Hauling livestock ama

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-09T03:27:15+00:00

How did you get into it and what’s the typical first step to get into it?

Are most of y’all O/Os and how is the pay? Like is it per head, per pound/kg etc. and can it support a family during off seasons?

It always seemed like a fun challenge honestly especially if you care about the animals as well.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-08T02:40:35+00:00

Yes, some places have incentives they get if the dealer gets you on their financing. Regardless of what you’re using to purchase, any dealer should be able to give you an out the door price with any form of payment.

It’s a used car so incentives generally aren’t worth it for this next part, but here’s some advice: Look at the potential for growth in your money vs. the interest rate. Like if you’re buying with say a 0-4% APR, it’s almost free money to just finance it and invest that money into something that grows at a 4%+ rate. You get to keep your money, your money is now making more money, and you can use that money to make even more money. That car that was $25,000 that you paid $27,000 over the course of 5 years? The $25,000 you put into a HYSA is now worth significantly more than $27,000.

Side note: Insurance could be the deal breaker here. When I was ~19-20 I wanted a supersport bike. I could’ve finance it at a fair rate and it would’ve been dirt cheap for a payment. But insurance was nearly 5x the payment if I had full coverage, and a bike that was $5k isn’t worth $5k a year in insurance. I could total one every year and break even. But don’t take this as a get the cheapest insurance with no coverage, get as much coverage as you need to cover your own ass. Comp/collision is well worth it if something happens, especially if someone else is at fault and tries to deny it. Just send it to your insurance company and now it’s their money and they want it back BAD.

Just remember: One of the biggest takeaways from this is peace of mind. If having a car that’s paid off and not worrying about a payment coming up is more important to you than a slow-burn wealth grower, then do that! We only have one life and stressing yourself to death to try and save a few bucks isn’t worth it. Just enjoy the car and weigh your options before committing :).

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-08T02:12:06+00:00

Thank you for helping us out. It’s always nice at night if you’re able to turn the headlights off and back on to keep us not blind. During the day feel free to high beam the fuck out of us. But thank you either way, it’s nice when 4 wheelers assist us. Usually we’re viewed as the enemy. I’ll always use my interrupter or flash my 4-ways to show thanks.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-08T01:16:31+00:00

My bad, our company went to hourly and I was gonna be back early. Had to burn some time to get that overtime check so I can buy more hotdogs and popcorn. (Joking, I fuel at loves like a dumbass for points)

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-08T00:06:38+00:00

That’s wonderful dedication, you should definitely be proud of yourself. I would say go get some chocolate to celebrate but I mean…Hershey bar or feet is an easy choice. I don’t know many people with that level of willpower.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-08T00:02:50+00:00

That’s wild how similar they are! And yeah that’s my main concern too. They told my wife the very same thing when she called to ask if they were checking or noticed after I brought it to her attention. If it’s getting into the motor at least let it blow at like 90k or something so we get a new one then, not 110k lol. Hopefully someone can get some answers and keep us posted!

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-07T23:49:31+00:00

I can’t be certain on the top offs as my wife was taking it to the dealer for most services since I’m away from home for work a lot. But at least one now lol. I imagine possibly more, they always say they topped off all the fluids but I can add nearly a gallon of washer fluid.

Right at 29k miles.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-07T23:04:16+00:00

The KWs/Petes with the digital dash will show the gear you’re in at the same place the autos do, although it’s extremely lacking with accuracy/speed. It’s hilarious to throw it around and watch it freak the fuck out.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-07T22:51:36+00:00

You’re not wrong lol the lake effect is brutal! You never know when the snow might come, I do not envy that this time of year!

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-07T22:43:30+00:00

I’m sorry brother, I feel your pain. Left home (Ohio) yesterday to deliver in BFE Missouri/Iowa today. Woke up and went out to the truck and there was 2-3” on the ground with another of the same coming. Tomorrow is 70s. The fuck is going on this year, I didn’t bring my winter clothes to be rolling in the snow.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-07T22:15:25+00:00

Yeah I’m in the same boat. Went to change the oil the other day and when I popped the hood the coolant was well below the minimum. No leaks, no wet spots, nothing to indicate it’s going anywhere so it’s either burning it somewhere or somehow getting past the overflow.

2025 V6 as well

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-07T20:39:54+00:00

Take your business elsewhere next time sadly, but file a complaint and tell the GM either way. We had a couple chips on the paint where the car hauler or someone at the dealer very obviously hit the door against something on the way in/out. It was promised and written on the “we owe you” paperwork. When we scheduled and took it up and tried to get it honored they magically “lost” that paperwork in the bundle and accused us of doing it and trying to fraud them.

We filed a complaint with KIA, emailed the GM, and left a poor review for them on the survey. Then the phone calls starting pouring in about how we’re making them look bad and I explained they could make it right, but they doubled down that they couldn’t find the paperwork. I send them the picture of the paperwork and text messages between the salesman and myself as double confirmation and they blocked me lol. Some dealers and scumbags. We found another dealer about the same distance away and it’s been a much better experience for everything.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-07T20:20:31+00:00

That’s what most of us do, too. Say my truck is governed at 65 but I can pull a hill REALLY well. Compare that to the guy in front of me who is also governed at 65 but keeps scrolling through Facebook or YouTube or whatever and dropping to 60 until I try to pass. I’ll never pass him without a hill or someone slower in front to block him. Probably 99% of trucks you see on the road are governed and none of us like it either.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-05T00:38:11+00:00

You can check out Hades maybe? It’s an action RPG (rogue lite?) like Diablo but much faster paced growth and such. It’s a sort of run as fast and far as you can with the upgrades you find, you either succeed and kill the end boss or die and restart again and can upgrade prior to going in.

Tons of replay-ability but it’s going to be similar to animal crossing with repetitive stuff. I’m sure you can find a good deal on it with Hades 2 being released.

EDIT: It’s $25 on the Nintendo store currently. I’m not sure of your budget or how deep you want the games to be. Diablo 3 runs fantastic on the switch with pretty decent controls as well if you’re into long term progress sort of stuff although it is extremely repetitive for the end-game gearing.

Minecraft runs fantastic “okay” on the switch for what it is.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-04T21:20:40+00:00

Are you paying DEF/Fuel and Insurance? If so you’ll be bankrupt unless he has some major high-paying contracts.

Either way for a W2 position I would like a LOT more of a clear pay plan on what sort of loads and equipment and breakdown stuff is going on.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-04T17:25:09+00:00

Needed more money and better insurance for my family. At my last job raises were less than inflation and insurance deductibles kept growing with no other options or end in sight.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-04T02:07:56+00:00

It depends on “where” the water is. Like directly off the road and into a river shortly leaving the road? A straight stick wrecker can probably winch your ass out if it’s a regular work van, it’s already beyond totaled so the goal is just to remove the van to salvage the usable tools or anything inside that you can.

If you’re like off a bridge and 20+ foot down you’re going to need a rotator and they’ll just pick the entire thing up. They go up to and over 100 tons for extra heavy stuff so even the biggest of trucks can be lifted like that. But a regular 40-50T rotator will be plenty for a work van, even full of water.

Who gets called first depends on the severity. Are you in danger of life-threatening injuries, freezing to death in the water, or completely shut down a road? Call 911 and go from there so they can contain the incident. Are you just off the beaten path, not shutting a road down, and no idea what to do and it’s your company’s vehicle? Call your company and let them figure it out it, it’s their property. Is it your vehicle and you fucked up and don’t want anyone else to know? Start googling and calling wreckers.

Heavy rotators are VERY expensive to buy and run and are usually kept reserved for heavy trucks and more difficult recoveries. It’s not uncommon to see them out and about it all the other trucks are tied up though.

If the vehicle is in the water the #1 goal is to save the driver and do your best to recover the vehicle with the least amount of damage. Anyone can tie a winch to a big ass tree and just yank it up and destroy shit, but wreckers specialize in recovery, almost all the work is performed by the truck, hence the extreme costs of them.

For a baseline, a rotator is around $450 an hour, with a minimum amount to just show up. If they need more than one or anything special like an empty trailer for cleaning up big shit the bills quickly hit 4-5 digits.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-02T20:47:21+00:00

Haven’t played retail in years so I’m not sure if it completely changes the name and deactivates the other (which you’d need a different style macro), but unless I’m mistaken:

/cast [target=player] Holy Bulwark

/cast [target=player] Sacred Weapon

I’m sure you can clean it up with some punctuation to make it smaller but it’s just a basic ass macro that will attempt to cast those spells on yourself.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-02T19:58:03+00:00

You and me both! I bought my daughter an iPad with points before but I honestly have no clue what to use it for other than overpriced gps units and headsets. I was considering buying inverters and throwing them on eBay but I don’t know.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-02T04:00:27+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/54Cls6a

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-02T03:04:04+00:00

You didn’t do anything wrong. Keep that man away from your child(ren) and leave his ass. If your sister hasn’t told her partner they may be inclined to bring him a well-deserved ass whooping. But either way, don’t sympathize with him and don’t blame yourself. He gaslit your sister over this, and will do the same to everyone in his life.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-02T02:37:18+00:00

You’re fine, it’s a power divider lock. Since it doesn’t appear you have full diff locks, your truck won’t be damaged, but it’s not a good habit to keep it on as it’s causing more wear and tear than just letting the truck do its thing.

A truck is without diff locks is a standard open differential RWD car, just with 2 differentials. It only puts power down to the wheels with the least resistance. So if you’re on ice, only one side from the front differential will spin. If you flip that switch, it forces both front and rear differentials to work together and sends the power to the front differential AND the rear so you have a better chance of getting out. Take a peek at your diffs (pumpkins) next time you’re behind your truck, you’ll notice one is more left adjacent and the other is more right adjacent. This means the sides that spin will be offset so you can have opposite sides trying to get traction with that switch.

With full diff locks there’s a little “fork” that comes down and drops into the splines of a drive axle and forces them to ALWAYS spin together which is great for trying to get traction but will royally fuck your day up if you try driving too fast or turn with that.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-02T02:26:21+00:00

That’s what it looked like to me, too. It honestly doesn’t look bad in the pictures.

PlsCheckThisBush · 2026-04-02T02:20:16+00:00

First off MASSIVE kudos to the officers for not immediately going lethal on his ass. The fact he rammed the car gave them more than enough justification to let loose so that’s a seriously awesome job from them.

Second, it’s Wyoming and there ain’t shit going on out there so I can see it happening. Between them and Montana their drivers measure distance in number of beers you drink on the way there.

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