Loading Cattle To Sell

Time to load some fat cattle to sell. This is the process of loading a B-Double of steers.
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[@Mark-ew5jm]

Gday Josh….I’m getting along a little in years these days and the body can hardly remember when the hips and knees would be pain free, but your videos put all these complaints to rest….So many memories are realised with all your presentations and I am sure there are many like me who appreciate the invitation to share some of your day with you. Thanks Josh.

[@intothenight1993]

No worries mate. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@davidhandyman7571]

I am always impressed with the skills of those who drive semis but B-double drivers who can back two trailers at once is amazing.

[@intothenight1993]

Yes. I’ll like to learn how to do it. But need to go and get my MC licence

[@BigFella73]

Brings back some memories that does! Spent most school holidays in the truck with the stepfather carrying sheep, cattle, goats and pigs. Looks heaps easier than loading from the rear door like we has too. My brother lost the tip of his finger when he had his hand in the wrong place winching the ramp up. Most places didn't have those fancy double ramps back then either.

[@davidhandyman7571]

Thanks, Josh. When I was growing up cattle trucks were all single deck, single trailer. I thought they were impressive!

[@davidgillies5342]

Same here on the Isle of Skye and Inverness Scotland. I well remember seeing the first double deck ever to come down the North End of Skye! The roads there are single track. Says a lot for the driver of that machine.

[@michaelnewman5734]

The bulls get to see them off on their new adventure, so lucky they must be thinking

[@samual3467]

Josh How Do. I trust Easter was a relaxing time for you, your Folks & Family. Great stock again, exceptional facilities and handling. Thank you for sharing your farming & Predator control. With kind regards Samual.

[@intothenight1993]

Thanks Samuel we had a great Easter. I’m glad you enjoyed the video👍

[@azamyahmad]

Another spectacular beautiful shooting filming footage compilation documentary countryside content video and lovely filming camera work and appreciated most of your beautiful sharing adventure .. thanks again and have a wonderful blessing weekend ..

[@intothenight1993]

Thanks mate and same to you. 👍

[@darylstorer3369]

Thank you Josh. Yes we need farmers and more power to them.🤠

[@ronhughes1805]

Thanks for another interesting video. It’s certainly a different life to ours on the Shoalhaven Coast.

[@jaynewilson2792]

Thanks for the video Josh, very interesting.

[@davidquirk9711]

Good stuff..i like how u mix the vids up with hunting and propery work..hats off to all involved..stay safe..

[@intothenight1993]

Thanks David 👍

[@CamBill_ROBLOX]

That’s a flash ramp awesome stuff 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@richwielechowski5191]

Interesting way to load. The double decker ramp sure makes life easier to load and easier on the cattle. Might suggest some sand on the chute, would quiet down the noise as well as help with footing. Thanks for sharing the way you folks do things in Australia.

[@intothenight1993]

The ramp is all concrete and it has big grips in it all the way to stop them slipping. All the noise came from them on the truck on the steel floor.

[@cantwellron11]

Bloody good yards look like all ya gear in good nick SWEET

[@leonkemp2708]

Thanks for the vid josh once again another great vid mate of life on the land hope you get a good price on your cattle mate and have a good easter mate

[@Sambardown]

Cheers again for yard and loading work man👍🏻 GoPro front left corner of trailer at a 45👌🏻🇭🇲

[@johnjordan4647]

Gee Josh , it never ceases to amaze me how well that property is set up with the infrastructure. Makes for easy cattle handling. A credit to the property owners. Had a couple of spectators in those two bulls checking things out. A Hereford and the other one was a different breed. Speckle Park maybe 🤔

[@intothenight1993]

Yes it is a Speckle Park. We got a few to try on our heifers as an experiment.

[@garymadden2656]

👌

[@WalkaboutMick67]

Always love watching your daily work Josh

[@MrMousley]

Just got back from lunch with a mate, mussels and chips and poach pear with custard and a couple of bottles of wine. Saturdays are always relaxed. Enjoyed the vid, as always, read the other comments too.They answered what I was going to ask. Happy Easter or as they say in France, Joyeux Pacques.

[@intothenight1993]

Thanks mate. Joyeux Pacques 🙏

[@davidgillies5342]

Very interesting Josh indeed. I have never seen cattle loaded that way before. Here in the Scottish Highlands we load from the rear,also its one deck at a time. The way that its done in Australia appears to be a better method. Thanks for that Josh.

[@intothenight1993]

No everywhere has a double decker ramp but they certainly make loading quicker.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

Those bulls were wondering why they couldn't go for a ride on the bus like everyone else. Unfair!

[@rule1979]

Nice work, I enjoy your stock work content. What weight were they, looked to be around 550kg+. Do you send them to Kilcoy or Dinnire for processing… Keep up the good work 👌

[@intothenight1993]

They would have been about 700kg live weight and dressed about 370kg. We sent them to the Oakey Abattoir

[@terryryan1441]

Good video Josh, nite setup, saves plenty of time.

[@intothenight1993]

Thanks mate.

[@johnballantyne6853]

Loading Livestock is my pet hate 😡 but you seem to have it down to a fine art ! Our double deckers all load from the rear, if they don’t want to go it drives me Nuts🤯

[@intothenight1993]

Yes they can be a pain but I think side loading does make it a bit easier.

[@wra64dashcamtruck]

I take my hat off to stock crate drivers. It’s a lot more in it than general freight. I think I passed this truck recently. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@intothenight1993]

You may well have. He drives the truck for his brother and he’s on the road nearly every day.

[@tonybedingfield9085]

Keep one for the Freeze

[@gp3829]

Hi Josh, that was interesting to watch, thank you. How many Head were in the large Trailers compared to the small ones and are there slightly fewer number Top Decks compared to downstairs, to keep a lower Centre of Gravity, please? Also, did you Fabricate the Access Gantry, or is it a commercial product? I'm just interested from an Engineering POV, after seeing you fab Fences and Gates. I started to watch a vid like this some months ago, but the Operators were swearing, ridiculing and calling the Cows names and hitting them with Sticks (too often) which I didn't care for - even when Cattle are going to the Slaughterhouse, they deserve Respect. Thanks for posting.

[@intothenight1993]

No worries mate. The larger trailer is twice the size of the small one. It holds 20 head top and bottom and the smaller one holds 10 top and bottom. They got a fella in to build all the yards and the loading ramp a few years before I started working here. But the fella who built them never even had a plan on paper. He just did it out of his head. We have done a few extensions since then. But they work really well. We try and keep the cattle quiet and when loading we only use the electric prodders if we have to.

[@scottchaffey1514]

Awesome set of yards & loading ramps. Did that load go to sale yards @ Roma, or to meat works @ Oakey?

[@intothenight1993]

Oakey works 👍

[@SMarkar14]

Thanks for another tasty video Josh. I bet they graded well over the hooks. Was that other bull a Speckle Park and how did you go with the pigs in the rain the other day?

[@intothenight1993]

Yes we are very happy with their results. Yes we got a few speckle park bulls to try over our heifers as an experiment. We did do ok on the pigs. Ended up with 10. I’ll get the footage out I a few weeks. 👍

[@SMarkar14]

Great work. Looking forward to seeing it.

[@tallboy49]

Hey Josh ,the hereford bull is a good type of bull. Is he from a stud

[@intothenight1993]

Yes. But we got him as a yearling so we haven’t used him yet.

[@neilwayte517]

Nice to see you actually do some proper work and not swan around all day shooting and trapping. Sorry some mickey taking from the UK.

[@intothenight1993]

Haha yes it’s about time I did some work hey 😉😂

[@shalininaicker]

Great content as always Josh. The bull looked like he wanted to go as well. So what was the average weight of each steer ? Think you said there was 60 steers in total.

[@intothenight1993]

I’m not exactly about the live weight but they would have been around the 700kg average. But they average about 370kg dressed at the works. 👌

[@shalininaicker]

@@intothenight1993 That would be around a 42 ton load. I would have guessed around 500-600 to keep within legal weight.

[@tallboy49]

They have what is called volumetric loading where the trailers are built to a required length so the bigger the beast the less numbers can be loaded so the weight is not a problem

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi Josh, this is probably a stupid question but do you ever get close to one or two of your cattle and you don’t want to sell them I know it’s a stupid question but when you deal with animals and you probably won’t answer it

[@intothenight1993]

No it’s a good question. We do have pet cattle that have been hand raised due to different circumstances and they are so quiet we can rub them all over and they love it. But they all have to go too. It is sad to see them go but it’s why we have them.

[@robbradley9674]

Hey Mate, just wondering if you arrange transport via a local company and also what would that roughly cost? Cheers Rob Gero WA

[@intothenight1993]

Yes it was a local transport company. I think they charged about $2500 to take them about 340km 👍

[@ianmckinnon8461]

no poly pipe anywhere