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<blockquote data-quote="Workinonit Farm" data-source="post: 1259628" data-attributes="member: 839"><p>A reminder to always check the floors and floor-boards of trailers before each and every use.</p><p></p><p>I hauled a load of calves to the sale today. As I was waiting for mine to run across the scales, I got into a conversation with the scale attendant. She was telling me about a man who was there a few weeks ago, with a load of mixed (cows,calves,steers), who had a heck of a mess waiting for him when he arrived at the sale barn. It seems that one of the boards of the trailer floor had rotted, and gave-way some time after he had loaded his animals. When he arrived at the sale yard there was what remained of one leg of a steer poking through the trailer floor, with the rest of the load stepping all over the poor steer who had lost most of his leg. Apparently the animal was still alive <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> . </p><p></p><p>It took 5 of the pen workers, plus the man to get that animal un-stuck and into a different part of the trailer, where it was put-down (for obvious reasons).</p><p></p><p>Its easy for some to become complacent about trailer floors. This was a good reminder to NOT be complacent about our trailer's floors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Workinonit Farm, post: 1259628, member: 839"] A reminder to always check the floors and floor-boards of trailers before each and every use. I hauled a load of calves to the sale today. As I was waiting for mine to run across the scales, I got into a conversation with the scale attendant. She was telling me about a man who was there a few weeks ago, with a load of mixed (cows,calves,steers), who had a heck of a mess waiting for him when he arrived at the sale barn. It seems that one of the boards of the trailer floor had rotted, and gave-way some time after he had loaded his animals. When he arrived at the sale yard there was what remained of one leg of a steer poking through the trailer floor, with the rest of the load stepping all over the poor steer who had lost most of his leg. Apparently the animal was still alive :( . It took 5 of the pen workers, plus the man to get that animal un-stuck and into a different part of the trailer, where it was put-down (for obvious reasons). Its easy for some to become complacent about trailer floors. This was a good reminder to NOT be complacent about our trailer's floors. [/QUOTE]
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