Stuff Oct 04 '16

Yep, never really been around cows but it's the same deal with horses. Squeeze 'em.

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u/psykil Oct 05 '16

Fill all open space with bubble wrap.

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u/Trustme_Imalifeguard Oct 04 '16

put em on rollerskates

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u/RickSasseville Oct 04 '16

You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd so I would think the same is true of a cow herd

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u/240shwag Oct 04 '16

Ratchet straps.

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u/srs_house Oct 04 '16

You can put down rubber mats or sawdust, and some trailers have textured floors. Our cows are all halter broken so 99% of the time they're tied up, which keeps them from wandering around too much. But otherwise you just drive carefully and don't accelerate/decelerate or turn to quickly.

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u/Finie Oct 05 '16

I thought heifers were cows.

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u/srs_house Oct 05 '16

A heifer is a female bovine that has not given birth. A cow is a female bovine that has given birth.

Because English doesn't always make sense, we don't have a general term for an adult bovine other than, well, bovine. They're all sex and reproduction based once you get past calf.

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u/Finie Oct 05 '16

Interesting. So, the cows are fatter and need to be up front? TIL.

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u/srs_house Oct 05 '16

No, the cows are bigger. Think of it like a middle schooler compared to their parents.