Small Scale Cattle Transport

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  • June 24, 2011 at 8:04 pm #42873
    dlskidmore
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    Those of you that just have a beefer or few to get to the butcher/fair each year, do you have your own cattle trailer or do you hire out your hauling?

    I have a 1991 Ford F-150, I might be able to haul one beefer comfortably, don’t know about two without having my mechanic explain to me the special tow gearing the lady selling me the truck mentioned offhandedly. I didn’t see anything about alternate gearing in the F-150 manual. I guess I’d need a more complete tow package (brakes, cooling) installed to go with that tow gearing too.

    June 24, 2011 at 8:06 pm #68116
    dlskidmore
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    P.S. I may find it worth a really small livestock trailer for hauling sheep, which I intend to have more of than beefers. Hauling beef would be a secondary purpose to being able to take my micro-flock to a larger farm that can actually attract a shearer.

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