cattle haulers

[convoy 450]

i was interested in hearing from cattle haulersin n.america as i haul cattle in ireland mainly exporting young calves to the feedlots of europe im sure the cattle buissness is as intense as i ireland but as for driving hours and rest regulations as a driver you need to run legal in france and italy because fines are big for driving over your daily hours and also feeding points for stock or larages as they are called daily driving in europe is nine hours a day extended to 10 hours twice a week and 11 hours of time on duty 15 hours spreadover the beef export buissness is big in ireland also refrigarated transport italy is one of are bigest customers for live and refrigarated beef ok what kind of wages can a cattle hauler earn on a good week as of mileage rates anddistances cattle are hauled i was shocked to see trailers in the us last year that didnt have air conditioning or watering points also trailers didnt have hydraulic decks pezzaiolli trailers are what most haulers use they are italian made 100 percent alluminium air conditioned water drinking points and hydraulic decks as for drivers wages drivers on internationall work are paid on a trip basis by the trip from ireland to your destination and then back to ireland if a driver can do 4 italian trips in a month u can pull 2800 euros so i would like to hear from any stock haulers motor safely on the super highways in n. america

[YellowColoredTrucks]

anyway ...i dont know much about cattle hauling here in america but im shure someone will come along who can help you, but as far as rules and regulations we drive straight 10 hours a day. We cannot drive if we've been working past our 14 hours.

Once a week we can use a 2 hour "extension" so that we can drive past our 14 hours to get home safely. This is to be used for weather or unforseen circumstances thechnically, but alot of companies make you use it just to get more regular work (productivity) out of you.

As far as money i know that the euro is more than the US dollar, but myself as a newb driver gross (before taxes) about $5000 a month. You can check out a post i made called "most income" (search it) and you'll get an idea of what truckers with different companies and experience make....

...as i said earlier i dont know anything about cattle hauling, but it seems (and i think most would agree with me) that here in america the big money for truck drivers is in LTL freight "less than truckload"... which pay between 18$/h to $23/h and you typically work 12-14 hours a day with overtime after 8 so if u calculate it it's pretty good money

hope i helped someone else should have more to add